bowls Ladies vs Gents and Barefoot Bowls BBQ 2020 The last challenge of a rather disruptive year for Lawn Bowls at the Club, was the Annual Ladies vs Gents competition which was held in December 2020. Seeing out the year in triumph, the Ladies beat the Gents convincingly for the second year running… but there was an acute scarcity of gentlemen bowlers on the day!
Club 2-4-2 Pairs
In February we held the annual Club 2-4-2 Pairs competition, kindly sponsored by Gail and Eric Langton. The entry of 14 teams was divided into two leagues to play 14-end games in round-robin format. Both leagues were very competitive and in some of the games the very last bowl decided the outcome of the game. The final was contested by the League 1 winners, Oliver Fowler and Halina Pellini, and the League 2 winners, Maureen Burns and Sheila Barker. Ollie and Halina got off to a flying start, building up an early lead which left Maureen and Sheila playing a game of catch-up. In the end, Ollie and Halina were the clear winners 22-6. The winners of the Spider were Ollie Fowler and Sheila Barker.
Following the Ladies vs Gents competition, we all enjoyed our third Barefoot Bowls BBQ to promote the game among younger members. With a run on the Pimms there was no doubt that everybody was getting into the Christmas spirit in good time.
Muthaiga Club vs Kenya Irish Society
Muthaiga Club opened the greens for the first spoon of 2021 by hosting the Kenya Irish Society (KIS) – the Guinness Toucan Trophy – kindly sponsored by Diageo/Guinness. Captained by Maureen Burns the KIS side was notably weaker this year with a number of key bowlers absent, so a 10-shot handicap was awarded to the visitors. However, the turnout of bowlers was exceptionally good and we had four trips and one pair. All games had high scores. Muthaiga won three games and KIS two games, so Muthaiga retained the Guinness Toucan Trophy, making it three wins in a row.
From Left: Sheila Barker and Maureen Burns Runners-up in the Club Pairs, with Gail Langton (sponsor) centre.
The best win by a KIS trip went to Kieran Day, John Dawson and Paul Rees with a 21-shot difference. The best win by MCC went to Ollie Fowler, Peter Scholes and Rupert McClelland with an 11-shot difference. The Spider was won by Peter Scholes and Clare Jethwa. The Irish ambassador, Fionnuala Quinlan, graced the occasion. She is pictured below presenting Bowls Captain Gerry Cunnigham with the Guinness Toucan Trophy.
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Winners of the Club 2-4-2 Pairs Halina Pellini and Oliver Fowler
Forthcoming Bowls Events 4 MARCH
AGM
22/23 MAY
MCC vs. KCC
6/7 MARCH
Two Wood Trips
(Mackenzie Shield)
14 MARCH
St. Patrick’s Day
29/30 MAY
Club Trips
21 MARCH
Barefoot Bowls BBQ
5/6 JUNE
Club Pairs
10/11 APRIL
Club Singles
20 JUNE
Barefoot Bowls BBQ
January – March 2021 Muthaiga Country Club
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