MURRAY VALLEY PLAYING AREA
WEEKEND PENNANT
RESULTS ROUND 4
Division 1 – Nyah District 1 11/74 def Lake Boga 1 1/56, Swan Hilll 1 10/76 def Moulamein 1 2/62, Murray Downs 1 12/73 def Racecourse 1 0/55.Division 2 – Manangatang 1 12/65 def Tooleybuc 1 0/57, Balranald Ex Serv 1 10/74 def Swan Hill 2 2/64, Racecourse 2 10/75 def Murray Downs 2 2/63.Division 3 – Murray Downs 4 8/43 def Racecourse 3 2/42, Lake Boga 2 10/53 def Racecourse 4 0/41, Murray Downs 3 10/67 def Swan Hill 3 0/30.Division 4 – Racecourse 5 8/47 def Moulamein 2 2/37, Manangatang 2 8/55 def Tooleybuc 2 2/50, Nyah District 2 10/55 def Lake Boga 4 0/34, Murray Downs 5 10/55 def Lake Boga 3 0/28, Racecourse 6 10/10 won on forfeit from Murray Downs 6 0/-10, Racecourse 7 – Bye.
ROUND 5 FIXTURE Saturday December 4
Division 1 – Swan Hill 1 v Racecourse 1, Nyah District 1 v Moulamein 1, Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 1.Division 2 – Swan Hill 2 v Racecourse 2, Tooleybuc 1 v Balranald Ex Serv 1, Manangatang 1 v Murray Downs 2.Division 3 – Racecourse 4 v Murray Downs 3, Racecourse 3 v Lake Boga 2, Murray Downs 4 v Swan Hill 3.Division 4 – Moulamein 2 v Nyah District 2, Lake Boga 4 v Murray Downs 5, Lake Boga 3 v Tooleybuc 2, Murray Downs 6 v Manangatang 2, Racecourse 7 v Racecourse 6, Racecourse 5 – Bye.
MIDWEEK PENNAN TRESULTS – ROUND 4.
Division 1 – Swan Hill 1 6/49 def Murray Downs 2 2/44; Murray Downs 1 8/50 def Racecourse 2 0/34; Racecourse 1 6/44 def Lake Boga 1 2/43.Division 2 – Nyah District 1 8/43 def Swan Hill 2 0/35, Racecourse 3 8/49 def Tooleybuc 1 0/45, Lake Boga 2 8/58 def Manangatang 1 0/28, Murray Downs 5 6/47 def Balranald Ex Serv 2/42, Murray Downs 4 6/46 def Murray Downs 3 2/42.
ROUND 5 FIXTURE Tuesday December 7
Division 1 – Murray Downs 1 v Lake Boga 1, Murray Downs 2 v Racecourse 2, Swan Hill 1 v Racecourse 1.Division 2 – Nyah District 1 v Murray Downs 5, Murray Downs 4 v Swan Hill 2, Lake Boga 2 v Racecourse 3, Tooleybuc 1 v Balranald Ex Serv 1, Murray Downs 3 v Manangatang 1.
LADDERS WEEKEND PENNANT
DIVISION 1
Murray Downs 1 – 44
Racecourse 1 – 26
Swan Hill 1 – 25
Lake Boga 1 – 23
Nyah District 1 – 20
Moulamein 1 – 6
DIVISION 2
Racecourse 2 – 44
Manangatang 1 – 29
Balranald 1 – 29
Murray Downs 2 – 26
Tooleybuc 1 – 10
Swan Hill 2 – 6
DIVISION 3
Murray Downs 3 – 29
Lake Boga 2 – 28
Racecourse 3 – 24
Murray Downs 4 – 19
Racecourse 4 – 19
Swan Hill 3 – 1
DIVISION 4
Racecourse 5 – 38
Murray Downs 5 – 32
Racecourse 7 – 30
Racecourse 6 – 30
Moulamein 2 – 21
Lake Boga 3 – 20
Nyah District 2 – 20
Manangatang 2 – 16
Lake Boga 4 – 11
Murray Downs 6 – 10
Tooleybuc 2 – 2
MIDWEEK PENNANT
DIVISION 1
Lake Boga 1 – 26
Murray Downs 2 – 18
Swan Hill 1 – 18
Murray Downs 1 – 16
Racecourse 1 – 15
Racecourse 2 – 3
DIVISION 2
Lake Boga 2 – 26
Racecourse 3 – 26
Nyah District 1 – 26
Tooleybuc 1 – 20
Murray Downs 3 – 12
Balranald 1 – 10
Murray Downs 4 – 8
Murray Downs 5 – 6
Manangatang 1 – 6
Swan Hill 2 – 4
MVPA NOTES
PRELIMINARY rounds of the Men’s and Ladies’ singles were played at Murray Downs on Sunday at 9.30am.
The Ladies’ final will be between Judy Wilson (Lake Boga) and Mikaela Evans (Racecourse).
The Men’s semi finals will see Josh Thornton (Murray Downs) playing Buck Lehmann (Murray Downs) and Brian Quaife (Swan Hill) up against Ken O’Bree (Murray Downs) starting at 9.30am, with the final to be played at 12pm.
Monday December 6 is the closing day for entries of the MVPA State Triples, to be played at Lake Boga on Sunday, December 12.
MURRAY DOWNS
THE State Men’s and Ladies’ singles events are being held at Murray Downs this Sunday morning, starting at 9.30am.
Murray Downs has three members in the men’s semi-finals – with Buck Lehman playing Josh Thornton and Ken O’Bree playing Brian Quaife – great effort and good luck to everyone.
Social bowls winners last week were Graeme Steele and Joe Sapuppo.
Teams for Weekend Pennant – Saturday December 4
SIDE 1 – v Lake Boga 1 at Lake Boga – John Alderuccio, Ken O’Bree, Garry McCaig, Buck Lehman; Chris Power, Neil Brown, Kevin Rowe, John Caldwell; Mick Tempini, Mick Hollingworth, David Alderuccio, Josh Thornton.
SIDE 2 – v Manangatang 1 at Manangatang – Mac Angus, Rob Smith, Doug Fisher, Peter Furnell; Keith Burrage, Neville Martin, Darryl Barry, Greg Whitla; Greg Robertson, Noel Delmenico, Harry Whitford, David Uebergang.
SIDE 3 – v Racecourse 4 at Racecourse – Sharon Giddings, Dawn Deighton, Di Angus, Teresa Furnell; Josie Boyd, Connie Rovere, Bob Deighton, Bob Napier.
SIDE 4 – v Swan Hill 3 at Murray Downs – Cath Parry, Lindsey Toomer, Bernadette Kelly, Carl Fox; Dave Timmins, Cecelia McCaig, Mal Kanizay, Di Scown.
SIDE 5 – v Lake Boga 4 at Lake Boga – Gavin Scown, Wayne Murray, Dawne Holland, John Templeton; Mary Johnson, Faye Merritt, Joe Sappupo, Graeme Steel.
SIDE 6 – v Manangatang 2 at Murray Downs – Vicki O’Bree, Bev McCartney, Barb Butcher; David Carmichael, Geoff Seton-Stewart, Mal Martin.
TOOLEYBUC
BOTH our Division 2 and Division 4 teams played against Manangatang last Saturday.
Division 2 travelled to Manangatang and some close games were had on all 3 rinks, however, they did not go in our favour, as we went down by 7 shots overall.
Division 4 played at Tooleybuc and despite I.Hickey’s rink recording their first win, we still went down by 5 shots overall.
This week, Division 2 play at home against Balranald and Division 4 will travel to Lake Boga.
Midweek Pennant was played at Racecourse this week and again the scores were very close.
Unfortunately, we went down on both rinks and four shots overall.
Next week they play Balranald at home.
Reminder to those players that are still required to play their Singles matches to have your games completed by the due date.
Teams for Weekend Pennant – Saturday December 4
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Balranald 1 at Tooleybuc – T.Armstrong, J.Armstrong, B.Beckwith, G.Maher; C.Jackson (m), M.King, G.Murdoch, M.Grace; R.Ward, D.Adams, K.Smith, A.Smith.
Division 4 – Tooleybuc 2 vs Lake Boga 3 at Lake Boga. I.Hickey, W.Hazlett, D.Holmes, B.Smith; P.Jager (m), M.Button, T.Tobias, sub.
Teams for Midweek Pennant – Tuesday December 7
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Balranald 1 at Tooleybuc – T.Armstrong, A.Smith, L.Fox, L.Nield; D.Adams, R.Holland, M.Button, K.Smith.
SWAN HILL
OUR popular Friday Frolic will be on this afternoon, with social drinks and snacks afterwards – everyone is welcome.
Our Christmas party is on Saturday December 18 with the function to start after bowls that afternoon – please put your name on the noticeboard sheet for catering purposes.
RACECOURSE
CONGRATULATIONS to Mikaela Evans on making the final of the Murray Valley State Singles, she will play Judy Wilson of Lake Boga on Sunday morning at Murray Downs.
The winners of Jackpot Bowls on Wednesday were Graeme Bennett, Kevin Vivian and Max Renney with two wins, while the runners-up were Glenn McIntosh and Phil Parry.
Our Christmas dinner will be held on Saturday December 11, please have your names on the board by Wednesday December 8.
Club events – Pairs and 100 up still have a lot of matches to play.
Please organise your matches and get them played as soon as possible.
Teams for Weekend Pennant – Saturday December 4
Division 1 – Team 1 v Swan Hill 1 at Swan Hill – N.Smith (manager), G.McIntosh, S.Domaile, K.Gardner; M.Snel, Nev Smith, D.Jonkers, M.Evans; M.Holyoak, DJ Weaver, T.Wiseman, G.Bennett.
Division 2 – Team 2 v Swan Hill 2 at Swan Hill – B.Bice, N.Roberts, A.Lindsay, J.Beard; R.Hayes, R.Halligan, A.Threadgold, R.Doran; D.McCarron (Manager), D.Poulton, J.Ford, P.Parry.Division 3 – Team 3 v Lake Boga 2 at Racecourse – G.Bailey, K.Vivian (manager), R.Rust, R.Jones; P.Snel, J.Wilcox, E.Russell, P.Hooper.
Division 3 – Team 4 v Murray Downs 3 at Racecourse – A.McKay, C.Power, L.Kingsbury, M.Renney; B.Horsburgh (manager), L.Taylor, L.Ryan, B.McIntosh.
Division 4 – Team 5 BYE.
Division 4 – Team 6 v Racecourse 7 at Racecourse (Away) – J.Conheady, T.O’Shannessy, I.Lawry, S.Looney; B.Warren (manager), I.Lockhart, K.Duthie, B.Mason.Division 4 – Team 7 v Racecourse 6 at Racecourse (Home) – R.Harrop (manager), K.Saville, N.Albert, P.Holland; G.Harwood, C.Smith, R.Browell, H.Frame.Duty Team – B.Horsburgh.
Teams for Midweek Pennant – Tuesday December 7
Division 1 – Team 1 v Swan Hill 1 at Swan Hill – R.Schack, N.Smith (manager), N.Roberts, M.Hooper; D.Doran, R.Hayes, T.Wiseman, K.Roberts.
Division 1 – Team 2 v Murray Downs 2 at Murray Downs – V.Lindsay, Nev Smith, R.Halligan, F.Devereux; C.Smith, (manager), J.Ford, H.Frame, G.Bennett.
Division 2 – Team 3 v Lake Boga 2 at Lake Boga – E.Renney, (manager). J.Wilcox, E.Lawry, C.Power; L.Loats, G.McIntosh, J.Threadgold, A.Threadgold.
LAKE BOGA
WEDNESDAY December 1 social bowls winners were Grant Davies, Ron Atkinson, Keith Anderson and Terry Haw.
Runners-Up were Richard Bruton, Ted Hyland and Alex Jobling.
Congratulations to our midweek team, with Division 2 having a good win over Manangatang and Division 1 losing by only one shot against Racecourse.
The great news is both teams are on top of the ladder.
Lake Boga held their Spring Classic on Sunday November 28 in perfect weather, with many thanks to all the helpers and players.
Winners on the haywire were Steve Usher, Calvin Walsh and Phil Cooper from Tongala, with Dallas Mathers, Rick Parr and Mark Southern from Cohuna finishing second and Andy Jeffs, Nic Jarman and Howard McClelland finishing third.
We will hold our Christmas party on December 18 at 6.30pm at the club rooms with a casserole tea – can everyone please bring a casserole along.
On duty Wednesday December 8 is Basil McDonald and the cleaning roster for Thursday December 9 is Nola and Richard Bruton, Robyn Jolly and Ray Leach.
Teams for Weekend Pennant – Saturday December 4
Division 1 – Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs at Lake Boga – Ray Wilson, Rod Wickham, Bones Smith, Judy Wilson; Ken Hamill, Ian Ross, Barrie Free, John McCormack; Peter Philp, Greg Clifford, Wayne Wright, Leo Swan.
Division 3 – Lake Boga 2 v Racecourse 3 at Racecourse – Les Barnes, Marie O’Meara, Johnno Flood, Gary Cowland; Noel Hender, Max Lord, Max Parsons, Ted Hyland.
Division 4 – Lake Boga 3 v Tooleybuc 2 at Lake Boga – Alex Jobling, Keith Anderson, Janet Hamill, Helen Jobling; Terry Haw, Les Grey, Grant Davies, Brian Fowles.
Division 4 – Lake Boga 4 v Murray Downs 5 at Lake Boga – Ray Leach, Nola Bruton, Jill Pye, Basil McDonald; David Condy, John Pye, Grant Davies, Ron Atkinson, Evelyn Mortimer.
Teams for Midweek Pennant – Tuesday December 7
Division 1 – Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 1 at Murray Downs – Ken Hamill, Helen Jobling, Max Lord, Lisa Critten; Les Barnes, Janet Hamill, Ray Wilson, Judy Wilson.
Division 2 – Lake Boga 2 v Racecourse 3 at Lake Boga – Evelyn Mortimer, Max Parsons, Greg Clifford, Kath Clifford; Bones Smith, Jill Pye, Noel Hender, Shirley Swan.
