Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Welcome to this week's news from the Bowlie, now that Easter is over, things are getting back to normal,
SOCIAL BOWLS.
Easter Monday saw 18 bowlers take to the greens on a warm sunny day, with the winnersw being Alan Affleck, Dave Buggie and John Ward, a couple of scores from the day, Bill Wyatt and John Corcoran beat Guy Bennett and Keith MacRae 17/14, and Steve Mills and Robert Corbett beat Brian SeFonte and Dave Johnson 20/16, great to see you back on deck Brian, hope for better times ahead.
Thursday afternoon 22 bowlers took part in a friendly days bowls, the winners being Col Hayward and Wally Grant, with Ken Walsh and Phil Collins runners up, i dont know what's going on with Phil,he moved to Lauretin last year, yet spends more time back at Parkes,maybe second thoughts ?.A couple of scores from the day, Tom Cole and Arthur Corbett had a good win over John Hodge and Baldy Frame 20/18, and did'nt Arthur let everyone know, while John Williams (visitor) and John Ward had a close win over Gordon Dickson and Col Mudie 20/19.
Saturday Afternoon saw 32 bowlers on the greens, with the winners being Tom Cole and Dave Johnson, runners up being Wilbur Harris and Pat Cooney (Marker).
SUNDAY MORNING BOWLS.
About time, the jackpot has gone off, a team of triples shared the $1000, so this week the new jackpot will start at $500, and the margin 25.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
The semi final of the Major Pairs was played on Saturday, with the winners being Paul Henry and Baldy Frame over Noel Nicholson and Robert Corbett 25/15.
Three games of Major Singles were also played, with the following results,
Wilbur Harris had a good win over Gary McPhee 31/23, an interesting game this, as they are both drawn to play each other in the Minor Singles, a different day, a different result maybe? While in the other games Corky Corcoran was too good for Ray Jones 31/18, and Dave Worthington had a closer game against Mark Dwyer 31/25.
PENNANTS.
Sunday saw the four grades take to the green, with three at home, and the 6's at Forbes, home games first.
The 2's have very nearly won their grade, with a great 6/0 win over Dubbo City, with the mighty Joe Davies hitting his straps, with a huge win on his rink, and the other two not far behind, they now have to travel to Narromine this Sunday to clinch the title, but this will be a big if, as several of the players will be missing, however some very talented subs have been picked to fill the vacancies.
The 5's played Peak Hill, and after getting off to a slow start, hit the front, but then the Peak Hill Boys rallied and took the game right up to them, and hit the lead, then it was a race to the finish, Parkes had won one rink, but to show how close the game was, on the 21st end, BOTH other rinks were tied, and in a dramatic finish, both sides won one rink,and Parkes got the points, winning 5/1.
The 7's also played Peak Hill, but this was a much better result for Parkes, as they had no trouble in winning 6/0.
Now the away game, The 6's travelled South to take on the powerful Forbes outfit, Keith MacRae was the only rink to win, Forbes winning 5/1.
The Pennant teams for this weekend are on the boards, so look to see where you are picked, and where the team is playing. Skips to organise the transport for travelling.
GENERAL NEWS.
The second round of the Minor Singles is to be played by 21 April, so get in and play your games, at the moment every event is ahead of schedule, so keep up the good work.
Nominations for The Major and Minor Triples has now opened, Nominations close on 6th May, with the first round of both events to be played by 26th May, so keep up the good work, and get the games over while the weather is good.
A little bit of gossip, which No5 Pennant player, put the club stickers on the wrong sides of his bowl, and then proceded to put down a wrong bias, could happen to anyone Mark Also which State Selector is now the proud owner of a Harley Davidson leather bikers jacket, love to see you on a Hog Col.
Well, thats it for this week, see you all at the Bowlie.

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