‎Social Bowls

Rink winners for the Tuesday Social Bowls competition this week were the Kevin Howard, Phil Cummins and Ian Dews team winning 21-14 over Greg Quartly-Scott, Peter Stueckrat and Terry Clark after the Quartly-Scott team had the early lead. The Howard team assumed the lead at 5-4 at the end of the fourth end, but the Quartly-Scott team were in front again at the end of the sixth. The Howard team then won seven of the next eight ends to lead by 14-8 after the 14th end and by the 17th end, their lead was 16-11. The Howard team finished stronger with a three and two in the final two ends to win going away.

Winner of the runners up prize with a 20-17 win, were the Frank Farrell, Barry O’Keefe and Gus Thurgood combination over Terry Burke, Barry O’Keefe and Bob Bembrick. The Burke team controlled the card for much of the match after taking the lead in the third end. But the Farrell team, who were behind 16-10 going into the 17th end, dropped a bombshell in the 19th by scoring a massive six shots to give them the lead 19-16 and they held the lead to the finish line.

John Hobson, Dave Kelly and Bob Jenkins scored a 21 shot win at 32-11 over Ted Crouch, Bruce Parr and John Banning after jumping to a 6-0 lead before the Crouch team scored first points. With a 14-7 end win advantage, the Hobson team dominated the score card not allowing the Crouch team into double figures until the 20th end.

Tony McNamara and Ian Warren won 29-14 over Paul Kennedy and Ron McGarry, after the game was all square at 6 all at the end of the seventh end. The McNamara team grabbed a 13-6 lead over the next two ends that left the Kennedy team trailing for the remainder of the match.

Saturday was fine and warm with four rinks of social bowlers and two rinks of Club Championships in play. Paul Kennedy and Kerry Connors combined for a 32-13 win over Rhyce Harvey and Darrell Bellamy, after the Kennedy team jumped to a 9-0 lead before the Harvey team scored first points in the eighth end. The Kennedy team won 15 of the 21 ends played to dominate the card.

In another powerful display, Butch Stevens, Ken Hartwig and Ron McGarry scored a 33-17 win over Tony Urza, Kevin Howard and Barney Lavelle. The Urza team jumped early  

but the scores were all even at 8 all at the end of the eighth end. A three end run collecting 11 shots gave the Stevens team the lead 18-8 in the 10th end and they steamed home collecting 12 shots in the final eight ends.

Another big margin win of 24-8 for the Garry Cameron, Terry Clark and Greg Quartly-Scott team against Alan Clark, Mick Tremain and Tony Press. The Cameron team jumped with a six in the first end and cruised from there. They won nine of the last ten ends with 13 points to simply block access to the card for the Clark team.

Jean Wild, Val Zylstra and Marj Nyland had a 14-5 win over Pauline Clark, Marie Luck and Betsy Thornberry in a “lead from the front” performance. With an end win margin of seven to five, the odds were with the Wild team and they took full advantage to give them the match.

Club Championships

In a Mixed Pairs Championship match Alan and Pauline Clark bested the Peter and Val Zylstra team by 25-17 after the Zylstra team scored first points. Scores were even at 3 all in the fifth and six all in the seventh end, but a four in the ninth and a six in the 13th end gave the Clark team the break and they held on to the finish.

In a Major-Minor Pairs match between Allan and Jim Clark and Tony Hogan and Peter Zylstra, the Clark team scored a dominant 24-12 win. The Clark team certainly came to play bowls with them losing just one point in the first seven ends and winning 13 ends to 8 overall.

Peter Naylor and Gus Thurgood teamed up to defeat Glen Urza and David Josh 21-11 in another Major-Minor Pairs match. The Naylor team jumped early but the Urza team came back to lead 3-1 going into the fifth end. It was even after the sixth but the Naylor team pulled away to win 14 ends to 7 and run out comfortable winners.

In this week’s final Championship match, John Hobson and Marlene Naylor defeated Tony McNamara and Merle Stephens 22-14 in a Mixed Pairs Championship round. The Hobson team dropped just three shots in the first 13 ends to dominate the card leading 17-5 going into the 14th end but it was all over with the McNamara team reaching double figures in the 20th end.

The Reliance Credit Union Oberon RSL Men’s Triples tournament was conducted at Oberon Bowling Club this weekend with 16 teams entered with players from as far afield as Mackay, Terrigal Lake Conjola as well as teams from Blayney and a strong contingent from the Bathurst City Club. Majellan was represented by just the one team of Tony Hogan, Allan North and Bob Jenkins who came away with four wins and one loss to score a very creditable fourth place.

With the current great weather, what better way to spend your Friday evening than playing twilight bowls at the Majellan Bowling Club. Make up a team or just come along and join in on the fun with a barbeque to follow the bowls. Play will commence around 5pm.

See you next time bowlers and as Mark Twain said, “The secret to getting ahead is getting started”.

Wednesday, November 16

Only 12 bowlers availed themselves to play bowls on a very warm spring afternoon at the City.

Game 1: This was an outstanding game as the scores were level on six occasions. It was 10-all after the 11^th end and then on the 18th end, skip Trevor Kellock and Russell Robbins scored four shots to draw level at 16-all with skip Ian Cunningham and Tony Culnane (Tony played a great leads game for Ian). By winning the final three ends, Ian and Tony defeated Trevor and Russell 21-16.

Game 2: Another outstanding game. Skip Arthur Williams and Chris McKay were leading 6-5 after the eighth end over skip Pieter Buining and Hamish McKay, who scored three shots on the 18th end to lead 17-15. But Arthur and Chris won the final three ends to be victorious 23-17.

Game 3: By winning 15 of the 20 ends played, skip Ray Noonan and Kevin Miller were "just about" always in control of this game against skip Denis Oxley and Col Thorley. Ray and Kevin were successful 38-8.

The ring-in prize was won by "Shorty” Noonan.

Friday, November 18, “President’s Pot”

On the warmest spring afternoon so far this season, 12 bowlers formed four games of social pairs at the City.

Game 1: Skip Garry Connors and Bob Henry scored two shots on the 11^th end to level the scores at 12-all with skip Gordon Adams and Hamish McKay, who were down 14-16 after the 14th end. But Garry and Bob scored 13 shots to nil to easily win 29-14 over Gordon and Hamish.

Game 2: Skip Jack Smith and Jim Box led 10-8 against skip Pat Duff and Kevin Miller after the 10^th end. By winning the next six consecutive ends, Jack and Jim led 20-8 after the 16th end over Pat and Kevin, who scored three shots, but Jack and Jim were finally successful 20-11.

Game 3: This was the “match of the day” as skip Ray Noonan and George Ballard scored one shot on the sixth end to level the scores at 3-all with skip Ron Cambey and Arch Ledger, who were down 6-7 after the 13th end. Ray and George scored five shots to lead 12-6, but Ron and Arch finished exceptionally well to be victorious 13-12.

Game 4: Skip Denis Oxley and Barry McPherson led 11-1 after the sixth end against skip Jeff Larsen and Ian Hurford. Both teams each scored seven shots, with Denis and Barry leading 18-8 after the 13th end. By scoring three shots to four shots, they won 21-13 over Jeff and Ian.

The ring-in was won by Garry Connors.

Saturday, November 19

On another glorious spring afternoon, 18 bowlers nominated to play three games of social pairs and one game of social triples.

Game 1: Skip Dennis Harvey and Bruce Rich scored one shot on the sixth end to level the scores at 4-all with skip Ray Noonan and Brian Burke, who then scored 11 to six shots to lead 15-10 after the 16th end. By scoring 10 shots to one shot, Ray and Brian easily won 25-11.

Game 2: The scores were very close up to the sixth end as skip Garry Connors and Phill Murray were leading 5-4 against skip Peter Floyd and Bob Foster, who took control of the game, scoring 20 shots to one shot to lead 24-6 after the 14th. Peter and Bob were successful 31-13.

Game 3: In the “match of the day”, the scores were level on five occasions. Skip Bryan Bromfield and Trevor Kellock scored two shots to level the scores at 12-all after the 15th end with skip John Finlay and John Fulton, who then scored five shots to two shots to lead 17-14 after the 20th end. But the “two Johns“ finished the best, scoring four shots to win 18-17.

Game 4: In the triples game, skip Garry Hotham, Jim Grives and Russell Robbins won 21-13 over Mick Sewell, Arthur Williams and Bob Henry. 

The ring-in prize was won by Ray Noonan.

Sunday, November 20

The "mixed pairs” had 10 bowlers playing on Sunday afternoon.

Game 1: The very strong team of skip Jeff Larsen and Annette Myers were successful 16-9 over skip John Allbutt and Jocelyn Ballard.

Game 2: Skip Bob Henry, George Ballard and Jenny Adams scored one shot on the 12th end to defeat skip Gordon Adams, Rhonda Henry and Lorraine Johnson 15 -14.

Monday, November 21

Twelve bowlers nominated to play bowls on a very hot spring afternoon at the City.

Game 1: Skip Trevor Kellock and Jeff Larsen just led 8-7 after the eighth end against skip Arthur Williams and Kevin Miller, who were just down 15-18 after the 16th end. But Arthur and Kevin combined exceptionally well by winning the final five consecutive ends to win a great game 24-18 over Trevor and Jeff.

Game 2: This game appears to have been played in four sections as skip Jim Grives and John Martin led 13-1 after the sixth end over skip Ray Noonan and John Allbutt, who won the next six consecutive ends to lead 15-13. Jim and John then led 17-15 after the 15th end. Ray and John regained the lead at 18-17 after the 16th end, but Jim and John won the final five consecutive ends to be successful 22-18.

Game 3: Skip Jack Smith and John McDonagh won 17-14 over skip Allan Clark (Majellan) and Grahame Spurway.

The "jackpot” margin was 23 shots and was not won. The jackpot prize for next Monday will be $92.

Congratulations to Barry McPherson, who selected the teams for today, as the margins were only three, four and six shots.