Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Pennants
The No.1 pennant side suffered a heart breaking loss at the hands of Dubbo Railway on Sunday. Despite winning two rinks to one they still went down on the big board 58- 49. Playing in wet windy conditions, Dane Bland led his side in fine style leading from the front they won 13-11, also showing good form was Robert Corbett and his side as they led all the way for a fine 20-16 win. Unfortunately Jim Buckley’s side struck very strong opposition and went down 16-31. The side will travel to Nyngan this week and need to win to keep in touch with the leaders.
The No4 side played Bourke on Saturday afternoon and were soundly beaten on all rinks going down 6-0; there are no scores available so i am unable to give rink results.
On Sunday with the heavy rain in town all pennant matches were washed out, the fours, sixes and sevens were due to play home matches.

Thursday Bowls.
Club championship matches are dominating the programs at present and Thursday was no exception. In major singles Col Hayward def Wally Austin 31-11 and Garry McPhee won 30-6 over John Edwards. Two minor singles matches were also played, the closest being a hard fought 33-28 win for Peter McPhee over Craig Henry. Mike Parkes showed good form with a convincing 31-16 win against Steve Ryan. In social bowls stand out game was a close 19-18 win to Tony Byrne and John Edwards over John Dunn and Tom Cole. Another tight game was also a one shot result with Garry McPhee and Greig Ball winning 20-19 against Ted Wright and Tom Hamilton. Bernie Coleman and Alan Tolhurst had a convincing 26-14 win against Wally Grant and Neville Whitfield. John Corcoran and John Hodge won a tough encounter against Colin Mudie and John Ward 21-14, and Josh Mills and Merv Hennock were impressive 26-10 winners over Eddie McPhee and Stan Wright.

Saturday Bowls.
Plenty of action with the No.4 pennant side playing, plus championship matches and social bowls as well. Of the matches in major singles the stand out was a thrilling come from behind 31-28 win for former Champ Paul Went, he won the last five ends to edge out a plucky Ken Walsh. The other major singles match turned out an easy win for Ted Wright against Ricky Frame, Ted led all the way for a 31-17 score line.
In minor singles Andrew Trotman showed he will be a force to be reckoned with following a 31-10 win over Ryan McLuckie. The minor pairs match was a very close contest with Garry McPhee and John Edwards just hanging on for a narrow 24-23 win against Terry Hetherington and Ron Murray.

In social bowls Ron fisher and Merv Hennock won 25-20 against Mike Parkes and Bernie Mitchell. Eddie McPhee and Max Tomkins were in great touch to defeat Bruce Orr and Graham Barby 27-12. Robert Corbett and Wally Grant won 36-16 over Craig Cusack and Johno Austin, and Wally Austin and Stan Wright def John Dunn and Colin Woods 23-12. Saturday evening Ricky Frame and Rem Henry produced a whirlwind finish to defeat Mike Parkes and Bernie Mitchell in a major pairs match.