14th &15th OCTOBER 2023 - PRESTIGE 4'S

A beautiful sunny morning with a gentle breeze blowing across the green greeted 64 bowlers as they commenced the first game of 5 games of 15 ends 2bowl fours on Saturday 14^th October.

After 2 rounds in the morning, the players had a break for lunch, meanwhile the leader-board was updated. At this stage of the competition there were only a sprinkling of games with a margin greater than 10 shots. An extra end was required in a few games to determine the winning team, close games were the order of the day.

The final round for Saturday was played in what can only be described as a sunny afternoon with occasional blustery winds. Testing conditions for bowling!

Sunday morning commenced with a delicious BBQ fundraiser breakfast with all proceeds raised donated to the Bungwahl primary school.

Once again close results, great bowling and all very competitive games and more draws happening across the green.

At the conclusion of the bowls and lunch the leader-board was updated which now showed the winners and runners up as follows:

1^st place with 5 wins & 37 margin  S. Reed, G. Rashleigh, S. Locke /sub G Chapman, R. Turnbull - Team from Buladelah

In summary a very successful two days of bowls played in a very competitive but friendly manner.

A big thankyou to all the bowlers who took part and made the tournament the success it was.  

2023 - FOURS CHAMPIONS

Our club played the Club 4’s over the weekend of 19^th & 20^th August. After the quarter finals and semi-final were completed the final was set to be played by the teams of Mark Stalling, Norm Harvey, Doug Whitton and Aub Judge against Mick Ansell, Jason Lawrence, John Smart and Paul Wheatley. Playing conditions were perfect with sunshine and a gentle breeze greeting the bowlers at 1.00pm.After 4 ends Micks team were leading however Marks team started to fight back and took the lead and continued building with pressure through the back end of the game eventually taking out the contest 25 : 12.Congratulations to the team of Mark Stalling on your fine win. 

L TO R: Norm Harvey, Mark Stalling, Doug Whitton, Aubrey Judge  

2023 - TRIPLES CHAMPIONS

Sunday 23^rd July 9am saw four teams play two games of triples to determine the two teams who would qualify to play in the afternoon final. 

In near perfect conditions the semi-final winners were the teams of L Keene, T Tremain, & J Sparkes and C Lewis, C Fitzgerald & R Squire.

The stage was set, lunch was had and off they went at 1pm. Twenty five ends later we would have a result.

After five ends Laurie Keene’s team were holding a 7 to 3 shot lead. However, as so happens in bowls a team will get stuck on a number no matter how hard they try to progress. By the twelfth end Col Lewis’ team came roaring back and were leading 14 to 7. They consolidated their position to 18 to 10 after the seventeenth end. A mini resurgence by Laurie Keene’s team brought the score to 18 to 15. However, the team of Col Lewis, Corey Fitzgerald and Rodger Squire pulled away eventually winning 24 to 15.

Thanks to both teams for a most absorbing game of bowls.

Picture L to R: Roger Squire, Col Lewis, Corey Fitzgerald

Tradies v Bowlers December 2022

With covid behind us we were able to recommence our regular Tradies v Bowlers day which took place on Sunday 11^th December.

We were blessed with some glorious weather and had 42 players from the Bowling and Tradies fraternity to face off against one another to see who be crowned the champions for 2022. The competition was quite fierce throughout the day with a lot of great sledging between the two groups.  Once the dust settled it was the bowlers who were able to come out o0f top and grab bragging rights until next years event.

The day itself was not just about the bowling but was also to help raise money for local Kids Sports and The Westpac Helicopter. Deb the raffle queen made sure everyone had tickets for the raffles and we ran a couple of spiders with a gold coin donation per turn. All up the day raised $1,020 dollars and was dived up by:

$255 to Westpac Helicopter

$255 to Pacific Palms Netball

$255 to Pacific Palms Soccer

$255 to Nippers

A massive thank you to Laurie Keene who did a stellar job in getting this event up and running again and for ensuring that everyone had a cracker day.

CLUB PAIRS - DECMBER 2022

Saturday 3^rd December saw our club pairs kick off for two days of hard fought competition.

At close of play Saturday all but four teams were left to advance to the semi-finals to be held Sunday.

The sides of Peter Harris and Brad Fraser were up against J. Sparke and N. Harvey whilst in the other semi-final John Higman and Laurie Keene were up against T. Tremaine and C. Lewis.

The two semi-finals once again generated some wonderful bowling however only the two winning teams could progress to the Sunday afternoon final these being Peter Harris, Brad Fraser and John Higman, Laurie Keene.

So the final was set and we can say it did not disappoint. Both teams were neck and neck from the first end to the twelfth end with Harris/Fraser holding a three shot lead. However the next end produced a seven shot haul resulting in Harris/Fraser ahead 19-9.Then as so happens in bowls the next five ends produced ten wonderful scoring shots for Higman/Keene-what a fightback, what great bowling with the score 19-19 on end 18! .The last three ends produced a great contest however for Higman/Keene it was not to be, the final result 25-19 in favour of P. Harris B. Fraser.

The standard of bowls played was incredible and the fightback amazing. At the conclusion of the game all the spectators gave a rousing ovation to the players for a game they had the privilege to watch.

Congratulations to Peter Harris and Brad Fraser on a fantastic result and commiserations to John Higman and Laurie Keene on a tremendous effort. What a game!   

CLUB FOURS JULY 2022 

The weekend of the 2nd & 3rd of July saw our men compete in the Club Fours for 2022. Players battled it out over the two days until there were only two teams left. Unfortunately due to the weather, the final had to be rescheduled until the following Saturday.

Saturday the 9th rolled around and the two teams battled it out in front of a very appreciative crowd and some glorious winter weather.

The team led by Ron Robinson took and early lead to 8-2 after 9 ends. Mark Stalling's team then counter attacked over the next 3  ends to lead 9-8. After a further 3 ends of close scoring, the team of Ron Robinson, Norm Harvey, Jason Lawrence and David Bush pulled away in the closing stages to win 25-14.

The runner up team of Mark Stalling, Stuart Agar, Ryan Agar and Joel Rowe performed well throughout the final but fell short in the end. Congratulations to the Winners and commiserations to the Runner Ups.