Echuca Bowls Club

Last Thursday’s Men’s Jackpot Pairs had 22 teams competing, with eight winning both games, commencing with Tony Deenen / Kevin Bursill (+3), John Clegg / Laurie Quinn (+5), Gordon Slimmon / Tim Frazer (+11), Lal Whyte / John Blair (+12), Rohan Gillie / Rick Szakiel (+16), Daniel Vella / Steve Morgan (+17), runners-up Rob Anset / Brian O’Meara (+20), and the winners Tony Cantwell / Chris Campbell (+30).

Best one-game went to Vella and Morgan (+12).

Friday Scroungers, sponsored by Roma Pizza, attracted 20 bowlers, with Col Delamere coming out on top from Roza Armstrong.

There was again no winner of mini bingo on Friday evening (12, 16, 18, 17, 6), which jackpots to $783 at tonight’s drinks between 4 and 6pm.

The lucky members draw was won by Ross Young, who unfortunately wasn’t present, so that jackpots to $100 tonight.

The weekend saw the Spiers Family Memorial Men’s Fours, scheduled for both days, unfortunately have to be cancelled on Sunday due to continual rain.

Prizes were awarded based on games won plus shots for and against.

Winners were Steve Cunnington, Travis Kelly, Rob George, and Brian Davie from Paul Clear, Ian Berry, Craig Hillier, and David Hessel.

Third place went to Ian Page, Gordon Slimmon, Neil Dovaston, and Daniel Vella, while fourth place went to Philip Thorn, Mark Evans, Garry Armstrong, and Matt Brighton.

Well done to tournament secretary Rhonda Gallagher and her helpers who pitch in at every tournament.

Members are reminded that the sheets are up for club events and you are asked to pay as you enter please.

The next tournament is the Joyce Thorn Memorial Ladies Pairs, scheduled for Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13.

Let’s hope the weather is kinder for this popular event.

Moama Bowling Club

Social Bowls

Tuesday, August 4 – Men’s Triples

Winners: John Worledge, Jock Linehan, Peter Campbell.

Runner-up: Peter Broom, Ben Franklin, Laurie Campbell.

1st Game Winners: Alan Watson, Bernie Cruise, Dennis O’Bryan.

2nd Game Winners: Ken Dunbar, Clyde Hillier, D Campbell.

Ladies Pairs

Winners: Pam Limbrick, Robyn Thomassen.

Runners-up: Pam Kerr, Liz Doidge.

1st Game Winners: Lorna Jones, Rhonda Solomon.

2nd Game Winners: Mia Young, Marilyn Stephenson.

Thursday, August 6 - Ladies Scroungers

Winner: Marilyn Stephenson

Runner-up: Pam Limbrick

Rink winners: Mary Kaine, Carmel Simpson, Beryl Bell, Di O’Bryan.

Ditch: Rhonda Solomon, Rhonda Dunbar.

Men’s Pairs

Winners: Wayne Whitney, Laurie Campbell.

Runner-up: Jock Linehan, Peter Campbell.

1st Game Winners: Brock Keenan, Kevin Anderson.

2nd Game Winners: Peter Walton, Geoff Halden.

Saturday, August 8 - Open Pairs

Winners: Ian McGregor, Peter Campbell.

Runners-up: Joe Murphy, Arch Bailey.

1st Game Winners: Col Struthers, Dennis Adams.

2nd Game Winners: Peter Walton, Laurie Campbell.

Indoor Bowls - Tuesday, August 4 - Open

Winners: Maurie Jones, Mary McKenzie, John Zealley, Ron Hooper (33).

Runners-up: Pam Kerr, Gwen Hurst, Joy Hooper (7).

Thursday, August 6 - Open

Winners: Pam Kerr, Pam Cater, Harry Burt, Shirley McKinnon, Joy Hooper (21).

Runners-up: Sue Underwood, Mary McKenzie, John Zealley, Bob McKinnon, Ron Hooper (19).

Rich River Bowls Club

With the weather on the improve and warmer days in the forecast, it is good to see the grey nomads returning from up north and those who have had a winter hiatus returning to the greens.

We have our inaugural Rich River Murray Bowls Carnival on Thursday, August 27 to Saturday, August 29, the Rich River Ladies Giggles on the Green on Thursday, September 10, and our Grand Final Eve Tournament on Friday, September 25.

With the pennant and tournament season just around the corner, now is the perfect opportunity to brush up on your game by coming along to our social bowls afternoons:

Results

Tuesday Open Social - July 28

Winners: Liz Easther/Cath Kelly, two wins 75pts

Runners-up: Rita Moresco/Adrian Daly, two wins 74pts

Wednesday Men’s Jackpot Pairs - July 29

Winners: Brian Wilson/Ian Craigie, three wins 78pts

Runners-up: Brian Trengove/Peter Moon, three wins 77pts

Saturday Mixed Social - August 1

Winners: Toni Beck/Ian Craigie/Carol Guille, three wins 82pts

Runners-up: Sam King/Barb Dashwood/Jim Athurson, two wins 58pts

Tuesday Open Social - August 4

Winners: Carol Guille/Rita Moresco, three wins 77pts

Runners-up: Belinda Chong (V)/Cheryl Cargill, two wins 51pts

Wednesday Men’s Jackpot Pairs - August 5

Winners: Brian Trengove/Adrian Daly, 2.5 wins 68pts

Runners-up: Gary Radford/Brian Wilson, 2.5 wins 66pts

Thursday Ladies Social - August 6

Winner: Carol Guille 43pts

Runner-up: Chris Simpson 40pts

Saturday Mixed Social - August 8

Winners: Brian Trengove/Marg Young, three wins 78pts

Runners-up: Leon Sharp/Carol Guille/Brian Guille, three wins 76pts

Coaching

Coaching is available on Tuesday mornings at 10am with Bev Trengrove for beginners and members just needing to fine tune their game. Call Bev on 0418 591 980.

Check out our Facebook page Rich River Bowls Club for the latest club results, information, and upcoming events.

Have a great week and good bowling.

Rochester Bowls Club

Friday bowls

On Friday, August 7, 30 players took advantage of beautiful sunshine and enjoyed playing two bowl triples.

The winners, with the most shots up, were the trio of Joan Limbrick, Heather Curnick and Des Hocking.

Congratulations to the winners.

Friday bowls will be held again next Friday, August 14 at 1.30pm.

Names to be entered on the list prior to noon.

Once again, if you find that you have entered your name and are unable to play, please let one of the organisers know.

Indoor bowls

Winners last Monday, August 3 were Anton Gusak and Octavia, managing to win both of their games.

Indoor bowls will be run again on Monday, August 10.

Bowlers are asked to be there by 6.45pm, ready for a 7pm start.

60 and Over

The 60 and over competition begins on September 2 at Elmore.

Play kicks off at 11am.

Teams need to be entered before 6pm on Sunday, August 30.

Skippers should enter their teams by notifying Phil Mace 0428 290 351 or Alan Gerrish 0427 461 448.

Any members who are looking for a game but not in a team, please let the delegates, Francis Keech 0477 949 700 or Dave Murray 0477 520 385 know, as they will attempt to get them a game.

Season opening and footy tipping presentation night will be Friday, September 4. Please save the date. Details to come.

Bar duty

Monday – Thursday 5 – 6.30 pm

10 – 13- A. Benson and H. Wilson.

17 – 20- G. Houlihan and M. McCardle.

24 – 27- B. Hetherington and B. Godden.

Lockington Bowls Club

Another four rinks in play for the popular Scrounge game on Wednesday, where the bowlers enjoyed the privilege of playing in ideal conditions.

On rink one, our Echuca visitor Bruce Haines set the game in action early in the match-up, on his way to a winning tally of 63 points and collecting the daily award for the top score.

In second place was the evergreen Russell Shawcross on 43 points while Peter "Eggsy" Egan managed 28.

Next door Pos Andrea was all over the kitty to score a handy 61 points and hold at bay Denise Gilmore a solid 41 points.

Third place went to Graham Turner with a comeback 34 points.

Rink three went to the other half of the Andrea clan where John Andrea grabbed the chocolates with a well compiled 60 points, to lead home Neil Haines on 48 points followed by Jim Harris who had to retire injured on 28 points. Speedy recovery "Jimbo".

On the final rink, John "Roo" Fisher returned an elegant 51 points and won the rink narrowly from club president John van den Bosch, 48 points, while Leon Laffy tried valiantly to tally 38 points.

On Saturday, the bowlers were greeted by some eerie weather conditions but managed to play out the full game.

A small field contested the event, producing some excellent scoring across the board.

Best score on the day belonged to club secretary Leanne McInnes with a total 60 points to earn the award from Pos Andrea 40 and Lorraine Appleby 39 points.

The other rink went to Ashley Dobell showing good pre-season pennant form scoring 46 points and winning ahead of John Andrea 38, Jim Harris 28 and John van den Bosch 25 points.

Another sociable day of bowls for all.

The Sixty and Over competition will commence the new season on Wednesday, September 2 at the Elmore Bowling Club. Starting time is 11am.

Rich River Golf Club

Results

August 6

Men’s Stableford East: A – S Edwards 40pts, B – A Kennett 40pts, C – C Sipthorp 38pts c/b.

August 7

18-Hole Medley Stableford West: 1st – W Tanis 42pts, 2nd – G Azzopardi 38pts c/b, 3rd – T Ring 37pts.

9-Hole Medley Stableford West: 1st – R Needs 23pts.

August 8

Men’s Stroke Monthly Medal East: A – M Lizza 70, B – D Kulbars 69 c/b and medal winner, C – N Sholl 70 c/b.

Women’s Star Award East: 1st – C Jeffreys 66 and Star Award, 2nd – D Haw 70, 3rd – C Eddy 73 c/b.

August 10

Women’s 9-Hole Stableford West: 1st – A Bacon 17pts.

August 11

18-Hole Medley Stroke Max West: 1st – M Fitzpatrick 72 c/b, 2nd – J Burton 72, 3rd – N Barker 73 c/b.

August 12

Women’s 2-Person Ambrose West: 1st - E Roylance/K Mose 61.75, 2nd – M Spiers/N Horneman 63.5, C – J Fleming/K Reid 63.75.

Rochester Golf Club

With the course in great condition, good scores are becoming the norm.

Wednesday’s 9-hole social golf was no exception, played on the back nine.

Organiser Richard Feuk is enjoying the manicured fairways and extra run.

Feuk's good score of 23 points was just enough to take the win on a 3 -way countback from Peter Anderson, Chris Trewin and Des Hocking all on 22 points, followed by Elmore's Allan Campbell and David Gebbie with 21 points.

Feuk was also nearest-the-pin on the 12th hole.

On Friday, the ladies played the 2nd round of the Ladies Club Championships.

The daily winner was Louise Eeles, who is in red-hot form, and she scored 101-33-70.

Runner-up was Barbara McCarty on a countback from Julie Leahy, both with net 70.

After two rounds of the Ladies Championship, Louise Williams has one hand on the trophy, leading with the best gross score of 171, and next best is Leisa Evans 182.

Eeles leads the best net score on 139 from Barbara McCarty (142).

Nearest-the-pin winners were Leisa Evans for her 2nd shots to the 3rd and 8th, (5th) Julie Leahy and Louise Eeles (12th).

In the 9-hole comp, Cate Ward had 47-19-28 from Sally Parker 57-24-33.

On Saturday, the men played a Par event.

Once again, good scoring was evident, none better than that of in-form golfer Les Hedington, whose +7 was just enough to hold off Robert Vise with +6.

Other good scores and ball winners were: Darren White and Corey Windridge (+5), David Gebbie +4, Peter Anderson and Troy McInnes (+3).

Les Hedington was closest to the 5th and was unlucky not to take out the "Campaspe News" eagles nest on the 12th, Julie Leahy (8th), 2nd shot to the 9th was Chris White and 2nd shot to the 18th was Brent Sweeney.

Captain Darren White is playing very consistent golf and easily accounted for Steve Bubb in the semi-final of the club's Singles Match Play Championship.

A BBQ lunch will follow a major working bee next Sunday, August 16, commencing at 10am.

The main purpose is to finish off the great work our hard-working maintenance team has done over the last few months in preparing the course for the prestigious Victorian Sandgreens Championship to be held over the following weekend.

Lockington Golf Club

August 7 – Stableford – Ivy Kelly Trophy

There was a good field with golfers enjoying a rare winter’s day of sunshine.

The Ivy Kelly Trophy was first contested in 1976, and this year saw a first-time winner.

Fiona Newton was victorious with an excellent score of 38 points.

Fiona also won the Lockington Foodworks Player of the Day voucher.

Pauline Humbert was next best with a very respectable 34 points. Nearest the pin: Angela Bacon.

August 8 – Stroke

Jason Wakefield was in outstanding form, returning the day’s best score of 75-10-65 to win the Lockington Foodworks Player of the Day voucher.

He also won Division 1, while Simon Portwine played some super golf to finish with 86-18-68 to win Division 2.

Next best scores on the day were returned by Terry Thomas (69) and Tom Scurrah (72).

Nearest the pins: 17th – David Shawcross; 2nd shot 12th – Terry Thomas, Simon Portwine, David Shawcross; 2nd shot 18th for the 6-pack smack – Neil Maddison.

Spike’s Longest Drive on the 2nd, sponsored by Hot ‘n’ Cold Plumbing – Jason Wakefield, Simon Portwine, Jeff Carnie.

Neither the Echuca Hip Pocket eagles nest on the 3rd, nor Captain Grant’s yardstick on the 16th was won, the yardstick has hit $130.

Saturday’s round was the 5th and last chance to qualify for the Gartside Cup Final (to be played on Saturday, August 22), with Simon Portwine, Jeff Carnie and Mark Lyons all making it through, while Neil Maddison is on standby (again! – 3rd time).

Handicap Matchplay semi-final

Grant Humbert had to give 4-time champion Terry Thomas 8 shots in their contest, but began well with 3 pars to be 2-up after 3.

In a quality match, Terry parred the 4th to win it, while both birdied the 5th to halve the hole.

The match then turned on its head when Terry played the next 5 holes only 1-over the card and won them all to surge to a 4-up lead.

Grant stopped the rot by halving the 11th (with a par), but Terry won the 12th to have victory in his sights.

Grant won the 13th to have a flicker of hope, but Terry parred the 14th to seal a comprehensive 5 and 4 win.

He has progressed to the final, where he will play the winner of the semi-final between Kevin Humbert and Stuart Newton.

Upcoming events

Friday, August 14 – Stableford – 4th Round Mona Hewlett Trophy.

Saturday, August 15 – Stableford – Privilege Cup.

Thursday, August 27 – Joy Bickford Rose Bowl Teams Event.

Entries and enquiries to Pauline Humbert 0409 038 554 or email lockingtongolfclub@gmail.com

Rich River Croquet Club

Golf Croquet - Thursday, August 6

14 members enjoyed croquet this morning, with two players winning all three games.

Congratulations to the winner Jay Grant, scoring three games +10 hoops, and the runner-up Doc Ryant, scoring three games +9 hoops.

Doc also made two jump shots, with Russell Clarke making one throughout the morning.

Golf Croquet - Tuesday, August 11

It was a cool morning with 15 members playing doubles croquet.

Two players won all three games: Sandra Retallick, Rich River, and Darren McLoughlin, Wagga.

Congratulations to the winner Sandra Retallick, scoring three games +12 hoops, and the runner-up Darren McLoughlin, scoring three games +10 hoops.

Sandra was in her usual good form and even made a hoop-in-one.

Come and try croquet - Sunday, August 30 at 2pm

Croquet is a low-impact sport and a very social game, but also suits those who enjoy competition.

The game is suitable for all ages. Coaching and equipment will be supplied, and a cuppa available after play. Please wear flat-soled shoes.

Venue: Rich River Croquet Courts at Rich River Golf Club.

Contact president Sandra Retallick on 0408 466 123 or Marg Kennedy on 0491 063 644.

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