New scoreboards

I made up a couple of large scoreboards some time ago (details in a previous post) but they were a little cumbersome.  They have now been superseded by smaller, yet more practical ones.

Available in golden brown, aubergine and turquoise.

Pretty standard really but they will be much easier to lug about and incorporate an innovative 'end' count at the top for shorter games (play 5, 6 or 7 ends).  I'll probably paint the wooden pegs black or something.  I used a cut up coat hanger for the 'post' which will slide into a couple of eyelets on the back of the timber surrounds.

Dave.

Bob Bruce Memorial, Open Pairs Perpetual Trophy

Ten pairs turned out on a hot day at the Morley Buck at Morley St. Botolph.  For each round, three matches were played on the car park area (large stones) and another two in the beer garden (small granite chippings). There were five rounds in total, with the eventual winners being Graham and Fleur.

We took along four players with Luke and I, winning two games out of five.  Lindsay and Darren won two and lost two with one game drawn.

Luke enjoying a well earned lunch break.

A really enjoyable day with proceeds donated to the East Anglian Children's Hospice.  I'm hoping that Ray Beales can supply me with a couple of photos soon...

Dave.

Extension... updated

I got the go-ahead to extend the terrain, around 1½ metres... may not sound much but it will enable us to play three games instead of two.  It works out at 2.55 metres per piste, a little narrow but I have played on much skinnier lanes than this and survived.

Sharp sand  is to be kindly donated by Mervyn Lambert.  He has also offered to deliver it for us... yay!  Darren is going to bring along some reflectors for the timber surrounds, so that it will clearly be visible for vehicles and will look high tech... many thanks to you both.

I have marked out positions of scoreboards, one metre markers (along the length) and reflectors.

Update - all done now, this is how it turned out...

Now enough room for three games

After the success of playing shorter matches at the 'Festival of Boules 2012' we have decided to play the same format on club days.  This means we play '6 ends' instead of the usual 'first to 13 points'.  Games finish more or less at the same time and it means we have more changeovers.

Dave

Bressingham bow out

Suffolk Coastal League - Last 16

The Dicky II 3, Bressingham 1 (played at Crettingham)

Lindsay and Pat almost staged a late comeback in their game, which would have taken the match into a decider. Our opponents bought us drinks at the end, so our thanks go to them.  Also, a big thank you to the Crettingham Bell, for letting us play on their grounds.  I did take a couple of photos but I have yet to see them.