{"id":130759,"date":"2015-12-22T12:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T02:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=130759"},"modified":"2020-10-30T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T02:19:23","slug":"greens-awash-with-colour-and-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/12\/22\/greens-awash-with-colour-and-laughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Awash With Colour And Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_130760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130760\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151220kingaroy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-130760\" title=\"20151220 Kingaroy Bowls Club\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151220kingaroy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151220kingaroy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151220kingaroy-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151220kingaroy-285x177.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forty-six players took to Kingaroy Bowls Club&#8217;s greens recently when Nanango paid a visit &#8230; it was the busiest mid-week turnout seen for awhile (Photo: KBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bowls-news2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-97005\" title=\"bowls-news2\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bowls-news2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bowls-news2.jpg 210w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bowls-news2-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><strong>December 22, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Jim Bond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2016 is just around the corner &#8230; and what a year 2015 has been.<\/p>\n<p>Despite dwindling numbers, most clubs have managed to complete their calendars and some have even gained new sponsorships and added another tournament or two to their activities.<\/p>\n<p>One significant addition to the South Burnett program has been the participation by Bendigo Bank\u2019s three branches in an inter-town competition scheduled for January.<\/p>\n<p>Most Men&#8217;s and Ladies clubs will hold their AGMs early in the new year and some new faces could appear on club boards.<\/p>\n<p>But one face that will disappear will be me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m re-igniting my retirement plans and departing to Brisbane in February.<\/p>\n<p>I will miss my South Burnett bowls friends, but I&#8217;d encourage clubs to continue to regularly contribute news about their activities to <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Kingaroy News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nanango came to Kingaroy last Thursday for a combined triples clash as both clubs neared the end of their seasons. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forty-six players hit the greens in numbers that haven&#8217;t been seen for a mid-week game in Kingaroy for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Both clubs mixed their players into teams, and the banter could be heard over the 21 ends played.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms and rain have played havoc with bowls recently, so it was great to get out and &#8220;roll a few down&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Seven games of Triples and a game of Pairs were played, with scoring 6 points for a win and one point for each end won.<\/p>\n<p>Trophies were awarded for first and second place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scores in winning order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Bougoure, Sue Tucker and Ritchie Patterson (21) def. Joe Aglizzio, K. Fisher and Bob Robinson (6) 35-11<\/li>\n<li>Bevan Askew, D. Stone and Kevin Raffin (20) def. John McConnell, John Lacey and Barry O&#8217;Brien (7) 18-12<\/li>\n<li>Darcy Munro, B. Havell and Val Jeppersen (19) def. Mark Wolski, Gladys Slatter and Allan Ward (9) 26-15<\/li>\n<li>Felipe Munoz, Bob Hammond and David Clapperton (18) def. Fred Keding, Peter Neilsen and Henry Bleisner (8) 24-15<\/li>\n<li>J. Fisher, Merv Andersen and Bruce Johnston (18) def. Keith Muller, Sharon Yeates and Alan Irwin (9) 22-11<\/li>\n<li>Dave Barwick and Glen Yeates (16) def. Geoff Clutterbuck and John Coppard (11) 17-13<\/li>\n<li>L. Saunders, Alex Callender and Hugh Harrison (16) def. Evelyn Taylor, Bob Hall and Alan Rogerson (11) 18-14<\/li>\n<li>Des Richards, Dot Hall and Beryl Woods (15) def. Col McBride, T. George and Ray McLaren (12) 18-16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afterwards, Kingaroy thanked Nanango for the many trips their club had made for other, similar matches during the year, and said they looked forward to doing the same again in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Kilcoy News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The last Pub Day for 2015 saw a full green of players all keen to take home the Christmas Hams supplied by sponsor Terry Morley from Dayboro.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terry has been sponsoring Christmas Pub Day for a number of years, and the Kilcoy Bowls Club is very appreciative of his generosity.<\/p>\n<p>The Encouragement Award for the day went to Terry&#8217;s team from Dayboro (It was good to see Merv back after his accident earlier in the year).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Round 2 winners were Daphne Stewart, Graham Heaton, Horst Myer and Alex Callander.<\/li>\n<li>Round 1 went to Lester Bechly, Harold Alford, Liz Frawley and Val Gannon.<\/li>\n<li>Runners Up were Peter Stanton, Neeta Chant, Brett French and Kev Miller<\/li>\n<li>Winners were Leigh Irwin, Trudi Pratt, John Worrall &amp; Terry Pratten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The green is now closed for 2015 but will be back in action early in the New Year with the Tuesday Social Bowls kicking off on January 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Kilcoy&#8217;s Blackboard:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday Mixed Social Bowls will recommence on Tuesday, January 12.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, January 13: Pub Day.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, January 16: Self Selected Mixed Handicap Pairs.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, January 17: Proposed date for AGM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>southburnett.com.au would like to express our appreciation to Jim Bond for his wonderful weekly bowls column, which he&#8217;s been writing for the last three years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re certain many readers will agree Jim&#8217;s weekly wrap-ups of the region&#8217;s bowls news were often entertaining and sometimes amusing.<\/p>\n<p>His upbeat and chatty reports also opened up the world of bowls to non-bowlers.<\/p>\n<p>We will certainly miss him, but we wish him well in his retirement and we hope he enjoys a very long, happy and healthy one.<\/p>\n<p>In future, bowls reports may not be quite as regular as they were under Jim&#8217;s stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>But we do encourage South Burnett bowls clubs to continue submitting their news and results to us <a href=\"mailto:info@southburnett.com.au\"><b>by email<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 is just around the corner &#8230; and what a year 2015 has been. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":130760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[197,3,6],"tags":[1145,21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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