On the green just after 2.00pm for the main event. Weather warm, sky light grey. Toss a coin for order of play. Andrew against Robert first, me marking.
Robert gains an early lead, 4 - 1 after three ends. Overnight moisture is evident on the bowls and Andrew is struggling to find length with Robert's short jacks. Gets back on track with three winning ends, now 4 - 6 to Andrew. Robert fights back with four ends to him and 9 - 6. By now the green has dried off and Andrew's long jacks win him the remaining eight ends and the first match 22 - 9.
Next up me and Andrew and a move of rink. There's nothing in it by end 5, score 5 - 5. Then Andrew moves up a gear, winning the next four ends to go 5 - 12. The heads are tight but he's just edging it. The next three to me to go 9 - 12. It's pretty even, me keeping just a few bowls behind. Then a disastrous four on the seventeenth, now 10 - 17 and Andrew one end away from victory. But I'm not giving up yet. Three of the next four ends are mine as I close the gap to 17 - 18. On the twenty-second end Andrew is sitting with two, I've got bowls at the back. Twice I just miss carrying the jack through by millimetres. Andrew's last bowl increases his shot bowls to three and a 17 - 21 win.
Final match me against Robert. The sun has come out and it's much warmer. Already on the green for over two hours, we're all flagging. Pretty evident Robert has a back twinge and is not at his best. I win 21 - 3.
Congratulations to Andrew, who keeps the trophy. The following day we have the awards ceremony in Andrew's garden. We also decide playing three full matches in one afternoon is a bit crazy. Likely we'll have a couple of sessions on Friday and Sunday, each over twelve ends, the winning whoever has the highest aggregate score. The scorecards are shown below.
To read the story behind the Harry Roscow Trophy and view a summary of all match results, click here.
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