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Bowlers enjoyed beautiful conditions on Friday, January 23.
Alan Williams, Yvonne Smolenaars and Brenda Wilkin took out the win and the jackpot.
Congratulations to the team of three.
Jackpot bowls will be back on next Friday, January 30 at 10am, please ring the office 8.45-9.15am to enter your name.
Ladies match committee
Ladies are encouraged to get their names down for the pairs event.
The draw for this particular event will be done on Friday, January 30.
The completion dates for both 21 up and 100 up have been extended
Round two – February 1 and Round three – February 22 and the date of the final TBC.
We hope that this helps bowlers get their games played during this busy and hot time of the year.
Men’s match committee
No club matches e.g. Pairs/Mixed Pairs are to be played from Saturday, January 24 through to Wednesday, January 28, due to the extreme heat.
Matches can be resumed from Thursday, January 29.
Deadlines will be extended within reasons.
60 and over
Wednesday, January 28 is cancelled due to heat.
The competition at Mathoura on Wednesday, January 21 was taken out by Geoff Crilly’s team from Stanhope.
As Rochester swapped with Tongala, our next game at home will be Wednesday, February 18 and our group day will also be played at Rochester on Wednesday, February 25.
Midweek pennant
Results from Round 11
Division One
Rochester 48 shots, 0 points def by Moama 87 shots, 16 points.
Team One – Tim Quinlan 16 shots def by Matt Robertson 26 shots.
Team Two – Kevin Hall 14 shots def by Cass Millerick 27 shots.
Team Three – Kaye Barker 18 shots def by Cam Keenan 34 shots.
Division Two
Rochester 46 shots, 2 points def by Kyabram 63 shots, 14 points.
Team One – Don Gillies 19 shots def Graham Woodcock 14 shots.
Team Two – Marg Knight 11 shots def by Philip Denham 31 shots .
Team Three – Carol Cakebread 16 shots def by Geoff Coad 18 shots.
Division Three
Rochester 35 shots, 12 points def Tongala 34 shots, 2 points.
Team One – Herb Wilson 17 shots def Barry Tinning 14 shots.
Team Two – Judy Murray 18 shots def by Bernie Tinning 20 shots.
Weekend pennant
Results from Round 12
Div One
Rochester 61 shots, 14 points def Stanhope 59 shots, 2 points.
Team One – Tim Quinlan 17 shots def Greg Fitzpatrick 15 shots.
Team Two – Richard Feuk 23 shots def Ben Fletcher 21 shots.
Team Three – Ian Berry 21 shots def by Tim Hancock 23 shots.
Div Three
Rochester 74 shots, 16 points def Stanhope 32 shots, 0 points.
Team One – Jane McCallum 21 shots def Debbie Hoye 11 shots.
Team Two – Kevin Hall 33 shots def Peter Harris 7 shots.
Team Three – Graeme Chambers 20 shots def Anthony Trist 14 shots.
Div Four
Rochester 48 shots, 0 points def by Deni RSL 70 shots, 16 points.
Team One – Wes Bertuch 17 shots def by Craig Taylor 21 shots.
Team Two – Mick McArdle 15 shots def by Niels Hilton 30 shots.
Team Three – Don Gillies 16 shots def by Rod Reid 19 shots.
Div Five
Rochester 29 shots, 2 points def by Stanhope 41 shots, 12 points.
Team One – Elaine Hall 19 shots def Mal McLean 15 shots.
Team Two – Joan Limbrick 10 shots def by Mark Parsons 26 shots.
Bar Duty
Monday – Thursday 5 – 6.30 pm.
26 - 29 January- K. Barker and R. Feuk.
2 - 5 February- A. Williams and A. Gusak.
9 – 12 February– R. Dennis and TBC.
Lockington Bowls Club- January 19
What a big week in bowls for Lockington.
The journey started with the outstanding show in the annual Locky Legends 2 bowls Triples held on Monday evening.
Congratulations to Cindy Felmingham on her tremendous achievement in organising the field of 32 teams - 96 bowlers to contest the popular event.
Others involved included the kitchen staff, greens staff and barman.
Clubs represented included Calivil, Cohuna Golf, Dingee, Echuca, Elmore, Inglewood, Kerang, Lockington, Mathoura, Moama, Moulamein, Pyramid Hill, Rich River, Rochester, Rushworth, Serpentine, and Stanhope.
At the completion of the three games of ten ends there were four undefeated teams to compete for the major trophies generously sponsored by Westwoods - Echuca.
Following a lengthy prognosis, a Stanhope trio won the night on 80 points.
Teena Harris, Peter "Pee Wee" Harris and Greg Fitzpatrick (s) all bowled brilliantly.
Runners-up prizes on 79 points +23 shots went to the Moama team comprising Barry Simmons, Ann Vanderklay and Russell Kelly (s) on a countback from the Kerang strength in Brett Hepworth, Graeme Hayes, and Gary Borg (s) scoring 79 points +21 shots.
The Echuca team of Chris Campbell, Jerry Worster, and Steve Cunnington (s) tallied 74 points to just miss the prize money.
Best last game winner was the Echuca/Mathoura trio of June Clfford, Gayle Kerr, and Trevor Rickard (s) +12 shots.
Club President John van den Bosch thanked all bowlers for their support on a successful evening of bowls.
On Tuesday evening, a good roll up attended the popular barefoot bowls which resulted in some pretty keen action and good bowling.
The winners were Terrill Westwood, John Dowie, Shane Felmingham (s) two wins +14 shots ahead of the Oliver clan in Ace, Clint and Steve Oliver (s) 1 win and 1 tie +5 shots.
The special competition winner was Rod Fiedler, 2nd Shane Felmingham and third Clint Oliver.
The resumption of weekend pennant was not a happy return for the club with only Division five saluting the judge with a thrilling one shot victory over Deniliquin White 40-39 and making the top four (Rod Fiedler d. C Murray 21-19; Kalvin Stout lost to C Knuckey 19-20).
Both Division three and four lowered their colours to Echuca for the second time this season.
Division three had two rinks up but not quite enough in the 51-59 loss (Kym Ray d. T Deenan 27-11; John Fisher l.t. T Rickard 9-30; Leanne McInnes d. G Clymo 21-18).
The team has slipped one place to fifth on the ladder.
Division four had the one rink up as they lost the battle 57-74 (Cindy Felmingham l.t. M Bennett 13-40; Denise Gilmore l.t. K Robertson 17-22; Shane Felmingham d. M Thorn 27-12) and is in 7th spot on the ladder.
Good bowling this weekend and remember the season is quickly coming to an end.
Lockington Bowls Club- January 25
The warm weather continues to obstruct the outdoor weekend pennant with the 12th round of Campaspe Area Weekend Pennant starting at 9.30am to beat the heat.
The club only had the one division successful as Division Four defeated Ky Valley View 82-51 over at Ky Valley View with all rinks up (Cindy Felmingham d. G Topp 26-17; Steve Peter d. R Donohue 25-18; Shane Felmingham d. P Lyon 31-16).
The division must win all three remaining matches to have an outside chance for the finals.
Division Three journeyed to Deniliquin and recorded just the one rink win in the 53-85 loss (Steve Pavone d. P Clear 23-22; John Fisher lost to T Danckert 14-34; Kim Ray l.t. S O'Brien 16-24 with Lloyd Buchanan brilliant on the day).
The team is placed in fifth position on the premiership ladder.
Division Five had a bad day at the office against ladder leaders Moama and lost the battle 23-60 (Rod Fiedler l.t. M Daly 9-36; Kalvin Stout l.t. W Wadge 14-24).
With three rounds remaining, the team is in fifth spot on the ladder.
On Tuesday in the Midweek Pennant competition, Division Three lost to Kyabram and Division Four defeated Stanhope to remain in top position on the ladder.
Division Three lost one rink and drew the other in the 20 shot loss 38-58 (Denise Gilmore l.t. R Mason 10-30; John Fisher drew D Perri 28-all).
Division Four defeated Stanhope 51-40 with both rinks in front at the end of the day. (Steve Peter d. A Trist 26-19; Cindy Felmingham d. B Williams 25-21 in a classic display from the team).
The barefoot bowls attracted a small gathering on Tuesday evening, but everyone enjoyed the occasion in ideal conditions.
The players competed in both pairs and triples.
The winning team on the night was the formidable trio in Jayden D Wright , David Winchcomb, Jeff Carnie (s) two wins +9 shots.
In second place was the pair of Jason King and Terrill Westwood (s) one win/one tie +8 shots.
The club thanked Leanne McInnes, Cindy Felmingham, Kim Ray and the cooks plus Phillip Cunnington for the bar duties.
Barefoot bowls has been cancelled this week due to the predicted hot weather on Tuesday.
A local rink played at the Cohuna Open Fours last Sunday and returned home in a luckless manner, losing all games by an aggregate of only five shots.
Unlucky to say the least.
Cindy Felmingham, Denise Gilmore, Brian Kinnane, Shane Felmingham all tried hard.
Club matches are in progress with the women seeking entries for the 100 Up championship.
Names to be listed.
The club 100 Up, Presidents Trophy 21 Up and the B-grade championship are in progress.
Matches to be completed ASAP.
60 and over
The Campaspe 60 and Over Bowls Group held their Wednesday weekly bowls at Mathoura Bowls Club on a warm but pleasant day.
28 teams consisting of 112 bowlers all competing for a chook.
There were three, three game winners.
The runners-up were Ray Hanson’s team from Lockington with four bowls near the jack.
The team consisted of Phil Cunnington lead, Leon Laffy second, Andrew Harris third and Kevin Humbert was their Skipper
The winner on the day was David Grant’s team from Stanhope, they had five bowls near the jack within the metre stick.
The team was lead John Gibbs, second David Grant, third Andrew Draffin and the Skipper was Geoff Crilly.
Members of both teams received a chook each.
The next 60 and over Bowls is at Stanhope on January 28 at 10am start.
Entries to Mal McLean on 0419 797 347 or David Grant on 0412 365 298
Good bowling and see you all next week.