CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Saturday, October 14 the final of the Club Minor Triples Championship was played. Gary McPhee, Martin Tighe and Jim Blake took on Wilbur Harris, Guy Ellery and Steve Turner.

The opening ends were fairly evenly divided and after six ends Wilbur’s team lead 4-3. On the seventh end Gary’s side scored four shots to open up a lead of 7-4 and by the eighteenth end lead by seven shots, 16-9. With three ends to play Gary’s team still has a six shot lead and though Wilbur’s team won the final three ends they could not bridge the gap and Gary, Martin and Jim claimed the title 18-15.

In a Major Triples match, on Thursday, October 12, John Davies, Keith MacRae, and Graham Barby had the best of the early ends in their match against Arthur Corbett, John Ward and Rob Irving and lead 18-4 going into the fourteenth end.

Seven of the next eight ends were won by Arthur’s team and with four ends to play the scores were tied at 19 all.

Going into the last end John’s team lead 21-20 but Arthur’s side scored three on the last and to win the match 23-21 and advance to the next round.

A Handicap singles match was played on Thursday and George Bradley lead Martin Tighe 21-13 before Martin scored twelve shots on the next four ends to claim the match 25-21.

In a Handicap Pairs match, also on Thursday, Tom Furey and Greg Huggins won the first three ends against Greg Howlett and Mike Valentine to lead 6-0. Tom and Greg gradually took control of the match and advanced to the next round with a 20-14 win.

SOCIAL BOWLS October 12: 14 players turned out for two games of Pairs and one Triples match.

The Triples match turned out to be the closest of the day with Col Mudie, Col Woods and John Dunn taking on Ron Hornery, Gladrin Sun and John Hodge. Col’s side played well from the start and after five ends lead 10-0.

Ron’s team fought back well and with one end to play the score was 17-16 in favour of Col’s team. In a tense last end Col’s team managed to score one shot to win the match 18-16.

In the Pairs matches, Warren Bevan and John Watson had a narrow win, 19-15 against Gary McPhee and Joe Crowley, while Geoff Freeman and John Carr beat Ted Wright and John Taylor 25-16.

The winners on the day were Martin Tighe and Bernie Mitchell (who was Marker for the Handicap Singles match) and The Runners-up prize went to Warren Bevan and John Watson.

October 14: 23 turned out to play three games of Pairs and two Triples matches (with John Watson playing both lead and second in one of the matches) which produced some fairly wide score lines.

In the closest match Ted Wright and Mike Valentine were down early on in the game and it wasn’t until the 17th end that they took the lead from Keith MacRae and Les Kent and went on to win 22-16.

Other results: Geoff Freeman and Col Woods had a convincing win against Dick Wilkie and Rob Tinker. John Davies and Gladrin Sun proved too strong for Dave Johnson and Ron Hornery. Arthur Corbett, John Carr and Maureen Wilkie were too god for John Taylor, Joe Crowley and Greg Huggins. John Ward, Rob Irving and Bruce Orr had a win against Steve Ryan and John Watson.

October 15: Sunday morning Mixed Bowls got off to a slow start with only eight players turning out. Quantity may have been down but there is no doubting the quality of the teams that played. In a hard fought match the husband and wife teams of Steve and Lynn Ryan did battle against Bruce and Lea Orr. With the outcome in doubt right up to the last end the Ryan’s claimed victory 14-11. The other match saw Greg Townsend and Liz Byrne score a win over Rob Irving and Brenda Davies. We hope to see a few more starters next Sunday morning with names in by 9.30 for a 10am start.

Twilight Bowls: It was good to see twenty teams playing on our “practice” night but when competition starts this Thursday, October 19, it’s not too late to get involved.

It’s a great, relaxed way to get into our sport so, if you have never played before or want to return to bowls, come along on the night to register. We are looking for teams of three or come along on your own and we will try to team you up with a couple of other players. All equipment is proved so all you need are some flat soled shoes – or play barefoot if you prefer. Cost is $10 per week which includes a light supper after the game and our bar staff will gladly serve you a nice cool drink, alcoholic or otherwise. Look forward to seeing you on the night.

Central West District Bowls Association: The Annual General Meeting of the CWDBA will be held at our Club on Saturday, November 4 commencing at 10.00am. All interested parties are welcome to attend so if you want to know what’s going on in Bowls in our District we look forward to welcoming you on the day. If you wish to nominate for any position on the committee nominations must reach the Secretary before October 23 (contact the club for mailing details).

Badge draw: The badge draw was not won last Friday and will be worth $1300 this week and will be drawn on Friday night sometime after 8-00, after the meat and voucher raffles. You have to be there to win it so come along and have a great pub style meal and may be go home with a bundle of cash in your pocket.

Last weeks semi-final results are top flight def cc's 4-1 with players player going to Matt Clarke and josh Townsend high scorers were Josh Townsend 4x140,139,4x100 Hans Christensen 100,140,121 dave rogan 4x100 Matt Clarke 100,121,104 Jeremy Clarke 100. Strikers def budgies 4-3 in a very close contest players player went to teona Wakefield and jake Tonkin high scorers were jake Tonkin 3x100 Jed whiteman 100 this game sees the star budgies bow out of the finals. Warriors def twist tops 4-2 with players player going to Ray J Jnr and Marty phelan high scorers were Ray J Jnr 2x100,101 lee Davis 100,121 rob Clegg 100 Jayden Capple 4x100 Marty phelan 180,100

Wednesday Draw: Twist tops v strikers @tbc. Cc's v pluggas @ leagues club. The warriors and top flights have the week off.

Junior touch footy draw for Wednesday October 18. Could all referees be at control by 5.20pm for ground allocations.

5.30pm: Gators V Destroyers – Field 1A (Sally Richter). Fireworks V Kool Kittens – Field 1B (Chloe Drabsch). Parkes East Panthers V Dabsters – Field 2A (Savannah Draper). Motley Crew V Puggmuddles – Field 2B (India Draper). La Bella V Flaming Flamingos – Field 6 (Ben Cooper/Ben Lovett). Parkes East Tigers V Hard Tryers – Field 7 (Blake Medlyn/Jackson Guy). YTG V M&Ms – Field 8 (Michael Riley/Cody Reynolds). Sassy Sisters and The Champs have a bye.

6.10pm: Not Fast Just Furious V Wii Not Fit - Field 1 (Amanda Draper). Cherry Pickers V Transformers – Field 2 (Ben Cooper/Ben Lovett). Super Sisters V Dunn’s Divas – Field 4 (India Draper). No Idea V Touch & Go – Field 5 (Steve Riley). Cobras V Scared Touchless – Field 6 (Chris Reynolds). Linebreakers V Goblins – Field 7 (Bel Crain).

6.50pm: Johnny’s Blackbirds V Brumbies – Field 1 (Amanda Draper). Slayers V Get Napped – Field 6 (Chris Reynolds). Kiss Our Boots V Untouchables – Field 7 (Steve Riley).

The Parkes Touch Football Senior Competition continues this week with Mixed on Wednesday & Men’s/Women’s on Thursday night. An apology from the club for the late timeslot on Wednesday night but we hope to have the lights on field 5 fixed next week so we can eliminate this late game going forward. Thanks for your understanding.

Wednesday 11th October - Mixed             

7.30pm: The RSL Rusty Buckets vs JT Cock & Sons – F1 – (A Draper/ B Medlyn/ M Riley). Star Bucks vs Railway Hotel 181Ds – F6 – (Chris & Cody Reynolds/ J Guy). Simply Belissima Cambo Pub Rats vs Fast and the Furious – F7 – (I Draper/ B Lovett/ S Afele).

8.10pm: sapnu puas vs Give 'em the clamps – F1 – (A Draper/ I Draper). Holy Rollers vs Golly wogs  – F6 – (D Cooper/ M Riley/ B Crain). Loopy Loppers vs Hart Bar – F7 – (N Huggett/ S Afele/ B Cooper).

8.50pm: The umi zoomis vs We'll Touch Ya – F1 – (N Huggett/ D Cooper).

Thursday 12th October – Seniors

6.10pm: Sight N Sound vs Terry Bros – F1 – (Chris Reynolds/J Guy). Sureway Swoopers vs Melted gumboots – F5 – (A Draper/ M Riley). RayWhite Rebels 141 Boutique – F6 – (N Huggett/ Cody Reynolds). The Crocs vs Bright Sparks – F7 (D Cooper/ S Afele).

6.50pm: Mumma's Can Touch vs Clueless – F1 – (D Cooper /B Lovett/ S Afele). The piggies vs Cambo – F6 – (N Huggett/ M Riley/ B Cooper). Snags and Their Offsping vs Muffin Stuffers – F7 – (I Draper/ B Medlyn)

7.30pm: Coachie Oldboys vs Saints – F1 – (A Draper/ I Draper/ J Guy). Better with Age vs Spacies – F6 – (Chris & Cody Reynolds/ B Medlyn). TACOS OR TARCOS vs YTBG – F7 – (D Cooper/ N Huggett/ B Lovett). Cougars Bye.

On a glorious Thursday last, 36 veteran golfers challenged the Forbes course. The results were as hot as the day. Peter Barnes (Fbs) won the day on a count-back from Peter Unwin (Pks) and Laurie Byrne (Fbs) all on 29 points. The encouragement award went to Laurie Wakefield (Pks).

Nearest the pins winners were Alf Davies (Fbs), A-grade and Peter Unwin (Pks) B-grade on the ninth, and Sonny Bell (PH) A-grade and Ray Sanderson (Fbs) B-grade on the 18th.

The Forbes Club took out the Mick Miller Shield points 160 to 148. This week we travel to Cowra for the Lachlan Valley Veteran’s Championship and next week we return to Parkes for a 10am start.

Weather has been very kind to us for golf and we are catching up on several games not yet played. the course is in excellent condition considering no rain for several months. September 17 the ladies & men played an 18 hole Par event winner on the day was for the Ladies was Marion McIntyre on +2, winner of the Men’s was Ron Boness on +2 runner-up on square was Graeme Hunter, no near pins were won.

September 24 the ladies +men played their 27 hole Foursomes, Ladies winners were Maureen Boness & Marion McIntyre who had a combined score of 152, Handi-cap winners were Shirley Nutley & Di Cornelissen with a net score of 117.75, Nearest the pin on 6th was Marion McIntyre.

The men’s winners were Steve Edwards & George Falvey on 125, Handicap winners were Donal McKeowen & Bill Scott on 94.75 scratch 127, nearest the pins were 3rd hole Don McKeowen and 6th hole was Bill Scott.

The ladies have played their Championships and results will be in next update.

Coming up: The Jim Nutley Memorial Trophy” on October 21 and we are hoping a good turn up for that. Then we have our famous Par 3 event which is always a challenge on October 29 and finally “The Parkes Overnighter Trophy” day on November 5.