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Anywhere But Down The Middle: DUAFC Go Bowling

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Updated: Oct 6, 2024




The big blue cones were out  as the boys arrived for training on Monday, which could mean only one thing: the ‘Five Lap Challenge.’ A five lap time trial of the Maiden Castle field, clocking at 1,500m, which proves a grueling test of mental and physical toughness for even the fittest athlete. Given that the rest of the session wasn’t much easier - and with two big league fixtures to play this week - the lads decided to treat themselves with a round of bowling to breathe some life back into them.


Whilst, on the surface, it seemed like a great plan, after a few pre-bowling lemonades, the radar was slightly askew for a few of the boys. Having witnessed too many back-to-back ‘gutter balls’, it seemed as though some of the lads were having a private competition of ‘whose ball can spend the most time in the gutter’.


As some throws would have struggled to trouble three sets of pins, it seemed, at times in the evening, that the safest place to stand was in the middle of the runway…


With ‘plan a’ not having great success, some turned to more alternative methods. Fin Gwillim tried his luck at giving his ball instructions as it was hurtling down the runway, although I believe this type of behaviour is better suited to the golf course. Having said that, hearing Gwillim’s golfing tales from the summer just gone, I’m not sure that talking to his ball worked particularly well for him on the golf course either…





Ryan Cook took his tactics from the rugby field, implementing both the ‘up and under’ and the two handed pass technique. My guess as to why he didn’t settle on one is because neither one of them were making a great case for being the front-runner.


Ossie O’Neill showed his bowling prowess with some very cultured curling efforts that caught the eye. Nobody would be complaining if we saw that touch and control on the football field throughout the season…


All in all, we’re far better with a football than we are with a bowling ball but, with a few flukey strikes and some scores over ‘100’, there’s plenty of time for DUAFC to make an impression on the Durham Bowling scene.


For now, though, attention turns to the Durham Derby on Thursday night in our second Wearside game of the campaign. Having won our first match of the season, we’ve got to ‘strike’ while the iron is hot.


Yeah, I’ll see myself out…


Written by George Gompertz

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