by Jim Bond
Wild Horse 99.7FM
March 1, 2014
Goodness me … it’s the first of March already. March marks the start of autumn – though it’ll be hot for awhile yet – and some of the clubs are well underway with their club championships.
Binjour is setting a good example.
So let’s start with them.
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A number of Club Championship matches have been played in the past two weeks:
In the Men’s Singles:
- Steve Meyer 25 def Shane Wiley 20
- John Stott 25 def Nifti Lamkin 23
In the Mixed Pairs:
- Brittany Wiley and Tyson Meyer 28 def John Stott and Sandra Stott 11
- Pat Darlington and Shane Wiley 22 def Barry Wengel and Leann Pace 17
- Gail Evans and Steve Meyer 22 def Aileen Wiley and Kelvin Wiley 18
And in the Ladies Pairs, Pat Darlington and Leann Pace 24 defeated Maureen Guyatt and Gail Evans 16.
The next big event is the Mens Fours to be held on the 22-23 March.
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The ladies enjoyed their day on the green Wednesday, with conditions of play one game over 21 ends and biggest winning margin.
Strangely enough, they were all very close games:
- Winners: Horst Myer and Alison Anderson def Neil Currell and Jenny Moore 17-13 – scoring a margin of 4
- Runners Up: Bev Profke and Robyn Diercke def Brian Dugdell and Leo Robinson 24-21 – a margin of 3
Let’s run through the other scores:
- Kev Profke and Roy Wrembeck def Ivy Wrembeck and Kay Dugdell 19-16
- Jim LeCocq and Eunice Smith drew John Beattie, Eileen Elliott 16-16
- John Moore and Lola Harper def Di Currell and Yvonne Schultz 16-15
How’s that for a day’s bowling!
And in Thursday Night Bowls, with conditions of play 21 ends and 1 for an end, 2 for a win:
- Winners: Neil Johnston and Eunice Smith def Horst Myer and Kerry Walsh 24-11 (15 ends to 6)
- Brian Dugdell and Marge Clarke def Merv Fitch and Tom Clarke 19-13 (13 ends to 8)
- Kev Profke and Todd Currell drew with Kerry Knowles and Arthur Smith 15-15 (11 ends to 10 )
- Lorri Holmes and Sandra Currell def Bev Profke and Margaret Willoughby 17-13 (13 ends to 8)
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In last Saturday’s social bowls there was a great turn up of players – 56 in all – for two games of 13 ends.
Four teams won two games each.
They were Lester Bechly’s team, Peter Stanton’s team, Greg Staniforth’s team and Dozer Bechly’s team.
Winner of the day was drawn out of the hat, and Dozer Bechly, John Dickson, Tanya Arnold and Cathy Lapthorn turned up trumps
And on Tuesday, the first of the A Singles Championships was played, with Lester Bechly defeating Dennis Bleakley 25-5.
The same day, social bowls attracted another good roll-up of 26 players. Results?
- John Glanville, Liz Frawley and Terry Pratten def Micheal Dunn, Nelly Herbert and Flora Kelly 19-8.
- Pam Taylor, Tony Gray and Margaret Worrall def Jeff Weldon, Kathy Hill and Kelly Charters 24-16
- Denis Thompson, Bert Christie and Fay Vicary def Pauline Lawson, John Worrall and Brett Kelly 36-10.
- Annette Ruston, Dave Scott, Ian Smith and Ernie Herbert def Noel Lanes, Sharon Walker, Col Ferguson and Wendy Smith 29-9
Star of the Green was won by Sharon Walker, who’ll play Jenny Edwards next week.
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In Tuesday’s Men’s Social – a pairs match with 1 for an end and 4 for win:
- Winners: John McConnell and Jim Fowler 23pts
- Next best: Lew Saunders and Athol Jensen 22pts
- Nev Lawrence and Mike Wyvill 17pts
- Bob Hammond and Bob Hall 14pts
- Joe Agliozzio and Greg Pogson 13pts
- Felipe Munoz and Ben Pratap 11pts
- Jim Aubrey and Glen Yeates 7pts
And in Wednesday’s Ladies Social, a score of interest: Di McNeilage, June McKee and Sue Tucker 16 def Sylvia Fanning, Margaret Bradford and Evelyn Jensen 14.
Coming Events at Nanango:
- Bus trip to Burgowan today
- Tuesday: Club selected pairs 12:30pm
- Ladies Bowls on Wednesday 9:30am
- Barefoot bowls on Thursdays 5:30pm
- Scroungers on Fridays
- And on Saturday: Self Selected Triples 12.30pm start.
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There’s always something happening in Esk – they have a great social calendar.
February’s Round Robin for clubs in that part of the world saw teams from Mt Crosby, Gatton, Esk and Durack-Inala playing at Durack-Inala. The next Round Robin is at Mt Crosby on 16 March.
There were also three bowl triples and pairs on Wednesday and Sunday, plus barefoot bowls every Thursday night.
Esk will be visiting Mt Crosby next week for Ladies Day, and Bribie will visit on March 9.
Esk Secretary Fay Thomson reports that the calendar is getting quite congested – surprising for this time of the year.
And yes, the club championships are under way.
Last week in the Open Pairs Allen Cameron and Rob Horkins defeated Vicki Cameron and Rob Buckworth.
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