July 12, 2016
The car park at the Kingaroy Bowls Club was packed out last weekend, and there were even caravans parked on the back lawn.
The occasion was the annual Ken Mills Toyota Men’s Open Age Fours Carnival, and the $5500 in prize money on offer attracted 22 teams who packed out the club’s greens on both days.
Players came from Brisbane, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast and all over the South Burnett to compete in the popular event.
And while numbers were slightly down this year, the standard of competition remained high.
The event was ultimately won by Brian Kunde Jr’s mixed team of players from Goomeri, Wondai, Coolum (formerly Kingaroy) and Pomona.
Brian’s team have been playing together for several years, but have never ranked higher than third in their previous tries at the Men’s Open Age Fours.
And they agreed their win this year was a pretty close-run thing.
“At one stage we were trailing 14-3,” Brian said.
“You don’t normally come back from 14-3, but we did.”
Results:
- Winners: Brian Kunde Jr (skip), Mark Williams, Kelvin King and Evan O’Rourke – 5W 56.5 +71
- Runners Up: Rod Smith (skip), Alan Ferguson, Trev Turner, Glen Turner – 5W 49 +23
- Third: Graham Kath (skip), Chris Barrett, Norm Head, Nathan Appleton – 4W 56.5 +73
- Fourth: Clayton Foster (skip), Bob Chauvier, Roy Harold, Gary Groger – 4W 49.5 +15
- Fifth: Glen Yeates (skip), Brian Havell, Alan Wright, Athol Jensen – 4W 49.5 +24
Kingaroy Bowls Club’s next major event will be the Country Bowls Weekend for female bowlers on the weekend of September 10-11.
It offers $2400 in prize money, and nomination fees are $160 for teams of four players.
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Kilcoy News
Kilcoy Bowls Club held its Two Day Mixed Carnival on July 2-3.
It was a well attended event with perfect weather, and everyone seemed to be having a great time thanks to the tireless band of volunteers who kept all the visitors fed and hydrated, and who provided a superb green to bowl on.
Round winners were:
- Round 1: Max Viterale, Rowan Bruce, Peteena Holder and Alan Bruce
- Round 2: Joe Aquilina, Faye Aquilina, Roy Howard and Clayton Foster
- Round 3: Brian Kunde, Merv Finch, John Moore and Karen King
- Round 4: Tony Gray, Harold Alford, Maxine Wilcox and Kim Donovan
- Round 5: The Kingaroy team of Richard Paterson, Charmaine McLeod, Dianne Reed and Malcolm McLeod
Third place in the Carnival went to Geoff Brown, Jeff Hammond, Betty Greig and Noel Allison from the Sunshine Coast.
John Jenkinson, Ken Hallett, Mario Codognotio and Sharon Elliot from Beachmere were Runners Up, and the overall winners were Neeta Chant, Greg Staniforth, Tracey Evans and Graham Chant from Kilcoy.
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On Saturday, July 9 Kilcoy’s Men’s Pennant teams played Narangba at Narangba and had two wins.
The next Men’s Pennant match will be played against Bongaree.
And on Tuesday, July 12 the Star of the Green was won by Kelly Charters, but the jackpot did not go off and will be $143 next Tuesday.
Winners on the day were Horst Myer, Terry Pratten, Neville Johnson and Elayne Moat who defeated Michael Dunn, Ernie Herbert, Peter Playford and Ian Smith 28-17.
Other results:
- Bill Edwards, John Worrall and Lynn Chandler def. Dennis Thomson, Pam Taylor and Dawn Phillips 24- 15
- Lester Bechly, Kelly Charters, Nelly Herbert and Liz Frawley def. Harold Alford, Noel Lanes and Kathy Hill 17-15
- Pauline Lawson, Col Ferguson and Gary Jensen def. Jeff Welden, Wendy Smith and Chris Playford 18-16
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The same day, the Kilcoy Ladies Fours – Jenny Edwards, Trudi Pratt, Margaret Worrall and Sharon Walker – played in the Champion of Club Championship match at Solander Lake.
The team did very well, going down by just one shot on the last end of the match.
Championship Results:
- Mixed Pairs: Tony Gray and Pam Taylor defeated Max Morrow and Tracey Evans
- B Men’s Singles: Noel Lanes defeated Michael Dunn; and Kelly Charters defeated Steve McLeay
The Men’s Pair of John Glanville and Noel Lanes had a win in the Champion of Club Championship round, and will now go on to play in the final on Sunday, July 17.
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On Kilcoy’s Blackboard:
- Every Tuesday: Mixed Social Bowls; names by 9:00am for 9:30am start
- Wednesday, July 13: Pub Day, 11:00am start
- Tuesday, July 26: July Trophy Day sponsored by Tony Gray and Kelly Charters.
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Yarraman News
Here’s one for the diary: The Yarraman Bowls Club will be holding their annual Winter Carnival on Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14.
The Saturday competition will be Open Pairs with a noon start, and will take the form of two rounds of 15 ends, or a bell after 2 hours and 15 minutes, with scoring wins plus ends (wins count) and half a point for any ends unplayed.
Nomination fees are $25 per team and there’ll be a $100 first prize, $60 for the runner-up and $30 for third place.
The big action, though, will occur on Sunday, August 14.
This will be an Open Fours competition (mixed player teams, or all-men or all-women teams) and will get underway with morning tea at 9:00am before play commences at 9:30am.
Conditions will be 3 rounds of 14 ends or a bell after two hours, with scoring wins plus ends (wins count) and half a point for any ends unplayed.
Nomination fees for this will be $70 per team and there’ll be a $240 prize for the winners, $120 for the runner-up and $80 for the third place-getters, after which everyone can enjoy a basket lunch.
Nominations close on Friday, August 6 at 5:00pm, though, so you’ll need to be quick if you want to take part.
You can lodge your nomination with the club, or by phoning Glen Yeates on 0417-795-637.
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On Yarraman’s Blackboard:
- Every Sunday: Social Bowls, 1:00pm start, club select
- Every Wednesday: Ladies Bowls, 9:00am start – 3rd Wednesday is Trophy Day
- Thursday-Friday, July 14-15: Umpire, Measurer and Marker course, 9:00am to 5:00pm both days
- Saturday, July 16: Three Bowls Triples, 12:00 noon start, self select teams
- Saturday, July 30: Vintage Bowls Day
