Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Welcome to this weeks news from the Bowlie.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.
On a lovely Sunday afternoon, Col Hayward and Brett Frame met to decide the winner of the Major Singles, both these players have both won this event in the past, so they did battle before a large crowd. in a very tense and tension filled game,Baldy shot off to a 9/4 lead at the 8th end, and was leading 14/6 at the 14th end. but then Col started to fight back, and in a game that went to 36 ends,Baldy finally hit the 31 shot mark, to win the Major Singles for the 5th time with a 31/26 win, congratulations to both players for a great effort.
Also played on the afternoon, was a Major Triples game between Ray Jones(subbing for Geoff Freeman) Graham Barby and Graham (Flip) Fliedner against Mick Craft
Peter McPhee and Tony Bright, in this game team Fliedner were slow out of the blocks, and at the 7th end were down 9/1, but then also hit their straps and shot ahead to win comfortably by 23/14. Again congratulations to both team for a great game
SUNDAY MORNING JACKPOT BOWLS.
18 Players started on Sunday Morning for a chance to win $1000, and it still has'nt gone off, the jackpot number has now been decreased to 19, so the chances of winning are getting better, anyone who would like to play, have your names in by 9.30am for a 10am start, and enjoy a sausage sizzle after.
SOCIAL BOWLS.
Thursday afternoon saw 36 bowlers on the greens, with the winners being Terry Hetherington and John Hodge, runners up Brett Frame and Brett Middendorf,( a visitor to our club), some close games from the day saw Bob Freeman and John Ward beat Col Woods and John Dunn 21/18, Grahame Nicholson (also a visitor) and Geoff Freeman in a close win over Norm Keane and Keith MacRae 16/15, John Hodge and Terry Hetherington in a one shot win over Alan Affleck and Graham Barby 18/17, and in our third one shot win, Ian Mills and Ray Jones over Les Kent and Ted Wright also 18/17, The selectors were right on the ball this afternoon, well done fellas.
Saturday Afternoon saw 30 bowlers on the greens, the winners on the day being Alan Affleck and Brett Frame, runners up being Ron Murray and Arthur Corbett, some scores from the day, John Hodge and John Corcoran beating Matt Parker and Col Hayward 19/16, great to see Corky back on the green following his illness,Alan Affleck and Brett Frame in a good win over Liz Byrne and Gary McPhee,on the 8th end Gary and Liz held a 13/3 lead, but then Alan and Baldy hit their straps, and forged on to a good win 23/21, and in another game Ron Murray and Arthur Corbett had a close win over Gordon Dickson and Mike Valentine 20/18.
GENERAL NEWS.
This Sunday afternoon there will be a Mufti mixed pairs day, and at the same time there will be a trial match between the No1 and No5 Pennant teams, names in by 12.30 for a 1pm start, the cost will be $10 which will be used to help the fives on their campaign to Tamworth for the State Pennant Playoffs.I am informed that a BBQ will also be held with the cooking being done by Pete the Painter, so please everyone come along for a great day of bowls and also to help raise funds for the Fives.