DDD Duel - 10/12/08

You would have been forgiven for thinking you were seeing double at the hawthorn bowls club on the last windy Wednesday evening. A gully breeze sought to blow harder than a fat kid on his first birthday, eager to enjoy the reward below his candles.

As members of the Dogs stepped up to rink 19, there was a mute hush as not 1, but 2 DDDs strolled onto the green in unison. It looked like a clone had been made of the Dead Dogs long lost skipper..... Had the doctors mistaken his groin operation for something more dark and sinister. Two DDDs on 1 green...... but as the crowd looked closer, they could see that while almost as well built as the Dogs skipper, the shadow who mirrored his every move, was slightly folicly challenged, and had the look of the Dogs skipper 30 years from now. Snr vs Jr, the match was pitted as a grudge match, when earlier in the day, the Dogs looking to fill the 4th spot in their rotation were told their club was not fit for the likes of DDD snr, and thus he was playing for a team known only at Pure Momentum.

Well DDD Jr had news for his older more gravity challenged mirror..... the Dog does not take No from No one.... and like a Chuck Norris inspired fight scene, ripped his shirt off to show glistening muscle beneath his David Hasslehoff chest hair. 'WAKE UP CAMPBELL' ........ 'what!' DDD Jr had fallen asleep before the game, and only onlookers could speculate as to the dream he was having, with his T shirt ripped off and muttering ...... 'The Big Bang was just Chuck Norris doing a round house kick in Gods Face'

So with DDD Jr awake and ready for action, against the senior DDD, it would be a spiteful encounter, and only did the match reach its pinnacle, when DDD Snr revealed to DDD Jr that he was in fact his father! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

The Grasshopper bowls being sidelined for some weeks, the Dogs sought a new friend to fill the void of club mascot, so the firemen were elected and the game started with a few easy ends. 2's being the order of the day, to Richie Benaud's delight, Pure Momentum could not shake the Dogs, so all of the scribbling was being done on the Dogs side of the score card. LOL as always the stout lead off bowler, happy to return to the number 1 position, put down some early pressure, and with Andy Zee next in the 3 dog line up, the quality was there for all to see.

Not much to be said for such a quality game, the Dogs put out all worrying blazes with their fire fighters leading the way. Most ends were close, but not quite close enough for the usurpers, so the Dog held somewhat of a training drill for the crowd and posted a total that would be a shot at the 6 pack.

Such ease the game was played with, on several occasions DDD spotted Andy Zee bowling opposite handed with his eyes closed. LOL taking a hint from this, decided to face the other way and cast her next few bowls over her head, landing them as always right on the kitty.

Such a large total DDD Jr could not remember the exact amount but over 20 and the opposition less then 2 more than 0 could only think they were out classed and out bowled on a blustery Wednesday night.

Entering the clubrooms last off the rink, the Dog thought the 6 pack in their grasp, but once again the mustache lead, self appointed upperclass of Biased by name and Bastards by nature, took home the 6 pack, only to select not one South Australian beer of the 6 they took home.......

other raffle wins went to various teams, but Pure Momentum had their night completed at they won a jar of pickled onions, and rightly so, because in this Dogs eyes, their game did stink!

Votes
3 - Andy Zee..... on fire, had trouble with the short ends, but bowled well when it mattered.
2 - LOL never a bowl out of place
1 - DDD, cos we only had 3 players, so I get 1 vote by default

honorable mention goes to Deric O, for a bowl that did not make it halfway down the rink, instead took a B-line for the side gutter and acted as our half way line.