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      <title>2026 Minor Singles</title>
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           2026 Minors Singles
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           Fine weather and a large audience greeted Mark Chalker and Tony Simcic who were competing in the final of the Club Minor Singles final Sunday 3
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           The first few ends were neck and neck with Tony leading 4 shots to 3 shots at the 5
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            end Tony was starting to stamp his authority over proceedings to be up 10 shots to 6 shots, however Mark was snapping at his heels with some good bowling of his own.
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           Tony kept up the pressure with some very precise bowling to put on another 15 shots compared to Mark’s 8 shots, with Tony eventually taking out the game 25 shots to 14 shots.
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           Congratulations Tony on your fine achievement to win this final, and to Mark commiserations, your time will come!
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           Finally, a big thank you to both players for a most entertaining game of bowls.
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           Michael Collins
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 03:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ingenia Lifestyle Kokomo Open Challenge</title>
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           Our club recently held the Ingenia Lifestyle Open Challenge on Monday 13
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            April 2026, the day being fully sponsored by Ingenia Lifestyle.
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           A fine morning greeted 64 bowlers from across our region who competed in two games of fours and two games of pairs, all games consisting of twelve ends.
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           The number of winning games is of the essence in the final wash-up, so are the margins by which teams win by. Most games were very tight with a lot of small margins overall.
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            However, as does so often happens, one team stood out and won all four games finishing with 4 wins and a margin of +40, a great result overall.
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           So, congratulations go to the team from Forster Bowling club of Kevin Robinson, Chris Williams, Jason Morse (Skip) and Ian Lawrence.
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           Finally, a big thank-you to Ingenia Lifestyle for their sponsorship of our day and the wonderful bowlers from the following clubs: Bulahdelah, Forster, Halliday’s Sports, Harrington, Pacific Palms, Tuncurry Beach and Tuncurry Sports for contributing to a fantastic  day both on and off the green.
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           Michael Collins - Bowls President
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
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           A very hot and steamy afternoon greeted the finalists in our club fours final held Sunday 1
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           The teams of Corey Fitzgerald (S), Warick Starr. Bryan Lambkin and Gavin Mc Neil were up against Mick Ansell (S), Simon Patullo, Norm Harvey and Paul Keim.
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           Mick’s team kicked off proceedings with good and controlled bowling leading 7 shots to 3 shots after 8 ends. Corey’s team started the fightback taking the next 2 ends with some very fine and consistent bowling to lead 9 shots to 7 shots.
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           At this point Corey’s team stepped on the accelerator and over the course of the next eleven ends added a further 13 shots to 3 shots to win very comfortably 22 shots to 10 shots.
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           Congratulations to Corey’s team on their fine achievement and commiserations to  Mick’s team-gallant in defeat! The large audience on hand gave both teams a standing ovation thanking them for the fine display of bowling.
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           A large audience was on hand to watch the Club Pairs final held Sunday 14
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            The teams of John Higman (s) and Brad Fraser were up against Gerry Banks (s) and Col Lewis. Both teams played strongly to reach the final so it promised to be an entertaining match up.
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           After losing the first end John and Brad played exceptional bowls to lead 13-3 shots at the completion of the eighth end. From this point on it was one-way traffic, with John and Brad powering on to win quite comfortably. Gerry and Col, try as they might could not break the stranglehold John and Brad had on the game.
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           Congratulations to John and Brad on playing a very controlled and precise game of bowls. Commiserations to Gerry and Col – it just wasn’t your day.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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           Superb playing conditions greeted 64 bowlers from across our region competing in our Men’s Gala Day which was held on 8
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           The format for the competition consisted of a game of 2 bowl fours followed by 2 games of 3 bowls pairs, and finishing the day with a game of 2 bowl fours all played over 12 ends.
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            The lead chopped and changed over the course of the first three rounds with very tight and competitive bowling, however, a couple of teams started to put their stamp on the game.
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            At this point all players had their lunch break and were relaxed and refreshed for the final charge on the leader board. Once again great bowling  took place in the final round.
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            All eyes were on the leader board and when tallied up, it showed the team from Sporties Tuncurry of Marty Brown (S), Colin Campbell, John Mangion, and Graham Brown worthy winners on the day with 3.5 wins and a +margin of 22 shots.
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            A big thank you to all the players from our region who took part in the competition and played the games in an atmosphere of fun, camaraderie and competitiveness. A fantastic day was had by all.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:22:18 GMT</pubDate>
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           The weekend of 5th &amp;amp; 6th April 2025 saw our club pairs took place. Through the course of Saturday &amp;amp; into Sunday morning teams battled it out to try and book their place in the Sunday afternoon final.
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           The two  teams that earnt their places in the Finale were:
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           Veteran Laurie Keene with his crime in partner Jason Lawrence  taking on The Butcher Mark Chalker and Cool Hand Peter Harris.
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           Friday 4th April 2025 saw the final of our club's Minor Singles with Grant Seage taking on up and comer Tony Simic.
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            The game was played in front of a very appreciative crowd who treated to an absolute ripper of a game. Tony raced out to a commanding 16-3 shot lead in juts 8 ends of game play. Baring in mind, the first player to 25 shot is the winner soi Tony at this point was well and truly in the box seat.
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           However, as it often happens, Grant started to turn then tables on Tony and roared back into contention with some precise bowling which seen Grant on lose two more ends for the duration of the match.
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           When the dust settled, Grant forged back to take the game 25 shots to 19 over 20 ends of bowls. A great victory by Grant but an extremely entertaining game overall. Tony was gallant in defeat and showed he will be a player of the future.
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            December 2024 saw the final of clubs’ Major singles played in what can only be described as sweltering conditions.
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           The two finalists, John Kell and Richard Denniss kicked off proceedings at 11.00am to determine who would be crowned Major singles club champion for 2024.
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           John Kell through some very astute bowling raced out to a 9 shots to 1 shot lead by the 7
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           However, John then powered away to lead 18 shots to 9 shots at the 17th end. The final 8 ends were evenly matched with John was going on to win the match 25 shots to 15 shots.
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            Congratulations to John for a wonderful display of bowling and commiserations to Richard for being so gallant in defeat. The standard of bowling that was delivered was truly amazing given the steamy weather conditions that prevailed.
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           Saturday the 2nd of November saw the commencement of our 2 day Men’s Prestige Fours Tournament with 64 bowlers playing 5 rounds of 2 bowl fours.
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           The weather was beautiful with a slight breeze and bright sunshine – great conditions for the playing of bowls.
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           Through the course of the 3 rounds played Saturday, very tight games were the order of the day with only 5 games out of 24 having a margin above 10 shots. Two drawn games also featured during the day showing that a very competitive tournament was taking place. Over the course of the day the leader-board was chopping and changing however one team was making its presence felt.
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           We returned Sunday morning to recommence the game after a fantastic breakfast BBQ fundraiser for Bungwahl Public school, however the weather started to deteriorate with the wind picking up very strongly. Once again great bowling and great camaraderie were the order of the day.
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           At the end of the tournament there can only be one winning team – congratulations to Jason Price, Peter Schroeder, Dave Penman and John Morton from Forster Bowling club on your great win finishing with 4 wins and a plus 27 margin.
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           A big thank-you to all the bowlers from our Manning-Great Lakes bowls region and other bowlers who came from far and wide, helping to make a very successful weekend of bowls.
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           Winners – Terry Tremaine, Doug Whitton, Moya Whitton &amp;amp; Peter Harris
          
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           Our club held its Open Gala Day on Monday 8th April 2024. After a weekend of washed-out Open Pennant games due to the adverse weather conditions all the bowlers attending were eager to get onto the green and bowl! Sunny skies prevailed with a slight cooling breeze thereby ensuring that enjoyable bowling conditions would be the order of the day.
          
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           The programme for the day consisted of 2 games of 2 bowl 4’s, and 2 games of 3 bowl pairs, all games consisting of 12 ends. Lunch was held between the games of pairs.
          
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           Round 1 of the 4’s saw some very tight bowling with close results ensuing. Round 2 which was the first pairs game was closer still. The leader board was updated and now showed three teams with 2 wins each and margin range of +23 to +12.
          
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           After lunch, round 3 which was the second pairs game, and round 4 the final 4’s game were held with more good bowling and very tight scores on most of the rinks, however one team came home with a wet sail.
          
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           The games were all now completed, the leader board updated showing the team skippered by Peter Harris winning the day with a result of 4 wins and a +40 margin. Congratulations to the team of Peter Harris, Moya Whitton, Doug Whitton and Terry Tremaine on a splendid result.
          
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           A big thank-you to all the bowlers from Bulahdelah BC , Forster BC, Halliday’s Sports, Tuncurry Sporties, Tuncurry Beach, and Pacific Palms who took part in our Open Gala Day making it a great success.
          
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           Our club held the much-anticipated final of the club pairs on Sunday 24th of March 2024. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon with a light cooling breeze, fantastic for a good game of lawn bowls.
          
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           The pairings of Corey Fitzgerald &amp;amp; Mick Ansell were taking on the well-versed pairing Laurie Keene &amp;amp; John Higman. Both teams were up for the challenge and on paper it was looking like it would be a very tight, close game and it did not disappoint. The game was played hard with some incredibly accurate bowling on display from both teams. Corey and Mick came out an attacked the 1st end and by the 8th end were up 10 shots to 2. However, the older heads of Laurie and John were able to rein in that lead and by the 11th end were only one shot behind.
          
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           The next 10 ends produced some precise bowling especially from Corey and Mick as they were able to hold onto there slender lead. Unfortunately, whilst still plugging away, Laurie and John could not keep up with the young guns of Corey and Mick who eventually ran out winner 25 to 17.
          
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           At the conclusion of the game, the large crowd that had amassed to watch the final gave the guys a standing ovation for such an enthralling game of bowls.
          
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           A big congratulation to Corey Fitzgerald and Mick Ansell on being crowned the 2024 Pairs Champions at Pacific Palms Bowling Club. Commiseration to Laurie Keene and John Higman who pushed Corey and Mick all the way to the end.
          
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           Winner – Laurie Keene, Runner Up – Jason Lawrence
          
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           Saturday 9th December saw the final of club’s Major singles played in beautiful sunshine albeit with a slight cooling breeze. The match was billed as a game between the master and the apprentice-Laurie Keene v Jason Lawrence. So the question was, would it live up to the expectations surrounding it? The answer, it sure did!
          
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           Jason kicked off proceedings taking the first end, however Laurie came roaring back to win the next 15 out of 20 ends to lead 20 shots to six. Masterful bowls claiming shots when all appeared lost were the feature of this period of play. Only 4 ends produced more than a 1 shot win! Jason then started to turn the tables and slowly but surely whittled away the deficit winning eight of the next twelve ends bringing his score to 19 shots, however as gallant a fightback as it was Laurie just plugged away finally winning the match 25 shots to 19 shots.
          
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           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 14th October.
          
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           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.
          
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           Once again close results, great bowling and all very competitive games and more draws happening across the green.
          
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           At the conclusion of the bowls and lunch the leader-board was updated which now showed the winners and runners up as follows:
          
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           1st place with 5 wins &amp;amp; 37 margin S. Reed, G. Rashleigh, S. Locke /sub G Chapman, R. Turnbull - Team from Buladelah
          
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            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. 
           
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 23:47:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            Our club played the Club 4’s over the weekend of 19th &amp;amp; 20th 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.
           
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            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.
           
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 23:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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           Roger Squire, Col Lewis &amp;amp; Corey Fitzgerald
          
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            Sunday 23rd July 9am saw four teams play two games of triples to determine the two teams who would qualify to play in the afternoon final.
           
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           In near perfect conditions the semi-final winners were the teams of L Keene, T Tremain, &amp;amp; J Sparkes and C Lewis, C Fitzgerald &amp;amp; R Squire.
          
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           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.
          
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
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           Under overcast skies our club's first Gala Day of the new bowls season was held with 48 players from across the region competing in the 1-day tournament. The action kicked off at 09:00am with the day consisting of two (2) games of 4's and two (2) games of pairs, each with 12 ends played.
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           Saturday 13th May saw the long-awaited final of the Men’s Major Singles take place. Beautiful sunshine and a gentle breeze making its way across the green greeted our two finalists Mark Stalling and John Kell. After 3 ends Mark started to build up a handy lead however John was having none of that, so that by the end of the 10th end scores were locked at 9 all. From that point on however Mark started to apply more pressure and kept building the head with some beautiful bowling. John fought valiantly but Mark eventually won the day 31 to 12.
          
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           On the 10th &amp;amp; 11th of December 2022, Zone 11 held there portion of NSW Rookies Championship which is for those players who have only been playing lawn for a short period of time. We were fortunate enough to have two (2) from our club attend, Jason Lawrence and John Kell. Both very capable bowlers and were looking forward to pitting themselves against other rookies in the Zone.
          
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           Saturday 3rd December saw our club pairs kick off for two days of hard fought competition.
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           The weekend of the 26th &amp;amp; 27th November saw our first Prestige Fours tournament to be held at our club since 2019.
          
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           Players took a break at the end of the second game for lunch and at this stage the leaderboard was taking shape showing one team in particular with two big wins and many other close contests, in fact of the two rounds played, only three games finished with a margin greater than 10 shots.
          
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           Sunday morning after a BBQ Bacon and Egg sandwich, the fourth round commenced in great playing conditions with high quality bowling taking place. Close results were occurring all over the green and this was the story for the fifth and final round as well.
          
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            1st place with 5 wins &amp;amp; 58 margin: Ross Logan, Danial Jessop, Mike Cutting, Jeff Faulder
           
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            2nd place with 4 wins &amp;amp; 22 margin: Brian Wilson, Greg McCurdy, Jock McLaughlin, Wayne Wright
           
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           In summary a very successful two days of bowls played in a competitive and friendly spirit. A big thank you to all the bowlers who took part and made the tournament the success it was.
          
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            Neil Morris, Terri Bowman, Marilyn Gorrie &amp;amp; Toni Gorrie
          
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           The event for the first for our club since our new synthetic green came into play and our first in at least three years since Covid took hold. We had 16 teams of 4 battle throughout the day with the aim to be crowned Gala Day winners. The day consisted of 2 games of 4’s and 2 games of pairs. Through the day the leader board chopped and changed with some first-class bowling on show. c
          
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           In the end there could only be one team who could take home 1st prize and that was the team form Tuncurry Sports consisting of Neil Morris, Terri Bowman, Marilyn Gorrie and Toni Gorrie. Congratulations to our winners and a massive thank you to everyone that participated on the day.
          
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            1st: Neil Morris, Terri Bowman, Marilyn Gorrie and Toni Gorrie
           
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           A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING CLUB FOR SUCH A GREAT DAY:
          
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           Bulahdelah Bowling Club, Forster Bowling Club, Sporties Tuncurry, Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club, Pacific Palms Bowling Club
          
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           The weekend of the 2nd &amp;amp; 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.
          
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           Saturday the 9th rolled around, and the two teams battled it out in front of a very appreciative crowd and some glorious winter weather.
          
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           The team led by Ron Robinson took an 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.
          
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           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.
          
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            Our Club Triple were held on Saturday 18th and Sunday the 29th of June 2022. Through the course of an extremely chilly Saturday afternoon, we saw some very close games which in turn lead to two very interesting Semi-Finals on Sunday morning.
           
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            On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of May 2022 we held the clubs Minor Singles for 2022. All players battled hard through there games to try to earn a place in the final. The last two standing were Jason Lawrence and Feliks Lewandowski.
           
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           Recently our Grade 4 Pennant team competed at the State Championships at Maclean in March 2022. Although we didn't come home with the trophy the team played hard and did the club proud. Well done guys on making the State Championships and we are all extremely proud of the performance that you out in,
          
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