Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Well,here we are for another week of news from the Bowlie,
Last Sunday week we held the David Little and Neville Trainer sponsored Mini Carnival.10 teams took to the greens in a happy mood to do battle for the prize money
the winning team on the day was Team Barby,well done Graham.
Also on Sunday the club Blue Challenge team went on a road trip to Dubbo
To do battle with West Dubbo no. 1 and 2 teams,unfortunatly we lost both games,
So we are out of the challenge,maybe next year.
Thursday afternoon social bowls saw 20 players front the starter,with the winners beingTom Cole and Dean Searl with a win 22/20 over Greg Davies and John Hodge,Runners up being Bill Wyatt and Phil Collins.
This will be Phil’s last game with us as he is heading up to Lauretin to be a Gentleman of Leisure,Although his wife may have something to say about that,Anyway all the best Phil, hope you have a spare room handy.
Saturday afternoon social bowls was a small affair as seven or eight teams went to Eugowra,For their big tournament,so the bulk of the saturday players were absent.
However three games were played,Ken Walsh and John Carr were too good for Noel NicholsonAnd Ray Jones 26/14, Paul Henry and Gary McPhee had a good win against Dave Johnston and Tom Casey 28/10,And the triples game went to Bernie Mitchell Col Woods and Merv Hennock over Tom Cole Ron Murray and Alan Affleck 21/18.
I only have the results of one game of mixed fours played Wednesday,that being team Corbett beating team Hayward 21/17.
Business House Bowls is up and running with 16 teams playing on Wednesday Night, with the winners being Mamre,(The Alectown Bushrangers), and the runners up being the Headless Chooks, there were a couple of close games on the night.
Land Care had a hard fought win over High Rollers 15/12,and The Gate beating Pulsars 13/12.
Thursday Night games saw We Wreck Em win on the night with the runner up being Thrown Together.A couple of close games saw the Uniting Church beat the Villagers 13/9, Bushies beating Hays 13/10.And We Wreck Em beating Revamped 18/13.
Great to see all the teams on both nights having a good time.
Sunday Morning Bowls saw a field of eight take to the green,the winners being Kevin Hynes and Steve Skinner,The jackpot was not won so this week it will be $720,so come along for a great mornings bowls and the chance to win some serious money.
Names in by 9.30 for a 10AM start,everyone welcome.
Good Bowling to you all.
The Driving Lead.