The last away day I had Dave in my car was a disaster. I followed the wrong person, going 3 junctions too far on the motorway before suffering a blow out at 80 miles an hour. With no clue even if I had a spare tyre let alone knowing where it was the repair duties fell to the inebriated Dave and Savo. How we ever made it home that night I will never know. You would have though Dave would have been happy getting home that night but when we did get back last orders had already been called and we didn’t have a fridge then.
The Green was a mixed bag lots of thick green and bare patches. The locals thought the green was the quickest it's been but after a few ends the general consensus was apart from one small area it was pretty heavy.
The green certainly didn’t agree with Larry who found Alan Turton once again on top form. Larry continued to scrap but got caught on a devil of a mark and lost 9. Alan is a lovely fella but he seems to have a hoodoo over the Olton so if we don’t bump into him again for a while we will be quite happy.
I came of the green second after an unusual game spent in the corners winning 8. After last weeks wood and steps smashing incident it appears I have a new nickname. It evolved from demolition man into wrecking ball and on to Miley Cyrus with constant shouts of twerk it. That evening we sat down the club house drinking as I watched twerking videos to pick up tips. We all agreed the winner of the UK 2013 twerking champs was rubbish - I know I can take her.
Jacko the good Samaritan has been struggling a bit away from home and the pressure seemed to be getting to him a tad. Our young stroker is learning though as he paused listened to the advice and played a top draw two shot instead of his usual miss by a mile strike. He closed the game out to 17 and hopefully this will be a turning point in Jacks away performances.
Steve Myatt continued his fine form in his unfussy way, bowling consistently well to win to 16 and put us 10 up after 4. The Messiah is pretty much the most underrated person at the tavern. He is a good secretary, shows up to help at all events, cancels personal arrangements to help fill sides, drives people about, supports and works tirelessly at the charity events and is pretty much the anti-Wiggly. Reason 18 The Moseley got rid of Wiggly - he isn’t Steve Myatt
Things were tight but old Ping Pong hasn’t lost since I put the blues stickers on his woods. Savo showed why he is my Bowls hero playing some cranky mark on top of the crown that left his opponent bemused and Savo with a win to 5 and the sweep in his pocket.
Jp’s game did feature possibly the worst end of all time but apart from that it was a really tight game with JP falling short on 17.
Rocky broke his opponent after a sustained run of beating excellent woods allowing him to close out the game to 14.
Killer was having a nip and tuck game at 11-10 against and the pressure was building. After last weeks no-ones supporting me tantrum, Chris changed tack and told us off for making so much noise he couldn’t concentrate. I wonder if Chris goldilocks makes his Mom do him 3 porridges for breakfast just in case ones too hot and ones too cold. After doing his best Johnny cash impression and flipping Scotty the bird he promptly run out just to show off.
After 8 39 up
Dave Lowe was on nine and just needed to keep things tight but at ten 3 down it was debatable whether there are actual lenses in his new glasses or he got them in a cracker. Lord Lowe is made of much tougher stuff than that and but for the rain storm may have won the game. Still a good 17 that took the last hope away from the guys from the Wernley.
Chris Downes was another to start of slowly finding himself 7-2 against, Dodge though is a man on fire recently and considering he only gets the one game a week has been brilliant since his return to the side. I am not looking forward to the endless miserable face book posts during the winter though.
Chris James was ten 8 down in a tight contest before a barrage of twos left his opponent shell shocked and Chris won to 11.
Scotty brought up the rear with a fine win to 12. Like Lowey the rain stalled his progress a little but he pulled out a classic two shot to finish the game and leave us with a victory by 59.
The tea was good with mild and strong cheese which is always a nice touch and Killer particularly fond of the array of cakes.
2 Swiss rolls, 3 cup cakes, a stroudle and half a gateaux later his appetite appeared sated. It was about this time that Chris had word from his informant and local gossip Cat that CJ had been scrapping with someone who stopped his bowl. Its a good job his sons are more even tempered.
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