BOWLS
By TARA SHAW
This Saturday our club will be hosting the Men's Midwestern Region Triples for our area.
Caragabal will be playing Molong at 9am and the winner of this game will play Parkes in the afternoon. The winner in the afternoon will go onto regional. We wish them the best of luck in their games.
Also, on Saturday at 1pm, our 2025 Minor Pairs Championship will be played.
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Brett Davenport and Clint Hurford will battle it out against Ben Parslow and Dale Scott to see who will be crowned the Minor Pairs Champions for 2025.
Major Triples are underway and continue to keep rolling through.
Pat O’Neill, Mick Merritt and Skip Shane Bolam played Ian Hodges, Shayne Staines and Bert Bayley. This was going to be great battle from the get-go and the score card backed this up.
Bert's team got off to a flying start until Shane’s team found their groove and got runs on the board on the 4th.
13-9 on 10, Bert's team could not get comfortable and afford to slack off and they didn’t.
15-10 on 12, Shane took the next 3 to trail 12-15. 21-16, Bert still in the lead but again, needed to keep their momentum and that’s what they did winning the game 26-20.
SOCIAL BOWLS
Wednesday – no notes at time of publication.
Thursday – with the weather a little more generous than the previous day, 16 bowlers took to the greens to test their skills in cool winds.
Terry Molloy and Scott McKellar played Dale Maynard and Alan Hilder. Scott and Terry lead 18-3 on 8 until Dale and Alan started to come back.
Picking up a 4 on the 15th, helped Dale and Alan get to double figures. It wasn’t enough to win the game with Terry and Scott in front 31-19.
Noel Hocking and Al Phillips had a battle against Tara Shaw and John Kennedy.
Both teams just nudging in front of each other all the way through. John was up 7-6 on 7, Al in front 13-8 on 12. 13 all on 15, 16 all on 18.
Al and Noel took the last two ends to win 21-16.
Max and Cherie Vincent came up against Phil Hocking and Lyall Strudwick.
7-6 to Lyall on 9, Max and Cherie hit back to level on 12, 9 all. 10 all on 14, 12 all on 17. Max and Cherie took the next end but Phil and Lyall gained 4 on the last two to win 16-13.
Bobby Grant and Laurie Crouch showed off their skills and experience against Cliff Nelson and Dale Scott.
The card showed a 1-sided game with Bobby and Laurie leading 9-3 on 9, 15-6 on 14.
Both teams winning equal 3 ends of the last 6 but only gaining 1 point an end gave Bobby and Laurie the win, 18-9.
Winning rink: Noel Hocking and Al Phillips. Losing rink: Max and Cherie Vincent.
Jackpot winner: Terry Molloy.
SUNDAY BOWLS – Numbers were a little lower on Sunday compared to the usual numbers but that didn’t stop 14 keen bowlers enjoying the morning sunshine on the greens.
Billy Cowell led for Peter Tisdell when they drew against Alan Hilder and Peter Mackay.
Billy and Peter proved a dynamic duo when they lead 10-1 on 8.
Alan and Peter took the first two ends after the break, but Billy and Peter hit back and ran to the finish line winning the game 19-8.
Max Vincent and Lyall Strudwick went down by 3 when they played our newest bowler Dick Sharkey who led for John Kennedy.
Dick and John lead 11-4 at oranges and continued their good luck on the back 8.
Max and Lyall starting to catch up, but Dick and John won 16-13.
Our triples game was played by Dale Maynard, Cliff Nelson and Cherie Vincent against Geoff Brown, Terry Molloy and John Cutler.
John's team gelled well together and led 8-1 at half time.
The second half was a different story. Cherie’s team made a miraculous comeback winning all 6 ends and won the game 11-8.
Winning rink: Billy Cowell and Peter Tisdell. Losing rink: Max Vincent and Lyall Strudwick.
Resting touchers: Cherie Vincent and Geoff Brown. Raspberry: Terry Molloy.
Jackpot won by: Dick Sharkey
Chicken raffle winners: Lyall Strudwick, Dick Sharkey x 2, Dale Maynard, Big Jack, Ian Hodges, Woodsy, John Cutler and Billy Cowell.
