Playing Ditch Weight

The sunny conditions from Thursday through to Sunday were appreciated by all bowlers.

The semi–finals of the Club Fours Championship were completed on Saturday afternoon.

Both games were closely contested with the results in doubt until the final ends.

In one game Jono Watson, Darryle Miller, Damien Miller and David Quigley were opposed to John Cooper, Glen Benson, Geoff Holt and Peter Watts. This was a close and low scoring game throughout.

After 9 ends David’s team led 7–5 and after 12 ends the score was 9–all. Peter’s team were in front 13–10 after 17 ends but on the 18th end David’s team scored 5 shots to lead 15–13. On the next end Peter’s team scored 2 shots so it was 15–all with 2 ends to play.

David’s team scored 1 shot on each of the two final ends to win 17–15.

In the other game Brian Christie, Phil Taylor, Les Fanning and Denis Rosen played Chris Wright, Bill Maloney, Graeme Edgerton and Cliff Traynor.

Cliff’s team did best in the opening ends and led 13–2 after 9 ends. There was a complete change from that point with Denis’s team winning the next 7 ends to lead 14–13.

With 2 ends left to play Denis’s team were in front 20–17. The 20th end saw Cliff’s team score 6 shots and a further 3 shots on the final end gave them a win 26–20.

The final was played on Sunday afternoon in very pleasant conditions.

David’s team won 5 of the first 7 ends to lead 15–3 but Cliff’s team scored a total of 7 shots on the next 3 ends to trail 10–15.

David’s team won the majority of ends from that point to run out winners 26–13.

Congratulations to the winners who also won the competition last year.

Thursday’s Jackpot Bowls saw a very good attendance with 28 players involved.

Two teams had winning margins of 10 shots and after a count–back the vouchers were awarded to Brian Christie and Les Fanning over Tony Ruhl and Geoff Holt.

The other winning teams and their margins were Craig Watson, Aldo Malvicino and Denis Rosen (6 shots), George O’Neil and Michael Webb (4 shots), Chris Wright, Terry Mulligan and Ian Schofield (3 shots) and Tom Preston and Peter Watts (2 shots).

There were also 12 of the club’s women bowlers enjoying the conditions on Thursday.

Judy Watson and Kate Cooper defeated Ann Gardner and Lee Veitch 21–12, Heather Bailey and Sheila Traynor had a close 14–13 win over Sue Gault and Margaret Gailey and Judith Mulligan and Therese Ruhl had a comfortable win over Carol O’Neil and Jill Rosen.

On Saturday as well as the Club Fours there were two games of men’s Jackpot Bowls – a total of 26 players on the green.

Ted Loader and Brian Madden were happy to win their game by 12 shots but even happier when that was the margin needed to win the jackpot of over $300. As is customary at the club this was shared equally between all players involved in the game.

The vouchers for the afternoon went to Glen Seward, Scott Douglas and Brian Gibson who won their game by 11 shots.

Next week Damien Miller and David Quigley will be contesting the Bowls NSW State Pairs Finals at Figtree Sports. Their first sectional game will be played on Tuesday 25th July and they will play two further sectional games on Wednesday 26th July.

Good luck to Damien and David and we look forward to them progressing to the knockout stage on Thursday 27th July.

Upcoming events for women bowlers include the District Fours Championships and President’s Day.

All players are reminded that their membership renewals for 2023-24 are now due.

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