July 25, 2015
by Jim Bond
Last Saturday the prestigious Champion of Champions competition was held at Murgon.
Seven Burnett clubs competed – Binjour, Gayndah, Kingaroy, Murgon, Nanango, Wondai and Yarraman.
The final between Kingaroy’s Danny Holligan and Bronwyn Grant and Gayndah’s Steve Meyer and Ann Faulkner was a thriller.
Throughout the weekend, both teams had shown great form with comfortable wins in both the quarter and semi-finals.
Kingaroy comfortably beat Yarraman’s John and Jenny Moore 29-11 in the quarter final, and downed Binjour’s Brittany and Anthony Wiley 23-13 to play in the final.
Gayndah’s duo had a comfortable quarter-final also.
They beat Nanango 33-7 and followed that up with a 19-17 win over Wondai’s Evan O’Rourke and Hazel Keding in the semis.
After a run-up like this, Sunday’s final was of a very high standard and turned out to be a thriller.
Nothing separated the teams.
In fact, the contest was so close that after 20 of the regulation 21 ends the score was 19-all.
But a resting toucher by Grant clinched the trophy for Kingaroy.
With only four bowls to be delivered Kingaroy was able to move the kitty behind another bowl, preventing Meyer getting his two last bowls close enough to win the end.
Grant and Holligan ran out winners 20 to 19
First Round Results:
- Wondai had the Bye
- Gayndah def. Nanango 33-7
- Kingaroy def. Yarraman 29-11
- Binjour def. Murgon 26-21
Semi-Finals Results:
- Gayndah (Steve Meyer and Ann Faulkner) def. Wondai (Evan O’Rourke and Hazel Keding) 19-17
- Kingaroy (Danny Holligan and Bronwyn Grant) def. Binjour (Anthony Wiley and Brittany Wiley) 23-13
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Kingaroy News
Last Sunday in the monthly Jackpot Pairs, sixteen teams got together to participate.
Two games of 18 ends were played with the winners determined by the number of games won and the combined winning margin.
Results:
- Winners: Richie Patterson and Di Reed – 2 wins plus margin 26
- Runners Up: Paul Geritz and Glen Turner – 2 wins plus margin 22
- Third: Felipe Munoz and Steve Carland – 2 wins plus margin 19
On Tuesday, in Club Pairs:
- Maree Millard and Bob Robinson def. Briggitte Kung and Dave Barwick 22-4
- Dave Ferguson and Col Kratzmann def. Alex Callender and Kev Raffin 22-7
- Steve Carland and Ray Maclaren def. Darcy Munro and Geoff Clutterbuck 20-9
And on Wednesday, in Pairs and Triples:
- Bess Thorp, Maree Millard and Diane Reed def. John Lacey, Maureen Semgreen and Richie Patterson 26-18
- Marj Moore and Val Jeppesen def. June Olsson and Beryl Woods 20-9
There was also quite a roll-up on Thursday for the Pairs and Triples competition:
- Harry Read and Alan Irwin def. Barry Parkinson and Bob Robinson 35-10
- Marj Moore, Bob Hammond and Col Kratzmann def. Darcy Munro, Peter Neilsen and Alan Rogerson 31-11
- Keith Muller, Hugh Harrison and Ray Maclaren def. Fred Keding, Maree Millard and Bruce Johnston 27-14
- Col McBride, Graham Heaton and Ross Olsson def. Brigitte Kung, Paul Marychurch and Geoff Clutterbuck 29-23
- Des Richards, Felipe Munoz and Beryl Woods def. John Lacey, Barry O’Brien and Dave Clapperton 18-16
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Nanango News
Yarraman kept the flag flying on the weekend by top-scoring in their monthly triples clash with Nanango.
The self selected triples were scored two for the end and five for the win.
Kay Dugdell, George Wolski and Brian Dugdell topped the scoreboard with 40 points.
Next best was Warren Arthur’s team which included Chris Macleod and Delvin Powys.
Results:
- Kay Dugdell, George Wolski and Brian Dugdell – 40 pts
- Chris McLeod, Warren Arthur and Delvin Powys – 34 pts
- Bob Hammond, Bob Hall and Allan Ward – 33 pts
- Lew Saunders, Ken Stieger and Henry Bliesner – 29 pts
- Bev Profke, Nev Lawrence and Kev Profke – 20 pts
- Evelyn Jensen, Trevor George and Brian Havell – 18 pts
On Tuesday a Championship B Grade Singles match was played, which saw Josh Fisher defeat Joe Aglizzio 25-20.
Results of social games played that day:
- Cec Bracken and Brian Havell def. Bob Hall and Henry Bliesner 17-6
- Lew Saunders, Allan Wright and Glen Yeates def. Trevor George, Allan Ward and Jim Fowler 17-8
- Trevor George, Cec Bracken and Allan Ward def. Joe Aglizzio, Ken Stieger and Josh Fisher 16-11
- Bob Hall, Allan Wright, Athol Jensen and Glen Yeates 16 def. Lew Saunders, Henry Bliesner, Brian Havell and Jim Fowler 16-6
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Kilcoy News
Kilcoy’s Men’s Pennant teams played Caboolture Lakes last Saturday at Kilcoy and defeated them. They play at Woodford this week.
On Tuesday, in the Ladies B Grade Singles:
- Phyllis Coffee defeated Pauline Lawson 21-25 in a very tight game.
- Nelly Herbert defeated Wendy Smith 25-14
In Mixed Triples, Harold Alford, Kim Donovan and Lester Bechly defeated John Glanville, Peter Stanton and Gina Ryder.
And in the Men’s B Singles, Lester Bechly defeated Denis Bleakley
Jackpot games were also played on Tuesday:
- Bill Edwards, Noel Lanes, Phyllis Coffee and Terry Pratten def. Jenny Edwards, Sharon Walker, Kathy Hill and Liz Frawley 33-11
- Jeff Welden, John Worrall and Col Ferguson def. Horst Myer, Ernie Herbert and Darrel Coffee 22-14
- Lester Bechly, Ian Smith and Pauline Lawson def. Harold Alford, Kelly Charters and Ernie Vicary 19-11
The jackpot did not go off and goes up to $193.00.
On Wednesday, Peter Bell was presented with his Veteran Badge at afternoon tea
Star of the green was played between Kelly Charters and Sharon Walker. Sharon won and in a match later in the week and defeated Fay Vicary. Fay will now meet Darrell Coffee in two weeks time.
Pub Day last Wednesday was another great day sponsored by Robert from Caboolture Cruise and Travel:
The winners were Ian Smith, Leigh Irwin and Jenny Edwards; and Peter Stanton’s team were runners-up.
The second round winners were Harold Alford, Val Gannon, Lester Bechly and Liz Frawley.
On Kilcoy’s blackboard:
- Ladies Pennant Draw is up on the board
- The Ladies District Trip will be in September/October
- Brisbane North Challenge Match at Scarborough on the weekend .
- Men’s Pennant matches this weekend at Kilcoy – they play Bribie Island first up
