by Jim Bond
Wild Horse 99.7FM
November 16, 2013
What’s been happening on the bowling greens around our part of South East Queensland over the last week?
Well, most centres have reported an inch or two of rain.
In fact, one old timer in Yarraman said that he could not remember the green looking so green.
Looks like the serious bowlers will be down early to do a speed check!
It was their Annual Men’s Carnival – pairs and fours – with the Men’s Pairs competition on Friday, and five rounds of fours on Saturday and Sunday.
On Friday, 28 teams from throughout South East Queensland took part in the Men’s Pairs. Three games were played by each team and the winners were decided by number of games won and ends won.
- Winners: Ian McCracken, John Jardine (Bundaberg) – 3 wins, 38 1/2 ends
- Runners Up: Steve Carland, Phil Kemp (Kingaroy) – 3 wins 34 1/2 ends
- Third: Bruce Kelly, Greg Mooney (Caboolture) – 3 Wins, 33 ends.
- Fourth (on a countback): Danny Holligan, Richie Patterson. (Kingaroy) – 3 wins 31 1/2 ends
- Fifth (the losers of the countback): Garry Dan, Jack Horne, (Kandanga) – 3 wins 31 1/2 ends.
On Saturday and Sunday, 26 teams participated in Open Fours – that’s 104 players on the green, a big event!
Teams came from as far away as Quilpie. And while I didn’t see the man from Snowy River, I think he was the only one missing.
Each team played 5 games of 18 ends, with the winners determined by number of games won plus the total of ends won.
- Winners: Kandanga – Greg Maher, Jeff Worth, Garry Dan, Jack Horne – 4 wins, 1 Draw, 53 1/2 ends
- Runners Up: Gladstone/Kingaroy – Greg Schulz, Geoff Gees, Kerry Smith, Tony Leggio – 4 wins 55 1/2 ends
- Third: Bundaberg/Goomeri – John Jardine, B. Kunde Snr. Ian McCracken, B. Kunde Jnr – 4 wins 55 ends
- Fourth: Toowoomba/Kingaroy – Danny Holligan, Chris Barrett, Gary Gray, Graham Kath – 4 wins 50 ends
- Fifth: Caboolture Lakes – I. Ascroft, J. Cowan, L. Hamilton, J. Blandford – 4 wins 49 ends
- Sixth: Hamilton – Wally Schmidt, Jason Moore, Ray McKay, Sean Baker – 3 wins, 1 draw 49 ends
- Seventh: Caboolture – Glen Smith, Lew Lines, Jeff McPherson, Mark Davis – 3 wins 1 draw 45 1/2 ends
- Eighth: Kilcoy/Kingaroy – Col Kratzmann, Alan Wright, Dozer Bechley, Evan Lowry – 3 wins 48 ends
As I said – a great weekend.
Congratulations to Kingaroy and well done Geoff Clutterbuck for getting results collated and away to the media.
But wait – there’s more!
Thursday Triples, with winners determined by the largest winning margin.
- Winners: Dave Clinker, Filipe Munoz, Ray Maclaren with a winning margin of 12.
- Runners Up (on a countback): Harry Read, Bob Hall, Col Kratzmann with a winning margin of 10
Ray Maclaren’s winning score deserves a mention – Dave Clinker, Filipe Munoz, Ray Maclaren 27 def. Dave Woods, Craig Boundy, Graham Heaton 15
The big news from Nanango is that the club’s Championship Triples have been finalised.
And what a game it was – Bob Hammond, Athol Jensen and Jim Fowler 21 def Greg Pogson, Brian Havell and Glen Yeates 17.
Well done bowlers!
Thursday nights are still very popular, too. Here are a couple of scores from Thursday of last week:
- Ted Tucker and Ben Pratap 29 def Bob Hammond and Bob Hall 11
- Trevor George, Sharron Yeates and Brian Havell 22 def Lynn Halliday, Glen Yeates and Sue Tucker 13
Last Friday in Scroungers, the usual scroungers were at it again but there was a bit of a tussle on the leader board: Greg Pogson 41 – Lew Saunders 38 – Ben Pratap 37
And on Tuesday in the Men’s Social, the top of the table was:
- Lew Saunders and Ben Pratap – 36 points
- Henry Bleisner and Trevor Ward – 27 points
- Keith Carroll and Bob Hall – 27 points
In the Ladies Social on Wednesday – a game of note here – Sylvia Fanning, June McKee and Evelyn Jensen 19 def Sylvia Fanning, Muriel Benfield and Sue Tucker 10.
Our media rep Kay had such a busy couple of weeks that she is taking a holiday.
But her bulletin starts off by saying “visits, visiting, festivities”.
So what has happened at Esk in the past week or so? Well, here’s a thumbnail run-down:
- Burnett District Ladies three days visit to Esk, Gatton and Rosewood
- Melbourne Cup day – three spiders and a corner to corner
- November 6 and 9 – Mixed social bowls
- Sunday 10 – Thirty bowlers from Ipswich Veterans
- Next weekend – off to Mt Crosby for their 58th birthday celebrations
- Last Tuesday – the final Pub Day for 2013.
And tomorrow caps off a great fortnight with the State-wide “Come and Try Bowls Day”
Kilcoy news now:
The North vs South Trophy – what a close one that was – Norths won the day by one point, 44 to 43.
And in another big match result in the Mixed Triples final on Saturday, congratulations go to Max Morrow, Tracey Evans and Leigh Irwin, who comfortably defeated Peter Stanton, Gina Ryder and Jamie Mitchell.
On Tuesday, with three rinks in play…
- Col Ferguson, Ian Smith, Noel Lanes and Jenny Edwards defeated Allen Jamison, Magaret Worrall, Bert Christie and Dennis Thompson 16 – 5.
- Ernie Herbert, Dave Scott and Lester Bechley defeated Liz Frawley, Kathy Hill and Michael Dunn 21 – 9.
- John Worrall, Nelly Herbert and Harry Mcillwain defeated Beryl Ferguson, Graham and Jeff Welden 18 – 11.
The next Jackpot game is Tuesday the 26 – it now stands at $81.
Also on the 26th, the next Star Of The Green match when John Worrall plays Ernie Herbert (John won his right to the pedestal last week by downing Jeff Welden).
Today in Kilcoy’s “Chaplaincy Barefoot Bowls Day”, which raises money to keep the Chaplaincy program going at our local schools.
And tomorrow it’s “Come ‘n’ Try Day”, where anyone is welcome to come and see what bowls is all about.
There’s a gold coin donation involved, which will be donated the Brighter Future 4 Kids Foundation, and both days are a great community effort by Kilcoy Bowls.
Then on Tuesday, it’s Alma Turner Trophy Day sponsored by Denise and Tony Grey. This will be a great program – spiders – touchers – and there’ll be great trophy prizes.
And one for the calendar: Saturday, December 7 – Member’s Fun Day which will consist of members playing friendly games of bowls and pool, followed by dinner and Trophy Presentations.
There should be a trophy a good set of bowls notes – thanks Margaret.
In the B Grade semi finals, Neville McCosker 25 def Gary Taylor 21, and Alan Cooper 25 def Kevin Putney 24.
Neville and Alan meet in the final today. The match starts at 1:30.
The final of the club triples will also be held today at 1:30pm, when Alex Colvin, Graham Briggs and Peter Bennett play Rick Bellert, Brendon Harris and Ashley Harris.
Should be a great day to be watching!
And last Saturday, the Ezzy family sponsored their Annual Memorial Bowls Afternoon in memory of their late mother Dawn, a respected member of the ladies club.
There were 40 bowlers on the green.
- Winners were Mick Ung, Peter Huth and Amy Ezzy
- Runners Up were Cain Fedderon, Col Guyatt and Elle Ezzy
The next big event at Yarraman is their Rosalie Fours Calcutta Bowls on the weekend of 30 November.
If you want to take part, it would be a good idea to confirm your nomination.
We’re always happy to include local bowls reports in our regular Sportstime broadcast on Wild Horse FM 99.7 every Saturday morning at 8:00am, and also here in our weekly column on southburnett.com.au.
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