RAILWAY BOWLS

By PAUL LEWIN

Social Bowls

Wednesday, 24 September saw 28 players for social bowls. Winners were Mark Frances and Steve Turner winning 16+16.

Runners up were Zac Weekes, Pig Phillips and Robbie Hill winning 16+10. No Marble was drawn out and the margins were 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 and 16. The Jackpot this week is $402.

We had 22 players for social bowls on Saturday, 27 September. Winners were Mick Furney and Jake Brown winning 17+22.

Runners up were Marty Fitzpatrick, Ash Kirwan and Andrew Trotman winning 15+8.

This week we have social bowls on Saturday, 4 October at 1pm. As always names in half an hour before start times, everyone is welcome and quality new loan bowls are available at the club.

Club Championships

In the Major Singles we had Craig Cusack play Frank Van Opynen. Craig got off to a great start leading 8-1 after 5 ends and 17-3 after 12 ends.

Frank knuckled down but the experience of Craig shone through and he went on to win 25-11.

In more Major Singles action Tony Bright played John Corcoran. Corco led 4 nil after 2 ends and 6-3 after 5 ends.

Corco leads 7-6 after 8 ends. Brighty grabs a 3 and takes the lead 9-7 after 9 ends and leads 12-7 after 12 ends.

Brighty keeps the pressure on and leads 17-9 after 17 ends and goes on to win the game 25-11.

In the Minor Singles Pauline Currey played George Greenhalgh. George led 3-1 after 2 ends and Pauline got it back to 3 all after 4 ends.

George found his rhythm and won the next 9 ends to lead 20-3. Pauline regrouped but the damage was done and George wins the game 25-5.

In more Minor Singles action Nev Kirwan played Joey Van Opynen. Joey led 7-1 after 4 ends and 10-1 after 6 ends.

Nev gets a pair of 3’s but Joey keeps finding and leads 22-8 after 14 ends.

Nev again fires up stringing 3 ends together with a 2 and two 3’s but Joey picks up a 3 and wins the game 25-16.

All the draws are out for the club Championships for 2025/26.

Please get in and get your games played asap. Beautiful greens and beautiful weather should see beautiful bowls. What a great time of year!

Mid West Region

The Mid West Region Pairs were played last weekend, 8 teams from the Railway contested the event, with 4 teams making the quarter finals.

Only to unfortunately come up against each other. Alan Curteis and Peter Job defeated Aaron Thorne and Tony Bright 17-14 and Andrew Trotman and Blake Strudwick defeated Craig Cusack and John Chew 19-18.

That leaving the winners to play off in the Semi’s where Trotty and Blake proved too strong winning 26-8 over Joby and Al.

Trotty and Blake then went on to win the Final and will now contest the Regional Playoffs at West Dubbo on 19 October for a spot in the State Finals.

Bowls NSW

We hosted the State Rookie Pairs for BowlsNSW last weekend and the Cowra pairing of Braydon Chew and Shane Beasley proved too strong for the town pairing of Alectown Bateson and Mark Glasheen who played some great bowls over the two days.

BPL Cup

We had Helen Clark, Robbie Hill and Mick Dunn represent the club and Mount Lewis last Sunday in the State Finals of the BPL Cup.

Unfortunately they went down without a win but what a great experience for them and hopefully they can go one better next year.

Coming Up

The Annual Champagne Triples is fast approaching on 25 and 26 October with the Calcutta on Friday, 24 October at 6pm.

Teams are filling quickly so don’t miss your spot.

Quickshine Punters Club

The Punters Club has been rolling along well and the results are put on the board as they happen. Money can be placed in the tin on the bar at any point along the way. Giddy up.

In the Club on Friday, 3 October we have Happy Hour 5-7pm, Meat Tray Raffles, Badge Draw ($2300), Joker Draw ($1900) and the Bistro serving up their delicious meals from 6pm.

See you at the Railway! Toot Toot!