Bowls Notes and Club Blog

G'Day, and welcome to this weeks news from the Bowlie.
TWILIGHT BOWLS.
20 teams fronted for the second last night of bowls, and from the notes on the night show the winners to be Elle, runners up Rowdy Wombats, some close games from the night saw the most improved team Cobb St Tavern boys beat Three Amigos 21/16, We Wreckem & We Fixem 13 Beat Crackerjacks 12, Fletcher Ford in a close one 12/10 over Headless Chooks, Golden Girls beat Uniting Church 12/10, and Services 15 Beat Back Trundle Road 12.
SOCIAL BOWLS.
Thursday afternoon saw 16 bowlers on the green, with the winners on the day Dave Buggie and Noel Nicholson, a couple of close encounters on the day saw Noel Nicholson and Dave Buggie beat Joe Crowley and John Hodge 22/19, and John Dunn and John Ward beat Norm Keane and Arthur Corbett 20/18.
Saturday saw 47 bowlers on the greens, with a mixture of social and Championship games.
The winners on the day Saw Graham (Flip)Fliedner, and Marker Tony Byrne first, with Wally Austin and Guy Bennett (Sub) take second prize. A couple of scores from the social scene saw Merv Hennock John Hodge and John Ward just get over Bernie Mitchell Wally Grant and Greig Ball 22/20, and in a nail biter Sheldon Orr and John Carr drew with Bill Skinner and Max Tomkins 17/17, with Bill and Max getting the ends 11/10, cannot get much closer than that.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Seven games of Club Championship games played over the week, In the Major Singles games, Graham Fliedner beat Keith MacRae 31/25, and Col Mudie beat Greg Fisher 31/15, in a Minor Singles game Steve Mills beat Mick Craft 31/28.
In the game of Major Pairs, Arthur Corbett and Col Hayward beat Graham Barby and Joe Davies 17/15, Col scored a four on the 20th end to put them in front for the first time in the game, then scored a one on the final end to give them the game, in three games of Minor Pairs, Tom Cole (Sub) and John O'Malley scored a five on the 20th end to put them one point behind, they then scored a one on the final end to level the game, then scored a one in the extra end to give them the game 19/18 over Mike Valentine and John Dunn, a real good game, and like the saying goes, the games not over till the last bowls down, in the other games Guy Bennett (sub) and Wally Austin got up over Norm Keane and Greg Ballentyne, 23/19, and the dark horses of the comp, Alan Affleck and Joe Crowley beat Ron Murray and Terry Hetherington 24/8. A couple of late games, in a Minor singles game, Greg Ballentyne had a good win over Greig Ball, 31/13, whilst in a Minor Pairs game played on Sunday Afternoon, Laurie Westcott and Glen Pepper beat Wally Grant and Ben Townsend 21/15, Wally and Ben were down for the count at the 16th end, but made a great charge, but the lead was too great, congratulations to all the winners so far.
All these comps are getting to the pointy end of the board, so some good games are in the pipeline.
SUNDAY JACKPOT BOWLS.
14 players fronted to try for the jackpot, but it was not won, so this Sunday $300 up for grabs.
PENNANTS.
The Mighty Sevens traveled up the Newell to take on Peak Hill, after our loss last week, this game was a real test of our resolve, and we came through will flying colors, winning 5/1, Peak Hill are a tough nut to crack on their home green, so our win was a good result, this Sunday we are home to Forbes, and if we can get a good win here, we will be up with the leaders in our chase for a district flag, a big thanks to Pat Cooney, who has taken on the job of Master Board Keeper, its good to know we don't have to look for someone each game to do this important job.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Parkes Cellars day is on this Saturday, starting at 1.30pm, it is a mixed mufti triples game, there is still time to enter teams in the blue book, this day is totally sponsored by Parkes Cellars, it a great day, with lots of prizes, so don't miss out.
Easter Saturday is the Toohey Sponsored Mini Carnival, it is a mufti mixed team day, starting at 10am, so get your teams in the blue book, only 14 teams can be accepted, so don't miss out.
Keep up the good work with the Championship games, we are really getting into the pointy end of the various comps.
Well that's it for this week, see you all at the Bowlie.
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