Bowls Notes and Club Blog

Here's the latest from the Bowlie.
Tom Furey is the 2015 minor singles club champion. Tom defeated Gary McPhee in a high quality match last Saturday. Gary won the first two ends before Tom settled into the match and won the next five ends to lead 9-3. Gary got within one shot of Tom before Tom again established a six shot lead. Gary fought back to trail by three shots 14-11. From this point Tom took control of the match and only lost four ends as he continued to play excellent bowls to eventually take the match 31-17. Congratulations to both players for their efforts in reaching the final.
The win was a great achievement for Tom as he only started playing competition bowls 12 months ago and I am sure we will see Tom achieve higher bowling honours in the future.
The second minor pairs semi final was also played on Saturday when Bernie Mitchell and George Boatswain played Steve Turner and Wilbur Harris. Steve and Wilbur had a good start and led 14-4 after nine ends. Bernie and George tried hard but could not reduce the margin with Steve and Wilbur still holding a 22-12 lead after 17 ends and going on to win the match 27-13. My spies tell me that Steve played great bowls and clearly won the man of the match. Steve and Wilbur will now play Nimo Mills and Tom Furey in the final which should be a very close tussle.
PENNANTS
24 bowlers played in a practise match for our Grade 7 team on Sunday. The three games were very close and highly entertaining. Results of the games with the Grade 7 players shown first were:
Wally Austin, Tony Byrne, Bernie Mitchell and Steve Turner defeated Tom Furey, Gary McPhee, Dave Johnson and Keith MacRae 20-15.
Ron Murray, Col Woods, Stuart Kelly and Geoff Freeman (sub) lost to Rhona Went, Gwenda Carty, Liz Byrne and Col Hayward 19-16.
Bill Skinner, Gordon Dickson, Rob Irving and Greg Townsend lost to John Ward, John Dunn, John Hodge and Col Mudie 17-16.
Grade 7 would like to thank all bowlers who participated in the very enjoyable afternoon of bowls.
The club wishes Grade 7 every success in their quest for the Zone title in Dubbo on June 13-14.
THURSDAY SOCIAL BOWLS
16 bowlers played four games of pairs.
Ray Jones and John Dunn led all the way in their 20-10 win over Les Kent and Mike Valentine.
Bob Freeman and John Ward jumped out to a big early lead and went on to defeat Allan Wright and John Hodge 25-11. The two John’s informed me that Bob played great bowls in a man of the match performance.
In a very close and low scoring game John Watson and Col Hayward scored four shots on the last end to record a 17-14 win over Alan Affleck and Keith MacRae.
Bill Skinner and Craig Henry only lost three ends in their 31-8 win over Joe Crowley and John Carr.
Prize winners were Bob Freeman and John Ward.
SATURDAY SOCIAL BOWLS
24 bowlers played six games of pairs. Three very close games highlighted the day.
Rob Irving and Col Mudie won the last two ends to record a come from behind 24-23 win over Alan Affleck and John Ward.
Les Kent and Col Hayward played John Hodge and Warren Bevan. This game saw the lead change seven times. With the score 18 all after 17 ends John and Warren scored three shots to lead 21-18 with three ends to play. Les and Col scored one shot on each of the last three ends to draw the game 21 all. Les and Col won the ends 11-10.
John Dunn and Geoff Freeman played Graham Dixon and John Davies. Graham and John led 8-2 before John and Geoff won nine of the next twelve ends to lead 20-12 with two ends to play. Some badly directed weighted shots by John Dunn and Geoff and one great bowl from John Davies saw Graham and John pick up seven shots to trail by one shot with one end to play. John and Geoff held two shots before John Davies played other good bowl to move the jack and Graham and John scored one shot to draw the game 20 all. John and Geoff won the ends 11-10.
Joe Crowley and Dave Johnson won 10 of the last 14 ends to record a good 32-11 win over John Carr and Arthur Corbett.
Don Littlewood and Rhona Went led all the way in their 30-12 win over Bob Freeman and Nimo Mills.
After losing the first end Gordon Dickson and Jeff Matters won the next 16 ends to lead 25-1 over Ray Jones and Keith MacRae. The final result was a 27-4 win for Gordon and Jeff.
The major prize winners were Gordon Dickson and Jeff Matters with the minor prize winners being Rob Irving and Col Mudie.
LONG WEEKEND SOCIAL BOWLS
Normal social bowls will be played on Saturday. Monday will be mixed mufti bowls with names in by 12:30pm for a 1:00pm start.
SUNDAY MORNING JACKPOT
10 bowlers played one game of pairs and one triples.
In the triples game Ian Brown, Keith Hutchison and Tom Furey led 9-0 and went on to defeat Bob Freeman, Stuart Kelly and Guy Ellery 14-7.
Aided by a seven shot winning end Mick Blunt and Liz Byrne defeated Rhonda Mason and Dave Johnson 17-7. An interesting sideline to this game was that the ends were 7 all.
Prize winners were Bob Freeman, Ian Brown and Dave Johnson.
The jackpot of $620 was not won and will be $660 next Sunday. Come along on Sunday morning for a game of bowls, a sausage sandwich, and a chance of winning the jackpot. Names in by 9:30am for a 10:00am start.
MEALS
Members and their invited guests are advised that Mike’s Kitchen is open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for lunch and dinner. It is also open for Sunday lunch with roast lunch being the speciality. Mike’s Kitchen is also available for group bookings at other times of the week.
Friday night raffles are also held with patrons having the chance to win meat trays, shopping vouchers and cash prizes. Members badge draw this Friday is $1000.
UPCOMING BOWLS EVENTS
Monday, June 8 – Mixed Mufti bowls 1:00pm start; 13-14 June – Grade 7 Playoffs at West Dubbo; Saturday, June 20 – Minor and Major Pairs Finals
STARTERS
Thursday, June 4 – Noel Nicholson and Graham Barby; Saturday, June 6 – Bernie Mitchell and Dave Johnson; Thursday, June 11 – John Watson and Col Hayward.

All members of the Parkes Bowling & Sports Club are advised that membership subscriptions are now due and need to be paid by 30th June.