End of the season
Sep. 15th, 2009 11:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enitharmonThis evening the twice-postponed Night League match against Kirkby finally took place at Barrow Island Bowling Club. In perfect conditions and on a green that was really running for the first time all season, we started at 5 pm without the customary roll-up and it still took us up to 7.45 in gathering gloom. Funny how, only four weeks ago, we were finishing at 9 with the sun still above the horizon.
It took me a few ends to get used to the speed of the green, by which time my opponent had raced to a 7-0 lead. But then I got my eye in, and played as well as I ever have done all summer. It was good to finish with a win, 21-18, even if the team lost the match. Without my main antagonists present it was a happy and relaxed evening. I may even change my mind and stay with the Islanders next year.
But for now, it's time to put my woods away until the spring.
It took me a few ends to get used to the speed of the green, by which time my opponent had raced to a 7-0 lead. But then I got my eye in, and played as well as I ever have done all summer. It was good to finish with a win, 21-18, even if the team lost the match. Without my main antagonists present it was a happy and relaxed evening. I may even change my mind and stay with the Islanders next year.
But for now, it's time to put my woods away until the spring.
