The Final will be played next week April 18 between Elaine Miller, Maree Grant and Rhona Went, Maree Grant. A great game to watch. In the CWD Singles played last week the winner was Pat Cooney who defeated Colleen Crump from Canowindra in a nail biting great Final. Pat now goes on to play the other Districts in Blayney. Three days of great bowls were enjoyed by all players.

In the second tier Gwynneth Rice Trophy, another great final between Gwen Haydon (Canowindra) and Robyn Morgan (Parkes) saw Gwen Haydon the winner. The Gwynneth Rice Trophy was presented by her Granddaughter, Emma Rice, and great granddaughter Clara Rice.

A successful Easter Trading Table was held with winners in the raffle taking lots of Easter goodies home. Winners for bowls draw were Di Hughes, Flo Riseborough, Cherie Frame.

Nominations for the Minor Singles are now open and close April 25. There will be a Mother’s Day of bowls held May 2, please wear something pink and put your name on the board to play.

New bowlers and visitors welcome to social bowls on Tuesday mornings. Please ring Table Selectors Margaret Hawken and Pam MacRae between 9am and 9.30am. Social roster Betsy Johnstone.

Last weekend saw last week of the Pennants season at District level. We won two of our three grades and all three grades are now through to the Zone Playoffs. Firstly the No. 5s played the Canowindra at Canowindra and came away with a loss nine points to one but they were so far in front on the table that they couldn't be put out of the playoffs. Lee Hetherington, Peter Job, Graham Thomson and Geoff Leonard  had the only win 19 to 13. Clive Stibbard, Steve Torrens, Peter Creith and SteveFrame had a loss 15 to 22 and Luke Ramsay, Rod Ramsay, Ray Griffith, and Brett Frame also had a loss 16 to 19 to make it one rinks to two with a losing score on the master board of 50 to 54 to give them a one points to nine loss overall.

The No. 6s played Condobolin at home and came up with a three rinks to nil win. The team of Tony Peisley, Marty Fitzpatrick, Tony Latter and Alan Cameron  had a win 24 to 20, John Corcoran, Mike Valentine, Graham Cole, and Nathan Wills had a good win 26 to 16 and Brian Hampton, Mick Furney, Marcus Strudwick and John O'Malley had a close win 18 to 16 giving them 3 rinks to 0 and an overall winning score on the master board of 68 to 52 and a 10 points to 0 win. The No. 7s travelled to Condobolin and had a hard fought win 8.5 to 1.5. This keeps them on the top of the table and gives them a trip away to the Zone Playoffs. Bernie Coleman, Brian Smith, Mike Phillips and Alan Affleck    had a 15 all draw. Terry Hetherington, Mike Parkes, Guy Bennett and David Law had a good win 22 to 12 and Ben McNaughton, Col Boehm, Col Hornery, and Paul Cross had a small loss 22 to 17.  This gave us 1.5 rinks    each but a win on the master board 54 to 19 and a win overall of 8.5 to 1.5.

Congratulations to all three grades for winning through to the Zone Playoffs. Thanks to all players and all the support from the club and the ladies for their sandwiches also the bar staff who looked after everyone on home games. The No.5s will be playing at home for their playoffs. The 6s will travel to Dubbo Railway and the 7s will travel to West Dubbo on May  27-28. More info on that later on.

Major Pairs match played between Ray Griffith, Baldy Frame against Frank Gersbach and Steve Frame. Unfortunately for Frank and Steve Ray, Baldy were too good on the day winning very convincingly 29-13 to advance to the semis. Good numbers for social bowls, much improved Tony Latter teaming up Lee Hetherington to win the day. Runners Up, Ray Bolton and Mick Furney. Saturday at 1pm the club will host a fund raiser in aid of the Greg and Sheree Phillips Family after young Brooke was involved in an nasty motor vehicle accident at the weekend. The day is mufti and invites all to attend, a sausage sizzle will follow bowls well as raffles etc. Club open, Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday but closed on Monday.

Round 10 Results

Ladder after Round 10

Just a reminder to all teams that there will be no competition held on April 17 due to Easter. Parkes Pool Competition would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter.

On April 6 we played a seven table Mitchell movement. North south winners were Ingrid Stephenson and Keith Fiedler 61.6 per cent.  Greig Ball and Louise Payne were second with 54.6 followed by Jan Latter and Jenny Freeman 53.1. For the east west side Val Worthington and Joan Reilly topped with 64.3. Second were Gai Baker and Anne Berkeley 56.6 and third were Margaret Hawken and John Quin 54 per cent.

On April 10 it was a red point event. Red points have more value and each club is allotted a restricted amount of these each year. Normally we play for green points.  Beth Thomas and Suzie McNamara  won the north south side with 65.2 followed by Anne Berkeley and Beryl Twardy 57 per cent. For east west, Dawn Phipps and Jenny Freeman were first with 59.2 just ahead of Keith Fiedler and Greig Ball 56.4.

We played a Howell movement on Tuesday 11th and this was won by Jenny Freeman and Keith Fiedler with a good score of 71.4. Second were Val Worthington and Jan Freeman 56 per cent followed by Nancye Blatch and Isabel Orange51.2. Fourth were Bev Laing and Stephen Garrioch 46.4.