The Bowls Competition for the Gold(ish) Cup

The Angaston Bowling Club hosted our Fellowship, Fun and Frivolity evening playing Bowls
The picture shows our Club Champions, Goldish Cup holders and Cherry Ripe eaters The Lawn Stars, John Monfries, Karen Bosomworth, Mary Martin and Phil Martin after the presentation ceremony.
The teams assembled at the Angaston Bowls Club at 6:30 pm in time for a practice session until 7:00pm when they were called to order in preparation for the competition to begin. There was a tense atmosphere as the Grand Prize of a Gold(ish) Cup and 4 Cherry Ripe bars were at stake.
The initial organising took a while as it looked like I needed a Border Collie to round up the Bowlers and get them in position. We started with only 5 teams as there were some absentees. A quick re-shuffle and the teams were ready.
The competition started and right from the start bowls were going everywhere with cries of “Where’s that one going?” and “Is it supposed to do that?” The most common call was “Who’s Next?”.

After about an hour and a half, the teams were getting hungry and they could see the delicious supper the Angaston Bowling Club had provided so we called it a night and went in for supper.
Tallying the result, I found it was a close competition with the top three teams being within 5 points.
Third place on 35 were the Turf Titans.
Second place on 36 points were the Rolling Stones.
The Bowls Champions, Gold(ish) Cup winner and eaters of the Cherry Ripes were the Lawn Stars

The Barossa Valley Rotary Club members gave a round of applause to the members of the Angaston Bowling Club, Judy, Mark, Bruce, Jorn and Barb, for their assistance in making our Bowling Experience such an enjoyable evening.
The objective of the night was for a fellowship evening of fun and frivolity which we achieved in spades, and we also made a few dollars for the club.



