Hanging Out In Oshawa On The Victoria Day Weekend

Victoria Day Weekend - A great holiday weekend of bowls . . kicked off by the MacMillan Trebles in Oshawa.

 

Gentlemen from points east of Toronto plus a few T.O. teams gathered in Oshawa Saturday (May 22) for the 2010 renewal of the Gord MacMillan Memorial Men’s Trebles. They came from Whitby, Peterborough, Coburg, Belleville, Pickering, Cannington, Port Perry, Oakville, Toronto . . .  and lets not forget the strong contingent from the host Oshawa club. Those outsiders looking for an easy 1^st game against a weak home team need not apply in Oshawa. They have so many good teams you have to be up to the test right from bowl number one.

 

The scheduling of this event on the same day as another premier tournament in Burlington resulted in the absence of a few regular attendees . . . but that void opened the door for a few teams that may not normally have made the entry list as vacated spots were quickly snatched up by local teams. The weathermen had been saying all week ”watch out for rain on Saturday” . . .  but the bowling Gods had the final say as 5 minutes of misty drizzle was all that materialized.

 

Good weather . . . great greens. . players anxious to show their stuff after hibernating all winter . . . resulted in a great day of bowls. As usual when conditions are good the cream rises to the top and the 3 game winners were all teams who are no strangers to the winners circle.

3^rd place to Norm Smith of Peterborough, 2^nd place to Fred Thompson of Oshawa with Gord Terwilligar & Keith Olan, (I can’t remember many tournaments I’ve been to where Gord didn’t cash in).

 

Winners on the day: Wayne Wallwork of Cannington with Al Purcell and Roger Buck. (Roger’s patented yells of “YES SIR” & “OH BABY” could be heard from rink 1 to 16 several times during the day).

 

Yikes . .my teams own satisfaction of managing to walk away with a prize was greatly tempered by the fact that we lost game 2 by a score of 18-17 . . . .  by giving up 7 points in the last end!  Well . . already forgotten  . .  moving on to the next game.

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