Playing Ditch Weight

There is a much shorter report this week now that the Pennants sectional games have finished and the green being closed on Saturday due to overnight rain.

On Thursday afternoon there were 14 players on the green in quite pleasant conditions.

Glen Phillips and Les Fanning won their game 23–9 to claim the vouchers for the day.

Albert Carter and Greg Woods won their game 23–12 and in the triples game Tom Preston, Brian Christie and Tony Ruhl were the winners 26 shots to 17.

In the Guy Pickering Charity Challenge on Wednesday night the SMJ team were the winners on a count–back.

On Thursday night the Fill Ins team scored 16 points to be the overall winners.

Two teams – The Blockers and DCA – both had scores of 15 points.

The Bowls NSW State Championship Finals commenced on 24th March.

The finals are being played at three clubs – Ballina, Lennox Head and Alstonville.

There are two teams from the Young Bowling Club that have qualified for the State Finals after winning the Riverina Murray Region competitions.

Jenny Holt, Lisa Boyd and Kate Cooper are drawn in Section 1 of the State Women’s Triples.

Unfortunately, during last week Jenny had to withdraw from the team due to injury and a player from Ballina is taking her place in the team.

Jonathon Watson, Damien Miller and David Quigley are drawn in Section 2 of the State Men’s Triples.

The format for these events is that the sixteen teams that qualified are drawn into four sections.

In the sectional play each team plays against the other three teams in their section.

The winners of the four sections qualify for the semi–finals and the winners of these games progress to the final.

The first sectional games for both the men’s and women’s competitions were scheduled to be played on the morning of Monday 31st March.

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