Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Not a great weekend for our pennant sides with most suffering heart breaking losses.
The No1 side was comprehensively beaten at West Dubbo, losing all three rinks to a very determined local side.

The No4 team had a win and a loss on the western road trip, they Won 5-1 on Saturday at Cobar with Rob Tinker and John Corcoran’s sides having fine wins.
On Sunday at Bourke John Corcoran’s side continued the great form but with the two other sides narrowly beaten, they went down by just one shot 64-65.

The No7 boys could manage only a draw on one of the rinks and went down to the strong Condobolin side 44-74.

Carrying the day was the No6 side as they scored a very impressive three rinks 85 – 39 win over Peak Hill at Parkes.
All sides showed good form with Terry Hetherington’s side winning 32- 9; Bruce Orr and his boys won 28-11, while having to work a little harder Ted Wright side won 26 – 19.

This week the No1 and No4 sides will have a week off but the other two sides will have to play wash out matches on Saturday. The sevens will play Peak Hill and the sixes will be at home to Forbes.

Holiday bowls
One game of Major Pairs and six games of social bowls were played on Tuesday to finish off the Easter holidays. Robert Corbett and Noel Nicholson defeated Colin Hayward and Arthur Corbett in a major pair’s cliff hanger which needed an extra end to get a result. This game was a real tough tussle with the margin never more than three shots at any time during the entire match. However Robert and Noel got one shot on the extra end for a 23-22 victory to advance to the next round.

The social pairs saw some very close matches with A Affleck and John Ward just edging out Colin Mudie and J Potter 19-18; Josh Mills and Dave Button defeated Tom Casey and Dane Bland 18-16 in another close encounter. John Hodge and Bernie Mitchell were too good for Tom Cole and Stan Wright winning 25-14. Eddie McPhee and Merv Hennock went down to John Davies and Dave Johnson 20-25; Keith MacRae and Bill Wyatt defeated John Edwards and Ken Walsh 25-16. Robert Tinker and Tony Byrne beat Tom Hamilton and Mark Dwyer 22-18.

Thursday bowls.
There were six games of social and two matches played last week and most produced close results. In major singles Josh Mills continues to impress as he accounted for the very seasoned Eddie McPhee 31-22 in an entertaining match. Also putting on a good show was Paul Henry and Guy Bennett in a minor singles match, Paul getting the money 31-25.
Of the social bowls a thrilling tie was the highlight as Tony Bright and Ryan McLuckie scored a seven on the last end to force a 21all result with Dave Button and Col Hornery. Phil Helies and Garry McPhee won 27-17 against Ron Hornery and John Dunn and Dave Johnson and Greig Ball def Ted Wright and Chris Millwood 26-19. Keith MacRae and Norm Keane won a hard fought battle with John Corcoran and Noel Nicholson 21-17. Col Hayward and John Hodge were in fine form defeating Colin Mudie and Mike Valentine 27-10. Allen Hockey showed no signs of ring rust making a great comeback to pair with Stan Wright and get the result 21-17 against John Ward and John Edwards.

Saturday Bowls.
Singles matches took centre stage on a busy afternoon of bowls. The stand out match was a very evenly contested match between Paul Went and Rem Henry in majors.
The scores were all locked up on 29 all after 33 ends; Paul grabbed a two on the next end to win a great contest 31-29. Two real heavy weights Dane Bland and Robert Corbett slugged out a very hard fought clash with Rob emerging a narrow 31-26 winner after thirty seven tough ends. Former champ Baldy Frame was just too consistent for youngster Andrew Trotman running out convincing 31-12 winner.

In minor action Josh Mills won in fine style against Garry McPhee 31-12.

On social rinks Steve Ryan and Dave Worthington won 21-19 against Paul Townsend and Ryan McLuckie. Ron Fisher and Joe Crowley def Merv Hennock and Alan Afflick 29- 21 and Wes Westcott and Colin Woods won 23-15 against Bernie Mitchell and John Edwards. John Davies and Bruce Orr won 20-15 against Col Hayward and John Dunn and Keith McRae and Graham Barby def Tony Bright and Paul Henry 27-11.

Coming Events.
This Sunday the club will have a special mother’s day menu for lunch it will feature several sweets as well as main meals plus tea and coffee all for just $30 per head which includes a glass of wine free.