May 29, 2015
by Jim Bond
The weather has been great for bowls and most clubs are getting along with their club championships calendar.
Kingaroy was no exception, devoting last weekend to tidying up one of their bigger events.
The first to come off the calendar was their Mixed Pairs championship, and the skill level in both the early and later rounds was of the highest standard.
In one of the semi finals, an extra end had to be played to break a deadlock, and on that end it was the last bowl delivered that determined the result.
The final was contested between Bronwyn Grant who paired with Danny Holligan against Wendy and Trevor Turner.
The match started off evenly with both teams sharing the first two ends.
After 6 ends, Grant and Holligan had gained a lead of 9 shots to 5.
The Turners kept themselves in the game with good draw bowls, however a 5 shot win to Grant/Holligan on end 16 put them out to 22 to 9 lead;
They maintained the momentum and were victorious 26 to 13.
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On Sunday three bowl pairs were played for those still not in the championships.
Scores of interest were:
- Peter Neilsen and Bruce Johnston def. Gladys Slatter and Alan Irwin 21-20
- Briggitte Kung and Dave Barwick def. Des Richards and Beryl Woods 27-26
- Col Kratzmann and Malcolm MacLeod 28 def. Alan Rogerson and John Coppard 28-16
There was another great day on Thursday with Pairs and Triples.
Twenty-eight players got together for this regular Thursday competition, where the overall winners were decided with 5 points for a win and 1 point for each end won
The overall winners were John Lacey, Henry Harwood and Dave Clapperton on 19 points
Results:
- John Lacey, Henry Harwood and Dave Clapperton def. Fred Keding, Gladys Slatter and Hugh Harrison 34-16
- Keith Muller, Merv Anderson and Errol Dionysius def. Briggitte Kung and Alan Irwin 25-17
- Lindy Clutterbuck, Paul Marychurch and Col Kratzmann def. Des Richards, Bob Bougoure and Danny Holligan 22-21
- Evelyn Taylor, Barry O’Brien and John Coppard def. Darcy Munro, Merv Wolski and Alan Rogerson 22-16
- Harry Read and Bruce Johnston def. Geoff Clutterbuck and Ray Maclaren 27-15
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Kilcoy News
Kilcoy Club members went to Woodford last Saturday for round 2 of the Warman-Woodrow Shield
The previous week in Round 1 at Kilcoy, Woodford had finished 11 shots up.
And on Saturday they continued their good form and powered through on the home green to win the Shield 185-99.
The winning Woodford team were Shaun Davidson, Graham Jewell and Jenny La Rooij.
The Kilcoy team were Peter Stanton, Bob McKinnon and Wendy Smith.
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Last Tuesday was May Trophy Day, sponsored by Liz Frawley, Kathy Hill, Val Wells and Ann Aspinall, with the proceeds of the day going to cancer research.
Results:
- Spiders: Bill Edwards, John Worrall, Col Ferguson and Pauline Lawson.
- Touchers: Ian Smith, Lester Bechly, Col Ferguson, Val Wells, Liz Frawley, Terry Pratten, Marg Dahl, Bill Edwards, Trudi Pratt and John Worrall
- Winners (drawn out of the hat) were Kathy Hill, Jeff Welden and Lester Bechly
Next month’s trophy day, sponsored by John Svenson, will be on Tuesday, June.23.
Congratulations must go to the ladies Games Director Gina Ryder who, along with her partner Monika Duff, came equal third in the Queensland Open Women’s Pairs held recently.
The girls only went down by two shots in the semi final and should be very proud of their efforts. Well done ladies!
Congratulations also to Tracey Evans, Gina Ryder and Jenny Edwards who played in the District Sides competition at Caloundra.
And special congratulations to Tracey and Jenny whose team were the best performing team for the Caboolture District, with 206 shots for and 171 against.
On the blackboard at Kilcoy:
- Monday, June 1: Ladies One Day Fours. Teams for this day are: Jenny Edwards, Sharon Walker, Phyl Coffee and Liz Frawley; Marg Worrall, Tracey Evans, Noel Lanes and John Worrall and Trudi Pratt, Marg Dahl, Tim Powell & Kathy Hill.
- Wednesday, June 10: Pub Day.
- Sunday, June 13: Breaky Pairs, with breakfast at 8:45am followed by bowls at 9:30am
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Nanango News
The monthly inter-club match against Yarraman was played at Nanango this time around.
It was Self Selected Triples, with scoring 2 for an end and 5 for a win.
The home team were running hot and took out bragging rights.
Results:
- Brian Havell. Sue Tucker and Glen Yeates – 42 pts
- Eunice Smith, Allan Wright and Neil Johnston – 39.5 pts
- Warren Arthur, Doris Drew and Delvin Powys – 35.5 pts
- Bob Hammond, Bob Hall and Mike Wyvill – 35 pts
- Glenda and George Wolski and Brian Dugdell – 26 pts
- Bev and Kevin Profke and Helene Johnson – 25 pts
- Keith Carroll, Nev Lawrence and John McConnell – 21 pts
- Evelyn Jensen, Lew Saunders and Henry Bliesner – 8 pts
And on Friday of last week in Scroungers:
- Henry Bliesner – 73 pts
- Lew Saunders – 61 pts
- Greg Pogson – 55 pts
- Ken Steiger – 49 pts
- Ross Jeffs – 30 pts
- Josh Fisher – 30 pts
Last Tuesday was the Mens Club Social Triples, and Joe Aglizzio, Allan Wright and Allan Ward defeated Josh Fisher, Athol Jensen and David Clapperton 23-20.
In the Men’s Championship Fours, Cec Bracken, Trevor George, Lew Saunders and Henry Bliesner defeated Bob Hammond, Bob Hall, Ken Steiger and Mike Wyvill 23-19.
This was after Henry’s team gave away the maximum points 8 on the first end, only to win the next 3 ends to go to the front and continue on to win.
Last Wednesday at the Ladies Trophy Day:
- Lindie Stuerman, June McKee and Athol Jensen def. Val Hashell, Bob Hall and Glen Yeates 24-17
- Knellor Sulter, Trevor George and Sue Tucker def Bernie Coyne, Julie Saunders and Henry Bliesner 28-13
- Sylvia Fanning and Lew Saunders def. Di McNeilage and Evelyn Jensen 16-??
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Yarraman news
The biggest surprise of the year – to date, anyway – happened this week when Robyn Diercke, playing in her first year of competition bowls, came through the field to take out the Ladies A Grade championship.
In a closely fought Final, Robyn downed one of the favourites Glenda Wolski 25-17.
One of the highlights of the ladies club’s calendar is their Annual Ladies Fiesta Day.
Conditions of play were one game of 21 ends and one game of 18 ends, with the highest score the winner. .
Numbers were a little disappointing with only 10 teams, but everyone enjoyed themselves regardless.
Results:
- The Winners were the Murgon team of Maureen Jahnke, Carol Hatchman, John Taylor and Lyn Munday – 51
- Runners Up were the local Yarraman team of Helene Johnson, Daphne Stewart, Doreen Fitch and Tom Johnson – 43
- Sportsman Award won by another local team of Ivy Wrembeck, Lorri Holmes, Kay Dugdell and George Wolski – 22
- First Round winners were Nanango’s Sue Tucker, Sylvia Fanning, Ev Jensen and Glen Yeates.
- Second Round winners were Wondai’s Hazel Keding, Del Lane, Margaret Wyatt and Jan Andresen – 28
- Other scores:
- Nanango’s, Nola and Pat Darlington, Margaret Guyatt, Selina Druery – 32
- Robyn Diercke, Di Currell, Margaret Willoughby and David Douglass – 29
- Jenny and John Moore, Eunice Smith and Leo Robinson – 29
- Bev and Kev Profke, Alison Anderson and Yvonne Schultz – 24
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Yarraman will be hosting a big weekend in mid-June.
On June 20-21 the greens will see the District Champion of Champion Fours.
This should attract a gallery.
More Champion of Champion matches will follow, too:
- Champion of Champion Pairs at Wondai on June 27-28, and…
- Champion of Champion A Singles at Yarraman on July 4-5
