Alec, Mark reach rookies final as Warwick claims singles semi

PARKES BOWLS By COL MILLER Thursday social bowls On Rink 2 Graham Davis and Steve Turner had a win over Bob Freeman and Bruce Orr. Rink 3 Mark Glasheen and Geoff Freeman went down to Jim Blake and Brian Townsend 19 to 14. Rink 5 Geoff Smith and John Corcoran won over Peter Fisher and Warwick Parker 17 to 13. Rink 6 Dave Parker and Col Miller had a 1 shot win over Mick Valentine and Ian Simpson 18 to 17. Rink 7 Warren Bevan and John Wright had a solid win over Col Hayward and Gary McPhee 19 to 13. Social bowls on Saturday On Rink 16 Col Hayward, Maureen Miller and John Ward had a runaway win over Jim Blake, Bob Freeman and Graham Dixon 31 to 12. Rink 17 Col Miller and Dave Reilly won 25 to 18 over Geoff Smith and John Wright. Rink 18 Rob Lacey and Mark Dwyer won 26 to 14 over Brian Townsend and Guy Ellery. Rink 19 Mick Valentine, Gary McPhee and John Davies had a good win over Rob Irving, Brenda Davies and Geoff Freeman 24 to 17. Over the weekend sections of Bowls NSW Rookies Pairs (qualifying) were played at the Services Railway Club. Our club had a number of players involved. Shawn Dunn and Jacob Townsend teamed up and played Joshua Antill and Ethan Lacey and won 12 to 6. The Townsend team played Dubbo City and went down 15 to 5. Joshua and Ethan then defeated Dubbo City. Alec Bateson and Mark Glasheen defeated Condobolin in their first game and had a bye in the second game. Their third game they defeated West Dubbo. They made the Semi Final only to come up against Joshue Antill and Ethan Lacey but were too good winning 14 to 6. Alec and Mark moved onto the final but went down to Cowra Eagles 9 to 5. Two of our lady bowlers were also involved in the competition, Janice McMahon and Ann Tracy being new bowlers, they played well but lost their games to Dubbo City 14 to 5 and then Cowra 13 to 7. On Tuesday afternoon in the wind Warwick Parker and Brian Townsend played their Semi Final game in the Men’s Major Singles. The game was even to start being 6-all. Brian seemed to get stuck on the number 7 which allowed Warwick to take the lead 17 to 7. Brian managed to break away from the number 7 and put the pressure back onto Warwick to be only down 2 shots 17 to 19. Warwick won 2 of the next 3 ends to take the game 25 to 18. Our AGM was held last Sunday and a new board was elected. Chairperson Wilbur Harris; vice chairpersons Naomi Hancock, Mackenna McGuire; directors Scott Allen, Liz Byrne, Merilyn Rodgers and Ann Smith. Congratulations to those members. The lucky rink is $180 this Thursday.