March 28, 2015
by Jim Bond
The Burnett District Fours championships were played at Binjour this week, and lady bowlers scooped the headlines.
Murgon comfortably won the Burnett District Ladies Fours with skip Maureen Jahnke’s team of Cheryl Lorkin, Lyn Mundy and Silvia Heltenan sharing the honours.
Runners Up were a combined team comprising Lynda Cecil, Nola Darlington, Lyn Krause and Sharon Yeates.
Kingaroy figured in the trophy winners. Their team, skipped by Di Reed took out third place. It comprised Bronwyn, Annette O’Brien and Charmaine McLeod.
There was also interest in the 4th place winning team which included 14 year old Brittany Wiley along with Pat Darlington, Selina Druery and Leann Pace.
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Kingaroy News
Last Saturday saw the semi-finals and final of the 2015 Mens Open at the Kingaroy Bowls Club.
Players were required to reach a score of 25 to win, and the competition was keen.
In the first game, Glen Turner played Col Kratzmann and in the second, Malcolm MacLeod played Greg Schulz.
Both games were tight, with the lead changing regularly.
In the first game the scores were close until Glen Turner finally skipped away to record a 25 to 17 victory.
The second semi final was even closer, with Greg Schulz jumping to an early lead.
He maintained a narrow advantage for most of the match and with the goal post in sight led 22 to 20.
The pressure must have been too much at that stage, though: MacLeod got in front for the first time in the battle, went to a lead of 23 to 22 and finally closed the game out 25 to 22.
The final attracted quite a gallery, and weather conditions were ideal.
A close contest was anticipated because both finalists had played extremely well to win their respective semi-finals.
Initially, Turner got away to an ideal start and after 4 ends held a 10 to 0 lead.
But an undaunted MacLeod played steadily and got himself back into the game, taking a slender lead of 12 to 11 after 14 ends.
Once again, the tide turned. Turner applied pressure and with some superb draw bowls, regained the lead and eventually ran out victorious 25 to 16,
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On Sunday, twelve teams took part in the ever popular Jackpot Pairs.
Each team played two games of 18 ends, the winners being decided by the amount of games won combined with the overall margins.
Only two teams were able to achieve two wins and one point on margin separated the two.
- Winners: Alan Irwin and Ray Maclaren – 2 wins plus 14 margin
- Runners Up: Marj Moore and Eric Ford – 2 wins plus 13 margin
It was a very hot day on Tuesday, and this kept numbers down.
But it led to a new innovation being tried: Rotational Triples, which involved each of the three players changing playing position during the course of the game.
The concept was well received. although it took some players out of their comfort zone.
The winners? Kevin Boland, Geoff Clutterbuck and Kev Raffin defeated Darcy Munro, Dave Barwick and Alan Irwin 26-12.
And on Thursday, in Pairs and Triples:
- Gladys Slatter and Alan Rogeron def. John Lacey and Ross Olsson 24-18
- Maree Millard and Dave Clapperton def. Eric Ford and Kev Raffin 20-18
- Darcy Munro, Bob Bougoure and Alan Irwin def. Bevan Askew, Geoff Clutterbuck and Dave Barwick 23-15
- Keith Muller, Maureen Semgreen and Ray Maclaren def Des Richards, Paul Marychurch and John Coppard 22-18
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Kilcoy News
On Tuesday, March 17, four ladies from Kilcoy Bowls Club played in the district side against the Sunshine Coast.
Caboolture District were defeated on the day, but acquitted themselves well against very stiff competition (some of the Sunny Coast ladies have played for Australia). So they deserve congratulations for their great effort.
On Thursday, March 19 Tracey Evans and Max Morrow played in the Bribie Island Prestige Mixed Pairs, finishing a very creditable fifth on a countback in a field of 38 pair combinations. Well done Tracey and Max!
And on Friday, March 20 Marg Worrall, Trudi Pratt, Liz Frawley and Gina Ryder attended Bongaree’s Financial Day and came out the winners with the biggest winning margin of +19. Congratulations, ladies.
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Championship Results:
In Mixed Pairs, John Worrall and Liz Frawley defeated Ernie Herbert and Pauline Lawson 24-12.
The second round of the Mixed Pairs is to be played by April 26; the second round of Men’s Pairs by April 19; the Men’s Fours Final by May 10; and the second round of the Men’s A Singles by April 12.
On Monday Jenny Edwards, Liz Frawley, and Faye and Ernie Vicary attended Narangba’s One Day Fours and had a most enjoyable day. Meanwhile Gina Ryder, Marg Worrall and Pauline Lawson attended an Umpire refresher course to brush up on the new rules.
On Tuesday, there was no Jackpot or Star Of The Green competitions due to trophy day. But next Tuesday Harold Alford will play Kelly Charters in the Star, and next week’s jackpot is worth $155.
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The March Trophy Day was sponsored by Jenny and Bill Edwards. The spider was won by Ernie Herbert while the raffle winners were Dave Scott, John Svensen, Gina Ryder and Faye Vicary.
Winners on the day, with the highest winning margin of +20, were Trudi Pratt and Dave Scott. Runners Up – with the lowest winning margin of +9 – were Jenny Edwards, Phyl Coffee and John Svenson.
Nominations have been called for the Men’s B Singles, Men’s Triples and Mixed Triples closing on May.24
And coming up on Sunday, April 19: Breaky Pairs for $15 per head. 8:45am breaky and 9:30am bowls.
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Nanango News
The A Grade Championship Singles were played on Friday, March 20 and it was a good game to mark and watch.
Mike Wyvill played Trevor George, and it turned out to be a very close game.
On the 19th end, Mike led 15 to 13. But Trevor fought back to level the score on the 27th end to 22-all.
Mike then picked up a 2 and on the next end Trevor was holding 3 for game.
With both players having just a bowl to play, Mike delivered the knock-out – a front resting toucher – to win 25 to 22.
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On Tuesday, Mike Wyvill again fronted up – this time against his pairs partner Lew Saunders.
Lew jumped to a lead and never let Mike come back, running out a comfortable winner 25-15.
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There was a battle royal in the Pairs Championship between Brian Havell and Jim Fowler against Allan Wright and Glen Yeates.
The first four ends were all Yeates’. and he went to a 9-nil lead.
But by the tenth end the scores were 11-all.
Fowler then skipped away to a good lead only for Yeates to fight back to 19-all on the 19th end.
Yeates thought he had all avenues covered on the last end and held 2 shots, only to see Fowler drive at the head and hitting the kitty. But instead of it going dead as was expected, it hit a back bowl flying in the air and went back into the ditch, giving Fowler four shots and the game 23 to 20.
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Last Tuesday in the Men’s Social, with conditions one for an end and four for a win:
- Lynda Steverink and Allan Ward – 25 pts
- Bob Hammond, Bob Hall and Henry Bliesner – 17 pts
- Wayne Emms, Jim Steverink and Kevin Profke – 15 pts
- Trevor Georg and John McConnell – 7 pts
Wednesday was Ladies Trophy Day:
- Bernie Coyne, Lynda Steverink and Glen Yeates def Muriel Benfield, Lew Saunders and Evelyn Jensen 27-15
- Edith White, Heather Carr and Allan Ward def Di McNeilage, Doris Drew and Henry Bliesner 25-17
- Kneller Sutten, Jim Steverink and Sue Tucker def. Julie Saunders, Sylvia Fanning and Allan Carr 23-21
Finally, in Friday’s Ladies A Grade Singles championhips, Julie Saunders def. Di McNeilage 25-19.
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Yarraman News
Ladies Day featured one game of 3 bowl pairs over 18 ends, with conditions one for an end and two for the win.
- Nev Lawrence, Alison Anderson (on a count back) def. Horst Myer and Glenda Wolski 28-13 (14-6)
- Kev Profke and Margaret Willoughby def. Kay Dugdell and Lola Harper 22-14 (14-6)
- Bev Profke and Wayne Emms def. Leo Robinson and Eunice Smith 15-12 (13-7)
- Ivy Wrembeck and Yvonne Schultz def. John Beattie and Roy Wrembeck 18-13 (11-9)
Yarraman also sent two teams to the District Fours competition at Binjour on Thursday, where three rounds were played.
The players who travel led were Helene Johnson, Kay Dugdell, Di Currell, Robyn Diercke (Team 1) and Daphne Stewart, Lorri Holmes, Jenny Moore and Doreen Fitch (Team 2).
[Updated with correction 30-Mar-15]
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