Rochester Bowls Club
Ladies Fours Tournament: 88 ladies enjoyed near-perfect weather for the Rochester Ladies Fours, held on Thursday, October 23.
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The kitchen staff served a delicious meal which was savoured by all, and the day was played in good spirits with a mixture of laughter and concentration.
Winners from Mathoura/Rochester were Gail Kerr, Helen Holzer, Janis Tamburini and Roz Keech.
Runners-up were the Rushworth team of Di Chandler, Barb Rogerson, Colleen Draper and Suzie Perry.
Nearest the spider – Colleen Draper and Closest to the ditch winner – Carol Wright.
Many thanks to our sponsors – Nichol Trading and Rochester Motel, for their continued support.’ Joan Limbrick (Tournament secretary)
Friday Social Bowls: Winners on Friday, October 24were Des Hocking, Roz Keech, Val Gledhill and Bev Hetherington.
The jackpot did not go off again. Please note that there will be no formal jackpot bowls next Friday, Oct 31 as the Ladies Drawn Fours event will be played.
If you are not involved in this event, but you wish to have a roll, feel free to come along and have a social bowl.
Championship Entries: Draws for the men’s A, B and C-grade and ladies A and B-grade championships have been completed and are displayed in the clubhouse.
These were emailed to club members earlier this week. Please note when each round is to be completed. Cost of entry is $5.
60-and-over: On Wed, Oct 22 bowls at Elmore was cancelled due to inclement weather. This week, competition is at Stanhope.
North Garden: This garden area now has a sprinkler system installed, ready for the warmer weather.
Thanks to Alan and Liam Williams who took the time to complete the installation.
Once again, thanks to the generosity of James Anderson, there is also a freshly delivered pile of mulch waiting to be spread over this garden area.
Rochester Sportspower is offering 20 per cent off bowls shoes.
If you need a pair of new shoes, head on in and take advantage of this generous offer.
A new shipment of bowls shoes arrived this last week. We are most grateful to Sportspower for showing their support of local lawn bowls.
Weekend Pennant: Round Four
Division One: Rochester 46 shots, 2 points def by Stanhope 61 shots, 14 points.
Team 1: Tim Quinlan, Leigh Milgate, Kevin Burrow and Bruce Major 18 shots drew Ben Fletcher, Barry Fletcher, Jamie Stokes and Austin Maxwell 18 shots.
Team 2: Les Walles, Rob Dennis, Francis Keech and Rob Clayton 15 shots drew Justin Spedding, Jono Thorne, David Millard and David Townsend 15 shots.
Team 3: Richard Feuk, Graham Willis, Brian Kinnane and Kyle Williams 13 shots def by Greg Fitzpatrik, Rob Ponton, Peter Myers and John Patterson 28 shots.
Division Three:
Rochester 66 shots, 14 points def Stanhope 50 shots, 2 points.
Team 1: John Weeks, Allan Crilly, Jane McCallum and Gavin Houlihan 32 shots def Ken Hoppner, Tom Young, Geoff Crilly and Ben Hawkes 11 shots.
Team 2: Graeme Chambers, Ian Dennis, Allan Benson and Peter Stack 12 shots def by Barry Williams, Debbie Hoye, Andrew Draffin and Graeme Clarke 27 shots.
Team 3: Don Gillies, David Murray, Gerard Browne and Ash Cunnington 22 shots def Peter Harris, Anthony Trist, Mark Summers and Mavis Marshall 12 shots.
Division Four:
Rochester 44 shots, 2 points def by Deniliquin RSL 63 shots, 14 points.
Team 1: Lyn Moon, Norm Christie, Des Hocking and Graham Prince 13 shots def by Rod Reid, Peter Thommers, Sandra Hill and Graham Gordon 17 shots.
Team 2: Wes Bertuch, Mick Ellis, Peter Braam and Hedley Moon 11 shots def by Niels Hilton, Craig Taylor, Danny Stanmore and Jacob Glenn 35 shots.
Team 3: Jenny Major, Glenda Bancell, Bev Hetherington and Bert Smolenaars 20 shots def Ron Marchetti, Neville Austin, Archie Webster and Joanne Chick 11 shots.
Division Five:
Rochester 27 shots, 0 points def by Stanhope 46 shots, 14 points.
Team 1: Joan Limbrick, Roz Keech, Alan Williams and Mary Burrow 13 shots def by Wade Summers, Hans Schmidt, Gary Rout and John Gibbs 25 shots.
Team 2: Greg Machar, Herb Wilson, D Burdett and G Warden 14 shots def by Mal McLean, Norm Cheong, Sandy Fletcher and Christina Fairweather 21 shots.
Midweek Pennant: Round three
Division One: Rich River – 61 shots, 15 points def Rochester – 48 shots, 1 point.
Team 1: Briane Kinnane, Kevin Burrow, Francis Keech and Peter Stack 21 shots drew with Brian Trengove, Liz Easther, Marg Young and Eugene Xodo 21 points.
Team 2: Richard Feuk, Don Gillies, Jenny Major and Bert Smolenaars 10 shots def by Bev Trengove, Viginia Noar, Cecil Moss and Joan Moss 22 shots.
Team 3: Rob Dennis, Leigh Milgate, Anton Gusak and Alan Williams 17 shots def by Barry Brown, Polly Major, Kevin Serle and Jacqui Millar 18 shots.
Rochester – Seventh on the ladder with one win and two losses.
Division Two: Rochester 58 shots, 4 points def by Rich River 59 shots, 12 points.
Team 1: Lyn Moon, Di Milgate, Beryl Elliott and Mary Burrow 23 shots def Marie Arthurson, Noeline King, Moira Thomas and Wilma Williams 12 shots.
Team 2: Marg Knight, Serena Sholl, Ian Dennis and Roz Keech 23 shots def Lyn Baker, Toni Beck, Chris Simson and Carol Guille 19 shots.
Team 3: Carol Cakebread, Joan Limbrick, Raylee Willis and Brooke Coghill 12 shots def by Leon Sharp, Rob Thomas, Marg Griffiths and Judy Vise 28 shots.
Division Three: Rochester 35 shots, 2 points def by Kyvalley View 41 shots, 12 points.
Team 1: Herb Wilson, Hedley Moon, Fay Wolfe and Denise Roberts 19 shots def Helen Emery, Marlene Topp, Kerri Savva and Helen Ward 10 shots.
Team 2: Janis Tamburini, Mick McArdle, Judy Murray and Bev Hetherington 16 shots def by Bev Lyon, Marilyn West, Nancy Saunders and Julie Neale 31 shots.
Bar Duty: Please note, during the Pennant season, bar duty is only Monday – Thursday.
Bar Duty: Mon – Thurs 5 – 6.30pm
27 – 30: D Murray and B Kinnane
3 – 6 Nov: T Quinlan and H Moon
10 – 13: J Major and R Turner
Lockington Bowls Club
Another week in the Campaspe Area Weekend Pennant and there was limited success on the greens. Division Four was the only division to win the premiership points when they collared the Kyvalley View bowlers to the tune of 83 shots to 23.
Division Three were at home to play Deniliquin and lost 49-66 with just the one rink up. (John Fisher d. C Crothers 21-14; Steve Pavone lost to T Danckert 17-21; Leanne McInnes lost to S Vesty 11-31).
Division Four hosted Kyabram Valley View and collected all rinks in a mammoth result of 83 shots to 33, with the opposition missing several players. (Shane Felmingham d. R Donohue 28-8; Cindy Felmingham d. R Varcoe 25-15; Denise Gilmore d. G Topp 30-10).
Division Five was at home to Moama and lost both rinks in a showing that the scores did not indicate the closeness of the heads. Moama winning 51-27. (Rod Fiedler lost to W Wadge 10-31; Kalvin Stout lost to M Daly 17-20).
In the Midweek Pennant, both divisions were successful. Division Three won all rinks to round off a 36-30 victory against Elmore. (Denise Gilmore d. M Browne 16-15 in a close affair while Phylis MacFarlane d. K Wills 20-15).
Division Four enjoyed similar success in defeating Kyabram 49-28 with both rinks in front. (Russell Shawcross d. D Perri 26-16, Steve Peter d. M Tenace 23-12). Division Three are third on the ladder while Division Four are on top.
The Tuesday evening Barefoot bowls attracted a small crowd, possibly due to the cold and unfriendly weather on the day.
Players contested a game of 2x4x2 Pairs and enjoyed the experience. The winning Pair were Ashley Dobell and Jeff Carnie two wins plus 16 shots, ahead of Terrill Westwood - Rod Fiedler two wins plus seven shots.
The last game between Peter Standl and Rod Fiedler was highlighted by one end showing 10 of the 16 bowls in the Yardstick - plenty of chooks.
On the tournament circuit, two of our top women bowlers competed in the Medley Pairs event at the Shepparton Park Bowls Club, attracting a high-quality field featuring most of the leading bowlers in the Goulburn Valley.
Kim Ray and Cindy Felmingham displayed plenty of talent to win the three games and finished with the most shots up to land the major trophies from two other three game winners. Congratulations to both members.
The women are holding the Annual Invitation Fours on Thursday, November 20 commencing at 9.30am.
Three games of ten ends. Entries by Monday, November 17 to Kathi Maddison phone or text 0428862347 or Denise Gilmore 0422 819 027.
Rochester Golf Club
A smaller Wednesday group than normal spent the first half hour looking at the threatening skies and discussing whether to risk playing nine holes before the expected change.
Shortly after the first group approached their second hole on the back nine, the strong wind and rain made an unwelcome appearance, by that stage those groups who had started on the 16th headed back to the clubhouse after completing only three holes.
Greg Watkins led the hardy group of golfers to finished their round, winning with 21 points on a countback from inform golfer in Les Hedington, next best was Kevin McCormick (20) and visitor Damien Eade on 19 points. Hedington also took out the nearest-the-pin on 12 and the 16th went to Shane Bywaters.
Playing in nicer conditions, Saturday was the fourth round of the end-of-season Stableford event, Steve Bubb finally put together a solid 18 holes to win with 41 points.
Young Will Coghill, who has been playing well over the last few weeks, was runner-up on 39 points.
Ball winners were David Gebbie, Robert Ralph, and Chris Trewin all on 37 Stableford points.
David Gebbie (3), Bruce Bryant (5 and 16), Grant Robinson (8), Ralph (18) and Les Hedington were the lucky winner on the 12th Campaspe News Eagles Nest.
Apologies to Liam Keenan as this correspondent had him winning the club's Singles Match Play Championship a few week's back, however all is forgiven as he did, in fact, win on Saturday by beating Mike Austin 3/2.
The 2025 Presentation evening was held last Sunday, with the major awards going to the following players;
Ladies Champion, Louise Williams, who also won the Stroke Average over three selected rounds and the Ladies count the putts competition.
Karen Taylor was the runner-up Ladies Champion. Barb McCarty was the popular winner for the overall best score in the Par events for the year.
Helen Ingram won the Stableford Trophy for her best three rounds over the season, also tying with Williams in the Monthly medal play-off.
New member in Lauren Coghill won the Captain's award for the most improved over the 2025 season.
Once again, the club's best Men golfers in Jake Wright and Shane Bywaters fought it out to take out the Championship.
Wright prevailed over By waters to win his second consecutive title. By waters was not to be outdone, playing solid golf to win the best Par rounds over three nominated events.
Returning after many years away from golf, Murray Schier won the B-grade title, while Shane Connelly won the four-ball Match Play Championship partnering with Grant Robinson.
A new golfer in Corey Windridge took out the C-grade Championship, and Mark Walsh was the Stableford trophy winner on 119 points.
President Leigh thanked and congratulated all the winners and for the many unpaid volunteers who have prepared the course over the last 12 months, sighting the increase in players with over 300 participating in the last month alone as evidenced of the club's popularity.