Club Night 1st August…

…Jo and Debbie admit defeat as the thunderstorm and hail arrives to flood the green.

Aussie Pairs Competition

This year the Aussie pairs competition was held in glorious sunshine. We played in two leagues with the top team from each league playing in the final. It was a long but enjoyable day with everyone winning at least one of their league matches with shot difference the only way to separate some teams. The finalists were John W and John P and Barbara and David O with the winners above being presented with the Raison Trophy.

Friendly Update
Sunday 11^th August saw Merrow play a friendly at Woking Park. Unusually for this summer the weather was hot, as a result we agreed to play just 14 ends then retire to the shade of their canopy and a cooling drink.

Also unusually the match ended in a draw, with two wins apiece, and an overall score of 40 shots each.  We will meet up again with Woking Park on the 17^th August for the decider, when we are hosts. Report by Richard.

The day before our Wednesday game of bowls at Wonersh (24th July), I received a phone call from the Wonersh captain to say that two of their players couldn’t play, so he only had three teams and one spare player. A few phone calls later and Ken and Lesley came to the rescue by playing for Wonersh making up the four triples required.

Then two hours before the game another phone call from the Wonersh captain asking where the game was due to be played! I reassured him that we were on our way to Wonersh.

The game went well on a pleasant afternoon with Merrow winning on three rinks out of four and by 79 shots to 67. Report by Allen.