Rochester Bowls Club
BCGBR State Events
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Wishing our club bowlers who entered the following events on Sunday, February 15.
Good luck and good bowling.
Bowling Arms Open Pairs – Dick Feuk & Les Walles (Eaglehawk)
Ladies Novice Singles – Ros Keech & Brooke Coghill (Marong)
Ladies Champion of Champions, semi-final – Jane McCallum (Stanhope)
Mens Champion of Champions, semi-final – Rob Clayton (Stanhope)
Campaspe Playing Area Weekend Pennant Finals Venues
Div 1 and 2 Semi Finals, February 21 – Lockington
Div 3, 4, and 5 Semi Finals, February 21 – Echuca
All divisions Prelim Finals, February 28 – Lockington
Grand Final, March 7 – Moama
Social Bowls
Bowlers were again faced with windy conditions on Friday, February 13.
The winners for the day were Carol Cakebread and Bev Hetherington, who won both of their games.
Jackpot bowls will be back next Friday, February 20 at 10am, please ring the office between 8.45-9.15am to enter your name.
Men’s Match Committee
Men’s Drawn Triples – Saturday, February 21 at 1pm. Entries close on Friday, February 20.
Men’s Drawn Fours – Saturday, February 28 at 1pm. Entries close on Friday, February 27.
Ladies meeting will be on Friday, February 20 at 1.30pm.
Classic Fours
This tournament was on Sunday – good bowling to those who entered the competition and a massive shout out to everyone who put their hand up to run the tournament.
These tournaments are vital to our club and certainly don’t just happen.
Wind Sock: Have you missed it? It’s been replaced – thanks to Des Hocking and Alan Williams for doing so.
Lucky Lotto is back and will commence once the board is filled.
For more details, please contact Brooke Coghill.
60 and over
The winning team over at Kyabram on Wednesay February 11 was Ivan Hicks’ team from Echuca, with five in the yardstick.
Runners up were John van Den Bosch’s team from Lockington with four in the yardstick.
Anton Gusak’s team from Rochester had three wins for the day but only managed to get three in the yardstick – sadly, no chooks came home.
This Wednesday, February 18 the play will be here in Rochester with a 10am start.
The following Wednesday, February 25, play is back in Rochester again for a Group Day.
On this particular day, half of the fee paid for entry goes to the 60 and over competition to cover the cost of running the weekly competition.
All clubs who participate in the competition have three games at home for the season, with Group Day being an extra day.
Thanks again to Dave Murray for his comprehensive report.
Midweek Pennant
Round 14 – the final one for the season.
Div One: Rochester came home with a narrow win, 57 shots, 14 points defeating Mathoura 55 shots, 2 points.
Don Gillies 21 shots def Arthur Murphy 18 shots.
Kevin Hall 16 shots def by Ray Sangster.
Anton Gusak 20 shots def Peter Pangrazion.
Div one finished the season with three wins, 10 losses, and one draw.
Div Two: Rochester 53 shots, 2 points def by Deni RSL 60 shots, 14 points.
Gavin Houlihan 27 shots def Niels Hilton 14 shots.
Carol Cakebread 9 shots def by Rod Reid 28 shots.
Francis Keech 17 shots def by Craig Taylor 18 shots.
Div two finished the season with no wins and two draws.
Div Three: Rochester 24 shots, 0 points def by Lockington 52 shots, 14 points.
Judy Murray 14 shots def by John Fisher 18 shots.
Herb Wilson 10 shots def by Phyl McFarlane 34 shots.
Div three finished the season with one win, 12 losses, and one draw.
Weekend Pennant
Round 15 results
Div One: Rochester 52 shots, 4 points def by Echuca 78 shots, 12 points.
Richard Feuk 26 shots def Steve Cunnington 24 shots.
Ian Berry 9 shots def by Ian Page 38 shots.
Tim Quinlan 17 shots def Philip Thorn 16 shots.
Div one finished the season with three wins, nine losses, and one draw.
Div Three: Rochester 45 shots, 0 points def by Echuca 63 shots, 16 points.
Kevin Hall 16 shots def by Tony Deenen 19 shots.
Jane McCallum 14 shots def by Greg Clymo 21 shots.
Graeme Chambers 15 shots def by Trev Richard 23 shots.
Div three finished the season with six wins, seven losses, and two draws.
Div Four: Rochester 61 shots, 2 points def by Echuca 64 shots, 14 points.
Wes Bertuch 13 shots def by Max Bennett 21 shots.
Jenny Major 25 shots def Malcolm Thorn 15 shots.
Don Gillies 23 shots def by Keith Robertson 28 shots.
Div four finished the season with six wins, eight losses, and one draw.
Div Five: Rochester 40 shots, 12 points def Echuca White 32 shots, 2 points.
Herb Wilson 16 shots def by Kevin Bursill 20 shots.
Lyn Moon 24 shots def Michael Redapple 12 shots.
Div five finished the season with five wins, nine losses, and one draw.
Bar Duty
Monday – Thursday 5 – 6.30pm.
16 – 19 Feb: M. Ellis and Octavia.
23 – 26 Feb: F. Keech and H. Moon.
2 – 5 Mar: J. McCallum and R. Turner.
Lockington Bowls Club
Plenty of activity on the greens at Lockington during the past week.
On Tuesday evening a quality field attended the popular Barefoot bowls.
At the completion of the two games of six ends, 2x4x2, there was only one two game winner.
The star-studded pair comprised Peter Eade and Rod Fiedler, two wins +4 shots, ahead of John Dowie and Jason King, one win and one loss +9 shots.
The club thanked Cindy Felmingham, Leanne McInnes, Kim Ray, and Phillip Cunngton for their continued effort.
The annual Twilight Mixed Fours tournament was held on Thursday evening, attracting some 96 bowlers for the competition across 24 teams.
Clubs represented included Cohuna, Echuca, Elmore, Golden Square, Gunbower, Kerang, Kyabram, Moulamein, Pyramid Hill, Rich River, Rochester, Rushworth, and Lockington.
The tournament was generously sponsored by Tobin Brothers - Echuca, with supporting sponsors Rochester Veterinary Practice, Peat Partners - Echuca, and Norlec Electrical - Lockington.
The club thanked the sponsors amid a spontaneous applause from all in attendance.
On the night there remained only two teams undefeated.
The tournament winners were decided on Points and Shots Up.
The Gold Medal went to the Echuca rink comprising Rhonda Gallagher, Chris Campbell, Pat Schram, Phillip Thorn (s) on 77 points from Runners Up Rosa Armstrong, Ray Armstrong, Joyce Cheong, Dennis Compton (s) from Moulamein with 75 points.
Best Last Game winners were Denise Gilmore, Rhonda Ballard, Ian Howard, Brian Kinnan (s) Cohuna - Lockington.
The special competition winners were N. Haines, D. Compton, Rhonda Woodcock, R. Shawcross, R. Clayton, I. Hicks, M. Freeman, P. MacFarlane, and Max Williams.
The final round of the Campaspe Area Weekend Pennant was played on Saturday with all divisions winning.
The overall results showed that Division Three and Five retained their positions in the final four in the respective divisions.
Division Three journeyed to Tongala and returned home with two and a half wins in the 63-41 victory (Steve Pavone def P. Cooper 21-12, John Fisher def M. Weardon 28-15, Kim Ray drew B. Tinning 14-all).
Division Four also played at Tongala and scored a 78-51 victory and all rinks up (Dave Thomas def W. Andrews 24-20, Cindy Felmingham def D. Read 22-19, Steve Peter def J. Read 32-12).
Division Five withstood a gallant challenge from Echuca Blue at Echuca and won another heart stopping victory 37-36 with a finals bid at stake (Rod Fiedler def G. Johnston 27-13, Kalvan Stout lost to D. Smith 14-22 but picked up a valuable four shots on the 19th end).
The semi-finals next Saturday are played at the following venues.
Division One and Two play at Lockington while Divisions Three, Four, and Five are to meet at Echuca Bowling Club.
Best of luck to all teams participating.
In the Midweek Pennant final round, Division Three defeated Rochester 52-24 but unfortunately finished in sixth position on the ladder (Phylis MacFarlane def H. Wilson 34-10; John Fisher def J. Murray 18-14).
Division Four kept up the winning flavour in defeating Tongala 54-30 with both rinks up (Shane Felmingham def G. Tinning 27-13; Cindy Felmingham def P. Cooper 27-17).
The teams retained top position on the ladder and will play in the second semi-final on Tuesday, February 24.
The club held a Sponsors Night last week and a large gathering were present to acknowledge the fabulous support we have been able to gain to assist our club to keep operating in a viable manner.
Many thanks to all.
Club competitions are still being played and request all games to be completed ASAP.
The club has members playing in the B.C.G. Regional Novice Singles at Marong on Sunday.
Apparently all players survived the first round.
Results in the next issue.
60 and over
The Campaspe 60 and over Bowls Group held their Wednesday weekly bowls at Kyabram.
112 bowlers spread across 28 teams all competed for a chook.
There were 3 three game winners that rolled off to the Jack.
Anto Gusak’s team from Rochester missed out with three bowls near the Jack.
Runners up were John Van Den Bosch’s team from Lockington, which had four bowls inside a metre from the jack.
Neil Haines was lead, Graeme Wood second, Van Den Bosch third, and David Thomas as skipper.
The winners on the day was Ivan Hicks’ team from Echuca, with five bowls near the jack.
Kevin Bursill was lead, Tony Deenen second, Trevor Richard third, and Hicks as skipper.
Members from both teams received a chook each.
The next 60 and over Bowls is at Rochester on Wednesday, February 18 at 10am.
Submit entries to David Murray on 0477 520 385 or Francis Keech on 0477 949 700.