MURRAY DOWNS
SOCIAL bowls last week was well attended, the winners being Doug Fisher and Bev McCartney.
The men’s and ladies championships are progressing well, with the finals to be played very soon.
Our annual Turkey Day Tournament was played yesterday and results will be published in next Friday’s Guardian.
The Division 1 and Division 3 weekend pennant teams will host Moulamein and are playing their matches this evening, beginning at 5.30pm.
If you are keen to witness some great bowling, come along and watch some interesting matches under lights.
Our Christmas break-up will be held after bowls next Saturday night, so if you are planning on attending, please put your names on the notice board or phone Lindy Caldwell on 0458 947 159 for catering purposes.
This will be a two course meal at a cost of $25 per person, with the Christmas hamper raffles to be drawn on the night.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, December 9 teams
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Moulamein 1, at home (Friday night, 5.30pm) – G.McCaig, D.Alderuccio, M.O’Bree, J.Thornton; K.Rowe, P.Brook, M.Hollingworth, J.Caldwell; M.Tempini, G.Cox, H.Whitford, B.Lehmann.
Division 2: Murray Downs 2 v Balranald Ex Services, away – J.Alderuccio, G.Robertson, D.Barry, K.O’Bree; N.Martin, K.Power, D.Fisher, D.Uebergang; D.Caldwell, C.McCaig, J.Wilson, R.Wilson.
Division 2: Murray Downs 3 v Manangatang 1, at home – C.Rovere, N.Weir, D.Angus, T.Furnell; B.Napier, A.Bookham, G.Whitla, K.Burrage; N.Delmenico, J.Boyd, P.Furnell, N.Brown.
Division 3: Murray Downs 4 v Moulamein 2, at home (Friday night, 5.30pm) – C.Parry, D.Holland, M.Angus, D.Deighton; L.Toomer, P.Mangano, L.Critten, R.Smith; M.McComb, B.Deighton, M.Martin, C.Fox.
Division 4: Murray Downs 5 v Swan Hill 3, at home – L.Roberts, B.Butcher, W.Murray; E.Heard, M.Brown, M.Johnson.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, December 12 teams
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Swan Hill 1, at home – J.Boyd, P.Brook, M.O’Bree, L.Critten; R.Wilson, C.Rovere, G.McCaig, J.Wilson.
Division 1: Murray Downs 2 v Lake Boga 1, away – P.Furnell, N.Weir, D.Fisher, T.Furnell; D.Holland, K.Burrage, H.Whitford, C.McCaig.
Division 2: Murray Downs 3 v Murray Downs 4, at home – M.Angus, C.Parry, D.Barry, D.Angus; D.Timmins, D.Deighton, K.O’Bree, D.Scown.
Division 2: Murray Downs 4 v Murray Downs 3, away – P.Martin, N.Martin, M.Martin, B.Butcher; N.Delmenico, B.McCartney, B.Napier, M.Johnson.
RACECOURSE
WINNERS of our Wednesday jackpot bowls were Glenn McIntosh, Graham Clark and Peter Holland, with two wins and +30 shots, while in second place, with one win and +6 shots, were Allan Lindsay, Helen Frame and Phil Parry.
Social bowls on Wednesday night was well attended, a happy crowd playing their two games each in great spirits.
The winners were Foott’s Fixers consisting of Kieran Foott, Jackie Crawford and Ken McCartney, in our last Wednesday night social bowls for this year, although it will return in the new year.
Good luck to Norm Smith, Ron Wolfe and Glenn McIntosh who will play on Sunday in the State Triples.
A reminder that our Christmas party is on Saturday and there are plenty of club events which need to be played as soon as possible.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, December 9 teams
Division 1: Racecourse 1 v Lake Boga 1, at home – G.McKissack, Neville Smith, P.Loughran, D.Jonkers; G.McIntosh, DJ Weaver, S.Domaille, G.Bennett; Norm Smith, K.Gardner, R.Rust, R.Wolfe.
Division 2: Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 2, at home – B.Bice, N.Roberts, A.Lindsay, J.Beard; T.Wiseman, J.Ford, A.Threadgold, T.Evans; B.Horsburgh, G.Bailey, K.Vivian, J.Wilcox.
Division 3: Racecourse 3 v Lake Boga 2, at home – L.Taylor, R.Wardle, P.Scott , R.Jones; E.Russell, G.Schack, P.Parry, M.Renney; I.Lockhart, K.Duthie, C.Power, P.Hooper.
Division 3: Racecourse 4 v Tooleybuc 1, away – C.Smith, M.Hooper, H.Frame, B.Mason; R.Schack, F.Devereux, H.Vander Veen, K.Roberts; V.Lindsay, K.McKissack, K.Bailey, B.McIntosh.
Division 4: Racecourse 5 – bye.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, December 12 teams
Division 1: Racecourse 1 v Racecourse 2, at home – D.Doran, T.Wiseman, DJ Weaver, K.Roberts; R.Schack, Norm Smith, N.Roberts, M.Hooper.
Division 1: Racecourse 2 v Racecourse 1, away – C.Smith, J.Ford, G.Bennett, H.Frame; V.Lindsay, Neville Smith, G.McIntosh, F.Devereux.
Division 2: Racecourse 3 v Manangatang 1, at home – L.Loats, J.Beard, J.Threadgold, C.Power; E.Lawry, P.Loughran, M.Smith, I.Lockhart.
Division 2: Racecourse 4 v Balranald Ex Services 1, away – L.Taylor, K.Bailey, E.Renney, H.Vander Veen; A.Taylor, D.Weaver, L.McKay, T.Evans.
SWAN HILL
TODAY’S hot forecast will not be very encouraging for Friday Frolic bowlers, although all who venture out will be most welcome to enjoy the friendly atmosphere in our airconditioned clubhouse, partake in happy hour drinks or try their luck in Mick’s raffles.
Saturday is looking more promising for pennant bowls, with a considerable drop in the temperature.
Swan Hill 1 will travel to Nyah for a challenging game, while our Division 2 team will go to Racecourse and play their second side, with our Division 4 team heading over the river to play Murray Downs 5.
Last Saturday, Division 1 put up a good performance against Murray Downs 1, Swan Hill holding a five-shot overall lead at the afternoon tea break.
A determined Murray Downs side clawed their way back, however, to finish 18 shots up and win all three rinks.
Division 2 had their first win of the season against Manangatang, with the best rink led by M.Balchin, nine shots up, with J.Thompson’s rink not far behind, adding another eight shots.
Their total of 17 shots covered the remaining rink’s loss of 11 shots.
The Division 4 side had the bye, giving some of these players the chance to have a game in Division 2 to help make up the numbers.
Members are reminded to put their names on the list for the club Christmas party, which is being held after bowls on Saturday, December 16.
This is a free night, with all welcome, including Santa, who will be attendance, with raffles to be held.
Bill King is taking entries for Swan Hill Bowls Clubs’ President’s Evening on Monday, December 18, as well as our New Year’s Night tournament on Monday, January 1, 2024.
Both events are played under any-combination triples formats and will start with a 4.30pm sausage sizzle.
Teams and single entries are accepted, with cost being $15 per person, all inclusive, including a light supper. Please ring 0428 324 083 or the Bowls Club on 5032 1772.
Club Championships finals will be played prior to Christmas, keep your games up to date.
LAKE BOGA
LAST weekend’s pennant competition was a great result for our club, with three divisional wins.
In Division 1, all three rinks won with an overall win of 17 shots, and although Nyah District played well all day, fortunately we came home the winners, with that victory now placing us in fourth position on the ladder.
In Division 3 we beat Tooleybuc by a small margin of four shots, Tooleybuc winning two of the three rinks, but our rink skippered by Peter Snell won by a margin large enough to cover the two losse. Lake Boga now sit second on the ladder.
Unfortunately, Division 4 Team 3 lost to Nyah by 11 shots, however, they still sit in third.
Our Team 4 in Division 4 had a close game, but also came home winners with a seven-shot victory.
Midweek Division 1 defeated Swan Hill in what was a close game, by just three shots, and sit just outside the four.
In Division 2 midweek, Lake Boga defeated Murray Downs by six shots and now sit in third.
A reminder to club members that our Christmas party at the clubhouse is on December 16, please bring a salad, meat will be supplied by the club.
Please put your names on the board for catering.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, December 9 teams
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 v Racecourse 1, away – K.Hamill, I.Ross, R.Atkinson, J.McCormack; P.Philp, R.Wickham, G.Davies, H.Jobling; D.Kelly, A.Shields, R.Smith, G.Clifford.
Division 3: Lake Boga 3 v Racecourse 3, away – T.Haw, L.Kingsbury, J.Hamil, M.Parsons; P.Snell, M.Lord, S.Meehan, N.Hender; D.Condy, M.O’Meara, K.Kendall, K.Anderson.
Division 4: Lake Boga 3 v Manangatang 2, at home – R.Jolley, A.Jobling, G.Davis, L.Grey; J.Leach, R.Dewhurst, L.Dewhurst, J.Robinson.
Division 4: Lake Boga 4 v Nyah District 2, away – J.Pye, Jill Pye, B.McDonald, B.Davies; R.Leach, B.Fowles, R.Bruton, A.Moynihan.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, December 12 teams
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 2, at home – R.Jolley, M.O’Meara, I.Ross, H.Jobling; J.Hamill, K.Hamill, S.Meehan, M.Parsons.
Division 2: Lake Boga 2 v Nyah District 1, away – J.Leach, P.Snell, R.Leach, L.Dewhurst; S.Swan, R.Atkinson, N.Hender, J.Pye.
TOOLEYBUC
BOWLS was played in what were slightly windy conditions last Saturday for weekend pennant, which made it a challenge.
Tooleybuc players arrived at Lake Boga hoping to make it two wins in a row after the previous week’s first win of the season.
The overall margin was very close all day, but unfortunately, we were unable to come away with the win, going down to Lake Boga by four shots overall, 68 to 72.
We did however manage to win two out of the three rinks, P.Gardner’s team having the closest margin on the day winning by one shot and R.Holland’s team winning by seven shots.
Unfortunately, T.Armstrong’s rink struggled and lost by 12 shots.
Saturday, pennant will be played at Tooleybuc against Racecourse 4, with players please noting that this match will be starting at an earlier time of 11am assembly for an 11.30am start.
The decision to start earlier to beat the heat was welcomed by those who played on Tuesday for midweek pennant.
Tooleybuc played at Racecourse and had a strong combination across both rinks, which resulted in a resounding win overall against Racecourse 3 by 24 shots, 54 to 30.
Both rinks had a win, the results being P.Gardner’s team up by 11 shots and T.Armstrong’s team up by 13 shots.
Next week will be the last match before breaking for Christmas and Tooleybuc will play against Swan Hill 2 at Swan Hill.
Good luck to our ladies team of T.Armstrong, P.Gardner and D.Adams who will be representing Tooleybuc in the Murray Valley State Triples at Lake Boga on Sunday.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, December 9 teams
Division 3: Tooleybuc 1 v Racecourse 4, at home – T.Armstrong, D.Adams, Z.Oliver, J.Armstrong; R.Holland, A.Adams, G.Borchard, A.Smith; P.Gardner, K.Smith, E.Borchard, I.Hickey.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, December 12 teams
Division 2: Tooleybuc 1 v Swan Hill 2, away – T.Armstrong, D.Adams, K.Smith, A.Smith; P.Gardner, R.Holland, E.Borchard, G.Molloy.
MVPA
Entries for the State Triples closed on Monday, December 4, with play to begin at 9.30am at Lake Boga on Sunday.
First round draws are as follows.
Men: Norm Smith, Glenn McIntosh and Ron Wolfe (Racecourse) v Harry Whitford, David Uebergang and (Murray Downs).
Women: Trish Armstrong, Pauline Gardner and Danielle Adams (Tooleybuc) v Kerryn Evans, Doreen Weaver and Jackie Weaver (Moulamein). Teresa Furnell, Noeleen Weir and Judy Wilson (Murray Downs) have the bye.
Murray Valley men’s teams performed well in the regional matches at Wycheproof last Sunday, scoring an overall win against some strong Wimmera opponents. After a promising start, the ladies struggled, with Wimmera winning convincingly.
RESULTS
Saturday Pennant
Round 9
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 12/79 d Nyah District 1 0/62, Murray Downs 1 12/80 d Swan Hill 1 0/62, Racecourse 1 12/86 d Moulamein 1 0/39.
Division 2: Murray Downs 2 12/87 d Murray Downs 2 0/57, Swan Hill 2 10/67 d Manangatang 1 2/61, Racecourse 2 8/67 d Balranald Ex Services 1 4/63.
Division 3: Lake Boga 2 8/72 d Tooleybuc 1 4/68, Moulamein 2 12/80 d Racecourse 4 0/67, Murray Downs 4 11/71 d Racecourse 3 1/57.
Division 4: Nyah District 2 8/44 d Lake Boga 3 2/33, Manangatang 2 10/41 d Racecourse 5 0/29, Lake Boga 4 8/44 d Murray Downs 5 2/37, Swan Hill 3 – bye.
Midweek Pennant
Round 9
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 10/47 d Swan Hill 1 0/44, Murray Downs 2 8/58 d Racecourse 2 2/46, Murray Downs 1 10/64 d Racecourse 1 0/46.
Division 2: Balranald Ex Services 1 8/44 d Swan Hill 2 2/39, Murray Downs 3 10/58 d Manangatang 1 0/29, Lake Boga 2 8/56 d Murray Downs 4 2/51, Racecourse 4 8/45 d Nyah District 1 2/39, Tooleybuc 1 10/54 d Racecourse 3 0/30.
FIXTURES
Saturday Pennant
Round 10
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Moulamein 1 (Friday night), Racecourse 1 v Lake Boga 1, Nyah District 1 v Swan Hill 1.
Division 2: Balranald Ex Services 1 v Murray Downs 2, Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 2, Murray Downs 3 v Manangatang 1.
Division 3: Murray Downs 4 v Moulamein 2 (Friday night), Racecourse 3 v Lake Boga 2, Tooleybuc 1 v Racecourse 4 (11.30am start).
Division 4: Nyah District 2 v Lake Boga 4, Murray Downs 5 v Swan Hill 3, Lake Boga 3 v Manangatang 2, Racecourse 5 – bye.
Midweek Pennant
Round 10
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Swan Hill 1, Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 2, Racecourse 1 v Racecourse 2.
Division 2: Balranald Ex Services 1 v Racecourse 4, Murray Downs 3 v Murray Downs 4, Nyah District 1 v Lake Boga 2, Racecourse 3 v Manangatang 1, Swan Hill 2 v Tooleybuc 1.
LADDERS
Saturday Pennant
Division 1
Racecourse 1 – 90
Murray Downs 1 – 86
Moulamein 1 – 63
Lake Boga 1 – 50
Swan Hill 1 – 28
Nyah District 1 – 7
Division 2
Murray Downs 2 – 76
Racecourse 2 – 75
Balranald Ex Services 1 – 65
Murray Downs 3 – 55
Manangatang 1 – 33
Swan Hill 2 – 20
Division 3
Racecourse 4 – 66
Lake Boga 2 – 66
Murray Downs 4 – 61
Racecourse 3 – 60
Moulamein 2 – 47
Tooleybuc 1 – 24
Division 4
Nyah District 2 – 66
Racecourse 5 – 62
Lake Boga 3 – 62
Manangatang 2 – 60
Swan Hill 3 – 36
Lake Boga 4 – 35
Murray Downs 5 – 29
Midweek Pennant
Division 1
Murray Downs 1 – 72
Murray Downs 2 – 55
Racecourse 1 – 42
Racecourse 2 – 42
Swan Hill 1 – 32
Lake Boga 1 – 27
Division 2
Racecourse 4 – 63
Racecourse 3 – 58
Lake Boga 2 – 57
Tooleybuc 1 – 55
Swan Hill 2 – 47
Murray Downs 4 – 41
Murray Downs 3 – 39
Balranald Ex Services – 37
Manangatang 1 – 29
Nyah District 1 – 24
