Bowls Notes and Club Blog

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PENNANTS.
The second round of the Pennants were played on Sunday, March 12 and on the score sheets our three grades did not fair very well in spite if some great bowls being played.The Grade 2 side travelled to Dubbo City’s home and in a very close match were beaten 54-52.
Col Hayward’s team had a good win in their match, winning by eight shots and Garry Carberry’s team went down narrowly by one shot and John Davies team went down by nine shots giving Dubbo City a win of 9 points to 1.
Playing at home, our Grade 5 side also lost 9 points to one against Parkes Railway/Diggers Club. Our winning team, Skipped by Keith MacRae, won 21-18. Col Mudie’s team were narrowly beaten 16-19 while Arthur Corbett’s team were no match for their opponents, going down 36-10.
The Grade 7 side travelled to Condobolin and were also beaten 9 points to 1.
George Boatswain’s team had a great win, 25-14 while Steve Mills’ team went down by a single shot, 18-19.
Joe Crowley’s team could not match their opponents going down 33-9.
Not too good on the score card but it was a great day of bowls and congratulations to all involved.
Here’s hoping for better luck for next weekend when the 2’s are home to West Dubbo, the 5’s travel to Caragabal and the 7’s are away at Peak Hill.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.
In a very close Major Singles match, Matt Parker started well against Graham Barby to lead 6-1 after three ends. Graham fought back and after seven ends the scores were level 6 all. Over the next eight ends Matt again played well to build a lead of 18-9 but Graham again got back into the match and after nineteen ends Matt lead by a single shot – 18-17. Though he played some great bowls Graham could not match Matt and on the thirty-first end Matt scored the single shot he needed to win the match 31-25.
On Saturday, in a Major Singles match, Col Mudie had a win over Gary McPhee 31-22 and , in a Major Pairs match Col Hayward and Arthur Corbett played a very great struggle against Tom Furey and Dave Johnson.
Col and Arthur lead for most of the games and it wasn’t until the eighteenth end that Tom and Dave scored four shots to lead 18-17. On the next two ends each team scored a single shot and going into the last end Tom and Dave lead 19-18. In an exciting finish to the match, Col and Arthur held two shots that would give them victory but Tom played a great shot to move the jack and give him the shot. With his last bowl Col tried to remove Tom’s bowl to give him and Arthur the two shots they needed to win but just failed to do so and Tom and Dave moved into the Semi-Finals with a very close 20-18 win.
Social Bowls.
Thursday, March 9.
On a great day for bowls thirty players turned out for six games of Pairs and one of Triples.
The Triples match was the most closely contested and the team of Ron Fisher, Ted Wright and Bob Freeman lead for the first fourteen ends before Graham Dixon, John Watson and George Bradley scored three shots on the fifteenth end to take the lead 12-10. It wasn’t long before Graham’s team regained the lead and went on to win the match 20-15.
In a Pairs match, Warren Bevan and John Carr had a lead of 8-0 after the first three ends and went on to beat Col Mudie and Gary McPhee 25-17.
Other results were;
Ron Hornery and Ray Jones 27 – John Ward and Rob Irving 17.
Col Hayward and John Hodge 27 – Geoff Freeman and Graham Barby 17.
John Davies and Col Woods proved too strong for Keith MacRae and Joe Crowley.
Arthur Corbett and Jim Blake were too good for Steve Ryan and Greg Huggins.
John Dunn and Les Kent had a convincing win against Guy Ellery and Bill Skinner.
I’m afraid my notes don’t include mention of the prize winners on the day, and I apologise for this oversight, but I’m sure the winners know who they were and have already spent the prize money.
Saturday, March 11.
Twenty players joined the Championship match players and enjoyed five games of Pairs.
Steve “Nimo” Mills and Ron Fisher won the first two ends to lead Keith MacRae and Mike Valentine but from there on Keith and Mike took control of the scoring and in spite of the fact that Steve and Ron won the ends 12-9, Keith and Mike won the match 20-16.
Rob Irving and Les Kent also won the first two ends of their match against Ron Hornery and John Carr and held on to win the match 23-16.
Other results were;
John Ward and Maureen Baillie were too strong for George Boatswain and John Watson.
Geoff freeman and Joe Crowley had a good win over John Davies and Jim Blake.
Ray Jones and Greg Huggins had a convincing win against Peter Page (visiting from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland) and Bob Freeman.
The Winners Prize went to Col Mudie and Pat Cooney (who marked the Singles Championship match) and the Runners-up were Rob Irving and Les Kent.
1300 Bugman Barefoot Bowls.
Eighteen teams turned out for a great evening of bowls on Thursday, March 9 to play a couple of close games and some not so close.
We Wreck ‘em ‘N’ We Fix ‘em had a close game against Hi Rollers and in the end could only hold on for a 13 all draw.
Casey Surveying lead for most of the game, but on the last end Loopy Loppers proved too good and won the match 14-13.
The other match results were;
Purple People against Parkes Shire Council.
Bowls for Beers against Elvii .
Rebelle against Happy Wanderers.
The Royal against Central West Glass.
Three Amigos against Pink.
Bowl Bros. against 1300 Bugman.
In a family affair, the Wright Brothers had a good win against the Peak Hill Girls.
As usual, a great night was had by all and many thanks to Tom Furey for cooking the snacks we all enjoyed after the games.
Friday Night
The Badge Draw was not won last Friday and will be worth $1200 this week. The draw will take place after after the meat and voucher raffle.
As usual good pub style meals will be available at very reasonable prices.