Around Our Club

Around Our Club

Three generations of Snows together - Cameron, Jordan and Peter watching MegaBowl!

Shirley Palmer, Carole Ford, Robyn Woodward and June Gregory - one of five Sorrento teams who took part in the Dalkeith/Nedlands Gala Day

Kevin Coffey and his son Sean, who was visiting from Melbourne with his new wife. Father and son had not been able to get together for two years, so there was plenty to catch up on

Steve Bomford with his prize for being one of the three Saturday "Men's Pennant Players" of the year7

arriving back he realised his error, and due to his keys and phone being left in the bag, had to catch a taxi to Cockburn and back again to swap the bags over. The day ended up costing around $370 because he also paid for a babysitter for the day so he could play the last match. A loss of close to 90 shots topped off a day that should be forgotten but never will.

Did you know that there are four bones in every bowls club? The wish bones that spend all their time wishing someone else would do all the work. The jaw bones who do all the talking and little else. The knuckle bones that knock everything others do and the backbones that do all the work? Which bone are you?

Did you know that • Bruce Eagles got to the semi final of the State Over 60s Mixed Pair • Liz Marshall got to the quarter final of the State Women's Triples • Andy Elmer got to the semi final of the State Men's Triples?

Did you hear about the Pennant team that played against Armadale in October 2006? Well this team had a combined age of 343 years. It consisted of Ian Hay-Hendry (90), Stan Morrison (80), Billy Stevens (86) and Frank Searle (87). I wonder how young Stan felt playing with the ‘oldies’?

“Lawn bowling is a sober game. The ruffianism of football, the effeminacy of tennis, the manliness of cricket and the buoyancy of baseball give way to a stateliness and gracefulness met in no other sport.” – Bowling Magazine 1908

Did you hear that Spider Webb and Ian Linford arrived to play in the Saturday nominated pairs and then discovered that their names were not on the list? After some investigation it was discovered that they had entered the Veterans Mixed Pairs by mistake!

– Denise and Neville Odell