Bud Wakeling is one happy man. Bud is the President of the Santa Monica Lawn Bowling Club and was very happy to receive the prestigious President's Cup from Holmby Park Lawn Bowling club President Jack Edwards in the local derby.

Sunday, June 25th, turned out to be a great day for our club. The format of the competition was triples, with 5 teams from each club playing 10 ends in the morning then 10 more ends in the afternoon. The teams were changed slightly for the afternoon games to allow reserves to get into the action.

The day was sunny with a cooling breeze and the greens were running beautifully - special thanks to Dave Lambert and Amo Garcia for their constant maintenance.

In the morning games, Santa Monica won 3 games to 2 with many close games. We stopped for a fantastic lunch with a surprise delivery of excellent pizza and finished with some excellent cakes for dessert. After a bit of a chat with our friends we waddled back onto the green to finish the tournament. With 4 games finished the score was 2 all and it was down to the last game to decide the result. If Holmby LBC won the last game, they would retain the President's Cup, since this year's tournament would end in a draw.

Fortunately, our team came through and left it in no doubt. The final game went to Santa Monica, so the afternoon result was the same as the morning: 3 games to 2. The final result, combining the morning and afternoon games, was: Santa Monica 6, Holmby Park 4. We had some brilliant performances from some of our rookies such as Phil, Barb, Jackie, Nathan, Ryan, and Rob. We also had some of our other rookies there to support the club and enjoy the tournament and observe lawn bowling played in a more competitive format.

Special thanks goes out to all the members involved in making the day such a great success. These include Vice-president Bill Wolff, team organizer Ray Spiro, Amo Garcia for organizing the setting and packing up of the rinks, Dixie Vanderloop and Barbara Lambert, and of course all our players for doing a fantastic job. At the end of the day both clubs had a wonderful day on the green and everyone will be looking forward to next year's challenge.

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