by Michael McCaffery | Jan 12, 2023 | Night Owls
What a great start to our Thursday 2023 Night Owls season. Nice warm night with no wind…and a new bowling green to boot…how good is the Payneham bowling club!!! Usual round of interesting results, upsets and blow outs. After 15 ends only 1 solitary point separated The...
by Michael McCaffery | Jan 10, 2023 | Night Owls
What a start to season 2023. Nice warm night…not a breath of wind perfect bowling conditions and a brand new green as well!!! Full complement of 25 teams including 1new team The Cool Mammas…welcome to our completion and good luck Also welcome back to Team Euro who had...
by Michael McCaffery | Dec 15, 2022 | Night Owls
APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE POST…TECNHNICAL ISSUES Another somewhat brisk night (code for cold/unseasonal) brought 26 teams out onto the beautiful Payneham greens for the last round of the season. With the ladder all but set would the night end in a surprise result and...
by Michael McCaffery | Dec 13, 2022 | Night Owls
Weather…ordinary…but then again hasn’t that been the case for the whole season. SO WHAT…we still had 22 teams out for the last round of 2022. It takes more than a bit of cold weather to keep this hardy bunch of off the beautiful Payneham greens. Season decider came...
by Michael McCaffery | Dec 8, 2022 | Night Owls
On a somewhat brisk night (code for cold/unseasonal) we had 24 hardy teams out for another round of night owls. And what a night we had… The 3 Regions have tightened their grip on the top spot but are being hotly pursued by the ever reliable Blackhill Boomers and...
by Michael McCaffery | Dec 6, 2022 | Night Owls
Summer finally showed its face giving us a fine balmy night for the first time in 5 weeks. HOORAY Second to last round before the end of the season and some interesting results saw the table turned on its head. The top spot is wide open and will not be decided until...
by Michael McCaffery | Dec 1, 2022 | Night Owls
What a night…perfect weather…26 full teams…LET’S GO. As the old saying goes when the going gets tough the tough get going. In a top of the table clash The Blackhill Boomers coughed up top spot to The 3 Regions. Gully Gallopers winning streak came to an abrupt end...
by Michael McCaffery | Nov 29, 2022 | Night Owls
Yet another cold and wintery night did not deter our night owl bowlers from turning out in force for another round. Don’t worry though…summer IS COMING. Mystery round always throws up interesting combinations and results and this round was no different. Latecomers,...
by Michael McCaffery | Nov 24, 2022 | Night Owls
With the weather on the improve and a great night for bowls brought an almost full turn out of teams onto our beautiful Payneham greens and what a night it was!!! The top teams are all getting edgy and so there were plenty of surprise results. Just ask the Bad Boys....
by Michael McCaffery | Nov 22, 2022 | Night Owls
Another cold and wintery night did not deter our night owl bowlers from turning out in force for another round. It takes more than rain, hail, sleet and wind to keep this hardy bunch indoors. It was also a night of very interesting results. 3 of the top 4 teams were...
by Michael McCaffery | Nov 17, 2022 | Night Owls
On another pleasant night after a wild weekend we had 24 teams turn out on our beautiful Payneham greens and what a night it was!!! There was certainly electricity in the air as 8 of the 12 games were decided by 30 points or more. Well played Diligaf, Gully Gallopers,...
by Michael McCaffery | Nov 15, 2022 | Night Owls
At the risk of repeating myself…what a difference a week makes. From almost perfect conditions, warm and still, straight back to the middle of winter. Cold…cold…cold. At least it didn’t rain. Never the less the cold weather did little to dampen the spirits of...