Playing Ditch Weight

The first games of the Club Pairs Championship were completed over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon Ian Schofield and Geoff Holt played Tom Glover and Brian Madden.

Ian and Geoff dominated the first half of the game and led 18–4 after the first 11 ends.

At the completion of the 19th end the margin had been reduced to just 6 shots with Ian and Geoff leading 23–17. The final two ends saw one shot to each team with a 24–18 win for Ian and Geoff.

There were two games on Sunday afternoon. In one game Ted Loader and Mark Anderson were opposed to Ron Rosengreen and Peter Watts.

Ted and Mark won 6 of the first 7 ends to lead 10–1 but Ron and Peter won 3 of the next 4 ends to lead 13–11.

Ron and Peter dominated the scoring from that point and finished with a scoreline of 26–13 in their favour.

In the other game Damien Miller and David Quigley played Jono Watson and Russell Boyd in a low scoring game with 2 shots being the highest score on any end.

After 10 ends Jono and Russell led 8–7 and after 15 ends they were in front 13–9. The next 4 ends were shared and with two ends to play the score was 15–11. Damien and David won the final 2 ends but only scored 3 shots for Jono and Russell to win 15–14.

There were quite good numbers on the greens this week with 26 players on Thursday and 24 on Saturday.

For Thursday the winning teams and their margins were Jim McQuade and Joe Bargwanna (2), Harold Anderson and Tony Ruhl (6), Albert Carter and Glen Benson (10), Aldo Malvicino and Jono Watson (17), Max Penfold and Mark Anderson (21) and Nev Downing, Craig Watson and Les Fanning (21).

The triples team of Nev, Craig and Les won the vouchers on a countback and the jackpot was won with a margin of 17 shots by Aldo and Jono.

There were 5 games of pairs played on Saturday afternoon. The vouchers went to Brian Christie and Ted Loader with the big margin of 23 shots.

Other winning teams and their scores were Glen Seward and Russell Boyd 31–20, Max Penfold and Glen Benson 21–16, Milan Brankovic and Colin Chapman 22–17 and Chris Wright and Les Fanning 25–22.

The draws have been completed for the Region Fours preliminary games. There have been some amendments issued and players from each of the teams that entered have been contacted about their draw.

Entry forms for the Region Singles are on display on bright gold paper.

Entries for this event will close on Thursday 24th October.

The Annual General Meeting of the Men’s Bowling Club was held on Saturday.

The members of the incoming committee are: Glen Benson (President), Cliff Traynor (Bowls Secretary), Russell Boyd (Chairman of Selectors), Michael Adams, Joe Read, Ian Schofield, Jonathon Watson, Michael Webb.

Details for the next version of the Guy Pickering Charity Challenge are on display at the club.

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