Matthew Murphy took out the Summit Bowls Men’s B Grade Singles on Saturday.
Murphy defeated Joe Straatman 25-5 in the final to take the title. Earlier in the day Murphy defeated Cameron Wilson 25-15 in the semi-final while Straatman beat Peter Balmer 25-10
Results of social bowls on Saturday afternoon – Game one – Margaret Harvey, Cliff Jones and Michael Surch 16 beat Barry Murphy, Peter Balmer and Rod Crome 15; Game two: Rod Newlands and George Little beat Trevor Wilmot and Tony Schubert 19-17; Game three: Maree Ball and Pam Moore defeated Bill Larsen and Adrian Jackson 15-12. Trophy winners were Rod Crome, Michael Surch and Bill Larsen.
The following players have been selected to represent the club in the Zone Pennant final at Tara on 14 September: Team one: Michael Sweeney, Frank Taylor, Jamie Zamprogno and Tony Schubert; Team two: Dale Callaghan, Darren Stanley, Eliseo Zamprogno and Rob Capelli; Team three: Matthew Murphy, Owen O’Brien, Tyler Sweeney and Steve Martin. Reserves are Cameron Wilson, Carl Sutherland, Rod Crome, Adrian Jackson and Glenn Preston. If unavailable contact Peter Ayerst.
Calendar for the coming weeks : Saturday, 31 August: Father’s Day: trophy afternoon; Saturday 7 September: Men’s District Singles, Clifton Bowls Club, sectional play, social play at The Summit; Sunday 8 September: Men’s District Singles finals; Saturday 14, Zone Pennant Final at Tara, social play at The Summit; Tuesday, 17 September: Turkey Triples.
Warwick Bowls Club
Wednesday, 21 August, the KFC sponsored social bowls were played with Marion Skaines and Dave Scotney defeating Faye Flint and Ken Hayes 23 to 13.
Pamela Kerr and John Ruhle just got up over Peter Guy and Clark Davidson 22 to 20. Marian Cirson and Wassa Roberts were too good for Pat Seipelt and Jim Rickard scoring 20 to 16.
Dave Russell and Phil Wagner went down to Vic Skilton and Craig Thurgate 17 to 21. James White and Ray Southee showed Barry Perks and Brian Black how to play, winning 20 to 8.
Thanks to Wassa Roberts (visitor from South Bendigo) for joining in.
Marian Cirson and Wassa won the KFC vouchers.
On Saturday 24 August, there were 20 bowlers in attendance. Pat Seipelt, Dave Russell and Craig Thurgate just beat Pamela Kerr, Gary Cooper and Geoff Davis by a measure on the last end with 20 to 19.
Micheal Dungey and Lorna Tucker defeated Vic Skilton and Brian Black 16 to 13.
Percy Cutmore, John Ruhle and Wassa Roberts got up over Peter Guy, Ken Hayes and Dave Scotney 16 to 15.
Ralph Tate and Clark Davidson stayed in front to beat Barry Perks and Ray Southee 25 to 18.
Congratulations to Ken Hayes who was presented with his Super Veterans Badge by Chairman Gary Cooper.
Lorna Tucker won the lucky numbers raffle AGAIN. Brian Black was ecstatic to win a free game and Lorna ended up with a Domino’s voucher.
Saturday, 31 August – Social Bowls at 1pm. Names down between 12pm and 12.30pm. Clubhouse 4661 1516. All welcome, especially beginners and travellers.
Tuesday, 3 September – Turkey Triples 10am. Match Director Faye 0411 571 913.
Wednesday, 4 September – No Bowls. Saturday, 7 September – Social Bowls 1pm.
Stanthorpe Bowls
Fifteen players representing Goondiwindi, Warwick City, Warwick East, Southern Cross, Stanthorpe and Tenterfield Bowls Clubs participated in the 2024 Southern Downs District Ladies Singles event.
The competition was held at the Warwick East Bowls Club over two days on 24-25 August.
Stanthorpe was represented by Wendy Hurnall, Polly Lay and Tammy Robinson. Wendy and Polly made their way through to Sundays quarterfinals. Results of the games are as follows. Polly Lay (Stanthorpe) defeated Wendy Hurnall (Stanthorpe) 21 to 13. Elana Scott (Tenterfield) defeated Sue Butz (Warwick East) 21 to15. Faye Flint (Warwick City) beat Marion Cirson (Warwick City) 21 to 15. Margaret Grayson (Warwick City) def Jill Hankins (Goondiwindi) 21 to 17. Semi-final results. Elana Scott def Polly Lay by 25-13. Margaret Grayson def Faye Flint by 25 to 20. Congtatulations go out to Elana Scott who defeated Magaret Grayson in the final by 25 shots to 21. The weather has been much kinder this week for the social Bowls days and here’s hoping the trend continues. Results of the social Bowls games to date are as follows. Caroline Draper, Polly Lay and Gary Trevena had a 23 to 17 shot victory over Steve Sheahan, Linda Evans and Brian Brown. Sylean Fairley, David Draper and John Fairley were too strong for the team of Margaret Harvey, Greg Hammond and Len Girgenti defeating them by by 34 shot to 14. John’s team picked up 8 shots on the ‘Power Play’ end that certainly didn’t help their oppositions cause. Steve Sheahan, David Draper and Jack Bell were defeated by S.Sheahan, Caroline Draper and John Fairley by 14 shots to 19 and in the final game of pairs Greg Hammond and Len Girgenti had a narrow two shot victory over Brian Brown and David Rose by 20 shots to18.
The ‘Turkey Triples’ day which was to be held on Tuesday, 13 August, had to be cancelled due to the inclement weather. The next event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10, commencing at 10am. Cost is $15 per player and includes two games of bowls, morning tea and a light lunch. Teams can nominate by calling the Club mobile on 0456459784.
Congratulations to Warwick East Bowls Club (3rd Division) Goondiwindi Bowls Club (2nd Division) and the Summit Bowls Club (1st Division) who were the winners of the 2024 Southern Downs District Pennants competition which was held on Saturday, 17 August at the Tenterfield Bowls Club. Stanthorpe competed in the second division but came up short with a loss to the eventual winners Goondiwindi. They also had a forfeit from the Texas Bowls Club who failed to show and a win over the Warwick East Bowls Club.
The 2024 ‘Open Triples Carnival’ will be held on Sunday 6 October at 9am. Huge thank you too Stanthorpe Bendigo Community Bank and the Stanthorpe Golf Club for sponsoring the event. Any teams wishing to nominate can call the Club mobile on 0456459784. Entries close on Sunday, September 29. Watch this space for further details.
This weeks on green sponsors are Julianne and Alfina of Lifestyle Footware.
East Warwick
Thursday’s monthly pairs day saw a full green of sixteen teams, playing in very pleasant weather. The winners on the day were Peter Collis, with the runners-up being Ron Philps and Sue Butz. Last Saturday’s mixed social bowls saw us play four games of triples. The winner was Al Buse, while Wayne Foster and Toby Robinson (who shared the games), Peter Collis and Johnno Johnson were the equal runners-up. The attempt at the jackpot was unsuccessful.
Saturday 31 August the club will hold a mixed three-bowl pairs competition. Play will start at 9am. There will be mixed social bowls for anyone not involved, starting at the usual time of 1pm.
Next Thursday (5 September) we will be holding our monthly triples competition. Play starts at 10am.
Finally, on Saturday, 14 September we will hold a special day to raise funds for Sue Butz and Julie Foster, who will be representing our zone in the state ladies pairs competition in October. We would like as many bowlers, both Warwick East members and visitors, to come along to support Sue and Julie.
