Midweek Madness

Tuesday

Solihull Marsh Lane is a short hop from the Olton - which is a good job as that is pretty much all I can manage in my weakened state.


The first four featured Savo and his Ping Pong balls bowling very well to win 13 against Keith Saunders. He claims he was much better that morning on Moorpool but I think that is a lot of wif waf.

Karen was well down against Melvyn but suddenly found some weight and was excellent in fighting back to 18.

CJ allowed his frustrations to get the better of him. Whilst having to battle man flu and an opponent who thought his brown woods were blue proved to much for him as he lost 19

Bob Horn was up against Ken Frost and couldn’t settle on a mark he liked and ken was very consistent leaving bob on 6

Scotty bowled well to win 11 while trying to show his novice opponent some of the nuances of the game.

With killer stuck working ungodly hours harming himself I was called upon to play and won to 19. After 6 we were 1 up.

BA came of winning and it left us with an insurmountable lead.

With the game won captain crystal consistently curled corking conkers in an exhibition standard game before finally succumbing 18 - inspirational stuff from the captain.

A good win away on a tricky green against a side with some very good players in it so good stuff lads and lass.


Wednesday

Xxx B were the visitors on Wednesday night and while the name looks like a porn film the bowls was anything but X rated for the Tavern. 8 winners including 2 7’s and 2 9,s led to a comfortable win on a green that was a tricky pace. The flowers were looking lovely though and a couple of spectators came down for a role up after the game. Jaymo promptly smashed them winning all their beer money off them and sending them home in tears.


Thursday

2 and a half pairs of Olton members played in the over 60’s doubles on the Maggies. It was win one game and you qualify and a massive throng of Taverners had gone to support. Even Little Lord Lowe had left his chauffeur at home and driven to the venue. Despite all this effort our 5 bowlers were pretty terrible - Buck and Rocky came closest to qualifying but it was not to be. Before the dust had settled they were working out who is newly eligible next year and were busy swapping partners. Back to the drawing board boys.

Afterwards I went with the Savages to get some new bowls from the wonderful Mr Meddings at . Jack came away very satisfied with his new woods and itching to get bowling with them. It was the first time I had been to Stews and it was great to catch up with both Stewart and Jason again. I stocked up on Grippo before we left as nobody ever seems to have any at the Olton, I still have a couple spare so if anyone needs any give me a shout.

On the way home we stopped of for a drink a local hostelry, won some cash on the bandits and Jack showed what a pro he is handling a foot long sausage.

No lickey No likey

Jack decided he needed to follow me to the grasshoppers which condemned the captain to showing up late but fortunately Steve is an organised man and safely navigated the draw. With Jack wanting to go on first and being about five minutes away it was perhaps good fortune the heavens opened, the problem was they wouldn’t close even after we arrived. Two things Disappointed me about tonight. 1) The green flooded and the game was sensibly called off 2) The Grasshoppers never dress like David Carradine in Kung –Fu 3) that it was only males using tennis courts this evening.

By the time I returned to the Ranch the B side were down to the last 3 having already had 4 winners and 1 15 loser. The last 3 came home comfortably enough in a game that appeared to be played in an almost carnival atmosphere. The rearranged game will be played on Monday the 11th with a 6.30 start time