MURRAY DOWNS
A big congratulations to Murray Downs’ Josh Thornton, who finished equal second in the Para Pairs with Greg Toy in Perth, and finished runner-up in the grand final of the Para Singles.
Congratulations Josh, a huge effort.
Our men’s team, consisting of Josh Thornton, Buck Lehmann, John Caldwell and Garry McCaig will play in the State Fours in Perth next Thursday, October 19.
Good luck to you all on a fantastic achievement.
Social bowls last week was well attended, with the winning team being Ken O’Bree, Lindsay Toomer and Connie Rovere, while the runners up were Doug Fisher, Noel Delmenico and David Timmins.
The jackpot was won by Neville Martin, well done to all winners.
Last Saturday saw mixed results, with two teams winning and two teams going down by narrow margins, while our Tuesday pennant teams were successful, with three teams winning.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, October 14 teams
Division 1 – Murray Downs 1 v Nyah District 1, Home – C.Power, K.O’Bree, M.O’Bree, B.Lehmann; C.Rovere, D.Alderuccio, G.McCaig, K.Rowe; M.Tempini, J.Cox, P.Brook, J.Caldwell.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 2 v Swan Hill 2, Away – D.Caldwell, C.McCaig, G.Whitla, R.Wilson; D.Timmins, N.Martin, D.Fisher, D.Uebergang; K.Power, G.Robertson, D.Barry. H.Whitford.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 3 v Balranald 1, Home – M.Johnson, N.Weir, D.Angus, T.Furnell; J.Boyd, N.Delmenico, P.Furnell, N.Brown; A.Bookham, D.Holland, J.Wilson, D.Scown.
Division 3 – Murray Downs 4 v Lake Boga 2, 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 v Lake Boga 4, Home.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, October 17 teams
Division 1 – Murray Downs 1 v Murray Downs 2, Away – C.Rovere, K.O’Bree, M.O’Bree, L.Critten; D.Griffen, D.Holland, R.Wilson, J.Wilson.
Division 1 – Murray Downs 2 v Murray Downs 1, Home – P.Furnell, N.Weir, D.Fisher, T.Furnell; J.Alderuccio, D.Deighton, H.Whitford, C.McCaig.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 3 v Racecourse 3, Away – B.McCartney, M.Angus, D.Barry, D.Angus; D.Timmins, C.Parry, G.Whitla, D.Scown.
Division 2 – Murray Downs 4 v Nyah District 1, Away – P.Martin, N.Martin, M.Martin, B.Butcher; V.O’Bree, N.Delmenico, B.Napier, M.Johnson.
RACECOURSE
Jackpot bowls on Wednesday was won by Peter Loughran and Phil Parry, with two wins and +19 shots, while coming in second, with one win and +11 shots, was John Ford, Allan Lindsay and Michael Grace.
Entry sheets for the men’s club singles and men’s pairs is now on the board. If you intend playing, please put your name up.
Good luck to our teams playing in the mixed pairs this Sunday.
Congratulations to Bryan Bice, Faye Devereux, Mary Hooper and Peter Hooper for their efforts in reaching the final of the Murray Valley Over 60 Mixed Fours, where they will play a Murray Downs combination in the final.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, October 14 teams
Division 1 – Racecourse 1 v Swan Hill 1, Away – Neville Smith, S.Domaille, D.Jonkers, K.Roberts; M.Holyoak, R.Hayes, DJ Weaver, G.Bennett; Norm Smith, G.McIntosh, K.Gardner, R.Wolfe.
Division 2 – Racecourse 2 v Manangatang 1, Home (Thursday night) – B.Bice, N.Roberts, A.Lindsay, T.Evans; R.Doran, G.Bailey, I.Lockhart, J.Ford; P.Loughran, B.Horsburgh, K.Vivian, J.Wilcox.
Division 3 – Racecourse 3 v Racecourse 4, Away – C.Power, G.Schack, P.Scott, R.Jones; R.Rust, D.Poulton, E.Renney, P.Parry; E.Russell, H.Vander Veen, G.Maher, P.Hooper.
Division 3 – Racecourse 4 v Racecourse 3, Home – C.Smith, M.Hooper, H.Frame, B.Mason; V.Lindsay, F.Devereux, E.Lawry, I.Lawry; R.Schack, D.Doran, B.McIntosh, L.Loats.
Division 4 – Racecourse 5 v Manangatang 2, Home (Thursday night) – A.Taylor, K.Duthie, B.Warren, N.McKay; L.Taylor, R.Harrop, K.Saville, K.Foott.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, October 17 teams
Division 1 – Racecourse 1 v Swan Hill 1, Away – C.Smith (Manager), G.Bennett, DJ Weaver, H.Frame; V.Lindsay, Neville Smith, G.McIntosh, F.Devereux.
Division 1 – Racecourse 2 v Lake Boga 1, Home – D.Doran, R.Hayes, T.Wiseman, K.Roberts; R.Schack, Norm Smith (Manager), N.Roberts, M.Hooper.
Division 2 – Racecourse 3 v Murray Downs 3, Home – L.Loats (Manager), K.Vivian, K.Bailey, C.Power; E.Lawry, P.Loughran, I.Lockhart, M.Smith.
Division 2 – Racecourse 4 v Tooleybuc 1, Home – A.Taylor, R.Doran, L.Renney, T.Evans; L.Taylor, R.Rust, N.McKay, J.Wilcox.
SWAN HILL
Friday the 13th, could be lucky for anyone attending Friday Frolic at the Swan Hill Bowls Club – forget the superstitions!
Everyone who participates on Friday afternoons has a chance of being lucky, whether it be winning bowls, cracking the jackpot or winning one of Mick’s many raffle prizes, with all most welcome to join in.
Those wishing to play bowls need to enter before 2.30pm for a 3pm start.
All bowls winners get a prize, with clubhouse activities also open to non-bowlers.
The jackpot went off again last Friday, with the lucky team being, J.Thompson, H.Smith and S.Thompsett.
Last Saturday, our weekend pennant season began in near perfect weather conditions.
Swan Hill Division 1 started the season off well, with an overall win against Lake Boga, even though two rinks had minimal losses. G.Scandalora’s rink had a good win and covered the losses. Saturday, Swan Hill plays Racecourse, who are coming off a win against Murray Downs.
Division 2 were defeated by Murray Downs 3, with A.Marshman and M.Balchin’s rinks winning, but were unable to cover A.Smith’s team, who were outscored by D.Scown’s rink.
This Saturday, Swan Hill 2 plays Murray Downs 2, which will be a challenge, with both Division 1 and 2 playing at home.
Our Division 4 team received a forfeit from Nyah District, with the players taking advantage of the time to practice, one rink against the other.
This week, Division 4 have the bye and those that can are encouraged to practice for the following Saturday.
Midweek pennant began on Tuesday, also in great weather conditions, with Swan Hill 1 going down to Racecourse 2 on both rinks.
Next Tuesday will see Swan Hill 1 take on Racecourse 1 at home.
Division 2 travelled to Tooleybuc and made the trip worthwhile, coming home victorious by 20 shots. M.Lay, F.Burge, G.Coulter and D.McBeath were the stars of the day, with team 2 playing Manangatang at home on Tuesday.
Finally, congratulations to Swan Hill Bowls member Kessada Smith on receiving her Australian citizenship at a Swan Hill Rural City Council ceremony on Tuesday.
LAKE BOGA
Last Saturday marked the start of the pennant bowls season, with mixed results in all divisions.
Division 1 played at Swan Hill and saw both Ken Hamill’s and Peter Phelps rinks win, with close games all day, but unfortunately Danny Kelly’s rink lost by a margin that saw us with not enough points to win the day.
Division 3 played Racecourse and again had a two-rink win and having enough points to win the match. Both Peter Snell and David Condy’s rinks won and Terry Haw’s team narrowly lost.
Division 4 also had an overall win, with Robin Jolly’s rink claiming the win, earning enough points to carry Alex Jobling’s team, who again lost by a small margin.
Midweek pennant Division 1 was unsuccessful against the strong Murray Downs team, but in Division 2 against Nyah District we had a win, after Jill Pye’s rink won with enough points to cover for the three-shot loss of Shirley Swan’s rink.
Social bowls saw 26 play players compete in perfect conditions, with Helen Jobling, Richard Bruton, Barry Free and Bones Smith the winners with plus 7, while Marie O’Meara, Ron Atkinson, Ian Ross and Leigh Kingsbury finished as runners up with plus 3.
Reminder to club members that our next meeting is on Tuesday, October 16 at 7.30 pm.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, October 14 teams
Division 1 – Lake Boga 1 v Moulamein 1, Home – D.Kelly, A.Shields, G.Cowland G.Clifford; K.Hamill, I.Ross, G.Davies, J.McCormack; T.Haw, L.Swan, R.Atkinson, H.Jobling.
Division 3 – Lake Boga 2 v Murray Downs 4, Home – D.Condy, K.Anderson, K.Kendall, B.McDonald; P.Snell, M.Lord, M.Parsons, S.Meehan; M.O’Meara, J.Hamill, R.Dewhurst, N.Hender.
Division 4 – Lake Boga 3 v Nyah District 2, Home – A.Jobling, L.Kinsbury, L.Dewhurst, B.Davies; R.Jolley, L.Grey, R.Leach, J.Robertson.
Emergencies – Shirley, Brian, Jeanie and Amber.
Unfortunately, we had to forfeit our other Division 4 team again this week because of the lack of team members.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, October 17 teams
Division 1 – Lake Boga 1 v Racecourse 2, Away – J.Hamill, K.Hamill, S.Meehan, J.McCormack; M.O’Meara, D.Condy, I.Ross, H.Jobling.
Division 2 – Lake Boga 2 v Balranald Ex. Serv., Away – J.Leach, P.Snell, R.Leach, J.Robertson; S.Swan, R.Atkinson, N.Heder, L.Dewhurst.
Emergencies – K.Kendall, A.Moynahan
TOOLEYBUC
The first round of Saturday pennant got underway last weekend and despite all rinks trying their hardest, the results were not what we had hoped for.
Murray Downs 4 travelled to Tooleybuc and proved to be a strong side, winning convincingly 114 to 34 shots.
This week, Tooleybuc will travel to Moulamein, so let’s hope for a much-improved effort.
Midweek pennant was played on Tuesday, again at Tooleybuc, against Swan Hill 2, with Tooleybuc’s winning rink on the day being P.Gardner’s team.
However, Swan Hill were too strong on the other rink, winning 64 shots to 44.
Tooleybuc will play Racecourse 4 at Racecourse this Tuesday.
Weekend Pennant – Saturday, October 14 teams
Division 3 – Tooleybuc 1 v Moulamein 2, Away – A.Adams, R.Holland, B.Smith, Z.Oliver; J.Armstrong, T.Armstrong, M.Grace, R.Johnston; P.Gardner, D.Adams, E.Borchard, I.Hickey.
Midweek Pennant – Tuesday, October 17 teams
Division 2 – Tooleybuc 1 v Racecourse 4, Away – P.Gardner, R.Holland, B.Beckwith, G.Molloy; D.Adams, E.Borchard, M.Grace, M.Button.
MVPA
The sections for the Murray Valley Over 60 Mixed Fours were played last Sunday at Racecourse Bowls Club.
Bryan Bice, Faye Devereux, Mary Hooper and Peter Hooper (Racecourse) won Section 1 and will play Murray Downs’ Buck Lehmann, Matt O’Bree, Cecilia McCaig and Josie Boyd, on a date to be fixed.
State Mixed Pairs will play their sectional matches at Racecourse Bowls Club, starting at 9.30am on Sunday.
Section 1 – S.Domaille/K.Gardner v J.Wilson/R.Wilson. A.Adams/D.Adams v M.Evans/K.Evans.
Section 2 – N.Smith/A.Taylor v G.McIntosh/L.Taylor. J.Armstrong/T.Armstrong – Bye.
Section 3 – M.Stephens/D.Weaver v R.Wolfe/H.Frame. K.Rowe/N.Weir – Bye.
Rounds 2 and 3 will be played after lunch, BYO lunch, please.
Entries for the State Singles will close on Monday, October 23, with matches to be played at Murray Downs on Sunday, October 29.
Saturday Pennant – Round 1 Results – Saturday, October 7
Division 1 – Swan Hill 1 8/87 def. Lake Boga 1 4/65, Racecourse 1 8/74 def. Murray Downs 1 4/70, Moulamein 1 8/68 def. Nyah District 1 4/59.
Division 2 – Balranald Ex. Serv. 1 9/73 def. Manangatang 1 3/62, Racecourse 2 10/79 def. Murray Downs 2 2/74, Murray Downs 3 8/74 def. Swan Hill 2 4/62.
Division 3 – Racecourse 4 8/68 def. Lake Boga 2 4/65, Racecourse 3 12/92 def. Moulamein 2 0/52, Murray Downs 4 12/114 def. Tooleybuc 1 0/34.
Division 4 – Manangatang 2 def. Lake Boga 4 (forfeit), Lake Boga 3 8/42 def. Racecourse 5 2/34, Swan Hill 3 def. Nyah District (forfeit), Murray Downs 5 – Bye.
Saturday Pennant – Round 2 Results – Saturday, October 14
Division 1 – Lake Boga 1 v Moulamein 1, Swan Hill 1 v Racecourse 1, Murray Downs 1 v Nyah District 1.
Division 2 – Swan Hill 2 v Murray Downs 2, Murray Downs 3 v Balranald Ex. Serv. 1, Racecourse 2 v Manangatang 1 (Thursday night).
Division 3 – Lake Boga 2 v Murray Downs 4, Racecourse 4 v Racecourse 3, Moulamein 2 v Tooleybuc 1.
Division 4 – Lake Boga 3 v Nyah District 2, Murray Downs 5 v Lake Boga 4, Racecourse 5 v Manangatang 2 (Thursday night), Swan Hill 3 – Bye.
Midweek Pennant – Round 1 Results – Tuesday, October 10
Division 1 – Racecourse 2 10/55 def. Swan Hill 1 0/37, Murray Downs 2 8/46 def. Racecourse 1 2/43, Murray Downs 1 10/60 def. Lake Boga 1 0/28.
Division 2 – Racecourse 4 8/50 def. Balranald Ex. Serv. 1 2/49, Murray Downs 4 10/63 def. Murray Downs 3 0/36, Lake Boga 2 8/40 def. Nyah District 1 2/36, Racecourse 3 10/64 def. Manangatang 1 0/40, Swan Hill 2 8/64 def. Tooleybuc 1 2/44.
Midweek Pennant – Round 2 Fixture – Tuesday, October 17
Division 1 – Murray Downs 2 v Murray Downs 1, Racecourse 2 v Lake Boga 1, Swan Hill 1 v Racecourse 1.
Division 2 – Racecourse 3 v Murray Downs 3, Swan Hill 2 v Manangatang 1, Nyah District 1 v Murray Downs 4, Balranald 1 v Lake Boga 2, Racecourse 4 v Tooleybuc 1.
