G'day from Oz

[Keith Maniac]

G'day all,

I've just discovered this forum, so I thought I'd give it a go.

I've been playing bowls for around 12 years and have played Premier Div in Melbourne. Currently, I'm on the other side of the continent, at Esperance in Western Australia.

Cheers!:cool:

[snapper]

Hi Keith Great to Welcome another Australian to our Forum, Ive been bowling a few years myself or should I say trying, everything I think I have mastered the game I end up getting swiped and go home feeling very dejected,
I play in a Small club in Cornwall England and we are just coming to the end of our Season so it will be Indoors in the winter, look forward to chatting,

Snapper from Cornwall:D

[Del]

Hi Keith Maniac,

A warm welcome to another Bowler from O Z, this is a busy site with several bowlers from 'Down Under'.

I Bowl at a busy Club in Somerset which is in South West England our Club is bucking the U K trend with it's membership increasing whilst several Clubs around us are struggling for members.

Our U.K championships at Worthing ended last week with the season winding down & just the County finals over the next couple of weeks to look forward to.

Anyway welcome to the site:D

[Keith Maniac]

Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to conversing on a number of topics.:cool:

[Angel]

Good Evening Keith Manic

Noticed you had joined us, will also look forward to some Bowling Conversations,

We have a long dark winter ahead and it would be great to hear how you Bowling is Going over in Australia we do envy your weather and fast

greens sure my arms are six inches longer after playing on some of our heavy wet greens,


Welcome Angel http://www.julianhainesbowls.co.uk/forum/images/avatars/7963.gif

[pops]

welcome Keith great to have another Bowler from Australia

[IrishBowls]

Another member from The Land Down Under.

Irish by birth, Australia by choice, thus the user name of IrishBowls.

I enjoy regular games of social bowls, I have played Pennant but prefer just to play socially.

Cheers.

[Frankie]

Hi Irish Bowls,

Great to see you have joined the forum, we are getting several from 'down under' which is giving a good balance, and provoking some good posts!!!

WELCOME8-)

[Wicker]

Hi Irish Bowls
Good to have someone from the homeland join, I come from Hillsborough Co Down which is about ten miles from Belfast got an awful lot of cousins who have immigrated all over the world, but over time have lost touch,
Been Bowling a while now but still trying to improve,
Hope you have a Good New Year.


Wicker from N Ireland:D

[Angel]

Great to have a new member from Australia join us

Hope you had a Good Christmas and an even Better New Year,

Happy Bowling Angel:D:D

[kiwi bowler]

Hi and welcome Keith and IrishBowls to our forum:grin:

[Del]

Hi Irish Bowler,

Welcome to the site, hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Will be interesting over the coming months to hear how the 'Irish' settle in to Australia and the banter.
There is certainly some light hearted banter with the Oz's & Poms!!!:wink:

[Surfer]

Welcome Irish Bowl
Sure there is some Irish Blood in the family from way back, Live in Cornwall and have been here a good number of years,
Couldn't get a better place to live

Surfer from Cornwall:cool:

[Sam]

Welcome to the Forum Irish bowls Good to have you join us

Sam Short for Samantha


:D Happy New Year:D

[IrishBowls]

Hi Irish Bowler,

Welcome to the site, hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Will be interesting over the coming months to hear how the 'Irish' settle in to Australia and the banter.
There is certainly some light hearted banter with the Oz's & Poms!!!:wink:

Del, "the Irish settle in to Australia". It was the Irish who settled Australia!:)

Thanks for the welcomes and now that the silly season is over it's time to get back into the routine.

Cheers.
IrishBowls

[Del]

Morning Irish Bowls,

Thanks for the correction. Must have been the Irish who were the prison guards & introduced the art of Bowls??

[IrishBowls]

Hi Irish Bowls
Good to have someone from the homeland join, I come from Hillsborough Co Down which is about ten miles from Belfast got an awful lot of cousins who have immigrated all over the world, but over time have lost touch,
Been Bowling a while now but still trying to improve,
Hope you have a Good New Year.


Wicker from N Ireland:D

Hello Wicker, was browsing through the posts and saw your post. I don't know Hillsborough well, but was visiting friends in Lisburn in 1999 and I recall driving through Hillsborough on the way to a Vintage Tractor Musuem.

I left N Ireland in 1964.

Cheers.

[Wicker]

Thanks Irish Bowls, good to hear from you again, expect like me you noticed the changes in N.I. so built up & improved living.
Hillsbough so 'upmarket' these days, like so many other places completely priced out of the first time buyer market!!
Who ever thought N I would go that way!!!!

Probably looking through rose glasses but the old days everyone knew everyone with meetings on the corners etc, not these days everyone in a rush etc.

Never played bowls etc, not sure where the nearest bowls club in Hillsbough is, how sad.

Have some great bowls,

Wicker