Playing Ditch Weight

Congratulations to the South Western side on winning the Riverina Murray President’s Cup event that was conducted at the club over the weekend.

Prior to 26th July 2022 there were six districts in Zone 8 and each district selected a side to play in this event. The sides that played over the weekend represented those same areas – Albury, Riverina, Wagga, Southern Slopes, Southern Highlands and South Western.

Each side consisted of 16 players – four teams of fours – and played five games over the two days.

The South Western side had players from Boorowa Ex–Services, Cootamundra Ex–Services, Harden and Young and all had to be players whose Pennant grade was 5, 6 or 7.

The weather conditions for the two days were great with plenty of sunshine. The South–Western side were the only one to win all five games.

Their results were in order – defeated Albury 64–44, defeated Southern Slopes 57–56, defeated Riverina 71–51, defeated Wagga 75–47 and defeated Southern Highlands 64–46.

All four teams made contributions to the overall success and special mention to the team of Albert Carter, Michael Munn, Les Fanning and Craig Phillis who won all five games.

At the presentation Region President Mick Connor congratulated all the players involved on the spirit in which the games had been played and thanked the organisers for their work over the two days. Many people helped to make this weekend a success for our club. Thanks to Damien and Mitch for their work on the greens, to Andy and the kitchen staff for lunch on Saturday, to Col, Tony, Michael, and Ivor for their work on the barbecue for Sunday’s lunch, to Jill, Margaret and Jono for their assistance at Saturday’s lunch and to Gary and the other bar staff who were involved on both days.

Special congratulations to the team of Glen Seward, Joe Read and George Somerville who have qualified for the State Finals of the BPL Cup to be played at Mount Lewis on 28th September.

They were the winners of a qualifying round played at the club on 3rd August and on Sunday they contested the Region Finals at Temora.

There were two sections of four teams for the finals and each team played the other three teams in their section.

Glen, Joe and George won all three games. In their first game they defeated Jono Watson, Damien Miller and David Quigley in a tie–break after each side had won a set.

They then defeated a team from Holbrook and a team from Narrandera.

In the other section three of the four teams won two games and a team from Holbrook were the winners due to their higher score difference.

The overnight and early morning rain and uncertain conditions meant that just one game was played on Thursday afternoon.

Good luck to Damien Miller and David Quigley who will be contesting the finals of the Region Pairs at Leeton on Sunday.

Players are reminded that entries for the Region Singles Championships close at the club on Thursday 25th September and on BowlsLink on Sunday 28th September.

The entries for the Bowls NSW Mixed Pairs Championship close on Tuesday 23rd September. Teams need to nominate through BowlsLink.

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