What a fabulous game! I play outdoor bowls in Scotland and I wish we could have the surface you guys play on when playing outdoor bowls! Is there any real grass being played on in Australia?
The coverage is terrible. It would be nice to see the bowl leave the hand untill it comes to rest. I like to watch the game not a close up of the players.
A good draw shot player will beat a good driver any day ? A often repeated & confusing statement, Why ? Maybe if the driver only drives with every bowl in every end of the match. Rob Parrella plays with accuracy using both the draw shot & drive shot along with many delicately weighted shots in beetwen. I admire him also for playing social bowls ( to win ) not often that He gets beat ( most star players dont play social bowls ) but Rob plays social bowls & promotes the Sport of Lawn Bowls with a Passion. The game of lawn bowls has benefited greatly from having Rob Parrella transfer his sportng prowess & intrest from Bocce ( Australian Champion ) to lawn bowls. I learned a lot about the sport of lawn bowls when I was young just from watching Rob play.
Australia's team were disappointing considering the class players they had in their team, but sadly a couple of them were not at their best - But then they are playing against the world number one in Alex Marshall! But George had a good game!
Only wondering if there was any footage of the Australian Championships at Greenlees Park Bowling Club in the 70s. Would bring back a lot of memories...Thanks Robert