June 22, 2015
by Jim Bond
Men’s Fours Champions from clubs throughout the Burnett rolled up at Yarraman on the weekend to try for the title of District Champions.
The honour for 2015 goes to the Wondai club, who won through three very tough rounds to clinch the flag.
On Saturday they defeated Kingaroy 19-17 in the quarter-final, and Binjour by a similar margin in the semi-final.
And in a thriller final on Sunday, they defeated Murgon 20-16.
Sunday’s match started late because of a heavy dew on the green.
Wondai won the toss but were slow away, down five-nil after four ends.
But they worked out the “grass” and quickly caught up to make a real match of it from there.
There were plenty of touchers on the green and a lot of “ooohs” and “aaahs” from the gallery.
The scoreboard showed 13-all at 13 ends; then 14-all at 15 ends; and then 16-15 at 17 ends.
Some very tight ends almost needed a micrometer to gain a decision.
Wondai really applied the pressure from there, and despite some solid drives by Murgon skip Aaron Jones Wondai took the Final 20-16.
District Reps Geoff Gees, Glen Yeates and Alex Barsby were there to watch the Final result and to announce the draw for further District contests; the Men’s Pairs at Wondai on 27-28 June and the Men’s Singles at Yarraman on July 4.
The draw for the Men’s Pairs:
- Nanango, bye
- Binjour v Murgon
- Wondai v Kingaroy
- Gayndah, bye
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Kingaroy News
It was a big day at Kingaroy last Sunday: Sponsored Rotational Triples, with forty bowlers on the greens.
The match was sponsored by club members Danny Holligan and Richie Patterson.
While the winning team was determined by the team with the highest winning margin, the playing conditions were unique.
Each team consisted of three players, and each player changed his/her playing position every 7 ends, with a total of 21 ends being played.
- Winners: Darcy Munro, Graham Heaton and Diane Reed – margin 18
- Runners Up: Dave Little, Annette O’Brien and Richie Patterson – margin 10.
- Third: Fred Keding, Barry O’Brien and Errol Dionysius – margin 8
On Sunday, 12 teams contested the ever popular Jackpot Pairs 2 bowl competition in near perfect conditions.
Each team played two eighteen end games.
The overall winners were determined by the amount of games won plus the combined margins.
While there was a number of closely fought games there were only two teams who managed 2 wins
- Winners: Alan Irwin and Ray MacLaren – 2 wins + 16 margin
- Runners Up: Dave Clapperton and Alan Rogerson – 2 wins + 7 margin
There were no Jackpot winners.
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Nanango News
In the popular Friday Scroungers competition on June 12:
- Greg Pogson – 80 pts
- Josh Fisher – 42 pts
- Ken Stieger – 38 pts
And in the social on.Tuesday, June 16:
- Bob Hammond, Ken Stieger and Glen Yeates def. Cec Bracken, Greg Pogson and Allan Ward 25-9
- Lew Saunders and Bob Hall def. Trevor George and Brian Havell 18-8
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Kilcoy News
One of the big social events of the South Burnett and Brisbane Valley is Pub Day at Kilcoy.
It was a great day last week with a full green, and Ian Hanson and crew from Maleny topped the score-board.
- First Round Winners: Lester Bechly, Harold Alford, Liz Frawley and Val Gannon
- Second Round winners: Michael Dunn, Grahame Derryman, Ann Pope and Geoff Jones
- Runner Ups for the day were Peter Bell, Jeff Welden, John Worrall and Darrell Coffee
The Men’s District Pair’s Final was played at Glasshouse on Sunday and for the first time in memory, Kilcoy boys won the Trophy
The winners were John Glanville and Bill Edwards, who played against the Woodford team of Paul West and Steve Gow and won 21-18 in a very close game.
Tuesday’s Social Bowls were the very popular Jackpot Fours:
The winners were Kelly Charters, Jenny Edwards, Leigh Irwin and Dennis Thomson who defeated Ernie Herbert, Terry Pratten, Ernie Vicary and John Worrall 19-8.
The runners up were Margaret Worrall, Fay Vicary, Nelly Herbert and Liz Frawley defeated Jeff Welden, Dave Scott, Col Ferguson and Noel Lanes 16-15.
The Jackpot did not go off, so it now rises to $117. Your next chance to grab it will be in a fortnight’s time.
Meanwhile, this last week’s Star Of The Green was won by Leigh Irwin, who defeated Jeff Welden to end his eight week winning streak.
Leigh will now play Harold Alford on June 30.
On the blackboard:
- Next Tuesday John Svennson is putting on a Trophy Day – names in by 9:00am
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Yarraman News
It was raining all day last Wednesday so there was no play.
Instead, the Ladies Trophy Day has been postponed to this week.
But the Scroungers Jackpot on Friday is proving popular, and three trophies were allocated.
Club President Neil Johnston claimed the major with 37 points.
Next best was Arthur Smith with 30, closely followed by George Wolski on 29.
The jackpot was not won.
Good stuff Jim, just one correction to the Wondai pic, it’s Brad Cecil, not Brendan, could have been worse, could have had Brenda … Wondai Dingoes rule #1
Thank you, Pete! Now fixed.