Bowls Notes and Club Blog

G'Day and welcome to this weeks news from the Bowlie.
TWILIGHT BOWLS.
Thursday night saw 18 teams take part in the Twilight Bowls Competition. The winners on the night were Railway Goat Poachers, the runners up being Battlers. A couple of results from the night. Hays Hardware had a good win over Good Question 14/12, Parkes Hospital also had a close win over High Rollers 11/10 and Crackerjacks and Thrown Together had a mighty draw 15/15. Well done by all the teams.
SOCIAL BOWLS.
Thursday afternoon saw a small number of players on the green, with the winner being Norm Keane and Ray Jones. One close game saw Norm Keane and Ray Jones beat John Dunn and John Corcoran 23/22.
Saturday afternoon saw 30 bowlers on the greens. The winners on the day saw the ladies team of Leanne Simpson and Rhona Went getting the money, with the runners up being the singles game of Mike Valentine and Marker John Corcoran.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
Wednesday Night saw 4 games of Mixed Pairs being played, with some very close scores being recorded. Liz Byrne and Terry Hetherington beat Gwenda Carty and Paul Henry 19/15, Kath Hutchinson and Mick Craft had a last end win over Rhona and Garry Went 17/16, Elaine Miller (subbing for Karen Casey) and Tom Casey had a hard fought win over Maree and Wally Grant 28/23 and Elle Hetherington and Col Hayward had a good win over Maureen and George Boatswaine 22/17.
HANDICAP SINGLES.
A small field took part in this event. Some of the scores on the race to the finals saw Norm Keane beat Greg Ballentine 25/23. Mick Valentine beat John Dunn 26/21 and Kevin Hynds beat Wally Grant 25/20. On Sunday Morning the semi finals took place. Tony Bright up against Norm Keane, while Kev Hynds took on Mick Valentine.In the Bright Keane game, it was neck and neck right up to the end, with Norm Keane getting up on the final end 25/24. While Mick Valentine had a comfortable win over Kev Hynds 27/14.
In the final played after lunch on Sunday. It was a ding dong battle between Mike Valentine and Norm Keane, with Norm getting up 25/20.In an interesting twist to this event, Norm was a last minute entry to avoid a bye and he gets up to win. Congratulations Norm and to every one else who entered the event.
GENERAL NEWS.
The first rounds of the Mixed Fours are up for play this Saturday and Sunday, so please check the board to see who your team has to play and the times. Saturday will be a 1.30pm start.
On Wednesday the 28th Nov, the semi finals of the Mixed Pairs is to be played, with the final on 1st December.
On the 8th December the annual up to 65 will play the over 65's, so put your name in the blue book. If you are 65, you will play in the up to team.
Some terrific news. We now have a Bowls Secretary, Craig Cusack has taken on the position. Since he has never done the job before, please give him all the help you can. A big thanks Craig from everyone, as this is an extremely important position.
We are also looking for names to volunteer to run social bowls on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. We do have a list but more names will be most welcome. At the moment it is only one afternoon every month.If you work but can help Saturday, that would be a great help. Please see me or another committee person for details.
Well that's it for this week, see you all at the Bowlie.

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