Coco Club on the outskirts of Pattaya hosted the first lawn bowling Ashes competition between England and Australia on Saturday, Sept. 3, based on a similar system to the Ryder Cup in golf.
After the morning session the teams were all square at 6-6 but the Aussies had a huge 22 bowls point advantage, based mainly on a 25-2 win by Peter over Bill.
After lunch, the English got going however and it was a different story with the last four singles all won by the English players by a score total of 58 to 35, giving them the inaugural title by an overall score of 10-6 and possession of the new annual Ashes trophy.
The weekend also saw the unveiling of a new fifth rink at Coco Club, designed with wheelchair access to allow disabled players to train with a view to qualifying for the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020.
Top class free tuition from at least one of the top ten ranked Thai team members is available at all times. Call Sue on 087 135 8357.
