On Saturday 30^th twelve of us travelled to Ripley for the annual ‘David Matthews Cup’ match, a four triples friendly.  It was a rainy afternoon with a very exciting finish as the overall scores were all square going into the final end on rink 3. Merrow managed to cling on and held one shot despite the Ripley’s skip best attempts (very close) at removing the shot bowl. Pauline accepted the cup on behalf of Merrow. Ripley will be out for revenge next year!

For a complete change this year we tried crown green bowls on Sunday 31st. David O spray painted jacks to match our newly acquired footer mats. We played two bowl pairs across the green going in any direction, which caused chaos and lots of fun. After five ends the ‘winning’ pair moved up to the next colour.

A rain interruption allowed us to sample all the delicious cakes at an early tea break and we concluded with drinks from the bar and Robin’s sausage rolls and cheese straws.

After four rounds the scores were so close the eventual winners were decided on ends won. Well done to Robert and Andy.

Watch out for the end of season Fish and Chips on the 18^th September (sign up on the noticeboard) and Club Finals this coming weekend (6^th and 7^th September).