It's that time of year again, limber your bowling arms

[mockney piers]

Just had a letter through the door addressed to the Crystal Palace Tavern Cricket Club, it starts 'dear secretary...' *stifles chuckle*.

We have a choice of Belair, Burgess and Southwark parks (astro turf) and more dates that you could throw a smoked haddock at.

Who's up for it this year, and Brendan is your mate around?

[Strawbs]

Im gutted I thought this was a thread on lawn bowls... Super popular in Oz was hoping they had the same thing over here and we could go and be barefoot bowlers in the sun.. woop woop...

[mockney piers]

lawn bowling associations are crying out for youngsters to join their ranks as current membership dies off without people replaing them anymore.

do it...dooo eeeet!!!!

and let me know if you find one, there's a good lady :)

[Strawbs]

this was my favourite in Oz, many good times spent in this place getting blotto flicking the bowls..

paddo bowls

Right Mocks Im on a mission Im going to try and find one local and we can go and play!!!!!!!!!! No shoes is a must as is the sun and the best drinking arm you've got..

[Michael Palaeologus]

Is this bowling crown-green or flat? Can you hire woods or do you need your own? Are whites obligatory?

Not that I know anything about bowling.

[citizenED]

No Michael, its cricket as in, "the bowler's Holding the batsman's Willey...." type cricket.

[????]

MP...we don't do Crown dahn sarf fella, just flat....

...i dunno you can take the boy out of the north but etc

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Aside to Strawbs: I have two sets of woods so when the sun next shines we can sneak onto the green at Peckham Rye if you fancy.

ATCitEd: always makes me chuckle.

[Brendan]

Got horribly drunk with him yesterday as it happens Mockers and this very subject came up. And yes he will be around as long as he isn't playing a club match. So now all we need is Dems and the rest of us won't have to bother making any runs at all, again.

[david_carnell]

I'm in for both energetic(ish) bowling for the nominal CPT Touring XI and a dab of lawn bowls. Last year I seem to remember the Peckham Rye Lawn Bowls Club did some intro sessions.

I'm feeling all Paul Kaye already!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/xxdeadmemoryxx/blackball.jpg

[Brendan]

Isn?t there also a bowling green in Dulwich Park? Perhaps we could procure its use one sunny, summer Saturday or something.

[Strawbs]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Aside to Strawbs: I have two sets of woods so when

> the sun next shines we can sneak onto the green at

> Peckham Rye if you fancy.

>

PCG that would be wicked! We can do our own tournament..woohooooo... I love lawn bowls in the sun with a beer..

Lets put together an EDF team!!

[Strawbs]

david_carnell Wrote:

> Last year I seem to remember the Peckham Rye Lawn

> Bowls Club did some intro sessions.

Is this true?? wicked.. ooohhh I cant wait... >:D<

[Sandperson]

I'd be interested in the cricket. I haven't played since I was about 16 (19 years ago), don't own whites anymore and have no other kit or skill, that any good to you?

[Hannah6_6]

Strawbs Wrote:

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> david_carnell Wrote:

>

> > Last year I seem to remember the Peckham Rye

> Lawn

> > Bowls Club did some intro sessions.

>

> Is this true?? wicked.. ooohhh I cant wait... >:D<

There were taster sessions last July, http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?6,146416,146950#msg-146950 It would appear that we had thought about it Strawbs but neither David and I or you made it. This year we definitely should! xxx

[Strawbs]

Oh yes that is right, I totally forgot about that! WE are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo there this year.. woop woop..

x

[Keef]

Sandperson, you'll fit right in! I'm in as ever, but Dems is now living in the grim north, but he might be convinced to come down for the weekend depending on dates...

[mockney piers]

yep, wouldn't worry Sandperson, we turn up in tshirts and shorts (actually rainmancs and jumpers if the last couple of games were anything to go by) and generally have to put down a can of beer to catch a ball.

[citizenED]

I think you mean ".....put down a can of beer to drop the ball."

[Keef]

Like cricket or not, I think It's poor form if Sean doesn't join in.

[Brendan]

Anyone who can actually play cricket will be handy too. I think we established last year that as this is the CPT cricket team the criteria for membership are something along the lines of, drink in the CPT/have ever had a drink in the CTP/Have ever had a drink in a pub of any description/ have ever had a drink of any sort/have walked past the CPT or any other pub.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I reckon Sean's just been kidding us all:

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jan/21mike1.jpg