PENNANTS

Forbes Bushrangers travelled to Manildra on Sunday to play their final game for Pennants for our Mid West region. Knowing Manildra were sitting on top of the ladder the Bushrangers knew they had to pull out all of the stops and give it their all and that’s what they did.

Billy Cowell, Clint Hurford, Robert Dukes and Mitch Andrews game finished 17-all.

Making his debut for Pennants, Pat O’Neill lead for Ian Hodges, Shane Bolam and Christian West. This was the only victory on the day coming away with 21-15 win.

Bruce Williams, Scott McKellar Bert Bayley and Greg Gunn tried their best and went down on the last end by 1 with final score being 14-15.

Playing Manildra on their home greens was always going to be tough but congratulations the Bushrangers for making them work for every point.

MAJOR SINGLES

Only one game of major singles was played this week due to wet weather effecting the second scheduled game on Friday morning.

The game that was played between two greats and very consistent players Jeff Nicholson and Bert Bayley. On a heavy green this was going to be a battle to the end.

Bert getting first points on the board and even a 4 on the second saw the score 7-1 on 3.

Jeff taking the next two ends to get his first points with 8-4 on 7.

The heavy green didn’t look like it affected Bert very much and he picked up 3’s on the next 4 ends to lead 17-4.

Jeff hanging in there he was able to score another 3 points on 13 but couldn’t close the gap and Bert won the game 25-7.

SOCIAL BOWLS

Wednesday bowls – Mixed last week with half of the seven games of pairs played slightly one-sided while the others were keenly contested.

Card draw winners saw a reversal in form of morning organiser Don Craft putting the recently acquired ‘extended arm’ back where it belongs, in the kitty bag, skipping in form late in the game for Ann Mackay winning 19-13 in 20 over John Baass and Terry Molloy. Pretty even early, 6-all after eight, 9-all at the end of 12 then 9-13 behind prior to the ‘arm throw’ and winning run home, 10-0.

Card draw runners-up, another close game for that super lead Ann Nixon and can’t score Peter Mackay winning 19-16 in, wait for it, 19 ends over Gail Mackay and Noel Jolliffe. Like they say, a good scorer will always win over a good player.

What about the lost end, who won that? We think it was 9-all after eight then anyone’s guess after that, but still a happy four at the end of play.

No beating the two Scott’s, Bill and Dale who won 24-21 in 20 over Cheryl Hodges and Laurie Crouch. The Scott’s jumped to a 12-1 lead after six then 12-10 at the end of nine. Then it became exciting in a close finish, 22-10 to the winners before Cheryl and Laurie won the last six ends 11-2.

In the last close game Sid Morris was back in form leading for Barry Shine winning 26-16 in 20, only due a strong finish over Irene Riley and Kerry Roach. After losing the first end by three they were never headed, 14-5 after nine then 20-12 at the end of 14.

Now the fun and games results start, 34-9 by Billy Cowell and Lyall Strudwick in 22 over Phil Hocking and Peter Barnes who only graced the score card five times. 17-5 at half time.

The crafty combination in Sue Smith and skip Cliff Nelson who was all over the kitty all day won 31-6 in 20 over Geoff West and Kerry Dunstan who at one stage called for the ‘white flag’. 10-0 after four and no better as the game progressed.

In the last and while no card was tabled it can be reported Bill O’Connell and Alf Davies won 27-7 over Geoff Coles and Paul Doust. In-club winners Alf Davies and Peter Barnes.

Wednesday morning bowls for all, noms in by 9am for 9.30am start. Phone the club on 6852 1499 for a morning of social sport. Also remember social bowls are also played every Thursday afternoon and Sunday mornings. Phone the club for further details.

Thursday bowls – There were no Thursday afternoon bowls this week due to a private function.

Sunday bowls – With a lot of our regular Sunday morning bowlers away playing pennants it was great to see 28 bowlers come down for a great morning on the greens for social bowls.

Seven games of pairs with the first being Jax Murphy and Grub Reilly drawing Terry Molloy and Bobby McGinty. It was shaping up to be a nice even and friendly game with 4 all on 4 until Terry and Bobby won 13 points picking up a 5 in the next 4 ends. Going into the break Terry and Bobby lead 15-4. Grub and Jax took the next 3 ends but lost the game 9-20.

Tara Shaw and Mick Merritt played Joyce Gray and Viv Russell. A slow start for Tara and Mick and they needed to find their groove and quickly. 10-1 down on 8 they had to regroup at the break. Unfortunately it wasn’t their day and Joyce and Viv picked up 9 points in the next 5 ends and stormed home to win the game 21-6.

Ange Dwyer and birthday boy Chris Hodge came up against Juss Scifleet and Peter Tisdell. Juss and Peter out of the box early with a 7-4 lead on 8. Ange and Chris talked tactics, refuelled and had a game plan. The game plan didn’t go to plan with Peter and Juss winning 6 on the last 8 finishing 17-6 in front.

Welcome back John Cutler after a couple of weeks off who teamed with Cliff Nelson vs Dale Maynard and Peter Mackay. John and Cliff trailing by 2 on 8, they started their come back tour. Gaining a 4 they hit the lead 11-8 on 10. Dale and Peter closed the gap 15-16 on 14 but the victory went to John and Cliff 17-16.

A new bowler to Sunday bowls Darryl Burley paired with Alan Hilder to play against Tyler Murphy and Lyall Strudwick. Tyler and Lyall were sitting comfortable at orange with a 10-2 lead and did not back off. Still in front 13-6 on 12 and winning the last 4 ends for the score board to show 18-6 on the bell.

Terry Murphy and John Kennedy were taking no prisoners when they came up against Kelly Stringer and Al Phillips. It took Kelly and Al 5 ends to get runs on the board and were trailing 15-1 at half time. Terry and John didn’t take their foot off the pedal and sprinted to the finish line 23-4.

Trish Todd and Dale Scott drew Mia Condon and Bobby Grant. Scoring a 5 on the 5th Trish and Dale were leading 13-0. Mia and Bobby finally scored a point on 6 showing signs of hope. Unfortunately it was not their day with Trish and Dale winning the game 38-1.

Winning Rink – Rink 6 (Terry Murphy and John Kennedy), Losing Rink – Rink 3 (Ange Dwyer and Chris Hodge)

Resting touchers: Bob McGinty, Dale Maynard, Alan Hilder. Raspberries for wrong bias: Mia Condon, Peter Tisdell, Juss Scifleet and Chris Hodge.

Jackpot rink drawn was rink 7, needed a 37 and drew 23. Jackpot not won.

Chicken raffle winners: Dale Maynard, Jeff Nicholson, Jack Geppert x 2, John Taylor, Johny Woods, Greg Ward, Al Phillips, Brad Sharkey.