Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Here is the latest news from the Bowlie.
CORBETT’S HISTORY MAKING WIN
Last month Robert and Arthur Corbett won the Central West District Pairs title for the third consecutive year. This is the first time a team has won three consecutive titles in the 70 plus years of the competition. Congratulations to Robert and Arthur on this history making performance.
TWILIGHT BOWLS
Thursday night saw 62 bowlers on the greens.
Narrow margins highlighted the penultimate round of the competition with eight of the ten games having a margin of three or less. Super Bees defeated Battlers 11-10, Bushies defeated High Rollers 13-12, Turf & Surf defeated Uniting Church 13-12, Casey Surveying defeated Cracker Jacks 13-11, Elle defeated Three Amigos 10-8, Throw Together defeated Rok-FM 12-10, Young Guns defeated We Wreck Em-We Fix Em 12-10 and Bowl Bros defeated Back Trundle Road 14-11. The other matches saw Bat Girls score nine shots on the last four ends to defeat The Noobs 15-9 and Spadgers had a comfortable win over an understrength Golden Girls.
The major prize winning team was Bat Girls. Elle the minor prize and Back Trundle Road the lucky losers.
Rok-FM’s loss last week has given five teams the chance of winning the competition. A fitting finale for this very popular event. The presentation night will be on Thursday 20th March. This will be a free night of bowls followed by the presentation.
PENNANTS
The 2014 pennant season commenced on Sunday with the club recording three wins and one narrow loss.
Grade 1 played Dubbo Railway at Parkes Bowling & Sports and scored a good win with an overall 63-58 shots margin and a 5-1 victory. Results of the individual matches were:
Geoff Freeman, Warwick Parker, Michael Went (man of the match) and Graham Fliedner won 24-20.
Dave Johnson, Tony Bright, John Corcoran and Brett Frame lost narrowly 16-20.
Graham Barby, Tom Casey, John Davies and Col Hayward won 23-18. One of the many highlights of this match was the high-fives given by skip, Col Hayward.
Grade 5 played Cobar at Parkes Bowling & Sports and scored a very good win with an overall 68-43 shots margin and a 6-0 victory. Results of individual matches were:
Peter McPhee, Mick Craft, John Carr and Keith MacRae won 20-15.
Greig Ball, Mark Dwyer, Col Mudie and Arthur (Amazing) Corbett won 22-10. Arthur was the stand out player of this match.
Matt Parker, Greg Fisher, John O’Malley and Warren Bevan won 26-8 in a very dominant display.
Grade 6 played Parkes Railway Diggers at Railway Diggers and were narrowly defeated. The overall shots being 56-63 for a 4-2 defeat. Results of individual matches were:
John Dunn, Wally Austin, Mike Valentine and Kevin Hynds won 22-16.
Tom Furey, Noel Nicholson, George Boatswain and John Ward lost 11-25.
Norm Keane, Max Tomkins, Steve Ryan and Terry Hetherington won a very close match 23-22.
Grade 7 played Condobolin at Parkes Bowling & Sports and scored a good win with an overall 65-54 shot margin for a 5-1 victory. Results of individual matches were:
Ron Murray, Rob Irving, Wally Grant and Bruce Orr had a good 24-14 win.
Tony Byrne, Bernie Mitchell, Mike Parkes and Greg Townsend lost narrowly 20-24.
Don Littlewood, Bill Skinner, Keith Alexander and Steve Mills won 21-16.
Next Sunday Grade 1 plays West Dubbo at West Dubbo, Grade 5 plays Gilgandra at Gilgandra, Grade 6 is at home against Condobolin and Grade 7 plays Forbes at Forbes.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Five matches were played over the last week.
In Major Singles, Mike Valentine defeated Col Mudie 31-12, John O’Malley defeated Wally Austin 31-25 and Gary McPhee defeated Mike Valentine 31-26.
In Minor Singles, Greig Ball defeated George Boatswain 31-24.
In a Major Pairs match Dean Searl and Warren Bevan had a good 20-11 win over Mick Craft and Keith MacRae.
SOCIAL
Tuesday, 4th March, saw the first game of the new Twilight Jackpot Bowls. 14 players turned out with the majority of players being 9-5 workers. New bowlers are welcome with players needing to have their names in by 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start.
On Thursday 26 bowlers played five games of Pairs and one Triples.
In the Triples game Rob Irving, Bernie Mitchell and Gary McPhee came from behind, winning the last seven ends, to defeat Terry Cunningham (Canberra), Norm Keane and Mick Keane (Sussex Inlet) 24-15.
Tom Cole and Graham Fliedner won the last five ends in defeating Bill Skinner and John Davies 19-17.
John Keogh and John Carr scored one shot on the last end to defeat Dean Searl and John Hodge 23-22.
Steve Ryan and Graham Barby led all the way in their 20-15 win over Greig Ball and Warren Bevan.
Bob Freeman and Keith MacRae played Mick Blunt and Terry Hetherington. After ten ends the score was 9all. Mick and Terry then won nine of the last eleven ends to run out big winners 29-12.
Alan Affleck and John Ward defeated Allan Wright and John Dunn 22-15.
Major winners were Tom Cole and Graham Fliedner and the minor winners were Alan Affleck and John Ward.
Saturday saw 16 bowlers play four games of Pairs.
Steve Ryan and John Ward only lost four ends in their 29-6 win over Max Tomkins and John Carr.
Keith Alexander and Arthur Corbett had a good 27-16 win over Ron Murray and Joe Crowley.
After the score was tied 12all, Noel Nicholson and John Hodge won the last four ends to defeat Wes Westcott and Geoff Freeman 20-12.
Ted Wright and Dave Johnson, aided by a seven shot end, defeated Steve Mills and Kevin Hynds 25-21.
Major winners were Noel Nicholson and John Hodge and the minor winners were John O’Malley and Tony Byrne (marker).
BRAGGERS CUP
The second round of this competition was played last Friday at Railway Diggers.
Parkes Bowling & Sports had another 3-1 victory. Col Hayward had a big win over Luke Ramsay, John O’Malley had a narrow win over Mick Furney, Arthur Corbett defeated Alan Cameron and once again Tony Piesley won Railway Diggers only match when he defeated Graham Fliedner.
SUNDAY MORNING JACKPOT
Only six bowlers graced the greens and played a game of Triples.
Keith Hutchison, Ian Brown and Mal Porter led all the way in defeating Bill Wyatt, Rob Irving and Shannon Birmingham 16-7.
Voucher winners were Rob Irving, Bill Wyatt and Mal Porter.
The jackpot was not won and now stands at $980.
Come along on Sunday morning for a game of bowls, a sausage sandwich, and a chance to win the jackpot. Names in by 9:30am for a 10:00am start.
UPCOMING BOWLS EVENTS
15th March – Round 2 Major Pairs
16th March – Round 2 Pennants
22nd March – Round 1 Minor Pairs
23rd March – Round 3 Pennants
STARTERS
Tomorrow – John Hodge and Geoff Freeman
Saturday, 15th March – Tom Casey and Joe Crowley
Thursday, 20th March – Alan Affleck and Keith MacRae
GENERAL
Members are reminded of a Seafood Buffet Night with entertainment by Risky Business being held on 29th March. Cost is $40 per head.
Drop in anytime and enjoy the fun and friendship of the Bowlie.