Around the Greens

The day started with a light lunch at 11am and the staff of ClubMulwala was, once again, wonderful in their assistance and very professional in their service and the club thank them for that.

Vice President gave an excellent speech and thanked President Graeme Arnold and Secretary Jan Morton for their continued professional and very successful representation of the bowling community over the past four, now entering five years.

President Graeme Arnold responded and thanked the members for their support over the years and especially the support that he has had from Secretary Jan.

The sun was shining; it was warm and a perfect day for bowls. The club still have a good number of sun chasers away, however still managed to get 30 bowlers on the green and a good number of spectators watching the action.

The President and Secretary picked their teams under the watchful eye of the Match Committee and the game was on. Although there was several ‘dodgy’ measures and calls throughout the day the President’s team overcame some fierce rivalry from their opposition with plus 5 shots up on the day.

This is the first win for the Presidents team in 4 outings and the Secretary and her fellow team members were gracious in defeat.

As well as the competition for bragging rights there were two rinks which achieved outstanding results with plus five shots up and on countback the following results were achieved:

Best winning rink – Malcolm Miller, Liz Murdoch and Doug Chessum followed very closely in second position was Gary Parker, Betty Richmond and Greg Bennett.

The meat tray by HICKS Butchers was won by Russell Cook.

A special thank you to Ray Tovey for his assistance in the conduct of the day’s activities, also President Graeme Arnold, Vice President Wayne Dowsey, Secretary Jan Morton, the numerous club members who assisted in setting up and taking down and Greens Keeper Gary Parker for the great presentation of the greens for play.

Thank you to the ClubMulwala staff who were of great assistance in making the day a great success and Jenny for your wonderful service after the game.

Social Bowls

Social bowls activities have drawn reasonable numbers between 16 and 24 weekly which is outstanding considering the small membership and the numbers who are still away for their winter obsession.

The social bowls program will soon move to Thursday mornings as part of the pennant practice regime. Looking forward to good numbers attending these activities.

Williamstown visit Sunday, August 28

Williamstown visited from Friday, Aug 26 to Sunday, Aug 28.

They played among themselves on Friday and Saturday and had a great day on the Sunday playing with them where the club mixed up the teams.

With 42 bowlers on the green the club had a wonderful day. They are such great people to play with and so much fun was had on the greens and of course afterwards.

There are a lot of people to thank and it should be acknowledged, the great work the match committee put in with Trevor Loe on the bar, Stephen McPhee setting up and running the raffle and Ray Tovey for setting up, taking the money and generally helping out.

But that’s not half of it. There are a wonderful group of members who assisted in setting up and tearing down after the game. Malcolm Miller and Judy Laughlin who cooked the BBQ and everyone who played on the day can take a bow for your contributions. Thank you.

Club Championship Matches

Men’s 100 Up

The Men’s 100 Up handicap event is now underway with Round 1 now completed. Some really great bowls were played and enjoyed by the spectators. Close results were the order of the day and the games were played in great spirit. Results were as follows:

Kerry Merrett defeated Stephen McPhee, Peter Humphreys defeated Cliff Morton, Gary Parker defeated Wayne Dowsey, Daryl Richmond W/O from Mark Smith who had to withdraw.

Malcolm Miller defeated Graeme Arnold and Wade McPherson defeated Ray Tovey.

Barry Martin drew the lucky straw. Round 2 is now in progress and should be completed by Monday, September 12. One team has requested and permission granted to play on Tuesday, September 13 due to work commitments.

Men’s and Ladies 21 Up

The 21 Up handicap event will follow the conclusion of the 100 Up so please get your names down on the greens board as soon as possible.

Coming Up

Pennant Practice Matches

Saturday, Sep 17 – Berrigan (away)

Tuesday, Sep 20 – Mooroopna (away)

Tuesday, Sep 27 – Corowa Civic (home)

Tournament - $1500 total prize money

OPEN 2 X BOWLS TRIPLES (any combination)

Date: Sunday, October 2 – 9.30am start – three (3) games of 15 ends.

Entry: $90 per team (includes lunch and T&C) – Entries Close Sep 29

Dress: Uniform

Entries to Trevor Loe by ph. 0422051379 or Kerry Merrett on 0409525236 (please leave msg if no response with contact details).

That concludes the report for this week. Stay safe, look out for one another and enjoy your bowls.

YMGCR Bowls

Wednesday was the monthly "Jack Attack" day and there was 32 players and with 38 points were the combination of Greg Green and Andy Lefevre.

Runners Up were Tony Durkin and Bob Evans with 35 points. Best first game winner went to the Withers pairing of Vicki and Col (Vicki carried the team). The second-best game winners went to Cat and Grumby.

Friday bowls had 28 players and the lucky winners fresh from the Gold Coast were Garry Presnell and Noel Millar.

Runners up were Ray Brown and Julian Jones and third went to Danny McNeill and Mick Dixon.

Sunday was the "Opening of the Green". There were 42 players who took on the chilly conditions and getting the win was Pam Dodman, Norn Winderbank and Denise Trubiano.

The group then went and had a great lunch and many raffles. (the club would like to thank sponsors... Terry White Chemist, Blooms Chemist, Jim Conway, Yarrawonga News and Gifts and Woolworths.

This Saturday (17th) there is a practice match against Benalla at Benalla. The bus will leave at 9.30 for a 11am start. This will be followed by a BBQ and the group will be home in plenty of time for all the football nuts. The teams will be selected on Thursday night … so if you haven’t got your name down please do so. It will cost you $5.

A Midweek practice will be played on September 20 at Benalla. Put your name down on the sheet (this has all the details for the day).

Yarrawonga Bowls

New club shirts –

If anyone has not tried a shirt sample on as yet, they are going to be passed on to YMGCR on Thursday so you will have to organise to try one on there.

Pennant/60 and over –

There has been 2 Midweek Pennant practice matches organised.

The 1st is at Barooga on Tuesday, September 27, leaving the club at 8.45am for a 10am start, pennant uniform and bring your own lunch.

The 2nd one is on Tuesday, October 4 at ClubMulwala, uniform and please arrive by 9.30am. Sheets are out for names of those playing.

If you haven’t got your name down for Midweek Pennant, Weekend Pennant and 60 and over as yet, please do. Even if it is only as an emergency, they are always needed.

For your diary -

The Ladies Fours Tournament is back again after a long absence due to Covid. It will be held on Thursday, October 13, only 4 weeks away, so get a team together and contact the Tournament Director Evelyn Calder on 0481 161 871.

Social bowls results

Monday, September 5 - Winners – Keith Allender and Sam Smith. Runners Up – Jock McQualter and Sue Middleton. The Jackpot was not claimed and will be carried over to next Monday.

Wednesday, September 7 - Winners – Brian Batty and Don Edis. Runners Up – Sam Smith and Joe Borg. The Jackpot was not claimed and will be carried over to next Wednesday.

Saturday, September 3 - Social bowls was cancelled due to low numbers.

This weeks games -

Today, Wednesday, September 14 - The Monthly 2 Bowl Triples Tournament, 10am start.

Saturday, September 17 - Social Bowls.

Monday, September 19 - 2-4-2.

Saturday and Monday games start at 12.30pm and names need to be down by 11am on the day.

To any members that are not well at the moment, the club wish you a speedy recovery.

To all, good health, good bowling and good fellowship.