2013 summary

Well, that's 2013 over. A year in which I started as an over confident novice... and ended with  an appreciation of just how much I've still got to learn.

Set myself two goals for the year... to make a competition final and to play for the men's triples B team. Managed to achieve the first and had a wonderful finals day, ending runners up in the men's doubles with Geoff. Should have also made the team, but a diary cock up meant I missed my opportunity when selected.

The finally tally of all competitive matches played during the year was...

	Won	Drawn	Lost
Outdoor	5	0	9
Indoor	1	1	4

Below you can read a blow by blow account of 2013. The latest posts are at the top, so go to the oldest and read up from there if you want to experience the highs and lows, cock ups and rays of hope, desperate new tweaks employed and embarrassments in chronological order.

It was the end of July, when the outdoor season was two thirds over, before I realised just how much improvement I needed to make and started practising seriously. So with a full 2014 season in the offing I've got great hopes for the coming year. As soon as the green is open in April I'll be down there giving it my all.

Objectives for 2014? Simply to book a regular place in the men's outdoor triples B team and to win a club competition. Oh, and I suppose to win more matches than I lose. In detail, I need to consistently get half my bowls close to the jack to really make an impact on those club trophies.

Here's a summary of my outdoor practice statistics for 2013...