MIDWEEK pennant concluded on Tuesday and congratulations go to our two teams on taking out the premierships in both Division 1 and Division 2, which is a tremendous achievement. Murray Downs 1 in Division 1 played against Murray Downs 2, where a game of great sportsmanship was displayed.
Team 1 came away with the win by six shots in a very close game, while Murray Downs 3 played against Racecourse 4 in Division 2 and were victorious by 28 shots.
Well done to all teams on another successful season by Murray Downs bowlers.
Last Saturday’s preliminary final at Cohuna saw our Northern Valley Division 1 team go down to Cohuna Golf by four shots in a very good game that went down to the last end on the day to decide the outcome.
Our Division 1 Murray Valley team played Lake Boga and were victorious by 10 shots and have progressed to the grand final on Saturday where they will play Moulamein.
Our Division 3, team 3 side, who went straight through to the grand final, will also play on Saturday against Tooleybuc, with the grand finals being played at the Swan Hill Bowls Club.
It would be great to see as many of the Murray Downs supporters there to cheer them on.
After Saturday’s grand finals there will be a barbecue dinner at the John Mayers Pavilion, starting around 6.30pm.
Everyone is welcome, so please come along to celebrate the end of a great pennant season and hopefully another two premierships.
There will be a small charge of $5 per person, which will include your raffle tickets.
Social bowls last week was won by Carl Fox and Elaine Lawry on what was a windy morning, but great to see a lot of members practising before the finals.
The jackpot was won by Dawne Holland, while the members rostered for duty next Thursday, March 6, are Elaine and Ian Lawry.
The last tournament for this season is the Murray Downs mixed medley fours tournament, which will be held on Thursday, March 13 at 10am, with lunch after the first game.
Please get your team or single entries to Dawne on 0402 020 996 or Carl on 0429 855 260 by 5pm Wednesday, March 12.
RACECOURSE
CONGRATULATIONS to our team 3 and team 5 sides on making the Division 2 and Division 4 Murray Valley grand finals on Saturday.
Jackpot bowls was played on Wednesday morning and was won by Glenn McIntosh, Diane Millsteed and Nevin Green, with two wins and +9 shots, while the runners up, with a good win over Bryan Bice, were Rod Wardle, Sue White (Manangatang) and Michael Grace (Tooleybuc) with +6 shots.
Please note the club has a general meeting for all members to attend on Friday, March 14 at 5.30pm.
Well done to Trevor Wiseman and Arthur Threadgold on winning the club pairs over Ron Wolfe and Roy Jones in an extra end.
Sunday, March 16, is the date of our next tournament, with the Doey’s 2 x 4 x 2 any combination pairs event.
This Friday night we have our double members draw and raffles, along with Sharon’s tea and we will also have nibbles at the club after the grand finals on Saturday.
There is a sheet on the wall for anybody who wants to go in a footy tipping competition, which is a bit of good fun to try to pick the winners each week.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, March 1 – Grand Final (Assembly at 12.15pm)
Division 2 – Team 3 v Balranald Ex. Services at Swan Hill – G. Bailey (Manager), G. Schack, K. Bailey, R. Jones; E. Russell, J. Wilcox, H. Van Der Veen, C. Power; I. Lockhart, K. Vivian, R. Rust, K. Duthie.
Division 4 – Team 5 v Nyah District 2 at Swan Hill – L. Loats (Manager), D. Mitchell, C. Jenkins, K. Foott; K. Jenkins, B. Warren, G. Maher, M. Smith.
SWAN HILL
OUR Friday Frolic continues to attract those who enjoy a one hour game of 10 ends of bowls, with visitors and beginners all welcome to join.
The Jackpot is more than $150 and still waiting for a lucky team to crack it open, so enter your name by 2.30pm and be ready for a 3pm start to give it a crack.
Join in after the game with everyone in the clubhouse for a friendly chat, a social happy hour drink and snack while you try your luck in Mick’s raffles.
Saturday, March 1, will see the Swan Hill Bowls Club hosting all divisions of the Murray Valley pennant grand finals.
Many of the finals leading up to Saturday have been very close games, with some excellent bowling and plenty of excitement expected.
See the Murray Valley Playing Area news for the teams that are playing off in Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 deciders, with a second sitting of afternoon tea for visitors.
Interest is growing for our MRI machine fundraising tournament for Swan Hill Health, to be held on Sunday, March 23, starting at 1pm.
Entries close at 9.30am on the day if not full prior to the day of the tournament.
Teams or single entries for this any combination, three bowl triples event can be entered on the board in the clubhouse or by phoning Bill King on 0428 324 083 or the Bowls Club on 5032 1772, with prize money for first, second and third placegetters, along with novelty prizes.
The Swan Hill Bowls Club are grateful for donations of raffle prizes or monetary donations to this worthwhile cause, with all money raised on the day to be donated to the cause.
Congratulations to Swan Hill bowlers Lee Tompsett, Stuart Tompsett and Sally Meehan, supported by Neville Graham from Moulamein on taking out the runner’s up prize at Nyah’s Roy Armistead tournament last Sunday.
LAKE BOGA
CONGRATULATIONS go to all clubs competing in Saturday’s pennant grand finals.
While Lake Boga had three teams in the preliminary finals, unfortunately none made it through to the grand final.
Division 1 played Murray Downs and were only beaten by a few shots, while Tooleybuc were too strong for our division three team, while division four, who played Nyah District, had a tough fight with the result potentially going either way in the last couple of ends.
Well done to our club for having three sides make it to the penultimate day of the season.
This week we have seen the finals of our club pairs for both the men’s and ladies, with Danny Kelly and Rod Dewhurst finishing as the men’s club champions after defeating Allan Treble and David Condey.
Barbara Lewis and Laural Dewhurst are the ladies champions after a close game against Robyn Jolley and Lyn Maher, which is a great effort for Barbara, who is a first year player.
Barefoot bowls next week will see the first of three charity fundraisers, the first being a Red Cross night and will be followed by a fire brigade and motor neurone charity night.
Come along and have a great night supporting these great causes, with single and team entries welcome by ringing Nola on 0427 372 484.
Winners this week at social bowls were Marie O’Meara and Terry Haw with two wins and +13 shots.
TOOLEYBUC
PRELIMINARY final day at Murray Downs presented itself with windy and warm conditions last Saturday, with the day starting early due to the hot conditions forecasted.
Tooleybuc players arrived with determination to reverse the previous weekends efforts and hit the ground running with some in-form bowls against Lake Boga 2.
All three rinks got off to an early start and going into the 10 minute break, had the lead over Lake Boga.
At the end of the game, Tooleybuc held onto a very comfortable lead and managed to win all three rinks, with the final result seeing Tooleybuc defeat Lake Boga 87-49.
Tooleybuc will now meet Murray Downs 3 in the grand final to be played at Swan Hill Bowls Club on Saturday, with good luck to all bowling on grand final day.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, March 1 – Grand Final
Division 3 – Team 1 v Murray Downs 3 at Swan Hill – T. Armstrong, J. Armstrong, G. Borchard, D. Adams; A. Adams, P. Gardner, E. Borchard, B. Smith; A. Smith, K. Smith, Sam Blandthorn, W. Hazlett. Emergency – M. Grace.NYAH DISTRICT
WELL done to our Division 4 team, who have made it through to the grand final this Saturday against Racecourse, with everyone welcome back to the clubhouse afterwards to celebrate – win, lose or draw.
Good luck and happy bowling to all teams who are playing on Saturday.
Last Sunday we had a very good day for our club’s Roy Armistead day, with 96 players taking part in the event.
The winners were Graham Bennett, Trevor Wiseman, Alan Lindsey, Arthur Threadgold, runners up were Lee Tompsett, Stuart Tompsett, Sally Meehan and Neville Graham, with two teams finishing third, which were Bryan Smith’s team and a side from Swanpool.
Two teams got their money back also, those being Philp Gray’s team and Kerry Jenkins team.
Please remember that all the men’s and mixed pairs club games need to played as soon as possible.
MVPA
Saturday Pennant Results – Saturday, February 22 – Preliminary Final
Northern Valley Premier League
Cohuna Golf 1 10/73 def. Murray Downs 1 2/69.
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1 – Murray Downs 2 12/67 def. Lake Boga 1 0/57.
Division 2 – Racecourse 3 9/70 def. Racecourse 4 3/64.
Division 3 – Tooleybuc 1 12/87 def. Lake Boga 2 0/49.
Division 4 – Nyah District 2 8/48 def. Lake Boga 3 2/45.
Northern Valley Premier League Grand Final
Sunday, March 2 – Cohuna Bowls Club
Kerang 1 v Cohuna Golf
Murray Valley Playing Area Grand Final
Saturday, March 1 – Swan Hill Bowls Club – Assembly at 12.15pmDivision 1 – Moulamein 1 v Murray Downs 2.
Division 2 – Balranald Ex. Services 1 v Racecourse 3.
Division 3 – Tooleybuc 1 v Murray Downs 3.
Division 4 – Racecourse 5 v Nyah District 2.
