BOWLS
What a weekend, the weather wasn’t the best on Saturday for the start of the annual Ben Hall Pairs Bowls tournament, but it certainly changed on Sunday to finish off the carnival with a bang.
We saw 52 bowlers both from Orange, Canowindra, Dubbo, Grenfell, Parkes and locals play four games over the weekend to drill down to the top eight for playoffs whilst the remaining 18 teams had one more chance to play game of 10 ends from a random draw.
It was great to see a lot of our locals teams make it in the top 8 which were the money rounds and a very proud mum moment, Sue White watching three of her sons battle it out in the finals.
Overall winners of the day were Jason Rath (ex-Forbes) and Dan Hartwell who scored 9 points against 6 over eight ends in the final to knock out another local team Robert ‘Pooch’ Dukes who teamed with his brother Tony Dukes in our Gold Section.
Third position in our Gold Section went to a team that was pulled together on Thursday afternoon, Dale Maynard playing with Jeff Nicholson on Saturday and filling in on Sunday and did an outstanding job was Ross Williams.
Fourth place for Gold section went to another local team who unfortunately had to play against Dale Maynard's team in the finals was Billy ‘The Paint Brushes” Cowell who led for Glen Kearney.
Fifth place and winner of our Silver Section was Brad Lamont and his outstanding 14-year-old skip Cooper Fliedner who pipped Geoff Williams and Laurie Crouch at the post to concrete their positions.
Seventh place saw Brett Davenport and Jason Dukes trail until the second last end and needed a 3 to level the game but were lucky to pick up a 4 to concrete their seventh position over Robbie Hill from Parkes leading for Dale Scott of Forbes.
Other winners on the day included:
Dash for Cash winners: Local duo Bert Bayley and Christian West. Dash for Cash runners up were Tony Bright and Phil Barnard from Parkes.
Round winners were:
Round 1 – Adam Simpson and John Wilkins from Orange City
Round 2 – Brian Tisdell and Daniel Tisdell from Grenfell
Round 3 – Cathy Thompson and Grant Davis from Condobolin
Round 4 – Steve Torrens and Peter Townsend from Parkes
A big thank you to our volunteers who worked tirelessly in the weeks leading up to and on the day with having our greens performing at the best and our surrounds looking pristine.
Thank you to all of our cooks, servers and cleaners, you made meal time seamless which isn’t an easy job with so many bowlers all at once.
These carnivals are not possible without our volunteers who always donate their time an efforts to help wherever they can when they can.
There is a lot of work behinds the scenes for our carnivals and our volunteers are not seen but they are the work horses of our carnivals. Thank you.
Overall a very successful and enjoyable weekend had by all.
SOCIAL BOWLS
Wednesday: No bowls last week due to the in-clement weather but a handful of regulars did arrive to play but instead decided the best place was in the dry and warmth of the clubhouse.
Over coffee and a biscuit Peter Mackay, Billy Cowell, Kerry Dunstan, Don Craft, Tim Everest and Wayne Wright solved all the problems of the world. Only problem is while achieving this they did create another dozen.
Remember, social competition bowls are played every Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon and Sunday morning. All are invited to have a roll on any of these days, phone the club on 6851 1499 for full details.
Thursday
The Sun was shining, the birds were singing and so was Billy Cowell getting the daily double.
He won the weekly jackpot and winning rink he and Glen Kearney won when they defeated Phil Hocking and Donny Craft by 2 points.
Our losing rink was awarded to James Johansson and Anthony Wilson when they played Robbie Hill and Dale Scott who were practicing for the weekend. Just goes to show that even if you lose on the day, you can still get your money back.
Two points the difference saw Ivan Hodges and Viv Russell get the better of Wayne Wright leading for Cherie Vincent. It was close all game until the last 5 ends but Ivan and Viv took the 17-14 at the end.
Dale Maynard and Max Vincent teamed for another close game until the 14th end. Maynard and Max won 6 of the last 7 ends to secure their win 21-17.
John Baass and Lyall Strudwick started strong and finished in the same manner against Terry Molloy and Peter Hocking. 10 all on 13, Terry and Peter just skipped in front for 2 ends until John and Lyall answered and picked up 9 points in the last 5 ends to seal the deal 19-15.
Our triples game was played by Peter Mackay, John Kennedy and Laurie Crouch verse Tim Everest, Posso Jones and Wayne Burton.
Wayne's team was scoreless until the 6th when they picked up a 4 and got them back in the game. Laurie team didn’t slow down though and won 20-12.
Resting touchers: Phil Hocking. Raspberries from wrong bias: John Baass.
Sunday: Due to the number of competition bowlers playing in the Ben Hall Carnival we had 10 bowlers try their luck at winning the weekly jackpot prize.
Terry Murphy, Alan Hilder and John Cutler were too good against Kelly Stringer, Dick Sharky and Al Phillips. The card was one sided in favour of John’s team going into half time break.
Al’s team had to regroup during the break and get some runs on the board and that’s what followed. Al’s team tried their best but couldn’t get over the line, going down 8-14.
The biggest margin was when Dannielle Thompson from Parkes teamed with Peter Tisdell against Darryl Burley and Kerry Roach.
Gaining a 6 on the 3rd end Peter and Dannielle were proving to be a well oiled machine.
Darryl and Kerry managed to score 1 point before the break. Peter and Dannielle showed no mercy and sprinted across the finish line 30-4.
1 raspberry was recorded for Dick Sharkey. Jackpot winner of the day was Terry Murphy.
Chicken raffle winners: Scooter x 2, Tim Everest, John Woods, Jack, Booza, Duncan Williams, Dale Scott x 2.