BOWLS NOTES MURRAY VALLEY PLAYING AREA
THE long-awaited start for the pennant season has finally arrived, with all clubs keen to get on the greens.
The bowls calendar is very busy from now until Christmas, with state events for both Men and Ladies on most Sundays and 60 and Over events on during the week.
Thursday November 11 is the 60 and Over singles for Men and Ladies, to be played at Swan Hill Bowls Club.
State pairs for Men and Ladies will be played on Sunday November 14 at Swan Hill, with entries closing for these events on Monday November 8 at 12pm.
The 60 and Over state pairs are on Thursday November 18 at Swan Hill, with entries closing on Monday November 15 at 12pm.
SATURDAY PENNANT FIXTURE – ROUND 1 -NOVEMBER 6
Division 1
Nyah District 1 v Racecourse 1
Moulamein 1 v Lake Boga 1
Murray Downs 1 v Swan Hill 1
Division 2
Tooleybuc 1 v Racecourse 2
Balranald Ex. Serv. 1 v Manangatang 1
Murray Downs 2 v Swan Hill 2
Division 3
Racecourse 3 v Murray Downs 3
Swan Hill 3 v Racecourse 4
Lake Boga 2 v Murray Downs 4
Division 4
Manangatang 2 v Racecourse 5
Lake Boga 4 v Moulamein 2
Racecourse 6 v Nyah District 2
Murray Downs 5 v Murray Downs 6
Racecourse 7 v Tooleybuc 2
Lake Boga 3 Bye
MIDWEEK PENNANT FIXTURE – ROUND 1 – NOVEMBER 9
Division 1
Murray Downs 2 v Lake Boga 1
Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 1
Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 1
Division 2
Lake Boga 2 v Nyah District 1
Murray Downs 4 v Murray Downs 3
Manangatang 1 v Racecourse 3
Murray Downs 5 v Balranald Ex Serv. 1
Tooleybuc 1 v Swan Hill 2
MURRAY DOWNS
MURRAY Downs hosted a very successful match against Barham last Saturday with Murray Downs taking out the honours.
Approximately 90 players took part.
Tuesday social bowls was well attended again.
The winners were – Garry McCaig, Noelene Weir and Joe Sapuppo.
Social bowls will revert back to Thursday next week at 10.30am, with names to be in by 10am.
Saturday pennant starts tomorrow with midweek pennant also beginning next Tuesday.
Good luck to all players.
Teams for Round 1 Weekend Pennant
SIDE 1 – v Swan Hill at Murray Downs. Buck Lehman, Garry McCaig, Ken O’Bree, John Alderuccio; John Caldwell, Kevin Rowe, Neil Brown, Chris Power; Josh Thornton, David Alderuccio, Mick Hollingworth, Mick Tempini.
SIDE 2 – v Swan Hill 2 at Murray Downs. Peter Furnell, Doug Fisher, Rob Smith, Phil Mangano; Greg Whitla, Darryl Barry, Neville Martin, Keith Burrage; David Uebergang, Harry Whitford, Greg Robertson, Noel Delmenico.
SIDE 3 – v Racecourse 3 at Racecourse. Di Martin, Di Angus, Dawn Deighton, Sharon Giddings; Bob Napier, Bob Deighton, Noeline Weir, Josie Boyd.
NOTE – Players to make their own way to Racecourse.
SIDE 4 – v Lake Boga 2 at Lake Boga. Teresa Furnell, Lindsey Toomer, Carl Fox, Connie Rovere; Di Scown, Cecelia McCaig, Mal Kanizay, Dave Timmins.
NOTE – Players to make their own way to Lake Boga or make arrangements with their rink.
SIDE 5 – v Murray Downs 6 (Home). Mac Angus, John Templeton, Dawne Holland, Gavin Scown; Graeme Steel, Faye Merritt, Joe Sappupo, Cath Parry.
SIDE 6 – v Murray Downs 5 (Away). Mal Martin, Wayne Murray, Geoff Seton-Stewart, David Carmichael; Barb Butcher, Bev McCartney, Mary Johnson, Vicki O’Bree.Emergencies – Mary Barry
RACECOURSE
The Racecourse Bowls Club is ready for Round 1 of Saturday pennant to start, with all players very keen to go.
TEAMS
SATURDAY PENNANT – Round 1 (November 6)
Division 1
Team 1 v Nyah District 1 (Away) – N Smith (manager), G McIntosh, S Domaile, K Gardner. M Snel, Nev Smith, D Jonkers, M Evans. M Holyoak, D J Weaver, G Bennett, T Wiseman.
Division 2
Team 2 v Tooleybuc 1 (Away) – B Bice, N Roberts, A Lindsay, J Beard. R Halligan(manager), J Ford, A Threadgold, R Doran. D McCarren, D Poulton, G Schack, P Parry.
Division 3
Team 3 v Murray Downs 3 (Home) – G Bailey, K Vivian (manager), R Rust, R Jones. E Russell, I Lockhart, K Duthie, M Renney.Division 3
Team 4 v Swan Hill 3 (Away) – R Vandenberg, A McKay, L Kingsbury, I Lawry. J Wilcox, B Horsburgh (Manager), L Ryan, B McIntosh.
Division 4
Team 5 v Manangatang (Away) – V Lindsay, R Schack, K Bailey, K Roberts. C Smith (manager), M Hooper, L Taylor, H Frame.
Division 4
Team 6 v Nyah 2 (Home) – B Warren (manager), J Conheady. P Holland, B Mason. C Power, T O’Shannessy, R Browell, S Looney.
Division 4
Team 7 v Tooleybuc 2 (Home) – G Harwood, E Lawry, D Lawry, L Loats. R Harrop (manager), K Saville, N Albert, K Foott.Duty Team E Russell.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – Round 14 (Tuesday November 9)
Division 1
Team 1 v Murray Downs 1 (Home) – R Schack, N Smith (manager), M Hooper, N Roberts. D Doran, R Hayes, T Wiseman, K Roberts.
Division 1
Team 2 v Swan Hill 1 (Home) – V Lindsay, Nev Smith, F Devereux, R Halligan. C Smith, (manager), J Ford, G Bennett, H Frame.
Division 2
Team 3 v Manangatang (Away) – E Renney, (manager) K Vivian, L Lockhart, E Lawry. L Loats, G McIntosh, J Threadgold, I Lockhart.
The draws for some of our club events are on the board for the men, with the Club Singles, the 100 up and the club triples all to be played as soon as possible.
The Ladies also have their club singles underway, so please try and play them when you can.Racecourse has Country Hearing Care any Combo Triples Tournament on Sunday November 14 starting at 12.30pm.
Names on the board.The Murray Valley state events are starting next week, with the 60 and Over singles on Thursday November 11 at Swan Hill and the state pairs on Sunday November 14 also at Swan Hill.
Entries for these events close on Monday November 8 at 12pm.
The 60 and Over pairs on Thursday November 18 entries close on Monday November 15 at 12pm.
LAKE BOGA
LAKE Boga Bowls club had a great day for the Melbourne Cup, with a barbecue lunch, lots of fun, and some people even had some good winnings.
Best Dressed Lady of the day went to Lyn Maher, with Best Dressed Man of the day being Les Grey.
Best Decorated Hat went to Pat Barr and Ken Hamill.
Liz Hartland won the lucky door prize.
Don’t forget that our Wednesday Social Bowls is now on in the mornings, names in by 9am to start play at 9.30am everyone is most welcome.
On duty is Max Lord.
Our Thursday night social bowls starts on November 4 at 7.30pm, come along and have a game, phone Nola on 0427 372 484.
Lake Boga Bowls opening day triples is November 19, and that Friday evening the Twilight Meet commences at 6pm.
Everyone is welcome, with names to Rod 0447 382 007 or Ken 0408 591 256 before 12pm.
$45 per team or $15 per player, and a single entry includes lunch.
Midweek Pennant starts Tuesday November 9 at 9.30am
Division 1 vs Murray Downs (Away) – Judy Wilson, Ray Wilson, Noel Hender and Janet Hamill. Lisa Critten, Max Lord, Marie O’Meara and Ken Hamill.
Division 2 vs Nyah District (Home) – Cathy Clifford, Greg Clifford, Helen Jobling and Ron Smith. Shirley Swan, Les Barnes, Jill Pye and Alex Jobling.
Everyone please bring your own lunch.
Saturday Pennant starts November 6
Division 1 vs Moulamein (Away) – Peter Philp, Les Barnes, A Shields and Leo Swan. Ray Wilson , Rod Wickham, Noel Hender and Judy Wilson. Ken Hamill, Ian Ross, Barry Free and John ‘Merry Christmas’ Cormack.
Division 3 vs Murray Downs (Away) – Alex Jobling, Terry Haw, Max Lord and Max Parsons.
Division 4 Team 4 v Moulamein (Away) – Janet Hamill, John Pye and G Davies. David Condy, Nola Bruton, Basil Mc’Donald and Helen Jobling.
Cleaning roster for Thursday November 11 is Janet and Ken Hamill, Brian Fowles, Ian Ross and Grant Davies.
SWAN HILL
OUR popular Friday Frolic is on today with names in by 2.30pm for a 3pm start.
Everyone must be looking forward to the pennant starting tomorrow – Saturday and Tuesday teams are on the board at the clubhouse, with Divisions 1 and 2 playing at Murray Downs, and Division 3 at home.
There will be a BBQ at our club after the pennant tomorrow with everyone is welcome to attend.
NYAH DISTRICT
Nyah District Bowling Club Pennant Teams for Round 1
Division 1 v Racecourse at Nyah G. Muir, M. O’Bree, I. Harbour, A. KellyR. Howard, A. Everitt, J. Hopkins, S. WynneB. Smith, A. Everitt, B. MacDonald, M. Hagley
Division 4 v Racecourse at Racecourse K. Coburn, L. Bailey, J. Dacey, N. EverittM. Heap, T. Watson, G. Sydes, R. Vernon
TOOLEYBUC
IT was good to see many bowlers again turn up last Saturday for another practice day prior to the commencement of the pennant.
Reminder to all to arrange their matches for the club championships.
With Saturday pennant commencing tomorrow and the midweek pennant commencing next Tuesday, good luck to all sides and players for the season.
Teams for Saturday November 6
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Racecourse 2 at Tooleybuc. T. Armstrong, J. Armstrong, B. Beckwith, G. Maher; C. Jackson (m), M. King, M. Grace, B. Nield; R. Ward, G. Murdoch, K. Smith, A. Smith.
Division 4 – Tooleybuc 2 v Racecourse 7 at Racecourse. I. Hickey, D. Holmes, W. Hazlett, L. Nield; P. Jager (m), M. Button, B. Smith, J. Young.
Teams for Midweek Pennant Tuesday November 9
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Swan Hill 2 at Tooleybuc. T. Armstrong, R. Ward, L. Fox, D. Standen; D. Adams, R. Holland, G. Molloy, K. Smith.
Reminder that you need to provide proof of your double vaccination upon entry to the club.
