Playing Ditch Weight

Conditions for bowls on Thursday were good and 16 players participated. Small winning margins were the order of the day with winning scores of 2, 2, 4 and 4.

After a count back the vouchers went to Jim McQuade and Colin Stokell who won their game 18–14.

The other margin of 4 shots was for Tom Preston and Denis Rosen with a score of 21–17.

Tony Oyston and Cliff Traynor won their game 21–19 and Milan Brankovic and Glen Benson were winners by 18–16.

The sunny conditions on Saturday saw 26 players on the green with four games of pairs and a game of triples.

Mark Brownlie and Geoff Holt were in good form and their winning margin of 21 shots gave them the vouchers for the day. Milan Brankovic and Jono Watson were not far behind them with a margin of 19 shots.

Other winning teams and their scores were Glen Seward and Glen Benson 28–13; Harold Anderson, Albert Carter and Les Fanning 23–14; Tom Preston and Brian Madden 16–11 and Chris Wright and Cliff Traynor 17–16 after playing an extra end.

Players are advised that entries are open for the Regional Triples Championships.

All the details are shown on the notice board.

As for the Region Pairs there are five divisions – Men’s State, Women’s State, Men’s Senior, Women’s Senior and Open Reserve.

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