Bowls Notes and Club Blog

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Thursday Bowls
One game of triples and four games of pairs were played. In the triples Bob Freeman, Steve Mills and John Corcoran defeated Wal Grant, Bernie Mitchell and Arthur Corbett 23 to 19. Jim Blake and Garry McPhee led throughout to record a good win against John Watson and Warren Bevan 20 to 13. Rob Irving and John Ward had a close win over Martin Tighe and Ray Jones 25 to 21. Colin Woods and John Taylor combined well to convincingly defeat Greg Huggins and John Dunn 26 to 11. Graham Barby and Col Mudie scored three shots on the final end against Greg Howlett and Tom Furey to win 21 to 19.
Winners – B. Freeman, S.Mills, J.Corcoran
Runners Up – G. Barby, C.Mudie
Roster Thursday – G. Sun, S. Ryan
Saturday Bowls
Despite 8 bowlers representing the club in the Zone fours championship, 20 bowlers turned up to play. John Dunn and John Ward defeated Martin Tighe and Rhona Went 24 to 22 in a good match. Allan Affleck and Steve Mills played a thrilling match against Joe Crowley and Wal Grant finishing in a 22 all draw with Allan and Steve winning 12 ends to 9. Greg Huggins and Ray Jones returned to the winning list defeating Col Woods and Keith MacRae 26 to 17.John Watson and Rob Irving were too good for Gene Rapp and Les Kent winning 24 to 10. Bob and Geoff Freeman scored a comfortable win over Jim Blake and Arthur Corbett 25 to 15.
Winners – J. Dunn, J. Ward
Runners Up – A. Affleck, S. Mills
Roster Saturday – L. Kent, C. Mudie
Championships
It was very pleasing to see teams playing their games before the scheduled date. Tom Casey, Garry, Paul and Michael Went defeated Bruce Orr, Greg Howlett, Dave Johnson and Tom Furey 27 to 13. In the other fours match, Steve Turner, Paul Henry, Guy Ellery and Brett Frame played Graham Barby, Peter McPhee, Mark Dwyer and John Davies. Baldy handled the windy conditions to perfection to lead his team to a convincing 25 to 9 victory.
On the weekend the zone fours championship was played at Grenfell . Garry McPhee, Greg Howlett, Peter McPhee and Tom Furey played well and were unlucky to lose 22 to 21 in the first round. Graham Barby, Col Mudie, John Davies and Col Hayward defeated Blake Bradkte’s team (from Grenfell) in the quarter final. In the semi final Col Hayward’s team defeated the team from Manildra 26 to 20. The final proved a close affair. Col Haywards team were in a winning position until the last bowl when the skip from Grenfell collected the jack and pushed it on to his own team’s bowls. So the Parkes team were defeated 22 – 20.
Coming Events
8th February Twilight Bowls
9th February Pennant trial against Railway at P.B.S.C.
11th February Round 1 Club Major Fours
17th – 18th February Zone Triples at P.B.S.C