No 3 Pennant Game: Bathurst City was successful over the Grenfell Bowling Club teams, winning  10 points to Nil

No 6 Pennant Games: Bathurst City was successful over the Majellan Bowling Club teams, winning eight points to two points. Team Ian Schofield  was defeated by Team Paul Kennedy, 19-14. Team Peiter  Buining was defeated by Team Tony Hogan, 19 -18. Team Rhys Harvey defeated Team Geoff Densmore, 39-7. Bathurst City  shots won 71 to Majellans shots won 45.

No 7 Pennant Games: Bathurst City were defeated by The Orange Country Club Bowling Club teams, winning nine points to one. Team Norm Hayes defeated Team Neil Higgins, 22-17. Team Gordon Adams was defeated by Team J Watson, 20-16. Team Jim Grives was defeated by Team Peter Wright, 23-14. Orange Country Club  shots won 60  to Bathurst City shots won 52.

Wednesday March 15: 16 bowlers formed four games.

Game 1: Skip. Bob Heffernan and Kevin Miller were ‘Leading and Dealing’ as they easily led  18-2  after the 11th end over Skip. Trevor Kellock and Bob Foster. Then by scoring 8 shots to 5 shots, Bob and Kevin were successful 26-7 over Trevor and Bob.

Game 2: Skip, Jack Smith and Grahame Spurway were leading 18-10 after the 11th end against Skip, John Fulton and Ian Hurford. Both teams each scored 9 shots with Jack and Grahame winning 27-19 over John and Ian.

Game 3:Tenth end, Skip. Allan Clark and John Allbutt scored two shots to level the scores at nine shots all with Ray Noonan and Pat Duff. Allan and John won 20-15 over Ray and Pat.

Game 4: Skip. Mick Sewell and Ron Cambey our latest ‘Pairs twins’ were just leading 10-9 after the 11th end against Skip. Denis Oxley and John Archer. Mick and Ron finally winning 19 - 18 over Denis and John.

President's Pot. Friday March 17: Only 10 bowlers nominated to play at the City.

Game 1: Skip. Denis Oxley and Pam Warren (Oberon) scored one shot to level the scores at eight shots all with Skip. Barry McPherson and Grahame Spurway, who scored three shots on the 16th end to Level the scores at 12 shots all. But, Denis and Pam scored two shots to win a great game of Lawn Bowls 14-12.

Game 2: By scoring one shot on the sixth end, Skip. Jack Smith, Ken Kitt (Oberon) and Russell Robbins were leading 7-4 over Skip. Ray Noonan, Ian Hurford and Arch.Ledger, who were then leading 13-9 after the 11th end. Finally Team Smith were successful 16 shots to 15 shots over Team Noonan. The Ring - in winner was Barry McPherson.

Saturday March 18: Twenty two Bowlers formed two games of A Singles Round 1 games, one Games of Social Triples and three games of Social pairs .

Game 1: A Singles, Phill Gray was leading 11^th end 12-4 against John Archer, who was just down 14-15 after the 16th end. Then by winning the final three ends, John won a fantastic game of A Singles 31-27 over a gallant Phill.

Game 2: The 13th end, Ray Dixon levelled the scores at 12 shots all with Ross James in the second A Singles game. Ray again levelled the scores at 22 shots all on the 26th end, then Ray just led 27-25 after the 30th end. But by scoring four shots on the 31st end,  Ray defeated Ross 31-25.

Game 3: Triples game, Skip. Ron Hollebone, Jim Grives and George Ballard began extremely well as they led nine shots to nil after the sixth end, but Skip. Garry Hotham, Arthur Williams and Paul Rodenhuis fought  back to be just down 8-9 after the 11th end. Team Hotham won a magnificent game of Lawn Bowls, 20-19 on the 25th end over Team Hollebone.

Game 4: Skip. Bryan Bromfield and Ray Noonan were leading 12-1 after the sixth end over Skip. Geoff. Thorne and Paul Reece, who scored 13 shots to lead 14-12 after the 11th end but, Bryan and Ray finished the best to win 28-24 after the 25th end over Geoff. and Paul.

Game 5: Eighth end, Skip. Ian Schofield and Phill Murray led 9-8 over Skip. Mick Sewell and Bruce Rich, who were leading 20-17 after the 17th end, then Mick and Bruce scored six shots to win  26-17 over Ian and Phill.

Game 6: John Finlay and Norm Hayes were leading 18-4 after the 14th end against Skip. Mick Hall and Trevor Kellock, who then combined brilliantly, to score 14 shots to draw level with John and Norm at 18 shots all, after the 20th end. The Ring-in winner was Phill Gray.

Monday March 20: Eight Bowlers nominated to play two games of Social bowls.

Game 1: Ninth end, Bob Heffernan and Grahame Spurway, scored one shot to level the scores at eight shots all with Skip. Jack Smith and Ian Hurford, who were leading 15-10 after the 14th end. But then Bob and Grahame, took control of the game easily defeat Jack and Ian  27-15.

Game 2: Skip. Bob Foster and John Allbutt were leading 10-5 after the tenth end over Skip. Kevin Miller and John Martin, who just led 11 shots to ten shots after the 14th end. Both teams each scored six shots with Kevin and John successful, 17 shots to 16 over Bob and John.

Tuesday March 21: B Grade Singles. Bob Heffernan and Paul Rodenhuis started Round 1 game at 9am on March 21. Bob Heffernan was just leading 11-8 after the tenth end, then Bob easily led 22-10 after the 19th end, against Paul Rodenhuis, fought back and by scoring nine shots to three shots to be just down 20-25. After the 28th end. Bob scored his Championship shot to be successful over a Gallant Paul, 31-25 on the 34th end. The Marker was Jack Smith.

by Bob the Bowler 

Social Bowls: Tony McNamara, Bill Gaylard and John Banning took the daily rink and game win with an 18-16 score over Noel Witney, Mick Redfern and John Bosson but a late charge almost saw an upset. The McNamara team were 6-0 before the Witney team scored first points in the fourth end, and by the 16th end the McNamara team were ahead 18-9 and looking home for all money. The Witney team took every end from there and missed the win by just three shots. Peter Naylor and Tim Pickstone scored a 28-14 win over Allan Clark and Ron McGarry after jumping from the blocks with a three and one, but it was even after the Clark team’s first score was a four. It was five all after the fifth, but the Naylor team scored wins on all but one end from the seventh to the 14th to put them at 23-10 and that was it for the Clark team.

Tiger Smith and Paul Francis scored a 25-17 win over John Hobson and Kevin Howard but it was anybody’s game until the 15th end. A run of four ends for eight points put the Smith team in front 24-15 after the 18th and the Hobson team could not pull the lead back from there. Paul Kennedy, Dick Ellis and Gus Thurgood collected what finished being a comfortable 30-21 win over Terry Clark, Peter Morton and Jim Clark, but not before the Clark team lead was 13-1 after the seventh end. From this point the Kennedy team began to play and in a five-end run had the score and their lead out to 16-13 but a five on the next end by the Clark team put them in front again by two but they were out of puff. The Kennedy team scored on all but one of the last six ends for a total of 14 to come home pulling up. 

Friday night Twilights saw two games of pairs with the Press family up against the Pickstone family with the Press pairing taking the win. On the other rink Ron McGarry and Betsey Thornberry teamed up to win against Merle Stephens and Lyn McGarry with all players enjoying the roll up. Saturday social competition attracted three rinks of triples with Allan Clark, Tim Pickstone and Terry Clark collecting the daily rink and game win 29-12 over Butch Stevens, Ian Dews and Barney Lavelle after the Stevens team led out with a one and three in the first two ends. The scores were even after seven ends at eight all, but the Clark team were too strong and left the Stevens team in their wake. 

In a game that saw the lead change four times, Tiger Smith, Ron McGarry and Frank Farrell scored a 23-19 win over Tony Hogan, Roger Cooper and Trevor Pallister. The Hogan team were in front 10-1 after the sixth end and looked in control but the Smith team kept plugging away and by the 15th end they took a one-shot lead. By the 17th end it was even at 18 all but the Smith team scored a two and then closed out the match with a one then two on the last end. The Terry Burke, Tony Press and Gus Thurgood combination proved too strong with a 21-16 score over Ken Hartwig, Bruce Parr and Darrell Bellamy despite the Hartwig team leading after three ends. By the sixth end the Burke team were in front and never let go of the advantage with a lead of 20-11 after the 16th end they cruised home.

Pennants and Club Championships: David Joss scored a strong 31-25 win in the first round of the B Singles against Kerry Connors with the lead changing four times through the match which reached 37 ends. A four in the 35th end by Connors almost caused an upset as concentration levels proved difficult to maintain, but Josh was able to hang on to score a two in the last for the win. In a Semi Final of the 2017 Pairs Championship Glen and Tony Urza combined to defeat Peter Naylor and Steve Corby 20-16. The Naylor team pushed out to 12-7 after the 12th end, but the Urza team responded well to put them in front 19-12 after the 17th and the Naylor team were running out of ends. Despite the Naylor team winning three of the last four ends it was not enough and the Urza Brothers won comfortably.  

The third round of the District Pennants tournament this week saw the Fours away at Manildra where the locals scored a three-rink clean sweep of the Majellan team. With three rounds to play, Majellan, Manildra and Wallerawang are separated by just the one point making for a close run to the finish line. The Majellan Sixes played at the Bathurst City Club and despite winning well on two rinks, the third rink was severely dealt with by the City Club Bowlers and the overall result went to Bathurst City. With Majellan now just one win from three rounds, they will have their work cut out in the run to the flag. The draw for both teams for the coming weekend is on the notice board. 

Nominations are being called for the return leg of the Wallerawang/Majellan Club Challenge on April 30 and on April 17 a Mixed Triples Friendship Day to be held at the Bathurst City Club.  It is very pleasing to announce that the Department of Sport and Recreation has provided yet another grant to the Majellan Bowling Club to enable the purchase of a new greens roller to help maintain our greens in the best possible fashion.