It was a beautiful sunny mid-winter day, perfect for social bowls, last Tuesday.
There were three games of triples, played on green 2 which was running very quickly and with a following breeze plenty of bowls ended up on the bank. The day started with a ‘Spider’ and Carol Harraway taking the prize with the closest bowl to the target. The winning team for the day, decided by Highest Winning Margin, was Heather McGourty, Alison Maloney and Sandra Breust (skip) who all played top bowls for a good win against Suzanne Dainer, Barbara McNamara and Dawn Kenny (skip). Sandra’s team also made the most of the lucky end innovation by scoring three shots on end nine which was doubled. Sandra Breust continued her winning ways by taking out the first Resting Toucher (at 10.43) prize. Suzanne Dainer had the second resting toucher.
Sue Wales won the Rapley’s Meat raffle and Leila Gosper took out the 50 Club prize.. Thank you to Rapley and Sons for their continued, valued, support.
Perpetual Mixed Pairs
The Perpetual Mixed Pairs was played on Friday with 26 teams vying for the coveted trophy. There were three games of 11 ends and there were several teams going into the afternoon round in a winning position. It was the team of Chris and Finn Hansen, from Dalmeny Club, who came through with an impressive result of 3 wins and a 58 shot margin. Congratulations to both of you for putting in such an impressive performance. Second place went to Gail Howe, from Narooma, and Bryce Billington from St John’s Park club with 3 wins and a 29 shot margin. Leila Gosper from Narooma and Allan Etheredge from Tuross Head came in third followed by Sue Wales and Greg Ryan from Narooma in fourth place.
Congratulations to the prize winners and thank you to all the participants. Thanks to Narooma Sporting and Services Club and staff for their support and to all who contributed to make this a successful occasion.
Ladies Gold, Silver, Bronze Triples Carnival
The Ladies Triples Carnival was contested on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday 32 teams played three games of 12 ends, to determine positions in the Gold, Silver and Bronze Divisions. On Sunday each division played two further games. Ten points per game win awarded plus one point per end won. It was a pleasure to watch so many high-quality games from teams who had travelled from as far as Sydney down to Merimbula and across to Canberra and Queanbeyan.
After some intense competition, great bowls and several upsets, the following prizes were awarded:
Gold Division – 1st Milka Starkovski Jenny Holan and Karen James (skip) Tomakin;
2nd Diane Marquet, Sharon Steele and Ruth Moore (skip) Composite team – Weston Creek and Queanbeyan RSL.
Silver Division – 1st Robyn Butcher, Rae Fayle, Sue Beavan (skip) Malua Bay
2nd – D Miranda, J Croft and Teeny Fitzgerald (skip) Bomaderry.
Bronze Division – 1st D Jones, N Muskett and Jenny Ferris (skip) from Warilla;
2nd S Warren, A Brignent and Gayle Young from Queanbeyan;
3rd – K Parkhill, Jill Leslie, Kath Genoni (skip) from Sussex Inlet.
Saturday Morning Mystery prize - Robyn Burke’s team.
Afternoon Mystery prize - Rhonda Marchini, Chris Hansen, Kathy Ryan (skip) Dalmeny.
What a great three days of bowls, good competition and good weather despite a chilly Friday. Thanks to all our visitors from near and far, we hope to see you next year. Thanks again to our Club for their wonderful sponsorship and hard working staff, it would not happen without you. Thanks to the ladies and men’s club, the caterers, greenkeepers and umpires for all your efforts in making this a successful tournament.
Above: Winners of the Gold Section of the Ladies Triples Carnival, Milka Starkovski Jenny Holan and Karen James (skip) Tomakin are congratulated by the President of the NSSC Barry Goodwin.
Above: Barry Goodwin, President of the NSSC presents the Trophy to the winners of the NWBC Perpetual Mixed Pairs, Finn and Chris Hansen.
