The Olton win a cup!

The Thursday B side were aiming to cap off their fine season with a victory in the consolation cup. Bold (or is it Bald) Captain CJ had been ruthless bringing, PG tips back into the pot and leaving Fast Eddie Priestner on the sidelines in the only change from the Semi Final.

A tricky Wythall green and the Colebrook was what stood before them and a pot, although looking around the side most of our players are carrying a pot or two around with them already.

A large crowd showed up to watch and i am pleased to say a good number of those were Olton bowlers who either wanted to cheer on the club or couldn't resist spending a few more hours in my delightful company.

Rocky was first man up and had a ding dong battle with Ben Cosnett. Rocky bowled it well and save for a few knock ups could have come off winning by a bigger margin than the 21-19.

Dodge had started slowly against Dennis Parks but kept himself in the game long enough to find the weight battling back to score 15 valuable shots.

Dave Evans continued his "show the club captain up by defeating everyone that has beaten Crags" this year with a strong performance winning 8 against Bob Jones.

Pete Greenhill bowled some very tidy bowls before ducking out to 18.

After 4 we were 6 18 when you factor in the Handicap.

Chris James was up next and after a tight start Chris began to show his class finishing with a victory to 9.

CJ was feeling the heat and struggling against Neville Hughes. Try as he might the Captain couldn't find his way back into the game losing to 7.

Savo had started strongly but a determined run by Richard Edwards had taken the game away from Sav and we were staring a bad card in the face. At the same time Wiggly was struggling as well and things were looking a bit ropey. Thankfully, Sav and Wiggly are made of stern stuff - Sav came roaring back from the dead to reach a very creditable 16 and Wiggly found a rich seam of luck to run out winning to 14. A victory by 6 six without the handicap


Craig tried to find an action shot of Captain CJ but the camera lens wasn't slow enough to pick him up. Instead, we have him taping on of Dave The Butcher's many sub 14 yard marks.

Crags was also tasked with capturing a team photo, and this is all he could manage. Lord Lichfield he ain't

And finally, the winning card held by the Captain Beefheart himself