by Jim Bond
Wild Horse 99.7FM
August 24, 2013
Kingaroy always seems to turn something on for the gallery; last weekend (August 17), it was the Men’s “B” Grade Singles Championships.
The final was a nail-biter – Bob Robinson versus Malcolm Macleod.
Both deserved their spot in the final – both scoring good wins in the quarter-final and semis
Bob downed Barry O’Brien 26-16 and Peter Neilsen 25-20.
Malcolm won his quarter-final against Alan Rogerson 25-22 and cruised away in his semi against Merv Anderson 26-6
The final was a keenly fought contest. The winner was decided by the first player to score 25.
It was 5 all after 4 ends but then Robinson skipped away leading 17-7 after 10 ends. Macleod fought back to level 18 all at 16 ends.
The ends continued to be tight with the lead changing hands until it was 22 all after 22 ends.
Robinson took the next mat with a single. He could see a light at the end of the tunnel and in the next game, with some beautiful bowling, moved the jack a short distance to give himself three and take the title 26 to 23.
Scores:
Quarter Final
Malcolm Macleod 25 defeated Alan Rogerson 22
Merv Anderson 25 defeasted Felipe Munoz 23
Peter Neilsen 25 defeated Geoff Clutterbuck 9
Bob Robinson 26 defeated Barry O’Brien 16
Semi-Final
Bob Robinson 25 defeated Peter Neilsen 20
Malcolm Macleod 26 defeated Merv Anderson 6
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Last Thursday – Triples and Pairs
Jim Czislowski, Lyle Dascombe, Col Kratzmann, 25 defeated Graham Dean, Ron Pinn, John Coppard 20
Dave Woods, Merv Wolski, Richie Patterson, 19 defeated Keith Muller, Maree Millard, Alan Irwin 15
Fred Keding, Hugh Harrison, Merv Anderson, 26 defeated Evelyn Taylor, Des Richards, Ray Maclaren 9
Peter Neilsen, Kev Raffin 25 defeated Felipe Munoz, Dave Clapperton 14
Ben Pratap, Bob Robinson, 29 defeated Ross Olsson, Kerry Smith 12
On Sunday – Triples and Pairs
Ron Pinn, Brigitte Kung, John Coppard 20 defeated Dave Woods, Fred Keding, Val Jepperson 15
Maree Millard, Kev Raffin, 22 defeated Geoff Clutterbuck Alan Irwin 17
Peter Neilsen, Dave Barwick 14 defeated Marj Moore, Beryl Woods 13
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Nanango News – Winter Carnival Saturday
In the Open pairs, Ben Pratap was in the money. He paired with Les Joyce 2w+42.
Next best was Cheryl Larken and Geoff Gees 2w +19
Best round winners Cathy Judd & Brian Havell +30.
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Last Friday – Scroungers
Ben Pratap hits the headlines again as the best scrounger, scoring 134. Then csme Lew Saunders on 101.
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On Tuesday, Men’s Social – Pairs
Bob Hall & Trevor Ward 36
Ray Jones & Cec Bracken 32
Joe Agliozzo & Ian Gutzke 31
Kevin Kleinhanns & Jim Fowler 30
Keith Carroll & Les Joyce 26
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On Wednesday, the Ladies Social was a game worth reporting.
Di McNulage Muriel Benfield and Silvia Fanning 22 defeated Julie Saunders, June McKee and Evelyn Jensen 10.
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At Yarraman:
On Tuesday/ six ladies travelled to Kingaroy for Lady President Dianne Reed’s Day.
Teams were drawn from discs.
Bev Profke skippered the winning team, which included Col Kratzmann, Athol Jensen and Bruce Johnston.
Ladies Trophy Day on Wednesday (trophy winners drawn from cards), Bev Profke, Glenda Wolski, Eileen Elliott defeated Ivy Wrembreck, Horst Meyer, Jenny Moore 22-16.
Runners-up trophy: Daphne Stewart, John Beattie, Allison Anderson lost to Neil Currell, Leo Robinson, Roy Wrembreck 10-24.
Scroungers had a match after that. Best scrounger was Di Currell with 93 followed by Lola Harper on 67.
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And one to come and watch – you will have to be content to watch because they have a full green of 64 players and players in reserve – Yarraman Lady President Glenda Wolski’s Day on Tuesday (August 27)
- Jim Bond can be heard with Sportstime on Wild Horse FM every Saturday morning after the 8:00am news.
