Rochester and district bowls notes: January 11-18

There were no three-game winners, with two teams finishing on two and a half wins, and due to steamy conditions a coin was flipped to see who won.

The winners were Lockington’s I. Johnson, K. Humbert, G. Turner and A. Harris. No yardstick but a chook each anyway.

Echuca’s T. Deenen, J. Hollowood, A. Clarke, and K. McAsey were runners-up.

Next week’s 60-and-over is at Elmore on Wednesday, January 17.

Rochester teams, please advise if a player is needed or available to fill in.

Ladies:

Due to no play last Tuesday, the timetable is as follows:

Tuesday, January 18: Scrounge and some championship matches.

Tuesday, January 25: First round of 100-up, plus scrounge for anyone wishing to play bowls.

Tuesday, February 1: Drawn pairs.

All events commence at 9.30am.

Entries close for the B-grade club championship on Sunday, February 6.

The men’s singles championship between Bruce Major and Anton Gusak will be at 10am on Thursday, January 20. Please turn up and show your support.

Kevin Snowden Drawn Fours list is up for entries, which close on Saturday, February 5 at 6pm.

21-up semi-finals between A. Crilly and R. Feuk, along with R. Clatton and L. Milgate both need to be played by Sunday, January 30.

The 100-up final between Gerard Browne and Gavin Houlihan was played on Friday, January 14. Congratulations to Gerard on winning a great game.

The men’s pairs championship second round needs to be completed by Sunday, February 6.

The mixed pairs championship draw is up with the first round to be completed by January 30.

The Clive Usher Drawn Triples played on January 11 saw 10 teams of three with each having two bowls.

Three games of eight ends were played with the winners being L. Milgate, K. Burrow, and G. Watkins.

The runners-up were L. Walles, G. Prince, and A. Williams.

There were quite a lot of wrong bias bowls but we won’t mention their names and embarrass them this time.

Pennant practice will go ahead as normal on Thursday night.

A big thank you on behalf of the club members must go to the match committee of Don Gillies, Graham Willis, John Weeks, and Allan Crilly for all the work done this season in organising entry sheets, draws and events timetables for us all so that we have great competitions and get them completed.

Midweek results:

Round 8:

Division 1, Friday, January 14, Rochester away to Deniliquin.

J. Tamburini, L. Milgate, R. Feuk , and M. Knight lost 16-17.

J. Major, K. Hall, P. Holzer, and K. Barker lost 19-23.

R. Clayton, H. Curnick, M. Harvey and H. Holzer won 19-12.

Rochester won by 54 to 52 shots.

Division 2 , Friday, January 14, Rochester home to Tongala.

K. Williams, Y. Smolenaars, A. Gusak and S. Scholl won 23-16.

R. Willis, J. Rankin, P. Stack and L. Moon won 23-13.

J. Limbrick, M. Burrow, V. Gledhill and C. Cakebread lost 20-21.

Rochester won overall 66 to 50 shots.

Weekend results:

Division 1, away to Tongala.

R. Turner, B. Major, L. Walles and K. Wiffen lost 16-15.

R. Clayton, J. Boyd, G, Wiffen and R. Feuk lost 23-14.

G. Willis, H. Holzer, P. Holzer and M. Harvey won 13-24.

Rochester won 52-53 shots.

Division 2 round seven, home to Mathoura.

G. Chambers, R. Knight, B. Trengove and B. Jones won 32-6.

A. Benson, P. Stahl, K. Barker and T. Quinlan lost 15-18.

K. Burrow, A. Crilly, J. Weeks and D. Gillies lost 14-21.

Rochester won 61-45 and are on top of the ladder.

Division 3 round seven, away to Elmore.

W. Bertuch, P. Stack, R. Dennis and G. Browne won 13-22.

G. Houlihan, H. Moon, M. Ellis and L. Milgate lost 20-16.

S. Ryan, K. Hall, F. Keech and A. Gusak lost 25-17.

Rochester lost 58-55 shots.

Division 4a round seven, away to Rich River White.

J. Tamburini, N. Christie, D. Murray and G. Watkins won 12-23.

B. Smolenaars, D. Marshall, D. Hocking and J. Major won 15-21.

Rochester won 27-44 and are on top of the ladder.

Midweek January 21

Division 1: Round 9, Friday, January 21, Rochester home to Rich River.

Division 2: Round 9, Friday, January 21, Rochester away to Ky Valley View.

Weekend pennant on Saturday, January 22.

Division 1: Round 8, Saturday, January 22, home to Deniliquin.

Division 2: Round 8, Saturday, January 22, away to Rich River.

Division 3: Round 8, Saturday, January 22, home to Echuca.

Division 4a: Round 8, Saturday, January 22, home to Mathoura Red.

BAR DUTY

G. Browne and G. Watkins are on Thursday, January 20. with D. Cameron and P. Holzer on Monday, January 24, and Thursday, January 27.

Lockington

The newly-crowned club champion of the Lockington Bowls Club is Ken Main, who survived a frantic late challenge from his opponent Phillip Cunnington to win 25-24.

The final was played on Friday afternoon with both combatants displaying some memorable draw bowling.

Main gained the early edge to lead 6-2 after six ends. Ends were traded until scores were level at 13-all after 18 ends.

Cunnington gradually made headway to win five of the following seven ends to lead 20-14.

Suddenly, Main clicked into gear and reeled off four ends straight for 10 shots to establish a 24-20 advantage. Cunnington was not to be denied however, and slowly collected three shots to draw level on 24.

The final end provided some exciting moments as both bowlers were holding shots before their opponent would outdraw them.

In the end, Main was able to draw a near resting toucher to claim his first club championship. Both bowlers were applauded as they left the green.

In the womens' club championship, Leanne McInnes will meet Phyllis MacFarlane this week.

McInnes defeated a gallant Sue Harris in the semi-final played on Saturday morning.

In a game that was highlighted by some exceptional bowling, McInnes was able to keep at bay a persistent Harris to win 25-13, in a match where the actual scores did not reflect the overall close heads and where McInnes was able to exert her experience to win, and attempt to win her third club championship in four years.

MacFarlane received a walkover from Lorraine Appleby.

The women held a successful three-bowl triples tournament on Wednesday, attracting 20 teams representing clubs including Echuca, Deniliquin, Moama, Rochester, Elmore, Rich River, Mathoura, Calivil, Dingee, Ky Valley View, Tongala, Kyabram plus several Lockington members.

Ladies president Anne Lowrie welcomed bowlers and wished everyone an enjoyable day.

Tournament secretary Lorraine Appleby read the conditions of play and thanked Nichol Trading for their ongoing support.

The club was privileged to have Glenda Nichol come along and present the prizes, as well as provide an interesting talk.

At the completion of the day's play there was only one three-game winner being from Rich River, which comprised Wendy Nagorcka, Roseanne Sharp and Liz Easther (s) in a brilliant display of bowling.

In second place was the team from Kyabram featuring Jan McFadyen, Jill Barrett and Margaret Cox (s) on a countback from seven teams on two wins — Kyabram 2, Echuca 1, Echuca 2, Lockington, Deniliquin and Dingee.

The spider winner was Lois Chugg and the roll-to-the-ditch winner was Ruth Lennie (Tongala).

Appleby thanked president Anne Lowrie, umpire Leanne McInnes, greens staff, Annie Haines, Chris Stewart, Denise Gilmore, Margaret Davis and Betty Mustey for the flower arrangement and Pauline Humbert for the raffle and presentation envelopes.

Last Tuesday the womens' social bowls were washed out due to the heavy rainfall during the morning.

On Tuesday evening, sports-barefoot bowls attracted 28 players in fine conditions after the rain.

The winners were Ian Scurrah and Jeff Carnie (s) with two wins plus nine shots and eight shots against, Cindy Felmingham and Ian Angove, two wins plus nine shots and 11 shots against.

In the local Campaspe Area Pennant, the club was able record all three victories with midweek division two scoring a 56-51 win against Echuca with two rinks up (L McInnes lost to M Malone 19-25; Phyllis MacFarlane defeated W Curnow 20-10; Annette Brereton d. H Trotter 17-16).

The weekend pennant resulted in wins for both division three and division 4b over their respective Rich River Green opponents.

The division three had two rinks up in the 66-57 win against some strong opposition (Graeme Turner d. J James 24-15; Ian Johnson lt. J Arthurson 22-24; Philip Cunnington d. G Edgar 20-18). Division 4B shared the rinks in the closely fought out match and won 42-38 (Bill Musgrove d. G Kiefel 28-9; Neil Haines lt. G Clarence 14-29).

Both division two and 4B retain their second place on the respective premiership ladders.

The Friday evening barbecue and practice session was well attended and the elusive lucky members draw was not collected. The drawn name was Kath Palmer.

There is a host of club tournaments coming up in the near future; on Sunday the club will hold the Annual Waterwheel Classic Open Fours commencing at 9.30am.

Contact Chris Stewart on 5486 2607 or Russell Shawcross on 0428 862468 for details.

On Sunday, February 6 the annual mixed pairs will be held at 1pm. Entries to Chris Stewart on 0439 834 207 (text only) or Lorraine Appleby on 0427 802569 and Annie Haines on 5486 8220.

The popular Twilight Mixed Fours will be held on Tuesday, February 15. This event will start at 5pm, with entries to Lorraine Appleby on 0427 802 569 or Annie Haines on 5486 8220.

The BCG State Fours was held at Golden Square Bowling Club on Sunday, with local bowlers well represented.

In the women's section the Moama rinks involving Christine Ritchie, Mia Young, Kath Wastell and Sandra Connolly (s) won a semi-final berth after winning two games in considerable fashion.

Another Moama rink comprising Colleen Maslen, Merrilyan Rehe, Marilyn Stephenson and Mary-Anne Spizer (s) also gained a semi-final berth after defeating the Moama four of Jayde Campbell, Kelli Norris, Denise Pappin and Cassie Millerick (s) 19-16 in the quarter-finals.

The men’s section only delivered the one successful rink. Jim Hogan, Glen Dorward, Barry Brennan and Kevin Brennan (s) will compete in the semi-finals. Other teams were casualties in their first round.