17 JANUARY.

The bowls this week were sponsored by Cellarbrations Cellars.

A fine and humid day greeted the 50 players competing today on the synthetic green.

Conditions were made bearable by a nice gusty wind blowing in from the south.

The grass green is coming along nicely but probably a week or two before it is playable.

The morning winners were decided by the Highest winning score and with a score of 18 Col Fossey, Mick Sheridan and Denis Ashbridge were the winners.

It must have been a good game as they came in 15 minutes after most of the teams.

A contributing fact may have been that Dennis was throwing down wrong biases.

I find that hard to believe.

The afternoon game was won by Scott Fitzalan, Warren Gooley, Chris Fredericks, and Ron Webster.

The game was decided by the Lowest winning score, and they had a score of 10.

The Garden Eatery voucher was won by Wayne Duggan. Thanks to the Garden Eatery for sponsoring this award.

20 Jan

The semi-final round of the Club Mixed Pairs was played today in the continuing hot, humid weather.

Wayne Duggan and Dot Dallas were defeated by Maryanne and Gareth Cuss 21-16.

And in a close game Rob Young and Jean Glover defeated Irene Roberts and Tony Butler 19-18.

21 Jan

Sunday morning Bowls accommodated the final of the Club Mixed Pairs competition today taking advantage of the milder morning conditions.

It was still oppressively hot, but the sea breeze saved the day.

In Sunday bowls teams needed to have the highest winning score to win the day and the team of Les Smith, Craig Bengston and Chris May managed that with a score of 19.

In the Club Mixed Pairs final between Maryanne and Gareth Cuss and Rob Young and Jean Glover, the scores were tied 9-9 at the halfway mark and it was hard to determine just where Rob and Jean drew away.

But draw away they did despite some great saving bowls from Gareth on two occasions

Rob and Jean won the competition 17-11 in an entertaining final.

Congratulations to them and to all the players who participated.

In other news.

The entries for the Club 4’s close on Friday 2nd February at 10am and there are plenty of space for more teams.

The Pennants teams for mid-week and Saturday Pennants have been posted for Round 1, and those selected should check as to their availability to play.

By John SLATER