RACECOURSE
ON Friday, May 24, we held our election for our selectors and our match committee ahead of the upcoming pennant season.
The following are our selectors: Shane Domaille, Fay Devereux, Peter Loughran and Norm Smith. The match committee will be comprised of Kevin Vivian, Graeme Bennett, Glenn McIntosh and Helen Frame.
We also have a committee of four looking at trying to get a grant for a synthetic green, which also includes a roof over it, with the aim of the club to support the bowlers of the district and enable them to play bowls in the heat of our summers.
On Sunday, May 26, we held our first Tasco Triples with very good numbers turning out in perfect weather conditions.
The highlight for the day was the six gentlemen we had playing who were all over 90 years of age.
The winners for the day were Bruce Horsburgh, Mary Hooper and Rod Wardle with three wins and 78 points, while the runners-up, with three wins and 77 points, were Peter Furnell, Teresa Furnell and Connie Rovere (Murray Downs), with Ian Lockhart, Helen Frame and John Beard finishing third with two wins and a draw.
Jackpot bowls on Wednesday, May 22 was won by Bruce MacDonald, Bob McIntosh and Rod Wardle with two wins and +24 shots, while the runners-up, with one win and +22 shots, were Bryan Bice and Clark Jenkins.
On Wednesday, May 29, the winners of jackpot bowls were Glenn McIntosh, Peter Scott and Noel Delmenico (Murray Downs) with two wins and +16 shots, while Darryl Barry (Murray Downs), Roy Jones and Jim Wilcox were the runners-up with one win and +6 shots.
Social bowls on Sunday will start at 12.30pm and this Friday night we have Sharon’s tea, which follows our double members’ draw and raffles.
SWAN HILL
TIME to crack the jackpot, which has slowly but steadily crept up to $161, with all who participate in Friday Frolic this Friday in with a chance to win.
You only need to enter the bowls by 2.30pm and be there ready to play at 3pm and as well as having a chance to win the jackpot, all winners on the day receive a small prize.
Everyone is welcome, including visitors, new and regular bowlers, with plenty happening in the clubhouse after the game, so come along for a social afternoon.
On the second Friday of each month there will be a change of pace, commencing on Friday, June 14 and starting at 2pm, with entries closing at 1pm, an any-combination two-bowl triples event, with two games of 10 ends, will be held.
You may enter your own team or make a single entry, with casual dress and all bowlers and visitors most welcome.
Entry fee is $10 per player, with winners to receive $40 each and runners-up $20 each.
After the game there will be happy hour drinks, plus tea or coffee and hot snacks and Mick’s Friday night raffles.
Please phone Mick Balchin on 0428 553 913, Graeme Clark on 0417 409 703 or Bill King on 0428324083.
This is only for each second Friday, with all other Friday’s reverting to our Friday Frolic as usual.
The Swan Hill Bowls Club’s annual meeting is on next Thursday, June 6 at 2pm at the Swan Hill Bowls Club.
Members please make the effort to be there, as your attendance and input is important.
It was omitted last week that Swan Hill Bowls Club had another prize winner at Lake Boga’s President’s Day event on Saturday, May 18, with Swan Hill’s Brian Quaife teaming up with Racecourse bowlers G.McIntosh and Graeme Bennett to claim third prize.
LAKE BOGA
FORTY players competed for the pelican jackpot bowls last Saturday, which stood at $363.
While the jackpot failed to be claimed, Ian Ross’s team of Somme Pascoe and Max Parsons won the day, with two wins and a score of plus 17, while Brian Quaife’s team consisting of Connie Rovere and Barbara Davies, lost their first game and won their last, with the highest margin that saw them finish with a score of plus 13.
The jackpot this Saturday will be $429, with names needed to be in by noon for a 12.30pm start.
Social bowls this week was won by new member John Walker and Danny Kelly, with two wins and a score of plus 20.
Mick Tempini, Sally Meehan and Les Grey finished as runners-up with two wins also, but with a total of plus 13.
An invitation is extended to all bowlers wishing to join us for social bowls on Wednesday, with names needed to be in by 12.30pm for a 1pm start.
