Our break up party

After our 46 week league playing from early January to mid November, we had our break up party for our Sunday night league on Saturday night.  This league has been going for around three decades now and each year they host a fun filled break up party at a function room, paid for by our social fees and raffles during the year.

 

We consumed a three course meal at Salisbury Bowls Club and had light entertainment provided from two ex-members of Wickety Wak until 11pm.  I can't remember their names but one of the guys plays the keyboard and can sing like Kermit, the Frog.  Apparently we got these guys because a couple of bowling members are close friends of theirs.

 

The prize presentation and raffle draws happened after dinner.  For prize presentation we came 8th/12 teams. Also I received cash for coming first for high series with handicap.  And Monique received a trophy as the most improved average which blown me away by surprise. I can't remember what was her average for the start of our play earlier in the year but by the end of the season her average was very similar to mine.  Around the high 130's mark!!  Our highest games we bowled in this league were 199 (me) and 197 (Monique).

At the time of our prize presentation each player was presented with a Christmas hamper as well.  Both Monique and I came home with biscuits, sweets and savoury items (which a couple were used in the girl's lunches today).

 

Earlier I mentioned about raffles.  During the league season we had fortnightly raffles to win cash but on special occassions like Mother's Day and Father's Day we would have prizes instead of cash.  The more raffles you purchased the more chances your name will be entered into the draw at the end of the year break up for free.  Majority of the league players purchased raffle tickets throughout the year so most of us won at least a couple of items on the night.  I came home with two packs of party food items and a meat tray with a variety of chicken pieces and a whole chook which I plan to bake in the oven today.  Yes!  I know.....I am keen to cook on a hot day. 

 

But Monique did better then me! She came home with a shoe rack and a solar powered table light.  We thought it was so funny when she got a shoe rack because she only mentioned about one in the car on the way to the party.

Our updates

Two weeks have past since I last made a bowling report. Only because I haven't really bowl well enough to bother making a report. 

My Wednesday's social game and the girls will still play in their league until school finishes in two weeks time but Sunday night was our last night of play for my league and what a night we had.  Besides having fun with our team mates, we managed to win all the points.  Last night I had to check online to see where we stand.  It turns out we moved up three places after one night. Is that good or what?? 

On this Saturday night we will have our prize presentation and break up party at a bowls club, south of Brisbane. It's about a 20 minute drive from my home address. I will let you know after the party on how we went with prize presentation, Secret Santa and extras (if any from raffles).  Can't really have a real late night because I will be a waterpark during the day on Sunday for the kid's early break up party for their junior league.

Monique bowled in her final TQI tournament in Toowoomba on Sunday.  I didn't go to support her play as I was away for the weekend.  Her Dad went with her and reported she didn't bowl well over four games during the day. So I was amazed she bowled well on Sunday night.

Season ending soon

A week has past since I last bowled.  On Sunday night we didn't play because I was out at John Farnham's concert having a time of my life. I had a look online to see this week's results and it turns out we only won one of the games.  I guess it happened in the second game because we bowled better then.  We have only two weeks to go and this league will be finished for the year.  We will then have a six week break and resume back in mid January.

I didn't go to play socially last week because of my car issue but today I had my social games with only one person because the other social members were either sick or had some other commitment on.  I don't know why I even bothered playing because I bowled lousy and didn't even win one point. This social league will end in the same week as school finishes for the year in December.  It was my first year to have a social play with these four ladies and I have form a good bond of friendship with them.  Also they have a good sense of humour. Even if I had a bad morning at home, I always come home happier after I have socially bowled with them. 

We all had dinner together for the first time on Sunday night before we went in to see the concert. It just happened they booked the same concert on the same night afew months ago too.  Today I show the ladies what I got from the concert shop as I didn't see them after the concert performance.  They sitted at the balony below us.  They are happy to have me back next year when the person at the reception asked if we all were coming back to play next year.  I decided to give another year of social play as I don't have anything new on the agenda.

I will miss my bowling mates during the six week break but at the same time it will be nice to have a break after playing two seasons straight. I didn't have a break from the sport over last summer because I was involved in a phantom league.  A phantom league is where you bowl at anytime of the week with a mysterious player. You don't know who the player you bowled against as they didn't play the same time as you.  This league would suit shift workers because their hours changed all the time and they wouldn't be able to play in a standard league. The only way you know how you progress is to check the standing sheet online or at the centre you played at each week.  It was a 12 week league involving afew regional centres in SE QLD.  We all bowled four games per week. For the first couple of weeks it was quite tiring to bowl four games in one hour but after time my body got used to it. During the summer school holidays I had the kids bowling socially besides me while I bowled my phantom league. 

By the time this mini league ended I came 72nd out of 183 players. The highest game I bowled from that league was a 209 game.   I haven't bowled anymore 200 games since but I had a couple of close calls of a 200 game in both leagues. 

Prebowling

Normally at this time I would be at bowling to have my two social games with friends but today I can't leave my car unattended because of what happened this morning.  To find out what happened you will have to simply read it under our family lifestyle blog.

But yesterday we prebowled because we won't be there on Sunday night to play as I have another event to attend to.  I don't know why I bothered to prebowled as they weren't really good games but my team mate did quite well for the first two games so could have a slim chance of winning afew points on Sunday night against an all males team who bowls excellent games on most weeks when they do show up.