by Jim Bond
Wild Horse 99.7FM
March 15, 2014
There were a big couple of days in Kingaroy on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Kingaroy Bowls Club hosted their annual Ladies Kia Ora Carnival, and thirty-two teams from all over South East Queensland took part.
The Carnival took the form of four games, with the winners determined by the amount of games won and the amount of ends accumulated.
- Winners: Kawana Waters team of M. Kerss, E. Dehnert, B. Jones and N. Whitton
- Runners-Up: Toowoomba-Cooloola team of Sue Ramsay, Margaret Podmore, Joyce McGeorge and Kay Pott
- 3rd Place: Roma’s team of Jan Williamson, Val Cochrane, Gretta Park and Elaine Taylor
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In the monthly “State Of Origin” self-selected triples match (aka Nanango versus Yarraman), with conditions of play two for an end and five for a win, it looks like Nanango will hang on to bragging rights:
- Josh Pogson, Evelyn Jensen and Mike Wyvill were winners with 40pts +32
- Bev and Kev Profke and Helene Johnson came in next best with 40pts +25
- Glenda and George Wolski and Brian Dugdell – 33pts
- Joe Aglizzio, Lew Saunders and Cec Bracken – 29pts
- Bob Hammond, Bob Hall and Ben Pratap – 27pts
- Charlie, Daphne Stewart and Doreen Fitch – 27pts
- Chris McLeod, Keith Carroll and John McConnell – 27pts
- Trevor George. Sue Tucker and Brian Havell – 25pts
- Booie Lucas, Nev Lawrence and John Beattie – 22pts
- Di Currell, Jim LeCocq and Neil Currell – 20pts
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On Tuesday, Club Championship matches were played. And in the A Singles, Bob Hall defeated Mike Wyvill 25-4 (wow, big win that one!)
But another game of note was Ben Pratap’s defeat of Trevor George 25-22, and the final score really doesn’t do this match full justice.
In the actual game, Ben initially jumped to a 16 to 3 lead after 16 ends. But Trevor rebounded and had levelled the score to 22-all after 28 ends. What a great match for the gallery!
And in social play on Tuesday:
- Bob Hammond and Lew Saunders 34 def Joe Aglizzio and Cec Bracken 13
- Trevor George and Ben Pratap 19 def Mike Wyvill and Bob Hall 14
Finally, in Friday’s Scroungers, the chief scrounger was Greg Pogson once again with 112pts.
He was followed by Lew Saunders (106pts), Ben Pratap (104pts) and Trevor George (98pts) ,,, and we’ll stop there.
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The Ladies Club Championships are underway, and in the first round Ivy Wrembeck, Lorri Holmes, Eunice Smith and Kay Dugdell defeated Eileen Elliott, Margaret Willoughby and Sandra Currell 21-17.
Ivy’s team will now play Gloria Anderson’s team next Wednesday.
And in Wednesday’s social games:
- Leo Robinson and Yvonne Schultz def Ron Lucas and Alison Anderson 18-17
- Di Currell and Roy Wrembeck drew Lola Harper and Tom Johnson 19-19
Also on Wednesday, three men played scroungers: Horst Meyer (102), Kev Profke (101) and Neil Currell (94).
In Thursday night bowls, with conditions 1 game over 22 ends, 1 for an end and 2 for win:
- Winners Bev Profke and Ron Lucas def Jenny Moore and Sandra Currell 33-12 (15 ends to 7 ends)
- John Moore and Wayne Emms def Lorri Holmes and Eunice Smith 22-17 (12 ends to 10 ends)
- Neil Johnston and Arthur Smith def Kev Profke and Kenny Walsh 19-17 (12 ends to 10 ends)
- Brian Dugdell and Kerry Walsh def George Wolski and Todd Currell 20-15 (13 ends to 9 ends)
A gallery is expected this morning for the final of the men’s competition. A start is also being made on the Men’s “B” Singles too.
Last Sunday – in one game of 18 ends with two for and end and three for the win – the winners were Neil Currell and Bev Profke, who defeated Leo Robinson and Di Currell 27-7 (13 ends to 5 ends).
Next best were Kev Profke, Eunice Smith and Sandra Currell who defeated Kerry Knowles, Margaret Willoughby and Todd Currell 20-16 (10 ends to 8 ends).
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Kilcoy’s Club Championships are also underway.
In the “A” Singles:
- Jamie Mitchell defeated Max Morrow
- Alec McClusky defeated Jeff Welden
- Peter Bell defeated Harold Alford
- Dozer Bechly defeated Stan Valance
And in the “B” singles:
- Jeff Welden defeated Noel Lanes
- John Worrall defeated Kelly Charters
In Ladies Pairs, Margaret Worrall and Nelly Herbert defeated Pauline Lawson and Flora Kelly. And in the Ladies “B” Singles, Margaret Worrall defeated Fay Vicary.
Star of the Green will be played next Tuesday between Sharon Walker and Pauline Lawson.
In Tuesday’s Pairs, Jeff Welden and Ann Pope defeated Jenny Edwards and Flora Kelly.
And in Three Bowl Pairs:
- Liz Frawley, Kathy Hill and Michael Dunn def Ian Smith, Tracey Evans and Bill Edwards 22-16
- Dave Scott, Bert Christie and Dennis Thompson def Brett Kelly, John Worrall and Pam Taylor 24-14
The winners of the day were Kelly Charters, Margaret Worrall and Tony Gray who defeated Col Ferguson, Ernie Herbert and Noel Lanes 29-12.
In last Wednesday’s Pub Day which was sponsored by Lance Wilson from Wealth Directions Gympie, there was a full green and a new team on the block: Mapleton.
The Winners on the day were one of the Kilcoy teams (Jenny Edwards, Trudi Pratt, Dave Scott and Col Ferguson), and the runners-up were the Harlin Hotel team (Terry Cox, Ken Litcherland, Roy Howard and Clayton Foster).
- 1st Round Winners: Maleny team (Sandra Kapetonic, Bas Crain, Alan Loyne and John Kapetonic)
- 2nd Round Winners: a tie between the teams from Bribie Island (Nev Linsday, Doug Walker, R Black and Larry) and Dayboro (Merv Heathwood, Karen King, Terry Morley and Simmo)
And finally, a reminder: keep Saturday March 22 free. Kilcoy are having a Social Bowls Afternoon followed by a sausage sizzle, with a 12:30pm start.
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Esk played their Club Championship games last week.
In Open Pairs, Ted Jenkins and Doug Laidlaw defeated Allan Cameron and Rob Horkings 22-20 (a close game, that one).
And in Open Fours, in another close game that could have gone either way in a last round decider, Allan Cameron, Vicki Cameron, Laurie Thomson and Frank Hussey defeated Rob Horkings, Pearlie Jenkins, Ted Jenkins and Doug Laidlaw 21-16
A good crowd also turned up on Wednesday for a game of 2-4-2 ,,, all very social.
In Thursday night bowls – Scroungers – some visitors were checking on the Esk Scroungers.
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On Sunday, a full bus from Bribie came along, with players drawn into teams out of the hat. Winners and losers were drawn out of the hat too.
Chicken schnitzel and crumbed schnapper were on the menu – they look after you at Esk!
Coming events include Sponsor’s Day on Sunday, March 23, and a bus trip to Woongoolba on March 30 for the Friendship Cup match.
Esk won the Friendship Cup last year and hope to bring it home again in 2014.
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