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Lawn Bowls

The initial rounds of the Riverina Murray Region Triples Championships were played at Temora on Sunday.

Six teams from Young competed with three of them qualifying for the Region finals. Jonathon Watson, Damien Miller and David Quigley won their two games in the Men’s State division with a 21–6 win over a team from Temora and a 18–17 win over a team from Narrandera. They are one of four teams to play in the Region finals.

In the Women’s State Triples Jenny Holt, Lisa Boyd and Kate Cooper defeated a team from Lake Cargelligo 24–23 on an extra end and have qualified for the actual Region final of this division.

In a section of the Women’s Senior Triples there was a team from Young, Leeton and Lake Cargelligo. In the round–robin games each team won one game.

Lake Cargelligo defeated Leeton and District 12 shots to 11, Leeton and District defeated Young 13–12 and Young defeated Lake Cargelligo 15–8. This saw the Young team of Sheila Traynor, Robyn Apps and Margaret progress to the Region finals as one of the four teams to qualify.

In the Open Reserve Division, Albert Carter, Jill Rosen and Denis Rosen lost both their games as did Glen Seward, Stephen Joliffe and Joe Read.

In the Men’s Senior Division Joe Bargwanna, Graeme Edgerton and Cliff Traynor had a win and a loss in their section that was won by a team from Wagga Rules.

In local play there were 18 players on Thursday afternoon with most games closely contested. Ray Martin, Milan Brankovic and Aldo Malvicino won their game 20–18, Tom Preston and Cliff Traynor had a winning score of 17–15, Allan Langford and Joe Bargwanna won 20–16 and the voucher winners were Max Penfold and Glen Seward with a score of 21–11.

Just 14 players were on the green on Saturday afternoon in very cool and windy conditions. The vouchers for the day were won by Harold Anderson and Cliff Traynor who won their game 27–15.

Tom Preston, Joe Read and Tony Ruhl were the winners of the triples game with a score of 31-25 and Albert Carter and Denis Rosen took out their game 25–22.

The draw for the Club Pairs Championship is on display at the club. Individual players will be contacted concerning the playing schedule for first round games.

Entry details for the Region Fours Championships are on the notice board with all details on bright green paper.

Details of the Annual General Meeting and nomination forms for the Bowls Committee are on the notice board.

An entry sheet for the club’s President’s Day to be held on Sunday 29th September is on the notice board. Entries can be for teams of four or as individual players with bowls uniform the dress code for the day.

Details for the next version of the Guy Pickering Charity Challenge are on display at the club with the first round games to be held on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October.

A Greenkeepers Afternoon of bowls will be held on Sunday 6th October.

Teams of pairs can be nominated or entries can be made by individual players. All the details are on the club notice board.