Playing Ditch Weight

Thursday afternoon bowls saw 22 players taking part – including some players who had not been on the green for several months.

Albert Carter and Colin Stokell dominated the second half of their game to win by 15 shots and claim the vouchers for the day.

In the other games Brian McNair and John Cooper won their game by 4 shots; Brian Christie and George Somerville won 5 of the last 6 ends of their game to have a 7 shot margin; Craig Watson and Glen Benson built a 10 shot lead in the first half of their game and won by 11 shots, and Andrew Hutchison, Milan Brankovic and Terry Mulligan won by 2 shots.

There were sixteen players on the green on Saturday afternoon.

Glen Seward and Scott Douglas were in good form and won their game by 12 shots and this gave them the vouchers for the afternoon.

Alan Langford and Michael Webb won the last 3 ends of their game to win by 5 shots.

Tom Preston and Les Fanning scored 5 shots on the final 2 ends of their game to win 24–16 and Harold Anderson and Ian Schofield led for most of their game and won 26–19.

Conditions on Sunday afternoon were quite warm and somewhat windy for the Greenkeepers Afternoon.

Three teams from Cowra joined with the players from Young in an enjoyable afternoon of 3 Bowl Pairs.

The teams played two games of fourteen ends with only two teams winning both their games.

There was very little between these two teams with Albert Carter and Colin Powell the overall winners with a margin of 18 shots and Brian Christie and Ian Schofield in second place with a margin of 17 shots.

Teams with one win and one loss filled third and fourth places with Heather Bailey and Cliff Traynor in third place and Michael Webb and Peter Watts coming fourth.

Particular thanks to Damien Miller for arranging the day and the prize money.

Players are reminded that entries for the Zone 8 Singles close on Thursday 5th October.

The Annual General Meeting of the Men’s Bowling Club will be held at 12.00 pm on Saturday 7th October.

Nomination forms and details of the meeting are on the notice board.

The first games in the Club Pairs Championship will be played on Saturday 7th October.

There are three games scheduled with Glen Seward and Brian Christie to play Jonathon Watson and Peter Watts, Harold Anderson and Glen Benson to play Andrew Hutchison and Joe Read and Albert Carter and Colin Stokell to play Scott Douglas and John Cooper.

Sunday 8th October will see the return of Sunday Funday bowls for teams of Open Nominated Pairs. Play will start at 1.00 pm and consist of two games.

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