Wings issue 152 February/March 2023
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<strong>Wings</strong><br />
Bowlers enjoy new surroundings<br />
<strong>Wings</strong> magazine’s John Winter tries<br />
his hand at indoor bowling in the<br />
new look Wingerworth Parish Hall<br />
I<br />
T was sometimes not a pretty sight.<br />
When you think of bowls you might<br />
imagine the wood leaving the hand, curving<br />
at a reasonable speed, slowing and coming<br />
to a halt somewhere in the vicinity of the<br />
target, a white ball, or jack.<br />
When it left my hand, it was more inclined to veer<br />
too far left or right before leaving the mat and<br />
trundling happily off on its own, before being<br />
captured by a spectator.<br />
I was not alone. Several other novice players as<br />
well as experienced outdoor bowlers who were having a first<br />
attempt at short mat bowls at Wingerworth Parish Hall had the<br />
same problem, which was reassuring in a way. It looks easy but it's<br />
not.<br />
Of course, there are those amongst us who are naturally good at<br />
hand and eye co-ordination... and they were annoyingly good.<br />
Short mat bowls is one of several new activities being looked at<br />
by the parish council including pétanque, which would require a<br />
gravel covered terrain, and short tennis in the Multi Use Games<br />
Area at Deer Park.<br />
About 20 to 30 people turned up for the free session of indoor<br />
bowls at the Parish Hall, instructed by members of Wingerworth<br />
Bowls Club who loaned the bowls to the parish council for the<br />
event. Also present were invited members of the Short Mat<br />
Bowling Club.<br />
Enthusiastic indoor bowlers<br />
Phil Baker from Wingerworth Bowling Club, one of the organisers,<br />
said it was good to see so many people in attendance “to enable<br />
us to test out the equipment and establish interest in regular<br />
sessions.”<br />
The main hall not only looks good since recent improvements but<br />
it ideally accommodated two 40ft long, 6ft wide mats, running<br />
parallel to each other, down which the bowls travel.<br />
At times, I felt I could be classified as 'dead wood', so poor were<br />
my deliveries, but they did improve and several times ended up<br />
not far from the jack.<br />
Most of those taking part were of retirement age, which seems to<br />
be the usual occurrence, but there's no reason that younger<br />
people and families would not find the game competitive enough<br />
to satisfy them. It is good fun.<br />
For more information, contact Rose Wanders, Parish Hall<br />
administrator, on 01246 938108.<br />
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