MURRAY DOWNS
SOCIAL bowls was enjoyed by 28 bowlers last Thursday. Congratulations to the winners Peter Brook, Geoff Seton-Stewart and Bev McCartney and runners-up Danny Kelly, Ceil McCaig and Jesse Cox.
The lucky number was not won, so it will jackpot until next week.
The Murray Downs v Barham bowling challenge was held last Sunday in perfect conditions. Murray Downs won, our third in a row.
Congratulations and well done to all our players who competed. The team of David Uebergang, Doug Fisher, Ceil McCaig and David Timmins had the highest score.
Thank you to the selection committee, the social committee, bar committee and Chris Power for organising the raffles, which were kindly donated by our sponsors.
A big thank you also to our greenkeeper Graeme, who makes our greens so enjoyable to play on.
The Saturday pennant season begins on Saturday, with the midweek pennant season beginning on Tuesday.
Good luck to all teams and hopefully we have another successful season of bowls to look forward to.
Weekend pennant – Saturday, October 7 teams
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Racecourse 1, away – C.Power, K.O’Bree, M.O’Bree, B.Lehmann; G.McCaig, D.Alderuccio, L.Critten, K.Rowe; M.Tempini, M.Hollingsworth, P.Brook, J.Caldwell.
Division 2: Murray Downs 2 v Racecourse 2, home – D.Caldwell, P.Mangano, G.Whitla, R.Wilson; D.Timmins, N.Martin, C.McCaig, D.Uebergang; K.Power, G.Robertson, D.Barry. H.Whitford.
Division 2: Murray Downs 3 v Swan Hill 2, away – C.Rovere, N.Weir, D.Angus, D.Scown; J.Boyd, N.Delmenico, D.Deighton, N.Brown; J.Wilson, D.Holland, B.Napier, R.Halligan.
Division 3: Murray Downs 4 v Tooleybuc 1, away – M.Brown, V.O’Bree, M.Martin, C.Fox; B.McCombe, C.Parry, M.Angus, K.Burrage; B.Butcher, L.Toomer, B.Deighton, R.Smith.
Division 4: Murray Downs 5 – bye.
Midweek pennant – Tuesday, October 10 teams
Division 1: Murray Downs 1 v Lake Boga 1, away – J.Boyd, P.Brook, M.O’Bree, L.Critten; G.McCaig, D.Holland, R.Wilson, J.Wilson.
Division 1: Murray Downs 2 v Racecourse 1, away – P.Furnell, N.Weir, D.Fisher, T.Furnell; J.Alderuccio, D.Deighton, H.whitford, C.McCaig.
Division 2: Murray Downs 3 v Murray Downs 4, away – B.McCartney, M.Angus, D.Barry, D.Angus; C.Rovevre, C.Parry, R.Halligan, D.Scown.
Division 2: Murray Downs 4 v Murray Downs 3, home – B.Butcher, N.Martin, D.Griffin, P.Martin; V.O’Bree, B.Napier, K.O’Bree, M.Johnson.
RACECOURSE
WEDNESDAY night social bowls will start on October 18 at 7pm. Teams or single entries both welcome, please contact Kylie Gardner on 0428 324 042 to enter.
The Saturday pennant season begins on Saturday and Racecourse Bowls Club has put an extra team in the midweek pennant Division 2 competition to cut out the bye.
Weekend pennant – Saturday, October 7 teams
Division 1: Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 1, home – G.McKissack, Neville Smith, D.Jonkers, R.Doran; M.Holyoak, R.Hayes, DJ Weaver, G.Bennett; Norm Smith (Manager), G.McIntosh, S.Domaille, K.Gardner.
Division 2: Racecourse 2 v Murray Downs 2, away – B.Bice, N.Roberts, A.Lindsay, J.Beard; T.Wiseman, G.Bailey, T.Evans, J.Ford; P.Loughran, B.Horsburgh (Manager), K.Vivian, J.Wilcox.
Division 3: Racecourse 3 v Moulamein 2, home – C.Power, G.Schack, H.Vander Veen, R.Jones; R.Rust (Manager), L.Taylor, D.Poulton, M.Renney; I.Lockhart, P.Scott, P.Parry, P.Hooper.
Division 3: Racecourse 4 v Lake Boga 2, home – C.Smith (Manager), M.Hooper, H.Frame, B.Mason; V.Lindsay, F.Devereux, M.Smith, I.Lawry; R.Schack, D.Doran, A.Taylor, K.Roberts.
Division 4: Racecourse 5 v Lake Boga 3, home – B.McIntosh, K.Duthie, B.Warren, N.McKay (Manager); G.Harwood, R.Harrop, K.Saville, K.Foott.
Midweek pennant – Tuesday, October 10 teams
Division 1: Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 2, home – C.Smith (Manager), J.Ford, G.Bennett, H.Frame; V.Lindsay, Neville Smith, G.McIntosh, F.Devereux.
Division 1: Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 1, home – D.Doran, R.Hayes, T.Wiseman, K.Roberts; R.Schack, Norm Smith (Manager), N.Roberts, M.Hooper.
Division 2: Racecourse 3 v Manangatang 1, away – L.Loats (Manager), K.Vivian, J.Threadgold, C.Power; E.Lawry, P.Loughran, I.Lockhart, M.Smith.
Division 2: Racecourse 4 v Balranald 1, home – A.Taylor, R.Doran, L.Renney, P.Hooper; L.Taylor, R.Rust, N.McKay, T.Evans.
SWAN HILL
SATURDAY pennant starts on Saturday afternoon and Swan Hill bowlers are anxious to get into the action, along with the other eight clubs in the Murray Valley competition.
Our Division 1 team will come up against Lake Boga and are expecting some strong competition, with our Division 2 team facing off against the competitive Murray Downs 3 side, and the Swan Hill Division 4 team playing Nyah District.
With all three Swan Hill teams playing at home, the greens are in top condition, with the rain this week being an added bonus.
Spectators are most welcome to come and observe, have a look and if you like what you see, consider giving bowls a try, with a sausage sizzle to follow, with all welcome to stay.
Good luck to all the bowlers, and may you have an enjoyable 2023-24 season.
Midweek pennant will commence this Tuesday, with our Division 1 team playing Racecourse at Racecourse, which always proves to be a highly contested match.
Our Division 2 side will travel to Tooleybuc, for what should also be a challenging game, with all players reminded to check the notice board to see where you are playing.
We welcome all new and intending bowlers to come along and join in the friendly atmosphere at our Friday Frolic social afternoon today, starting at 3.00pm, with entries to be in by 2.30pm prior to the start of play.
Our regular bowlers will be keen to have some practice in readiness for pennant on Saturday, and with happy hour drinks, light snacks and Mick’s raffle prizes, there’s plenty of fun in the clubhouse after the game.
LAKE BOGA
KERANG Golf played host to our second practice match in the lead-up to our district pennant season, which starts on Saturday.
As 64 players competed in the event, Kerang proved too good, coming away overall winners with plus 55.
Lake Boga’s team of Ian Ross, Ray Leach, Sally Meehan and Jenny Robertson had the biggest winning margin for Lake Boga of plus five, while the Kerang team of A.Hird, M.Orr, A.Charles and H.McClelland had the biggest winning margin for Kerang of plus 21.
Thanks to Kerang for their hospitality, we look forward to winning the shield back next year, which Kerang have held for the past two years.
There was no social bowls this week because of the rain.
Weekend pennant – Saturday, October 7 teams
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 v Swan Hill 1, away – K.Hamill, I.Ross, G.Davies, J.McCormack; D.Kelly, G.Clifford, A.Shields, Bones Smith; P.Philp, L.Swan, R.Atkinson, H.Jobling.
Division 3: Lake Boga 2 v Racecourse 4, away – T.Haw, R.Leach, J.Hamill, N.Hender; P.Snell, M.Lord, M.Parsons, S.Meehan; D.Condy, K.Anderson, K.Kendall, B.McDonald.
Division 4: Lake Boga 3 v Racecourse 5, away – R.Jolley, J.Pye, B.Davies, J.Robertson; A.Jobling, Brian Fowneses, Grey, J.Leach.
Unfortunately, our division 4, team 4 has had to forfeit to Manangatang 5.
Emergencies – Jill Pye and Kathy Clifford
Midweek pennant – Tuesday, October 10 teams
Division 1: Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 1, home – J.Hamil, K.Hamill, S.Meehan, J.Leach; R.Jolley, I.Ross, D.Condy, H.Jobling.
Division 2: Lake Boga 2 v Nyah District 1, home – S.Swan, R.Atkinson, N.Hender, J.Pye; K.Clifford, P.Snell, R.Leach, J.Robertson.
Emergencies – Barbara Davies and Max Parsons
TOOLEYBUC
WELCOME back to all bowlers for the 2023-24 pennant season, with the first round of Saturday pennant getting under way on Saturday and the midweek pennant season starting this Tuesday, with both games to be held at Tooleybuc.
All players wanting to play this season are encouraged to come along to practice.
Some of our members have been participating in bowls events in recent weeks, including a practice match which was played at Euston recently.
The best performing rink for the day was Pauline Gardner, Zack Oliver, Marg Button and Geraldine Molloy with two wins.
Congratulations also to Ross Holland, Tricia Armstrong, Pauline Gardner and John Armstrong on their win last Sunday at the Balranald Ex-Services Bowling Club’s NSW v Victoria test match, with our team ending up as the best NSW team for the day.
Weekend pennant – Saturday, October 7 teams
Division 3: Tooleybuc 1 v Murray Downs 4, home – A.Adams, Z.Oliver, S.Konjele, T.Tobias; R.Holland, T.Armstrong, M.Grace, W.Hazlett; P.Gardner, E.Borchard, B.Nield, R.Johnston.
Midweek pennant – Tuesday, October 10 teams
Division 2: Tooleybuc 1 v Swan Hill 2, home – T.Armstrong, E.Borchard, M.Grace, M.Button; P.Gardner, R.Holland, L.Nield, D.Adams.
MVPA
Saturday pennant – round 1 fixture – Saturday, October 7
Division 1: Swan Hill 1 v Lake Boga 1, Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 1, Nyah District 1 v Moulamein.
Division 2: Murray Downs 2 v Racecourse 2, Manangatang 1 v Balranald Ex. Services 1, Swan Hill 2 v Murray Downs 3.
Division 3: Racecourse 3 v Moulamein 2, Racecourse 4 v Lake Boga 2, Tooleybuc 1 v Murray Downs 4.
Division 4: Manangatang 2 v Lake Boga 4, Racecourse 5 v Lake Boga 3, Swan Hill 3 v Nyah District 2, Murray Downs 5 BYE.
Midweek pennant – round 1 fixture – Tuesday, October 10
Division 1: Racecourse 2 v Swan Hill 1, Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 2, Lake Boga 1 v Murray Downs 1.
Division 2: Murray Downs 4 v Murray Downs 3, Racecourse 4 v Balranald Ex. Services 1, Lake Boga 2 v Nyah District 1, Manangatang 1 v Racecourse 3, Tooleybuc 1 v Swan Hill 2.
Murray Valley 60 & Over mixed fours – Sunday, October 8 at Racecourse Bowls Club
Section 1 fixture: 9.30am start, Round 1 – Bryan Bice’s team v Richard Doran’s team, Kevin Rowe’s team – bye.
Section 2 fixture: 9.30am start, Round 1 – Neville Smith’s team v Norm Smith’s team, Buck Lehmann’s team – bye.
Section 1 fixture: 12.30pm start, Round 2 – Bice v Rowe, Doran – bye.
Section 2 fixture: 12.30pm start, Round 2 – Neville Smith v Lehmann, Norm Smith – bye.
Section 1 fixture: 2.30pm start, Round 3 – Doran v Rowe, Bice – bye.
Section 2 fixture: 2.30pm start, Round 3 – Norm Smith v Lehmann, Neville Smith – bye.
MVPA State Mixed Pairs will be played on Sunday, October 15, with entries closing on Monday, October 9.
