November 9: Another sunny spring afternoon, only nine bowlers nominated to play two games of social pairs, one with a big swinger.

Game 1: On the ninth end, Skip Mick Sewell, Jeff Larsen and the swinger, Grahame Spurway, scored one shot to level the scores at six shots all with Skip Denis Oxley, Merv James and our swinger, Grahame Spurway, who led 10-7 after the 12th end, but by scoring eight shots Team Sewell won the rain interrupted game 15-10,  after the 16th end over Team Oxley.

Game 2: Skip Pieter Buining and Ian Hurford scored one shot to level the scores at three shots all after the sixth end, they then led 10-6 after the 13th end against Skip Ray Noonan and Chris McKay, who were down 6-15 after the 15th end. Just as the rain commenced, "Shorty" and Chris.scored a handy five Shots, but Pieter and Ian finally won 15-11, after the 16th end. The  Ring-in was won by "Shorty".

November 11: One game of social triples and two games of social pairs were played.

Game 1: Skip Ray Noonan, John Martin and Jim Box began extremely well ,as they led 11 shots to nil after the fifth end against Skip Denis Oxley, Hamish McKay and Arch Ledger, who finished well to score nine shots to four shots. But team Noonan held on to win 15-9 after the 15th end.

Game 2: Also beginning very well, Skip Gary Ellis and Pat Duff, led eight shots to one shot after the fifth end over Skip Norm Hayes and Ian Hurford, who scored 11 shots to three shots to lead 12-11, after the 11th end. Then Gary and Pat scored nine shots to four shots to win a great game of Lawn Bowls 20-16 over Norm and Ian, after 18 ends.

Game 3: Skip Bob Heffernan and Grahame Spurway levelled the score at eight shots all with Skip Mick Sewell and Barry McPherson,who were just down 15-17, after the 16th end.Then Mick and Barry scored a great six shots, followed up with four shots to defeat Bob and Grahame 25-17. The Ring-in was won by Jim Box. 

November 12: Another sunny but windy spring afternoon for the eighteen bowlers formed three games of social pairs and one game of social triples at the City.

Game 1: After the ninth end, Skip Norm Hayes and Chris Keith were leading nine shots to six shots over Skip Garry Hotham and Gilbert Luck. Both teams each scored 11 shots with  Norm and Chris successful 20-17 over Garry and Gilbert.

Game 2: Skip Garry Connors and Bruce Rich, were leading 17 shots to four shots against Skip.Arthur Williams and Warren Masters, who took control of the game scoring 17 shots to One shot after the 19th end to lead 21-18, but Garry and Bruce won the final 2 ends to be victorious 25-21 over Arthur and Warren. 

Game 3: By scoring two shots on the seventh end, Skip Mick Sewell and Phill Murray levelled the scores at six shots all with Skip Ray Noonan and John McDonagh, who led 14-12 after the 17th end.Then by winning the final four ends, Mick and Phill won 19 shots to 14 shots over Ray and John in another great game of Lawn Bowls.

Game 4: After the eight end, Skip Trevor Kellock, John Fulton and Merv James were leading 7-5, then they led 16 shots to seventh shots after the 16th end over Skip Jim Grives, Tony Copeland and Brian Burke. Both teams each scored three shots with Team Kellock winning 19-10 over Team Grives. The Ring-in prize was won by Trevor Kellock.

Blayney’s Triples Tournament: Last Saturday and Sunday, at the above Triples tournament, the City team of Skip Phil. Gray, John Archer and Rod Dennis finished a creditable second, after winning their five games. Team Stinson, who also won their five games, but because of their greater margin,were the Tournament winners. 

Monday "Jackpot " Bowls: Because of the increment weather, there were no bowls played on Monday. The "Jackpot " prize for next Monday will be $80. 

by Bob the Bowler 

‎Social Bowls: The Tuesday Social Bowls competition this week encouraged the involvement of four rinks with two games of triples and two of pairs. Daily rink winners were the Frank Farrell, Ian Warren and Bob Jenkins combination scoring a 22-19 win over Kevin Howard, Gary Ellis and Bill Gaylard team. The Farrell team jumped early and held on to the lead through most of the match. The only time the Howard team closed the gap was in the seventh end when the scores were tied at four all. The Farrell team scored six over the next four ends and despite the Howard team scoring a four in the 16th end, the Farrell team came back with a five and held the lead to the finish line. 

Paul Kennedy and Ian Dews scored a 25-13 win over John Hobson and John Banning after the Hobson team held the lead for just one end. Taking the end wins 12-9, the Kennedy team jumped ahead with nine unanswered points, which included a five shot win, from the fourth to the seventh end and from here were never headed. Coming home in the final six ends with 10 points to one, the Kennedy team won comfortably. 

Tony Hogan, Phil Cummings and Ted Crouch scored a comfortable 20-13 win over Noel Witney, Bruce Parr and Ron McGarry with the Witney team finding the going very tough. Scores were even going into the third end when the Hogan team scored a demoralising seven to break the Witney team. Despite the Witney team coming back with a run of three single shot wins, the Hogan team responded with two single shot wins then a four to lead the match 14-4 going into the 10th end. Despite the Witney team scoring more end wins than the Hogan team at 12-11, the early seven shot win did the damage.  

In the final match, brothers Terry and Jim Clark scored a 20-16 win over Bob Bembrick and Gus Thurgood, despite the Bembrick team coming back to lead by one shot after the 10th end following a five shot win. Their lead was taken away by the Clark team in the 12th end when they scored a three, but the Bembrick team came back with their own three shot win on the next end to lead again 13-11. But the Clark team scored nine unanswered points over the next seven ends to lead 20-13 going into the last where the Bembrick team scored a three to go down by four shots. 

Rink Winners in the Saturday Afternoon Social competition were John Hobson and Bruce Parr taking a 25-18 win over Alan North and Terry Clark. Scores were even after the second, fourth and sixth ends, but then the Hobson team found their rhythm and scored two, two, five and one to lead 16-6 going into the 11th end. The North team had their own mini revival for the following four ends scoring one, two, two and four to trail by just one shot at the end of the 14th end. The Hobson team finished the stronger however, scoring on six of the next seven ends and despite the North team collecting a three in the 19th end, it was too little too late. 

It was a much closer affair on rink five with the Glen Urza, Scott Chapman and Rhys Harvey combination winning by a whisker at 23-22 over the Lotse Kotza, Brian Stevens and Tiger Smith team. The Kotza team scored a three and one to get proceedings underway and with a five in the fifth end they were leading 10-2 at the completion of the sixth end. The Urza team responded with consecutive wins of five, four, two and one to take over the lead at 14-10 after the 10th end and with a three in the 12th end, extended their lead to 17-11. The Kotza team hit back to even the scores at 17 all at the end of the 15th end. The Urza team went to the front 22-17 in the 17th but the Kotza team came back and the match was too close to call at 22-20 going into the last two ends. The Kotza team scored a two in the 19th but the Urza team came back with a one to go to 23-20 and it was down to the last end. The Kotza team won the end with a two but missed out by just one shot. Great game all round. 

Keith Hurley and Gus Thurgood scored a convincing 20-11 win over Tony Hogan and Ron McGarry on rink four after the Hogan team scored first points. The Hurley team’s first points were a three and a two to grab the lead early and they were never headed. Winning 13 -8 ends the Hurley team were never under threat with a finishing burst of two, two, three and one from the 16th to the 19th end putting the icing on the cake. 

Kevin Howard, Barry O’Keefe and Peter Drew scored a 22-15 win over Alan Clark, Barry O’Keefe and Ian Dews on rink three with the Howard team jumping to a 6-0 lead in the fourth end before the Clark team scored their first points in the fifth end. Although the end wins were close at 10-11, the Howard team were more convincing in their approach with a five, a four and four two point wins in their tally, while the Clark team scored one four and just two end wins with two shots. The Clark team did hit the lead at 13-11 for one end in the 16th when they scored with a four, but the Howard team came straight back with a two to even the match and one end later, scored a five then a four to put the result beyond doubt. Twilight Bowls will be on again on Friday commencing at 5pm and everyone is invited to come and try out the Royal game and have some fun.