MURRAY DOWNS
MURRAY Downs held its opening tournament last Sunday with 90 bowlers coming from Tooleybuc, Kerang, Nyah, Lake Boga, Swan Hill, Racecourse, Sea Lake and Cohuna to take part. Congratulations to winners Bruce McDonald, Rex Howard and Ada Kelly from Nyah and the runners-up Norm and Marg Smith and Shane Domaille from Racecourse.
The Murray Downs Classic two-bowls triples is being held on September 19 and 20.
If you haven’t already entered your team, please contact Brian Lehmann on 0427 902 201 or Garry McCaig on 0413 188 261.
Entries close Friday, September 15, with $5000 total prizemoney to be won.
A ladies’ tournament will be held at Murray Downs on Tuesday, September 26, starting at 10.30am, with the format being a three-bowl triples event.
Entries close on Monday, September 25 at 5pm, please contact Dawne Holland on 0402 020 996 or Carl Fox on 0429 855 260.
A reminder to all members that practice will be held every Friday afternoon, commencing at 4pm for those who can attend.
RACECOURSE
ON August 31, the club held a fundraising morning tea for Daffodil Day, with an excellent attendance of 103 enjoying a great morning tea provided by Any Occasion Katering.
Raffles, donations and entry fees raised a huge amount of $2440 for the local cancer group, which included $353 from Wrong Bias bowls throughout the year – many thanks to Keiran Foott for rattling the tin.
Jackpot bowls on August 30 was well attended, with 40 players participating.
The winners, with two wins and 29 shots up, were Arthur Threadgold and Ernie Russell, while the runners-up, with one win and 17 shots up, were Graeme Bennett, Kaye Roberts and Simon Blanthorn.
Forty-six players then participated on September 6, which was a very good result.
The winners, in a close competition, were Graeme Bennett, Clive Power and Marg Smith, with two wins and +11 shots, while the runners-up, with one win and +4 shots, were Jim Wilcox, Graeme Clark and Max Renney, with the jackpot not going off.
On Sunday, September 12, we have our skins triples tournament with 12 games of two ends and excellent prizemoney.
The club has a bowls practice match against Kerang on Sunday, September 17 and everyone is encouraged to put their name on the board to play, with a bus to leave the club at 11am, with $10 the cost for the bus.
On Wednesday, September 27, the club will present its Marraboor Pharmacy Mixed Fours, ladies must skip in this event.
The Muston Memorial Day will be held on Saturday, September 30 and is a fundraising day to commemorate Rob Muston, with all proceeds to go to the Cancer Foundation.
A barbecue lunch will be available, with a gold coin donation, with the day to start at 9.30am and be finished before the footy starts.
The annual general meeting of the Racecourse Bowls Club will be held on Tuesday, October 3 at 7pm.
It is an important meeting as we elect the board to run the club for the next 12 months.
We also have to decide on whether the club wants to go ahead with the synthetic bowling green on the B green.
All agenda items are to be given to Rob Hayes.
SWAN HILL
SWAN Hill bowlers were well represented at both Lake Boga and Murray Downs opening days last weekend, with Brian Richardson, Vic Plumridge and Lynda and Bill King taking out the win at Lake Boga.
Today is Friday Frolic for those who are prepared to challenge the cooler, windy conditions, with all welcome, but please make sure you arrive early for a 3pm start.
For those wishing to stay indoors by the heater, drinks (hot or cold) and raffles will be happening in the clubhouse.
The Swan Hill Bowls Clubs Bowling Arm Classic, two-bowl any combination triples is scheduled for Sunday, September 24, with one game of 10 ends before lunch and two games of 10 ends after lunch.
This is an honour board event, with an entry fee of $75 per team or $25 for a single entry, with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included.
There’s good prizemoney on offer for first, second and third, with money back for the highest winning score each game.
Entries close on Saturday, September 23 at 5pm, please contact Bill King on 0428 324 083 or the bowls club on 5032 1772, or alternatively put your name on the notice board in clubhouse.
Members are reminded to pay their membership fees prior to the commencement of the pennant season.
LAKE BOGA
WE had a very successful Parsons Bulk Haulage opening day last Saturday, many thanks to our sponsors and the 96 players who supported us.
Winners were Brian Richardson, Vic Plumridge and Bill and Lynda King, with second place being Neil and Kaye Roberts, Ron Wolfe and Rob Hayes and Lyndal Taylor, Bob McIntosh, Allan Lindsay and Graham Bennett, who finished third.
Resting touchers were Peter Philp, Ian Charles and Barb Goddard.
Jackpot bowls will be held this Saturday with a 12.30pm start, while our final jackpot day will be next Saturday, September 16, with a barbecue for all players from 11.30am.
Wednesday’s social bowls winners were Ian Ross and Les Grey, with Ken Hamill and Shirley Swan runners up, while Greg Clifford is on duty next Wednesday.
Our club has pennant practice days against Cohuna at Lake Boga on Saturday, September 23 and at Kerang Golf on Friday, September 29.
Please put your names on the notice board lists if you are available to play.
