Where's the beef?

Unfortunately not in my slower cooker, but at least I did come third on a sunny 'Bowl for Beef' day of real fun.

Think the event was called a drive, the aim being for everyone to play triples or doubles (depending on total number of players) in short matches that gave everyone a chance to switch teams and tally their individual score. Each match was of six ends and the player with the highest score won the beef.

Seems the rules were changed slightly this time and the player with the nearest bowl got 3 points, second bowl 2 points and third bowl 1 point. Each person played just two bowls, so the maximum score anyone could get in one end was 5 points. To discourage drive shots, any player pushing the jack into the ditch or off rink lost four points.

After some confusion and several clarifications of rules, it all went swimmingly well and had a perfect mix of competition and amusement. The winner by a mile was Geoff with an amazing 42 points. Second place had 30 points. My total was 29 points, broken down as...

Match 1 :   6 points

Match 2 :   7 points

Match 3 : 16 points

Afterwards the AGM was held and the green then closed for the year. Sad day... a whole seven months before I can play outdoor bowls again! By then, will I remember any of what I've learned in the past four months?

It's now on to indoor bowls, first match next Wednesday!