OUR President, Rob Young has advised with great sadness that Gary Wynne has passed away.

Gary was a great servant of the Tea Gardens Bowling Club over many years, his last official role was as Club Secretary.

Gary was associated with sports for most of his life, his early days in baseball then as a very accomplished golfer and then as a fine bowler, representing our Club on numerous occasions in Pennants.

Gary was a sought-after Lead bowler and although his sight was failing, he was always competitive.

He will be remembered as a great mate and mentor.

Gary’s funeral service will be held next Friday at St Andrews Anglican Church commencing at 3.00pm.

Bowlers are encouraged to attend in Club uniform and to form a guard of honour for Gary.

Rest in Peace.

20 Nov

Bowls today were sponsored by First National Real Estate Hawks Nest.

Another sunny day with 34 players attending with all games on the synthetic green.

The morning winners were decided by the lowest winning score of and with a score of just 9, the winners were Rob Jones and Col Walton.

The afternoon winners were decided by the lowest winning margin and with the lowest margin possible of 1, the winners were Geoff Page, Mark Nightingale, and Graham Reynolds.

The Garden Eatery Voucher was won by Kev Barbie. Thanks to the Garden Eatery for sponsoring this voucher.

24 Nov.

The final of the Club Fours Championship was played today in warm and windless conditions.

Just to recap the team of Barry Goode, Dennis Ashbridge, Mick Sheridan, and Geoff Muggleton were opposed to John Parkinson, Chris Golledge, Chris Ross, and Cody Ross.

The Muggleton Four established an early lead and held on over the closing stages with both sides favouring long ends.

The Cody Ross side mounted somewhat of a comeback but by then the game was running out of ends.

The Geoffrey Muggleton Four claiming the Fours title for 2024.

Congratulations to them and to all players participating.

In other news

Nominations are being called for the Club Minor Singles with play scheduled to commence on 18 January 2025.

This is a wonderful opportunity for new players, in particular, to compete as there are only two opportunities to play singles during the playing calendar, besides, there are no annoying skips telling you what to do.

Players should note that the popular Versatility Day has been postponed until next year as two greens are required to complete the event in one day.

By John SLATER