Rochester Bowls Club

Jackpot Bowls

Friday’s winners were Kevin Hall, Ros Keech and Ian Dennis.

The jackpot went off, and the lucky recipients were Heather Curnick, Bert Smolenaars and Brenda Wilkin.

Ring the office on Friday, March 27 if you want a game next week (8.45 – 9.15 am)

21-up final

Rob Clayton and Leigh Milgate played in the final on Friday, with Rob coming home with the win.

Congratulations to both bowlers.

C-grade final

Kyle Williams and Ian Dennis played in the final on Saturday morning.

Ian got home with a narrow win.

Congratulations to both bowlers.

It was great to see a good number of club members watching these two games and supporting the competitors.

Noel Sexton’s memorial

The memorial/celebration was held at the club on Saturday afternoon and was attended by many bowlers.

Thank you to the club members who gave of their time in the kitchen and behind the bar.

Marg Stewart memorial tournament

The two day – five a side tournament will be held at the club, next weekend Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29.

This particular tournament requires much planning and co-operation from club members.

Please note:

The greens will be open for the entrants to practice on – Friday afternoon.

Sips ‘n’ Sounds is on this weekend also, beginning with a band ‘Probably Guilty’ providing entertainment from 4.30pm.

A BBQ will be offered while the band are playing.

Markers are required, thanks to those who have already put their name on the list in the foyer.

The club AGM is on Monday, May 11.

Bar duty

Monday – Thursday 5 – 6.30pm.

23 – 26 March: J. Major and R. Clayton.

30 - 2 April: L. Milgate and B. Major.

6 - 9 April: A. Benson and M. MacCraild.

Lockington Bowls Club

A rather quiet week on the bowling front after the hurly-burly of the premiership week previously.

Most of the club members have eventually returned back to earth.

The club competitions are almost complete, with a few minor upsets on the way.

In the B-grade championship, the semi-finalists are due to do battle.

Jeff Carnie defeated John Andrea and will play Steve McKee, while Ashley Dobell will meet Rod Fiedler in the other semi-final.

The 100-up championship resulted in Rod Fiedler defeating John van den Bosch in the semi-final to stake a berth in the final.

Ashley Dobell defeated Ray Hanson to win a semi-final spot and will wait for the result of the Dave Thomas-Steve Pavone qualifying match to play the winner in the other semi-final.

In the president’s trophy 21-up championship, Leon Laffy defeated John van den Bosch to make a semi-final and will play Ray Hanson, who upset Dave Thomas earlier.

Up top, Ashley Dobell proved too consistent for Cindy Felmingham and will meet the winner of the Kym Ray versus Neil Haines encounter.

The women have completed the B-grade championship between Kym Ray and Terrill Westwood.

Kym Ray was in blistering form as she immediately had Terrill Westwood under immediate pressure from the word go, and sprinted to 14-7 lead after 13 ends.

Westwood tried desperately to try and bridge the enormous gap, however the determined Ray kept her cool to win the title 25-8.

The scores were not a true story of the close heads and brilliant bowling from both players.

Earlier, Westwood defeated the in-form Sue Harris 25-15 in the semi-final.

In the women's 100-up championship, Terrill Westwood defeated Cindy Felmingham in the semi-final and made the final.

Denise Gilmore is waiting to play the winner of the Melissa Freeman-Kym Ray early round for a place in the other semi-final and meet Leanne McInnes.

The club catered for the wake of Madge Cunnington during the week and our members who all assisted in organising the wonderful afternoon tea are to be acknowledged.

Madge Cunnington was a long-serving member of our club and served as Associates President in 1983-84, 1984-85 and later in the 1993-1994 season.

The Lockington Bowls Club is holding the annual ladies medley fours on Wednesday, March 25 commencing at 10am.

Contact Kathi Maddison or Denise Gilmore for entries.

On Saturday, April 10 the Annual C.M.S. Refrigeration and Electrical (Elmore) open fours will be held commencing at 9.30am.

Contact Ray Hanson or John van den Bosch for entries.

Following the finish of the current 60 and Over season, the club will be organising a pie and soup 2 bowl triples on Wednesday, April 22 commencing with a 10.30am arrival and an 11am start.

Rules: 1. Only one premier league player per team. 2. Any team combination welcome. Entry $15 per player.

One game of 12 ends prior to lunch, followed by two games of eight ends.

Spot the jack - no dead ends.

Generous sponsorship to disperse to 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Entry to be placed one week prior to the event.

Contact Brian Kinnane 0418 590 389 or Shane Felmingham 0429 862 663.

This event will be trialled over three weeks.

Congratulations to our club member Russell Shawcross on his special 80th birthday celebration held at the club on the weekend.

In his time on the bowling green, Shawcross has been club president, three times club champion and a very loyal club member and fully deserves his O.B.E. (over bloody 80) badge.

60-and-over

The Campaspe 60-and-over Bowls Group held their Wednesday weekly bowls at Kyabram with a cloudy sky but a warm day.

Twenty-eight teams consisting of 112 bowlers were all competing for a chook.

There were two three-game winners and they rolled off to the jack.

Runners-up were Phil Mace’s team from Elmore, they had five bowls inside the metre from the jack, a great effort to see them in the top two winners circle.

The team was lead Phil Mace, second Allan Gerrish, third Greg Walkley, and their skipper was Alan Heywood.

The winners on the day were Allan Benson’s team from Rochester, also with five bowls near the jack but closer.

They were Bert Smolenaars as lead, Alan Benson second, Kevin Hall third, and Tim Quinlan was their skipper.

Members of both teams received a chook each.

The next 60-and-over bowls is at Elmore on Wednesday, March 25 with a 10am start.

Entries to Phil Mace on 0428 290 351 or Allan Gerrish on 0427 461 448.

Good bowling and see you all next week at Elmore.

Rochester Golf Club

Major works have been carried out over the last few weeks, with the help of John and Julie Leahy's earthmoving excavator and other members' equipment, 30 tree stumps and dead trees were removed.

The original dam beside the 15th scrape and 16th tee off, as well as the depression beside the 11th scrape, has now been reshaped and sown to form new and exciting grass bunkers.

Other "dry" areas in front of both the 14th and 15th tees have been resown with winter grass, and new sifted sand has been spread on most of the scrapes.

These improvements will see our course in top condition for this year's season and, more importantly, for visitors from around the state, as the club is hosting the 2026 Victorian Sand Greens Championship later in the year.

Many thanks to all involved.

Wednesday morning organiser King Richard drew partners after the Stableford round over the front nine.

Peter Anderson was lucky to draw the very consistent low handicapper, Shane Bywaters, and their combined score of 39 points won from Richard Feuk and Allan Campbell's (34).

Chris Eeles and Greg Watkins were next on 31, followed by the team of Les Hedington and Des Hocking with 30 points.

Hocking was closest to the pin on the third hole and had his first birdie after tapping in from close range.

Lockington Golf Club

Lockington Golf Club members will have their first hit for the season this Saturday, March 28.

Following recent significant rain, there’s a promising amount of green and grass around the course.

A successful working bee has cleaned up around the course, getting it ready for players to have a hit.

Golfers will be playing a Stableford event, with assembly at 11am, for a shotgun start at 11.30.

The club’s official opening day will be held on Saturday, April 11, a 4-person Ambrose event, all golfers welcome.

Preparations are well underway for the club’s centenary celebrations, to be held on Saturday, May 9.

The event will include a 4-person Ambrose (hit off 11am), a special afternoon tea, commencing at 2.30pm and a display of memorabilia and photos.

Entries and enquiries to Darren Carnie 0428 862 292 or email lockingtongolfclub@gmail.com - RSVPs for both the golf and the afternoon tea are required by May 2 for catering please.

Bamawm Golf Club

Wow, what a fantastic start to the 2026 season with over 50 players on course in our opening day 3-person Ambrose.

Well done to all of the members who have worked tirelessly over the past month or so to get the course looking great.

Scratch winners were Todd Loutitt, Kieran McAsey and David Winchcomb with 65.

Nett winners were Francis Lee, Shane Wolfe and Neville Vicary with 69-9.3-59.7, from runners-up Trav Mancer, Greg Reynoldson and Frank Coonerty 68-6-62.

NTP 2nd shot 4-13- Aidy Dohnt.

NTP 2nd shot 9-18- Neville Vicary.

NTP 7/16- Tracey R (women), Kieran McAsey (men).

NTP 8/17- Jo Dye (women), Shaun Murphy (men).

Longest Drive- Jackie Newth, Jo Dye (23+), Greg Reynoldson (+5-15), Andrew Palmer (16+).

Thanks to all of the members and visitors who came and supported the beginning of our 2026 season, it was especially pleasing to see so many juniors and women on course.

Next week will be a Stableford round, 11am assembly for a 11.30am hit off.

Members to bring a plate of afternoon tea.

Goulburn Valley Veteran Golfers

75 veteran golfers had enough fuel in the tank to motor to Euroa on Monday, March 16, including our loyal supporters from Deniliquin.

The temperature climbed from 20 to 27 degrees under cloudy skies, with the breeze a pleasant 11 to 20 kilometres per hour.

The course was in excellent condition with the kikuyu fairways responding following last fortnight’s rain.

The catering Women's prepared an excellent luncheon and again topped it off with the addition of an ice cream cone.

A-grade recorded the top score with 42 stableford points carded by Ron Nicholls, Shepparton, ahead of Mick McAuliffe, Valley View, 38 points.

Howard Cooper, Cosgrove, won B-grade with 40 points from Kevin Taylor, Shepparton, runner-up on countback with 39 points.

Parkland members dominated C-grade with Lindsay Tatterson and Richard Stockdale leading with 37 and 34 points respectively.

Nearest the pin was contested on the 122-metre 18th hole, where Paddy McCarthy, Euroa, nearly holed out to be nearest in A-grade; James Ewart, Murchison, in B-grade, and Doug McCarty, Numurkah, best in C-grade.

Down the line balls in A-grade were awarded to Dennis Prosser, Numurkah; Neil Parker, Numurkah; Peter Jeffery, Cosgrove; Kelly Cheong, Rushworth; Bill Wright, Euroa, and John McHale, Valley View.

B-grade included: Garry Baker, Deniliquin; Terry Allen, Shepparton; Shane Pollock, Kialla; Frank Brouceck, Bowen, Queensland; Mark Thorpe, Mooroopna; Paul Pappin, Elmore; Laurie Radley, Rochester; James Ewart, Murchison.

In C-grade better scores were recorded by Bill Chilcott, Shepparton; Leo Hartup, Kialla; Mal Inglis, Strathbogie; Ian Clarke, Kialla, and Gary Eden, Merrigum.

Our next regular event is at Deniliquin Golf Club on Monday, April 13, 9.30am assembly for 10am tee.

It is also time to plan ahead as the intra-zone contest with North East District and Dalhousie District is approaching, and pre-booking is essential to join the team, limited to 36 players.

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