MVPA
THE finals of the Murray Valley State Mixed Pairs will be played at Murray Downs on Sunday. In the morning’s semi-final, Mark Snel and Mikaela Evans will play against Buck Lehmann and Kylie Gardner. Waiting for them in the final will be Glenn McIntosh and Helen Frame. The final will commence at approximately 1.30pm.
The 60 & Over Regional Singles finals will also be played on Sunday. Representing Murray Valley in the women’s event will be Doreen Weaver and takes on players from Bowls Sunraysia, Northern District and Tyrrell. Norm Smith is the local hopeful in the men’s event, starting at 9.30am.
The last state event will be the State Fours, which will be played at Nyah on February 20. Entries close on Monday, February 14.
WEEKEND PENNANT – RESULTS
Division 1 – Murray Downs 1 12/81 def Lake Boga 1 0/49, Moulamein 1 10/78 def Nyah District 1 2/63, Racecourse 1 12/83 def Swan Hill 1 0/62.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 2 10/80 def Manangatang 1 2/72, Balranald Ex Services. 1 10/82 def Tooleybuc 1 2/60, Racecourse 2 10/79 def Swan Hill 2 2/67.
Division 3 – Murray Downs 4 10/55 def Swan Hill 3 0/37, Racecourse 3 8/48 def Lake Boga 2 2/36, Murray Downs 3 10/62 def Racecourse 4 0/43.
Division 4 – Racecourse 7 9/40 def Murray Downs 5 1/39, Manangatang 2 10/47 def Moulamein 2 0/28, Nyah District 2 8/43 def Tooleybuc 2 2/36, Racecourse 5 10/55 def Murray Downs 6 0/34, Lake Boga 4 8/48 def Lake Boga 3 2/38, Racecourse 6 – Bye.
WEEKEND PENNANT – FIXTURE – Saturday, February 5
Division 1 – Swan Hill 1 v Murray Downs 1 (Friday 5.30pm), Nyah District 1 v Racecourse 1, Moulamein 1 v Lake Boga 1.
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 v Racecourse 2, Balranald Ex Services 1 v Manangatang 1, Swan Hill 2 v Murray Downs 2.
Division 3 – Racecourse 3 v Murray Downs 3, Lake Boga 2 v Murray Downs 4, Racecourse 4 v Swan Hill 3.
Division 4 – Racecourse 5 v Racecourse 6, Lake Boga 4 v Racecourse 7, Tooleybuc 2 v Murray Downs 5, Moulamein 2 v Lake Boga 3, Nyah District 2 v Murray Downs 6, Manangatang 2 – Bye.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – RESULTS
Division 1 – Swan Hill 1 8/56 def Racecourse 1 0/35, Racecourse 2 6/46 def Murray Downs 2 2/38, Lake Boga 1 8/57 d Murray Downs 1 0/33.
Division 2 – Racecourse 3 8/58 def Manangatang 1 0/33, Lake Boga 2 8/59 def Nyah District 1 0/43, Murray Downs 4 8/61 def Murray Downs 3 0/34, Swan Hill 2 6/51 def Tooleybuc 1 2/39, Balranald Ex Services 1 6/54 def Murray Downs 5 2/46.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – FIXTURE – Tuesday, February 8
Division 1 – Murray Downs 2 v Lake Boga 1, Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 1, Murray Downs 1 v Racecourse 1.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 3 v Nyah District 1, Lake Boga 2 v Swan Hill 2, Murray Downs 4 v Racecourse 3, Manangatang 1 v Balranald Ex Service 1, Tooleybuc 1 v Murray Downs 5.
WEEKEND PENNANT – LADDERS
DIVISION 1
Murray Downs 1 110
Racecourse 1 70
Swan Hill 1 64
Moulamein 1 50
Nyah District 1 36
Lake Boga 1 30
DIVISION 2
Racecourse 2 90
Murray Downs 2 88
Balranald Ex Serv. 1 63
Manangatang 1 59
Swan Hill 2 32
Tooleybuc 1 28
DIVISION 3
Racecourse 3 68
Murray Downs 3 66
Murray Downs 4 55
Lake Boga 2 48
Racecourse 4 36
Swan Hill 3 27
DIVISION 4
Racecourse 5 88
Racecourse 7 75
Racecourse 6 73
Moulamein 2 71
Murray Downs 5 69
Lake Boga 3 50
Manangatang 2 49
Nyah District 2 40
Lake Boga 4 37
Murray Downs 6 25
Tooleybuc 2 23
MIDWEEK PENNANT – LADDERS
DIVISION 1
Lake Boga 1 60
Swan Hill 1 50
Murray Downs 1 38
Murray Downs 2 35
Racecourse 1 32
Racecourse 2 25
DIVISION 2
Racecourse 3 65
Lake Boga 2 53
Balranald Ex Serv 1 50
Nyah District 1 44
Murray Downs 3 42
Murray Downs 4 42
Tooleybuc 1 36
Murray Downs 5 28
Manangatang 1 22
Swan Hill 2 18
MURRAY DOWNS
SOCIAL bowls winners from last week were Garry McCaig and David Timmins.
Murray Downs will be holding a Mixed 2 Bowl Triples tournament on Thursday, February 10, 9.30am start. Entries to Dawne Holland on 0402 020 996 or Carl Fox on 0429 855 260 by 5pm Wednesday, February 9.
Division 1 Saturday Pennant will be played tonight at the Swan Hill Bowls Club between Murray Downs and Swan Hill, commencing at 5.30pm. A barbecue and drinks will be available, so come along and watch some terrific bowling.
Jack Attack commences Tuesday, February 15, under lights for 10 weeks. Choose your team or enter as single entry, teams or names to Garry McCaig on 0413 188 261.
WEEKEND PENNANT – TEAMS – Saturday, February 5
Side 1 – v Swan Hill at Swan Hill (Friday, 5.30pm) – 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 Swan Hill 2 at Swan Hill – Phil Mangano, Josie Boyd, Doug Fisher, Peter Furnell; Keith Burrage, Matt O’Bree, Neville Martin, Darryl Barry; Greg Robertson, Noel Delmenico, Harry Whitford, David Uebergang
Side 3 – v Racecourse 3 at Racecourse – Sharon Giddings, Dawn Deighton, Di Angus, Teresa Furnell; Connie Rovere, Noelene Weir, Bob Deighton, Bob Napier.
Side 4 – v Lake Boga 2 at Lake Boga – Lindsey Toomer, Bernadette Kelly, Di Scown, Carl Fox; Dave Timmins, Cecelia McCaig, Mal Kanizay, Las McPhee.
Side 5 – v Tooleybuc at Tooleybuc – Dawne Holland, Gavin Scown, John Templeton, Mac Angus; Cath Parry, Joe Sappupo, Rob Smith, Graeme Steel.
Side 6 – v Nyah District 2 at Nyah – David Carmichael, Geoff Seton-Stewart, Vicki O’Bree, Wayne Murray; Mary Johnson, Faye Merritt, Barb Butcher, Bev McCartney.
RACECOURSE
GOOD luck to Glenn McIntosh, Helen Frame, Mark Snel, Mikaela Evans and Kylie Gardner as they fight out the semi-final and final of the State Mixed Pairs this weekend at Murray Downs. Good luck also to Norm Smith in the 60 & Over Singles.
Some club events are getting very far behind – please organise your next match and play it as soon as possible.
Smiles Dentist Any Combo Triples will be played on Sunday with a 12.30pm start. Entries to Kevin Vivian on 0427 353 243.
After the final game of Saturday Pennant on February 12, all Racecourse bowlers are welcome to a free pizza night after the matches to celebrate a most enjoyable season’s play, after such a problematic start.
WEEKEND PENNANT – TEAMS – Saturday, February 5
Division 1 – Team 1 v Nyah District 1 at Nyah – N. Smith (manager), G. McIntosh, S. Domaile, K. Gardner; M. Snel, DJ Weaver, Nev Smith, M. Evans; M. Holyoak, R. Hayes, D. Jonkers, G. Bennett.
Division 2 – Team 2 v Tooleybuc 1 at Tooleybuc – B. Bice, N. Roberts, A. Lindsay, J. Beard; G. Walker, J. Ford, A. Threadgold, R. Doran; D. McCarron (Manager), T. Wiseman, D. Poulton, P. Parry.
Division 3 – Team 3 v Murray Downs 3 at Racecourse – G. Bailey, K. Vivian (manager), K. Duthie, R. Jones; R. Wolfe, J. Wilcox, E. Russell, P. Hooper.
Division 3 – Team 4 v Swan Hill 3 at Racecourse – C. Power, A. McKay (manager), L. Ryan, M. Renney; B. Horsburgh, G. Schack, L. Kingsbury, B. McIntosh.
Division 4 – Team 5 v Racecourse 6 at Racecourse – C. Smith (Manager), M. Hooper, L. Taylor, H. Frame; V. Lindsay, R. Schack, K. Bailey, K. Roberts.
Division 4 – Team 6 v Racecourse 5 at Racecourse – T. O’Shannessy, J. Conheady, I. Lawry, S. Looney; P. Snel (manager), I. Lockhart, P. Holland, B. Mason.
Division 4 – Team 7 v Lake Boga 4 at Lake Boga – D. Mitchell, K. Saville, N. Albert, K. Foott; G. Harwood, D. Doran (manager), R. Browell, L. Loats.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – TEAMS – Tuesday, February 8
Division 1 – Team 1 v Murray Downs 1 at Murray Downs – R. Schack, N. Smith (Manager), N. Roberts, M. Hooper; D. Doran, R. Hayes, T. Wiseman, K. Roberts.
Division 1 – Team 2 v Swan Hill 1 at Racecourse – C. Smith (Manager), J. Ford, G. Bennett, H. Frame; V. Lindsay, Nev Smith, F. Devereux, P. Hooper.
Division 2 – Team 3 v Murray Downs 4 at Murray Downs – E. Renney, K. Vivian, L. Lockhart, C. Power; L. Loats, G. McIntosh, E. Lawry, I. Lockhart.
TOOLEYBUC
DIVISION 2 travelled to our NSW neighbours Balranald last Saturday to play on a very heavy green following the downpour of rain from the previous day. Tricia Armstrong’s rink were the only winners and had a very close game, winning by 1 shot, however, this was not enough on the day, as Balranald ran out easy winners by 22 shots.
Division 4 played at Nyah, with Nyah winning by 7 shots overall. Ian Hickey’s team was the winning rink on the day, winning by 3 shots.
Midweek pennant was played on Tuesday at Swan Hill and, like last week, both rinks were close at the lunch break. T. Armstrong’s rink had a win by 2 shots, but Swan Hill came out stronger after lunch and with a one rink win each, Swan Hill won by 12 shots overall.
Next Tuesday, Tooleybuc will play Murray Downs 5 at Tooleybuc. As both Division 2 and 4 are playing at home on Saturday, we hope to see as many players as possible to stay for tea in the Club after the game.
WEEKEND PENNANT – TEAMS – Saturday, February 5
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Racecourse 2 at Tooleybuc – T. Armstrong, J. Armstrong, G. Murdoch, G. Maher; C. Jackson (m), M. King, L. Fox, M. Grace; A. Adams, R. Ward, K. Smith, B. Smith.
Division 4 – Tooleybuc 2 vs Murray Downs 5 at Tooleybuc – I. Hickey, W. Hazlett, B. Beckwith, D. Holmes; B. Nield, P. Jager (m), T. Tobias, M. Button.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – TEAMS – Tuesday, February 8
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 vs Murray Downs 5 at Tooleybuc – T. Armstrong, R. Ward, L. Fox, M. Grace; D. Adams, R. Holland, M. Button, K. Smith (m).
LAKE BOGA
WINNERS of Wednesday social bowls were John Pye, Bones Smith and Robyn Jolley – runners-up were Ken Hamill, Ray Leach, Rod Dewhurst and Lyn Maher. On duty next week is Alec Jobling.
Novice bowls night winners, before the storm and losing power, were Courtney’s Mob.
Our end of pennant home and away social night is next Saturday, February 12. Please put your name on the list at the clubhouse if you would like to come along. The entertainment for the night will be Jeannette Young.
WEEKEND PENNANT – TEAMS – Saturday, February 5
Division 1 v Moulamein at Moulamein – Ray Wilson, Judy Wilson, Ian Ross, Leo Swan; Ken Hamill, Wayne Wright, Barrie Free, John McCormack; Rod Wickham, David Condy, Anthony Shields, Peter Philp.
Division 3 v Murray Downs 4 at Lake Boga – Greg Clifford, Marie O’Meara, Max Parsons, Ron Smith; Noel Hender, Max Lord, Terry Haw, Les Barnes.
Division 4 Team 3 v Moulamein at Moulamein – Alec Jobling, Keith Anderson, Janet Hamill, Basil McDonald; Gary Cowland, Ron Atkinson, Grant Davies, Helen Jobling.
Division 4 Team 4 v Racecourse 7 at Lake Boga – John Pye, Les Gray, Robyn Jolley, Jean Leach; Ray Leach, Nola Bruton, Jill Pye, Richard Bruton.
MIDWEEK PENNANT – TEAMS – Tuesday, February 8.
Division 1 v Murray Downs 2 at Murray Downs – Lisa Critten, Max Lord, Marie O’Meara, Ken Hamill; Judy Wilson, Ray Wilson, Janet Hamill, Ron Smith.
Division 2 v Swan Hill 2 at Lake Boga – Shirley Swan, Noel Hender, Mary Lynas, Terry Haw; Kathy Clifford, Ian Ross, Jill Pye, Helen Jobling.
