Results Round 9

A Grade: The Star Budgies 32 defeated Parkes Cellars 21. Inline Panel and Paint 43 defeated u15s Parkes Reps 5.

B Grade: Sweaty Betty’s 19 defeated Platelets 6. PHST 34 defeated u14s Parkes Reps 20.

Round 10 - Tuesday, May 22. Setup: Platelets. Pack Up: Sweaty Betty's.

A Grade: 6pm The Star Budgies versus u15s Parkes Reps (Umpires: Parkes Cellar Inline Panel & Paint). 7pm Parkes Cellar versus Inline Panel & Paint (Umpires: The Star Budgies U15s Parkes Reps).

B Grade: 6pm u14s Parkes Reps versus Platelets (Umpires: u13s Parkes Reps Sweaty Betty's). 7pm u13s Parkes Reps versus Sweaty Betty's (Umpires: u14s Parkes Reps Platelets). Bye PHST.

-by Lisa Nutley

Zone Championships: The Sectional Finals of the Zone 4 Pairs Championships were played last weekend. The Open Pairs event was split into two groups and the Club was represented by Tom Furey and Brett Frame (substituting for Garry Carberry) at Grenfell and by Paul & Mike Went at Orange City.

At Orange, Paul and Mike got through to the finals and came from behind to defeat Ben Callaway and Lee Stinson from the Orange City Club. Congratulations Paul and Mike and we wish you the best of luck in the Finals at Cowra next weekend.

Tom and Garry got through to the Semi-Finals but went down to Martin Betcher and Ray Walter from the Grenfell Club. Our Club was also represented In the Presidents Pairs at Eugowra, were Gary McPhee and Greg Howlett were knocked out in the first round.

In the Seniors Pairs at Parkes Railway Club, Steve “Nimo” Mills and George Bradley came up against club-mates Col Hayward and Graham Barby in the first round and Col and Graham had a comfortable win and went on to  get through to the Final but were defeated by John Joyce and Steve Galvin from the Grenfell Club.

Club Championships: Only one game of Minor Singles was played during the week and Rob Irving had a comfortable win, 31-9, against Gladrin Sun.

Thursday, May 1: Twenty-two bowlers turned out to play four games of Pairs and one game of Triples. Gary McPhee and Greg Howlett won the first two ends to lead Col Hayward and Graham Barby, 2-0. After twelve ends the scores were level, 13 all but Col and Graham scored six shots over the next three ends to open up the biggest lead of the match, 19-13. However, with one end to play the scores were again level, 21 all. In a fairly tense last end Gary and Greg scored four shots to claim victory, 25-21.

Col Mudie and John Watson had a five shot win against John Ward and Ted Wright. In their match Keith MacRae and George Bradley scored five shots on the first end against Jim Blake and Col Woods and were never headed, running out winners 27-18. Mike Went and Martin Tighe proved too strong for John Corcoran and Ron Hornery, 24-14.

In the Triples match, Trevor Harvey, John Dunn and Gordon Dickson opened up a 10-0 lead after six ends against Steve Ryan, Greg Huggins and Bob Freeman. By the end of seventeen ends, Steve’s team had taken the lead 16-15 and went on to win the match 22-17. The winning rink prize went to Keith MacRae and George Bradley and the Runners-Up were Gary McPhee and Greg Howlett.

Saturday, May 19: In the absence of the Bowlers involved in the Zone Championships, eighteen players contested three pairs and One Triples matches. The Triples match turned out to be a thriller. The team of John Carr, Greg Huggins and Gordon Dickson lead 7-0 after the first four ends against Mark Dwyer, Bob Freeman and Col Woods. It wasn’t until the fifteenth end that Marks team drew level at twelve all and with two ends to play the scores were locked at 15 all. Both teams won one of the last two ends and the match finished in a 17 all draw. Mark’s team claimed “bragging rights” having won 12 ends to 9.

In a Pairs match, Rob Irving and John Dunn scored a narrow victory against Col Mudie and Jim Blake. Scores had been level four times during the match and with one end to play were locked at 19 all. Rob and John score two shots on the last end to win the match 21-19.

Classic Pairs Tournament. Entries are still being taken for the Classic Pairs event on next weekend, June 2/3. Details are available at the club.

-by George Bradley

Results of club singles played last week was Lea Tanks defeated Samantha Teauge. This was  good game. On Wednesday, May i23 s one of second round games Shirley Bishop versus Lea Tanks at 11am. Bowls from now on will  1pm. A  recruitment drive  for new women members will be on  Saturday, May 26 at 1pm Anyone interested in playing bowls, are invited to come along.  Bowls are provided. all welcome.

-by Evelyn Gibson

CC's defeat Star Budgies 5-2 with players player going to Matt Clarke and Jake Tonkin. High scores were Mitch Davis 100. Tom Young 100. Matt Clarke 140. Jeremy Clarke 3x 100. Jake Tonkin 140, 100. Steve Marshall 100.

Pluggas defeat Strikers 7-0 with players player going to Michael Bailey and Kathy Madden. High scores were Darell Bailey 136, 2x 125, 2x 100. Michael Bailey 2x 140, 125, 3x 100. Michael Dunn 4x 100. Teona Wakefield 100. Kathy Madden 120.

Top Flights defeat Warriors by forfeit. No sheet handed in for Twist Tops versus Big Macs. Results are believed to be Big Macs defeat Twist Tops 6-1.

Draw

-by Leah Roberts

Forth-nine aged golfers travelled to the Grenfell Country Club for the continuation of the Lachlan Valley 18 Holes Veteran Competition and the Coles/Miller Shield last Thursday. The Grenfell Country Club is unique for its rustic beauty, with its slopping fairways and concealed hazards.  The game was contested in three grades. The overall A grade winner was a local lad, Allen Jones, who pared the course with a magnificent score of 46 points. The runner-up was also from Grenfell, David Hancock, with 35 points. The B Grade winner was Alan Logan with Peter Mawhinney, both from Grenfell.

Local knowledge certainly helps. John Dwyer from Parkes took home the C grade prize, from the old Forbes stalwart, John Whatmore. Nearest the pins were taken out by Graham Cooke (Pks) and Alan Jones. The Coles/Miller points were easily won by Grenfell on 117 points, with Parkes, second Parkes on 98, followed by Forbes on 96. This week we return to Forbes to resume the contest for the Mick Miller Shield.

-by Mcl

High profile racehorse trainer and former champion shearer Brett Cavanough won four races at Brewarrina on Saturday including the $9,500 Brewarrina RSL Club Cod Cup ( 1400 metres ) with Still Undaunted. Cavanough who once shore over 400 sheep in a day to break the world record, now trains a huge team at Scone and has won numerous races on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane tracks.

Billy Cray who formerly rode with success in England was aboard all the Cavanough winners at Brewarrina, a meeting which attracted the biggest crowd for many years. Winner of the recent Binnaway Cup, the Cavanough trained Still Undaunted ( Billy Cray, $1.60 favourite ) set a new Brewarrina track record when coming from fourth to win the Cup from the leader Deceitful Don ( Vad Bolozhinskyi, $6 ) and Victorian visitor Tableaux ( Tiffany Jeffries, $6 ). The other Cavanough winners Another Plan ( $2.80 fav.), Pompous ( $2.10 fav.) and Wild Grace ( $1.60 fav.) were all given a nice run behind the leaders by Billy Cray. 

-by Colin Hodges

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