After a walk in New Zealand, where Paul managed to defeat a girl who was a bocce champion, our girls presented him with a trophy – a bit of a Dad joke. When we have been together (and remembered) the boys have often played for the trophy. The winner takes this magnificent trophy to live at their house until the next time a match is thought necessary. The trophy has gone missing on a few occasions – houses have been packed up into boxes, the trophy has been put inside a cupboard (that winner not as keen to display it)…. and discussions have raged about who actually has it. We had discovered the trophy in our house and we were having a family picnic for Mother’s Day yesterday and thought it an opportunity to get it out of our house and to someone else so they could love it.
The 5 grandchildren are now big enough to also take part so it really was a family championship. An adult and child were paired together, with Greg adjudicating throws. The object was to be the first pair to score 3 wins. Everyone had some excellent throws, towards the end the big boys were bringing in some of their “special shots” from their previous games. Amazingly we got to a stage where every pair except Paul and Dale had 2 wins (they had 1 and Dale was excited with that). The last game would most likely decide the winners. It was very close but Isla and Pete took it out. Isla was very excited to have a trophy – her parents saying they were very happy for her to keep it in her bedroom! I think Jackson was disappointed to lose as he had done some great work, but I also think his parents were very happy to not have the trophy come to live with them.
Paul called everyone together and the presentation was made to Isla and Pete. They are the current bocce champions – until the call goes out for another tournament.
Jottings & Blottings 