From the "In the cold, hard light of day, that might not have been such a good idea" file, have a read of this from Jonathan Millmow at the Dom-Post:
One of New Zealand's leading bowlers is fighting to stay in the sport after he exposed himself at an Easter tournament in Gisborne.
David File admits he "flopped out my old fella" when he returned from the toilet to illustrate to his losing fours team that they were "playing like dicks" on the middle day of the Easter Burton Cup tournament at Kahutia Bowling Club.
The 43-year-old Gisborne painter told The Dominion Post last night that he regretted his actions and maintained few saw his act and no one was offended at the time.
But Bowls Gisborne East Coast took the matter into its own hands and hammered the former New Zealand representative with a 10-year ban.
"You don't even get that for murder these days," File said.
"I didn't hurt anybody. I just made a dick of myself. I've been around bowls quite a while, I've seen a lot of punishments for various misdemeanours and I have never seen anything like this for a lot more serious offences."
File is talking to a lawyer and plans to appeal to Bowls New Zealand.
And File has a ready-made defence:
File said he was genuinely disappointed with himself and put the incident down to a combination of a few drinks earlier in the day and his team playing poorly in the three-day tournament.
"We weren't going very well and we'd had a few beers and we were playing like dickheads.
"I went for a piss and when I returned I flopped it out and said to the boys, `That is what we are playing like.'
"It was only a bit of a joke. Everyone thought it was a bit of a joke at the time, that is what was intended.
Ah; he was affected by the demon drink; that obviously makes Mr File's "indiscretion" completely understandable. It'll be interesting to see what Bowls NZ says when he appeals what does seem to be a pretty heavy-handed ban.
And in closing, we can't resist a bowling pun. If David File had been drinking, we hope he wasn't driving!!
3 comments:
I have been around the North Islands top Lawn Bowlers for the last 20 years. Played a few and know a a fair number especially in the crntral and lower North Island.
The only other guy I know about who did something like that was the great Nick Unkovich who actually peed on his team mate Doug Richard-Jolly's bowling bag after the latters dog had cocked its leg on his bag. I think it was at the National Championships in the 70's.
I am unsure of the repercussions but there were not the protocols there are now.
David File has the reputation of being a fiery bugger, expecially after a few beers so what he did is probably not surprising.
The only other guy I know about who did something like that was the great Nick Unkovich who actually peed on his team mate Doug Richard-Jolly's bowling bag after the latters dog had cocked its leg on his bag. I think it was at the National Championships in the 70's.
If I had to wait 40 years for a bit of high-jinx in my sport of choice I'd switch codes. Peeing on a dog is a far higher grade of situation humour than a guy dropping his pants. The younger generation just don't know what funny is any more.
Read my comment again anon - you have it wrong.
There are plenty of other things that happen on bowling greens but generally it is a civilised sport which does not denigrate itself with such coarse activities.
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