Rochester Bowls Club

Social Bowls

On Friday, November 21, the winners were Anton Gusak, Beryl Elliott, Joan Limbrick and Roz Keech.

Fortunately, the Jackpot went off, and the winners were Graham Prince, Yvonne Smolenaars, Brenda Wilkin and Cheryl Lethlean, each received $84.

The raffle was won by Roz Keech.

Next Friday, November 28 will see the ladies drawn triples being played, therefore there will be no jackpot bowls.

All ladies are encouraged to enter the competition to make it a competitive event.

Those not entered in the drawn triples are welcome to come and organise their own social bowls.

60 and Over

The Bill Jackson Shield Day was held at Rochester on Wednesday.

This day was a great success.

There were three 3-game winners, with Billy Brander’s team from Mathoura coming third with only one in the yardstick.

In second place was Brian Kirk’s Moama team, with three in the yardstick.

His team consisted of John Kiely, D. Matthews, B. Kirk and Max Bennett.

They were the winners in 2024.

Congratulations to the winning team from Echuca, Robert Taylor, Peter Cecil, Paul Leach and Neil Dovaston which had six in the yardstick.

Thank you to the players who filled in on the day – Norm Christie, who was in the Mathoura team and nearly won a chook, and to Graham Willis, who played with Keith Robertson.

Thanks also to Willis and Wakka for doing the bar and to the ladies in the kitchen for making the best sandwiches that we have had this year. (Report provided by David Murray)

Championship games

It is important that scheduled games are written in the office diary.

Markers

Marg Knight has offered to present a brief session on the responsibilities of being a marker, for those interested – Monday, November 24 at 2 pm.

Training/skills Thursday morning, 10am with Leigh Milgate and Marg Knight.

Midweek pennant

Division One: Rochester 40 shots, 0 points def by Echuca 87 shots, 16 points.

Team One: Kay Barker 11 shots def by Kristy Gillingham 24 shots.

Team Two: Richard Feuk 12 shots def by Kerryn Evans 30 shots.

Team Three: Don Gillies 17 shots def by James Ferrier 33 shots.

Division Two: Rochester 50 shots, 0 points def by Kyabram 67 shots, 16 points.

Team One: Lyn Moon 21 shots def by Graham Woodcock 24 shots.

Team Two: Carol Cakebread 18 shots def by Philip Denham 20 shots.

Team Three: Marg Knight 11 shots def by Geoff Coad 23 shots.

Division Three: Rochester 28 shots, 0 points def by Elmore 56 shots, 0 points.

Team One: Herb Wilson 13 shots def by Ken Wills 26 shots.

Team Two: Judy Murray 15 shots def by Mark Browne 30 shots.

No weekend pennant play scheduled on Saturday, November 22.

Christmas dinner is Friday, December 5

Hamper

A hamper, which will be drawn on the night of December 5, is being put together by club members.

If you would like to make a contribution or require more details, contact Janis Tamburini.

Bar Duty

Monday – Thursday 5 – 6.30 pm

24 – 27 November: A. Benson and G. Browne

1 – 4 December: G. Houlihan and R. Clayton

8 – 11: B. Hetherington and B. Major

Lockington Bowls Club

Many highlights of bowls at the Lockington Bowls Club this past week.

It all started with the popular barefoot bowls on Tuesday evening, attracting three rinks and plenty of fun and endeavour.

Winners on the night were the pairing of Steve McKee and Steve Pavone on two wins +22 shots and took home the chocolates ahead of Shane Felmingham - Jeff Carnie two wins +12 shots.

In third place was Pos Andrea - Phillip Cunnington two wins +9.

In the midweek pennant competition, Division Three scored a nervous six-shot victory over Elmore 36-30 with both rinks in front at the end of play (Denise Gilmore d. M Browne 16-15; Phylis MacFarlane d. K Wills 20-15).

Division Four played Moama Green and had one rink up in a 32-40 shot defeat (Russell Shawcross lost to C Hillier 13-25; Steve Peter d. D Kane 19-15).

No play in the Weekend Pennant due to the Victorian State Open Championships.

Another major highlight of the week was the running of the women's Annual Invitation Fours tournament, attracting bowlers from Cohuna Golf, Kerang Golf, Pyramid Hill, Tongala, Dingee, Echuca, Moama, Colbinabbin, Kyabram (2), Elmore, Rich River, Rochester and Calivil, plus Lockington members.

This tournament was proudly sponsored by Matt Lewis - Contracting Hay and Silage.

At the completion of the three games of ten ends, there were three three-game winners.

The overall result was determined by points and shots up.

The winning team was the composite rink comprising Coral Maxted, Lois Dennis (Calivil), Tanya Kesson (Tongala) and Cindy Felmingham (s) on 79 points ahead of Shirley Riters, Carmel Simpson, Pam McCloy, and Wilma Curnow (s) from Moama with 76 points.

Betty Ozal’s rink from Tongala finished in third place.

Spider: Kate Wood (Pyramid Hill) and Bowl to Ditch went to Ros Kellett (Tongala).

Special competition winners included Gaye Goodwin, Terry Stobous, Cindy Felmingham, Coral Maxted, Sonia McLeish, Jill Barrett and Elaine Hall.

Club President Margaret Dowie thanked the sponsor, Phillip Cunnington for Umpiring and Bar duties and Chris Stewart for the scoreboard duties.

A special mention to the women in the kitchen - Pauline Humbert, Lorraine Appleby, Phylis MacFarlane and Kathi Maddison.

A long day from 8am till stumps.

The Regional 60 and Over State Pairs were held at Lockington over the weekend, which attracted 28 teams for the men's section and four teams for the women.

Details of the men's section; first round of the finals were G. Ebenwalder d. P. Girdle, P. Brain d. I. Ross, K. Rushbridge d. G. Coad. Fyfe Grieves had the bye.

Semi-finals results: K. Rushbridge d. F. Grieves, G. Ebenwalder d. P. Brain.

The final produced some magical bowling between the combinations featuring Daryl Cheeseman - Ken Rushbridge (s) against Garth Ebenwalder - John Berry, (s) all representing Eaglehawk, Bendigo and Golden Square clubs.

The pair of Cheeseman - Rushbridge gained the early initiative to open up a slender lead that they held for the majority of the 15-end final.

Their opposition Ebenwalder - Berry started to make inroads to reduce the deficit to trail 9-12 after thirteen ends, then proceeded to make up numbers to tie the game at 12-all after the 15 ends.

In the extra end, the head changed on several occasions before Cheeseman and Rushbridge were able to win the shot and take out the final 13-12.

A fantastic game of bowls to witness.

The women had a small field to contest the 60 and Over title.

The final result included Michelle Cunnington d. Julie Ross and Marilyn Stephenson d, Vicky Tierney in the semi-finals.

The final was all one-way as the Stephenson - Robyn Thommassen (s) combination dominated the match against Rhonda Gallagher - Michelle Cunnington (s) to take out the title by several shots..

The club championships are in progress with Denise Gilmore winning the first round match before lowering her colours to Leanne McInnes in round two.

Kym Ray had a tremendous battle against Terrill Westwood where the scores were locked together at 21-all before Ray was able to take out the match 25-21.

A thrilling game to watch.

In the men's championship first round, Steve Pavone was on song to defeat three-time past champion Russell Shawcross 25-16 in a high-standard game of bowls.

60 and Over

The Campaspe Valley 60 and Over Bowls Group held their Wednesday weekly bowls at Rochester on a warm spring day.

24 teams consisting of 96 bowlers, all competing for a chook and the Bill Jackson shield.

There were three three-game winners.

They were Bill Brander from Mathoura, Brian Kirk’s team from Moama and Neil Dovaston’s team from Echuca.

Bill Brander’s team with three players missed out with two bowls in the head.

Brian Kirk’s team from Moama were the runners-up with three shots near the jack.

Brian Kirk’s team were John Kiely, lead, Danny Matthews, second, Brian Kirk, third and the skipper was Max Bennett.

Neil Dovaston’s team, with six bowls near the jack, were the winners.

The winning team of Neil Dovaston,s consisted of Robert Taylor lead, Peter Cecil second, Paul Leach third, Neil Dovaston was their Skipper.

They were also presented with the Bill Jackson Shield.

Members of both winning teams received a chook each.

The next 60 and over Bowls is at Echuca, the “Kia Day shield”, on Wednesday, November 26 at an 11am start.

Entries to Eddie Smith on 54 806 600 or Max Bennett on 54 803 302.

We have 25 entries and need one more team to even it up.

Good bowling, and see you all at Echuca.

Rochester Golf Club

Another good field played Stableford over the back 9 last Wednesday.

Kevin McCormack made up for his disappointing game last week by winning with a great score of 25 points and winning nearest-the-pin on 12, while Chris Trewin was the runner-up on 22.

Other good scores were Tom Carboon, Peter Anderson (21), Wayne Williams and Les Hedington, all on 20 Stableford points.

Graeme Chappel, coming off winning nearest-the-pins at Rich River recently, was closest to the pin on 16.

Friday night twilight golf featured 31 players competing in a 2-person Ambrose on the composite course.

Winners were Brent Sweeney and Harrison Foster with a score of 38 net 30.25.

Runners-up were Pat Reid and Cooper McInnes (31), then followed, Scot and Stuart Reid (31.25), Murray Schier and Rob Else (31.65) and Lachie Wilson and Will Coghill (31.88).

10th straight drive went to David Harris, nearest-the-pin winners were Chris Trewin (7), Les Hedington (8), and Bruce Bryant (16) and Wilson once again cleaned up on the 15th.

Next week will be the final Friday evening golf for the year, so golfers, organise your partners or just roll up at 5pm and enjoy the fun.

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