Tungamah Bowl Club

Horse auction

What a great night and the club definitely need a new Clubhouse.

There was difficulty moving around as about 70 people joined in this annual Auction. Bidding was fierce as various camps vied for that horse they fancied.

Some have been rewarded as their fancy paid off.

All funds from this auction were returned to the winning purchasers, as were the Sweeps.

Various novelty prizes were awarded to many in the crowd. A variety food was plentiful and available all night.

A special thank you to Paul Basse proprietor of the Tungamah Hotel for his continued loyal support of this night and especially for the generous donation of an accommodation voucher.

This was auctioned off in a very competitive bidding war, no doubt the purchaser will appreciate the night he stays.

All funds received, apart from the horses, goes directly towards the Building Fund. A progress report on this fund will be reported next week.

Tungamah Bowls Club thanks all those that attended. Members hope you enjoyed your night and look forward to your attendance in 2026.

Thanks to Dylan Sidebottom and Allan Ralph for running the auction and the Board, to John and Chris Hemphill for the catering and to others that helped on the night.

Pennant; Midweek: Travelled to Howlong, second on the ladder. Tungamah appreciated their green as they had heavy rain on the Tuesday night which made the green a good pace. Defeated 61 to 52. Tungamah got one rink up so two points, not a bad effort to only go down nine shots. Tungamah play Club Mulwala at home on Saturday.

A3s: Also travelled to Howlong who defeated Tungamah 86 to 67. Tunga got two rinks up collecting four points from the top side. This lifts Tungamah off the ladder bottom, so are Tunga on their way? Saturday at home to Benalla.

B1s: At home to Moira and what an excellent result, Tunga winning an extremely close match 64 to 59. Cricket Haebich and the Costigan men winning 26 to 16 to get Tunga over the line.

Other two rinks just went down by one and four, which gave Tungamah a five shot overall victory collecting 10 points to get off the bottom of the ladder. YMGCR on Saturday.

Major raffle –$20 tickets available now

Flights and five nights accommodation in Noosa for two people, plus $1000 spending money.

Second Prize: Six tickets to a Storm game at AAMI Park in Corporate Lounge with extras.

Third Prize: Stihl Chainsaw, Carry Case and Esky.

Tickets available at: Best Fit Windscreens. Smoko Shed. Tungamah Hotel, Store and Post Office and Players

Yarrawonga Bowls Club

Social bowls

Monday, November 3 - cancelled due to rain.

Mid-week pennant

Wednesday, November 5

The A1’s headed to Wangaratta and suffered another bad loss going down 70-47. A small highlight being Robbie Wickham rink getting up by one shot – well done you lot. Heads up guys, there’s a win just around the corner.

The B1’s had a Bye.

Saturday, November 8

It was a tough day for the club with all divisions losing. Not an auspicious start to the season but the teams are united and focused - let’s stay positive and procure a few wins over the next few weeks before Xmas break.

A1s - travelled to Rutherglen and had a good tussle going down 12 shots 69-81. Three rinks went down but Robbie Wickham’s rink of R King, W Barnes and G Hargreaves had an excellent day winning their rink 23-13 – great to see.

A4s - played Wodonga at home losing 68-95. K Allender’s rink only went down by one shot and Jocks rink got up by one shot so a good effort there.

B1s also played at home vs St James and whilst they had a loss going down 44-58. They had a very positive day drawing two out of three rinks and only losing the one. A good performance and bounce back.

Let’s keep heads up and stay positive everyone.

Please note pennant practice has started Thursday nights from 4pm. Club members ask all bowlers to make every endeavor to participate.

Over 60s Competition

Club championships

Men’s 100 up Final N Hocking v R Wickham. Women’s 100 Final E Calder v C Sanders. Women’s 21 up Final R King v C Sanders.

Game times will be put on Facebook page. Please get down and support them if you can.

Club singles events are now closed.

Barefoot bowls is back

The ever-popular Barefoot Bowls had their third-round last week under new lights and a lovely mild night. Some 30+ bowlers came for the second night of this well-loved activity.

Thursday nights really is like a family. Come and join the fun.

Cost is $5 and includes bbq dinner. BBQ at 6pm, bowls at 6.30 to approx 8.30pm.

Raffles and prizes. Please have name down on the sheet at front of club house by 3pm and also if cancelling so the draw can be done correctly.

Friday night happy hour

Fridays are always a lovely fun atmosphere

Why not come along and have a coldie and a yarn this week.

Remember happy hour is on every Friday 5pm - 6pm with the bar open from 4pm.

Look forward to seeing everyone on the greens.

To all club members and the wider community, good health and good bowling.

YMGCR Bowls

Mid – Week Pennant

A virus laid many players low last week, and the illness, with the lack of available players translated into an away loss to Corowa Civic for the A1s.

After the 63 rd end it was Corowa Civic 61 shots and 10 points to YMGCR 57 shots and four points.

Not letting the sniffles affect their game were Laureen Smith (L), Ian Febey (two), Michael Vaughan (three), and Anne Miles (S), who won 26 shots to Corowa Civic 20 shots.

The A1s are now in third place on 32 points, with a 12 point gap to Wodonga, who are in second place on 44 points.

The A1s next essay is at the Golf Club where they take on Wangaratta.

The A2s journeyed to Wodonga, where it was a clean sweep for the home side.

The final scores saw Wodonga 70 shots and 14 points to YMGCR 47 shots and 0 points. Taking the game up to Wodonga, were Bruce Davie (L), Vicki Withers (two), Garry Seamer (three), and Greg Fisher (S), who went down narrowly, 17 shots to Wodonga 19 shots.

The A2s are fourth place on the ladder four points adrift of third placed Kiewa.

The A2s next take on Wangaratta at home.

The B2s hosted their near neighbours, Club Mulwala last Tuesday and it was a solid win for the B2s. The scores after the last bowl was delivered saw YMGCR 61 shots and 10 points to Club Mulwala 57 shots and four points.

Winning emphatically for the Golf Club were Bill Jenkins (L), Wendy Pump (two), Noel Smith (three), and Peter Lidgerwood (S), who won 30 shots to Club Mulwala 10 shots. The B2s are fifth place on 24 points with fourth place Wangaratta on 29 points.

The B2s next travel to Wangaratta, where a win would see them enter the top four.

Thursday Social Bowls

There was no Thursday Social Bowls last week, due to the annual Bloke’s Day on Oaks Day Tournament.

Thursday Social resumes this week. Strong player numbers each week are proof, if indeed proof is required that Thursday Social bowls is a format that proves popular with bowlers.

$10 gets you into a game of three bowl nominated pairs played over 22 ends. There is the ever-popular Lucky Number raffles, with entry at $1 per square.

Single entries and visitors are always welcome. So, for a great day of bowls place your names on the entry sheets at the Bowls Office.

Single entries and visitors please include a contact telephone number with your names.

Weekend Pennant

The A1s played host to Wangaratta, and with many players still under a cloud, with a virus which has gone through the playing roster like a dose of salts, it was a win full of merit for YMGCR.

The final score saw YMGCR 91 shots and 18 points to Wangaratta 62 shots and 0 points. Leading the charge for YMGCR were Greg Green (L), Chris Horne (two), Col Withers (three), and Julian Jones (S), who won well 35 shots to Wangaratta 17 shots.

The A1s are in fourth place on 50 points with Lavington, also on 50 points, in third place. Next week the A1s play host to Rutherglen at the Golf Club.

The A3s travelled to Beechworth, and it was the tourists who won the day convincingly. The final scores had YMGCR on 104 shots and 18 points to Beechworth 70 shots and 0 points.

Winning convincingly for YMGCR were Robyn Forge (L), Caroline Reilly (two), Peter Lidgerwood (three), and Allan Goudge (S), who bested their opposition 33 shots to Beechworth 20 shots.

The A3s are in third place on the ladder, on 56 ponts, just six points shy of Club Mulwala who are on 62 points.

The A3s take on Club Mulwala at home next week. This should be a compelling game to participate in, or watch.

The B1s hosted close neighbours, Club Mulwala, last Saturday and it was the visitors who won the day, albeit narrowly.

After the dust settled it was YMGCR 56 shots and two points to Club Mulwala 59 shots and 12 points.

Keeping up their end of the contract, and winning well were Bob Brokenshire (L), Tony Durkin (two), Doug Wheeler (three), and Vicki Withers (S), who won 25 shots to Club Mulwala 19 shots.

The B1s are now sixth place on the ladder with 20 points to their name.

The B2s played host to Club Mulwala, and it was the home team who won 61 shots and 12 points to Club Mulwala 47 shots and two points.

Winning in fine style were Neville Coleman (L), Terry Cartwright (two), Bruce Davie (three), and David Irvine (S), who won 27 shots to Club Mulwala nine shots.

The B2s are now in fourth place, on 42 points, and are hot on the heels of third place Myrtleford who are on 44 points.

The B2s next assignment is shaping up to Corowa RSL at home.

Until next week, good bowling.

Club Mulwala Outdoor Bowls

Good wins in pennant

The past has seen Club Mulwala have two wins on the Tuesday midweek and two wins on Saturday.

The A2s had a good win over Mansfield at home after a close contest on all three rinks throughout the 21 ends. Led by new skipper, Wayne Lowry's rink had a big win setting up the day for a 60 - 46 win.

The A3s travelled to Chiltern to play the second place team and came away with a shot win overall, 55 - 54, to upset the favourites.

The team all bowled well to turn around some close losses.

Over at Yarra Golf the B2s put in some good performances to win two rinks but unfortunately finished on the wrong side of the ledger, 57 - 61.

The team is getting close to their first win and just need that little bit of consistency to get over the line.

In the Saturday pennant the B1 and B2s both made the short trip to Yarra golf for their matches.

Mixed results with the B1s having their second win on the trot, 59 - 56, while the B2s went down, 47 - 60.

Robbo Robertson's rink was the best of the B1s with +5, closely followed by Steve Mcphee's rink with +4.

James Murdoch's tried their best to get the B2s over the line with a great +9 but unfortunately the other two fell short.

The A3s had a good win at home against Benalla winning three rinks with a great overall margin of 40.

Gary Parker's and Wayne Lowrie's rinks led the way all day with good margins of +19 each.

21up Singles Championships

Sunday saw the final of the 21up Singles event between Gary Parker and John Walford. Being a handicap event Gary started on -8 and John -7 which resulted in a tight match most of the day.

After 33 ends John was the stronger finisher with the final score 21 - 13 giving John his first singles event win. After last week's break Thursday evening social bowls is back at 6pm with everyone welcome to come down and have a roll.

Entry sheet on board at club.

Club news

The Club Mulwala Bowls Christmas party date has been set for December 7, so get your names down for a fun night.

Good to see plenty of Burras players at the Yarra Golf Blokes day last Thursday in support of prostate cancer so men follow the advice and keep those health checks up.

Don't forget that Barefoot bowls date for your Christmas parties and if you enjoy the bowls why not join.

Club Mulwala Bowls is still offering great membership offer of $100 which includes club shirt and free coaching.

Until next week good bowling and keep your bias on the inside.

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