Our second week of jitneys is now finished and once again I’m publishing the scores for your perusal.

Let me start with an apology first of all. When I said I would award winners of games 3 points I did not mean winners of individual games – I meant the overall winner of the jitney. Sorry for any confusion that may have caused.

Tuesday and Thursday nights were again well attended with 25 players on Thursday night. Wednesday and Saturday afternoons have not been as well attended but have still been enjoyed by the few members that have played in those sessions. And here’s a tip; if you want to accumulate some points you’ve more chance of winning on Wednesday and Saturday. Look what happened yesterday – a 50% chance of getting 3 points! Not fair? Of course not but them’s my rules!

I would like to remind you of one thing – the need to keep 2 metres apart. There has been the odd occasion when the Safety Officer has had to remind people of that. The easiest way to ensure physical distancing is to remember and follow the etiquette of lawn bowls. When your team is not in control of the rink step back from the head. We have plenty of space between rinks so please use that space. Also only vices should be in the head when judging the result of an end.

That’s the end of the sermon.

The standings at the end of week 2 are:

Fran Marsh                         9 points
Vince Tamburello              6 points
Carl Ferguson                     6 points
Bozana Brick                      6 points
Ralph Hewitt                      6 points
Helen Beaton                     6 points
Malcolm Wardman           6 points

Below is a link to the week 2 scores and some photos. Guess who the blue bowls belong to. Answers in the comments section please. 

Good Bowling
 
​
Bill

 On Tuesday August 18th we held our first jitney of the 2020 season! 😊

Twenty members played and there were two pairs games and two triples games. One of the bowlers who had not been out before said it felt like being back to normal even though some aspects such as pre-registering, Covid declarations and social distancing had to be observed. It certainly did feel like some kind of normal and it was great to see so many members on the greens  and to have passers by watching the games.

We played one ten end game and I am keeping the scores. The members of each winning team will receive 3 points and I will keep the standings going until the end of the season. It just adds a bit of fun and interest.

The scores from each jitney this week are in the link below.

Here are the standings.

Vince Tamburello              6
Carl Ferguson                    3
MyrtleWardman                3
Bozana  Brick                     3
Ralph Hewitt                      3
Marilyn McMillan              3
Dave Jones                         3
Janet Taylor                        3

And in case you didn't know, Vince Tamburello is having trouble with his right shoulder and is bowling left handed!😮

​Also below are some photos from Saturday

For the past two weeks we have been operating under Phase 2 of the Return to Play (RTP) protocols. This allowed members to play in pairs in training exercises.

Approval has now been given to move forward to Phase 3 which means we can play jitneys with up to three members on a team. The first jitney will be at 7.00 pm on Tuesday August 18th. 

Jitneys will be held at 7.00pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and at 2.00pm on Wednesday and Saturday. Members will have to pre-book with Bill Arthur.

Here are a few photos from the last of our Phase 2 evenings on Thursday August 13th.