MURRAY DOWNS
AT social bowls last week there were two, two game winners, with congratulations going to Neil Brown, Elaine Lawry and Graham Borchard, who came out on top.
The jackpot was also won by Neil, who had a great day out.
Members rostered for duty on Thursday, February 13, are Garry McCaig and Dave Griffin.
The Murray Downs president’s day tournament is being held this Sunday, February 9, and is sponsored by Graham Wealth and is an any combination, three bowl triples event that begins at 9.30am, with three games of 10 ends to be played.
There are great raffle prizes to be won, with prize money of $600 also on offer.
Entry via phone to Dawne on 0402 020 996 or Carl on 0429 855 260 by 5pm on Friday.
Barefoot bowls begins next Tuesday, February 11, and if you haven’t already entered, please contact Shorty on 0413 188 261.
Midweek pennant finals begin on Tuesday also, with both our Division 1 teams playing and one Division 2 team playing finals, with all matches to be played at the Swan Hill Bowls Club, so come along and witness some great bowling and support our teams.
The weekend pennant season has one more round to be played this Saturday before finals begin on the following Saturday.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, February 8 – Round 14
Northern Valley Premier League
Team 1 v Kerang Golf 1 at Murray Downs – R. Halligan, D. Griffin, G. McCaig, J. Caldwell; C. Power, M. Hollingsworth, M. Parry, B. Lehmann; D. Caldwell, R. Howard, K. Rowe, J. Thornton.
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1 – Team 2 v Swan Hill 1 at Swan Hill – J. Boyd, K. Power, H. Whitford, D. Uebergang; J. Wilson, K. Burrage, D. Fisher, K. O’Bree; D. Timmins, D. Barry, R. Wilson, P.F urnell.
Division 3 – Team 3 v Tooleybuc 1 at Tooleybuc – C. McCaig, N. Weir, M. deVilliers, P. Mangano; C. Parry, D. Holland, C. Rovere, G. Robertson; N. Martin, C.Fox, R.Smith, N.Brown.
Division 3 – Team 4 – Bye
Division 4 – Team 5 v Racecourse 5 at Murray Downs – M. Johnson, D. Witney, B. Napier, W. Murray; T. Furnell, R.de Villiers, L. Toomer, D. Deighton.
RACECOURSE
JACKPOT bowls on Wednesday was well attended, with Neville Smith (Racecourse) and Kessada Smith (Tooleybuc) winning with two wins and +27 shots, while the runner’s up, with one win and +5 shots, were Ernie Russell, Fred Burge (Swan Hill) and Max Renney.
Night bowls was loads of fun, with several new bowlers attending – the winners were Danny Mitchell, Tiito Ratite and Carlos Ferndnoez.
Just a reminder that we still have plenty of club events to be played.
Good luck to all the Saturday pennant teams for the last round before the finals.
Good luck also for all our mid-week teams who will play in the semi finals on Tuesday.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, February 8 – Round 14
Northern Valley Premier League
Racecourse 1 v Barham 1 at Racecourse – Norm Smith (Manager), R. Wolfe, D.J onkers, A. Taylor; M. Holyoak, G. McKissack, DJ Weaver, G. Bennett; G. McIntosh, S. Domaille, P. Loughran, K. Gardner.
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1 – Team 2 v Nyah District 1 at Racecourse – B.Bice, D.McCarron (Manager), A.Lindsay, L.Roberts; T.Wiseman, R.Doran, A.Threadgold, J.Ford; Neville Smith, R.Wardle, J.Beard, T.Evans.
Division 2 – Team 3 – Bye.
Division 2 – Team 4 v Balranald Ex. Services 1 at Racecourse – C.Smith (Manager), M.Hooper, K.McKissack, H.Frame; D.Doran, F.Devereux, V.Lindsay, B.McIntosh; L.Taylor, R.Schack, D.Millsteed, K.Roberts.
Division 4 – Team 5 v Murray Downs 5 at Murray Downs – K.Jenkins, B.Warren, K.Saville, M.Smith; L.Loats (Manager), D.Mitchell, C.Jenkins, K.Foott.
Midweek Pennant Teams – Tuesday, February 11 – Semi Finals
First Semi Final – Division 1 – Team 1 v Murray Downs 2 at Swan Hill – T.Wiseman, G.McIntosh, D.Millsteed, K.Roberts; Norm Smith (Manager), A.Taylor, M.Hooper, G.Bennett.
Second Semi Final – Division 1 – Team 2 v Murray Downs 1 at Swan Hill – C.Smith (Manager), P.Loughran, V.Lindsay, H.Frame; L.Taylor, Neville Smith, R.Schack, J.Ford.
First Semi Final – Division 2 – Team 3 v Nyah District 1 at Swan Hill – L.Loats (Manager), K.Vivian, J.Threadgold, C.Power; K.Bailey, R.Rust, M.Smith, C.Jenkins.
Second Semi Final – Division 2 – Team 4 v Murray Downs 3 at Swan Hill – F.Devereux, T.Evans, A.Lindsay, E.Renney, D.Doran (Manager), I.Lockhart, H.Van Der Veen, K.Jenkins.
SWAN HILL
WEEKEND pennant last Saturday made an early start to beat the forecast high temperature, with all players pleased to finish before the temperature hit 40 degrees.
Swan Hill Division 1 played Lake Boga at the Lake and only managed to win one rink.
The successful rink was skippered by David Daly, who was supported by W. King, B. Quaife and R. Dorigo and defeated W. Wright’s team by eight shots, with Lake Boga winning by 15 shots overall.
Swan Hill 1 plays ladder leaders Murray Downs 2 this Saturday at home in the last round of the season.
Swan Hill’s Division 2 heads up to Moulamein this week, after coming off the bye last Saturday, with the two’s having secured their place in the four and looking for a win to build their confidence ahead of the finals.
Midweek Pennant was cancelled for the last round on Tuesday due to the heat rule.
Division 2 had a slight chance of making it into the four, if they could have defeated Balranald, but now we will never know, but we all realize that our safety comes first and common sense must prevail.
Our pennant selectors thank all who have played during the season and for supporting their club, with sincere thanks to one player who has acted as a sub when called upon, picking up an eight badge one week.
The first round of midweek pennant finals will be played at the Swan Hill Bowls Club next Tuesday.
We wish all teams competing all the best, with spectators most welcome to come along and enjoy watching some high quality bowls.
This Friday is Friday Frolic, which commences at 3pm, with names to be in by 2.30pm.
The weather is not looking promising heat wise, with a forecast temperature of 37 degrees, which becomes a personal decision.
Social activities will still be on in the cool clubhouse, regardless of the weather.
Momentum is building for the Swan Hill Bowls Club fundraising tournament for an MRI Machine for Swan Hill Health, to be held on Sunday, March 23.
Please enter your team for this any combination triples event, which will start at 1pm on the day.
Phone Bill King on 0428 324 083 or the bowls club on 5032 1772.
There will be novelties and raffles and we encourage non-bowlers to come for afternoon tea and take part in raising funds for this worthwhile cause, with donations of any kind gratefully accepted.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, February 8 – Round 14
Division 1 – Team 1 v Murray Downs 2 at Swan Hill – B.Husson, J.Husson, O.Lewis, W.King; D.Daly, B.Quaife (Manager), H.Smith, W.Meyer; R.Shields, A.Shields, Z.Oliver, T.McDonald.
Division 2 – Team 2 v Moulamein 2 at Moulamein – J.Thompson (Manager), F.Burge, S.Meehan, S.Tompsett; G.Clark, V.Plumridge, B.Dickenson, R.Field; R.Poole, L.Tompsett, M.Balchin, R.Dorigo.
LAKE BOGA
THIS week is the last round of pennant before the start of finals.
Our midweek pennant teams were not successful in gaining a finals position, but it’s a different case for our weekend pennant teams.
Division 1 snuck into fourth position with 27 shot win against Swan Hill, but the challenge for Division 1 is to win against Moulamein or win at least a couple of rinks to hold onto fourth position, with Moulamein being the team to beat, but also beatable.
Division 3 sit in third place on the ladder and while they did not play last week because they had a bye, all are keen to cement second place on the ladder in the lead up to finals.
It will be an interesting day at Lake Boga this Saturday as both our Division 4 teams play each other, with team 3 sitting on the top of the ladder and team 4 in fourth place and needing to win to hold onto fourth position.
We wish all our teams the best for Saturday.
A reminder to members that our monthly club meeting is on this Wednesday at 7.30pm, all members are encouraged to attend and have an input into the running of the club.
Next Monday at 8am we will hold a working bee to spread the wood chips along the flower gardens, please bring a shovel and a wheelbarrow.
Saturday Pennant Teams – Saturday, February 8 – Round 14
Division 1 – Team 1 v Moulamein at Moulamein – K.Hamill, L.Swan, R.Dewhurst, M.Parsons; D.Kelly, T.Haw, R.Smith, N.Hender; W.Wright, M.Tempini, D.Condy, R.Atkinson.
Division 3 – Team 2 v Manangatang at Manangatang – G.Davies, J.McCormack, J.Hamill, K.Anderson; M.O’Meara, R.Leach, H.Jobling, P.Snell; R.Jolley, M.Lord, K.Kendall, L.Kingsbury.
Division 4 – Team 3 v Lake Boga 4 at Lake Boga – A.Jobling, N.Bruton, R.Bruton, L.Grey; J.Leach, J.Robertson, B.McDonald, B.Fowles.
Division 4 – Team 4 v Lake Boga 3 at Lake Boga – John Pye, N.Davis, B.Lewis, A.Treble; S.Swan, J.Walker, E.Neil, Jill Pye.
TOOLEYBUC
SATURDAY pennant last week was played at Murray Downs against Murray Downs 4 and Tooleybuc had a good win.
Winning two out of the three rinks, A. Smith’s team just went down by two shots, A. Adams team won by three shots and T. Armstrong’s team won by 15 shots.
The overall result saw Tooleybuc defeat Murray Downs 4 – 70 to 54.
With only one round left to be played on Saturday, Tooleybuc will play at home against ladder leaders Murray Downs 3 and we’ll be hoping to finish the season strong and have a win to try and finish in top spot.
Midweek pennant on Tuesday was called off due to the extreme heat rule, which would have been the last game of the season, with finals commencing next week.
Unfortunately, Tooleybuc will not be playing finals, however we do wish those teams who will be all the best.
MVPA
Saturday Pennant Results – Saturday, February 1 – Round 13
Northern Valley Premier League
Barham 1 12/83 def. Kerang Golf 1 0/49, Cohuna Golf 1 10/72 def. Racecourse 1 2/60, Murray Downs 1 10/73 def. Kerang 1 2/65.
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1 – Moulamein 1 10/83 def. Racecourse 2 2/58, Lake Boga 1 10/71 def. Swan Hill 1 2/56, Murray Downs 2 12/90 def. Nyah District 1 0/44.
Division 2 – Balranald Ex. Services 1 10/92 def. Moulamein 2 2/52, Racecourse 4 10/66 def. Racecourse 3 2/58. Swan Hill 2 – Bye.
Division 3 – Tooleybuc 1 10/70 def. Murray Downs 4 2/54, Murray Downs 3 10/76 def. Manangatang 1 2/59, Lake Boga 2 – Bye.
Division 4 – Lake Boga 4 10/54 def. Manangatang 2 0/41, Racecourse 5 def. Nyah District 2 (forfeit), Lake Boga 3 def. Murray Downs 5 (forfeit).
Saturday Pennant Fixture – Saturday, February 8 – Round 14 (Final Round)Northern Valley Premier League
Murray Downs 1 v Kerang Golf 1, Racecourse 1 v Barham 1, Kerang 1 v Cohuna Golf 1.
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1 – Racecourse 2 v Nyah District 1, Swan Hill 1 v Murray Downs 2, Moulamein 1 v Lake Boga 1.
Division 2 – Moulamein 2 v Swan Hill 2, Racecourse 4 v Balranald Ex. Services 1, Racecourse 3 – Bye.
Division 3 – Manangatang 1 v Lake Boga 2, Tooleybuc 1 v Murray Downs 3, Murray Downs 4 – Bye.
Division 4 – Murray Downs 5 v Racecourse 5, Nyah District 2 v Manangatang 2, Lake Boga 4 v Lake Boga 3.
Midweek Pennant Results – Tuesday, February 4
All matches were abandoned due to extreme heat on Tuesday.
Midweek Pennant Fixture – Tuesday, February 11 – Semi Final (All matches to be played at Swan Hill Bowls Club)
Division 1 – First Semi Final – Racecourse 1 v Murray Downs 2. Second Semi Final – Murray Downs 1 v Racecourse 2.
Division 2, First Semi Final – Racecourse 3 v Nyah District 1. Second Semi Final – Racecourse 4 v Murray Downs 3.
LADDERS
Saturday Pennant – Round 13
Northern Valley Premier League
Cohuna Golf 1 – 137
Barham 1 – 82
Kerang 1 – 80
Murray Downs 1 – 78
Racecourse 1 – 69
Kerang Golf 1 – 22
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1
Murray Downs 2 – 107
Moulamein 1 – 107
Racecourse 2 – 75
Lake Boga 1 – 64
Nyah District 1 – 63
Swan Hill 1 – 52
Division 2
Balranald Ex. Services 1 – 115
Racecourse 3 – 87
Racecourse 4 – 80
Swan Hill 2 – 79
Moulamein 2 – 62
Division 3
Murray Downs 3 – 78
Tooleybuc 1 – 72
Lake Boga 2 – 69
Manangatang 1 – 56
Murray Downs 4 – 34
Division 4
Lake Boga 3 – 102
Racecourse 5 – 84
Nyah District 2 – 70
Manangatang 2 – 52
Lake Boga 4 – 52
Murray Downs 5 – 30
Midweek Pennant – Final Ladder
Murray Valley Playing Area
Division 1
Murray Downs 1 – 85
Racecourse 2 – 82
Murray Downs 2 – 79
Racecourse 1 – 72
Lake Boga 1 – 53
Swan Hill 1 – 49
Division 2
Racecourse 4 – 105
Murray Downs 3 – 96
Racecourse 3 – 81
Nyah District 1 – 78
Swan Hill 2 – 74
Murray Downs 4 – 70
Tooleybuc 1 – 67
Manangatang 1 – 54
Lake Boga 2 – 45Balranald Ex. Services 1 – 30
