Around the greens

Winners – Barb Eberle, Christine Wilson, Joan Wilson.

Runners Up – Lyn Ryan, Dot Shanks, Linda Rodney.

There was no bowls on Thursday. The last game of the year will be on Thursday, December 2.

ClubMulwala Outdoor Bowls

Tuesday, Nov 23 - Midweek Pennant

An overcast muggy day saw the border teams of ClubMulwala and Yarrawonga do battle in the Ovens and Murray Division A1 and Division B1 Midweek competitions.

Members of the Division B2 team who had a bye also played bankers alongside several bowlers from Yarrawonga and achieved some valuable practice under match conditions.

Good wins by the A1 and B1 sides despite losing one rink each were able to cover those losses which is a valuable lesson in keeping an eye on the overall score to achieve the desired side result.

Division A1 – Club Mulwala 64 (12) defeated Yarrawonga 56 (2)

Results as follows:

Kay Smith, Graeme Arnold, Liz Murdoch and Stephen McPhee 21 defeated Richard Hermassoo, Geoffrey Hargreaves, Wayne Barnes and Roslyn King 13.

Mick Millsom, Mark Smith, Kerry Merrett and Kim Lefevre 15 lost to Ian Woods, Raymond Butler, Caroline Reilly and Evelyn Calder 25.

Peter Humphreys, Daryl Dighton, Malcolm Miller and Jan Martin 28 defeated Robert Tait, Max Calder, Jeanette Hermassoo and Shane Maddox 18.

Ladder Position – 6.

Division B1 – Club Mulwala 74 (12) defeated Yarrawonga 61 (2)

Results as follows:

Cliff Morton, Barry Martin, Graham Albert and Russell Cook 34 defeated Keith Allender, Norman Gribble, Rosene Andrews and Kaylene Tait 17.

Loris Lochhead, Eugene Hodson, Betty Richmond and Jan Morton 17 lost to Christopher Gentle, Ron Lamson, Ted Edwards and Brian Gentle 26.

Barry Pitt, Daryl Richmond, Anita Albert and Wade McPherson 23 defeated Kerry Gribble, Kay Ross, Kim Johnston and Elaine Thomas 18.

Ladder Position – 1.

Division B2 – Club Mulwala – BYE

Saturday, Nov 27 – Weekend Pennant

Division A3 – Club Mulwala 73 (2) lost to Wangaratta 84 (14)

It’s nice to play bowls against good people and the Wangaratta bowlers are just that. Thank you for a great day.

Results as follows:

Kay Smith, John Thurling, Malcolm Miller and Stephen McPhee 24 defeated Brian Godfrey, Peter Selwood, John Knight and Michael Mackow 12.

Mick Millsom, Kerry Merrett, Barry Martin and Betty Richmond 14 lost to Leon Quartermain, Lorna Martinelli, Renee Hill and Bob McCalman 19.

Daryl Dighton, Eugene Hodson, Bev Norwood and Jan Martin 12 lost to Gary Fenlon, Richard Allan, Michael Montgomery and Klaus Kazenwadel 32.

Gary Parker, Graeme Arnold, Daryl Richmond and Jan Morton 23 defeated Terrence Corrigan, Gary King, Barbara McDonald and Tyson Chivers 21.

Ladder Position – 3.

Division B 2 – Club Mulwala – BYE

Division B3 – Club Mulwala 50 (12) defeated Myrtleford 44 (2)

A struggle all day however, with 2 rinks up the hard work paid off. Very early in the season and a good start by our new third side.

Results as follows:

Wayne Dowsey, Frank Exton, Joan Connor and Laurie Leary 16 defeated Gareth Williams, Veronica Matassoni, Jack illis and Brian Kendall 15.

Loris Lochhead, Judith Laughlin, Ray Tovey and Russell Cook 10 lost to Casey Vandserpol, Mark Simpson, Kevin Bray and Noel Rowe 21.

Cliff Morton, Faye Cook, Doug Chessum and Jodi Powell 24 defeated Barry Morey, Walter Langton, Barry Rowe and Robyn Byrne 8.

Ladder Position – 4.

Sunday, Nov 28 – Club Championship Matches

Beautiful weather, a good crowd of 30 plus and some excellent bowls were the order of the day.

The two new Club Champions Kay Smith and Mick Millsom put on a Master Class of wonderful bowling to run away easy winners over their opponents Liz Murdoch and Graeme Arnold.

Both Liz and Graeme agreed that you really don’t mind being beaten if your opponent plays brilliant, almost unbeatable bowls.

Both Liz and Graeme are to be commended for the manner in which they played this final and neither gave up throughout their respective games.

Mick Millsom 25 defeated Graeme Arnold 9.

Kay Smith 25 defeated Liz Murdoch 3.

Coming Up

Thursday, December 2

– Ovens and Murray Over 60’s Pairs Championship round.

– Men’s Pairs at ClubMulwala at 9.30am (arrive at 9.00am).

- Ladies Pairs at YMGCR.

Saturday, December 4 – Weekend Pennant round 4

Division A3 – Club Mulwala - (HOME) v Beechworth.

Division B2 – Club Mulwala – (HOME) v Corowa RSL.

Division B3 – Club Mulwala – (HOME) v Bright.

Tuesday, December 7 – Midweek Pennant round 4

Division A1 – Club Mulwala – (HOME) v Wangaratta.

Division B1 – Club Mulwala – (HOME) v Moyhu.

Division B2 – Club Mulwala – (AWAY) v Corowa RSL.

That is all for this week. Good luck to those playing in the Over 60’s on Thursday.

Good health and good bowling to all. Stay safe and have fun.

YMGCR Bowls

Wednesday social bowls was washed out and on Friday there were 36 players with the winners being Kerry Kinnane and Peter Lidgerwood. Runners up were the Potter clan and third were Ross Lloyd and Neville Coleman.

On a very warm Friday night the A1’s played the annual night pennant game against Yarrawonga at Yarrawonga and they came away with a good solid win winning 18/96 to 0/52.

With small adjustments to the rinks the team looked like they were gelling a lot more, with so many new faces it was always going to take a bit of fiddling to get everything right.

Mick Szabo rink looking rock solid all night and when you think 2 of his rink (Stuart McNeill and Mick Vaughan) have never played or even see the tricky green before coming away with a 29/10 win was a mighty effort.

Scott Widdison rink played some fantastic bowls all night long and they won 21/10. Les Spencer’s rink started off slowly but they fought their way back to come away with a good win of 24/14.

Jimmy Lefevre rink jumped out of the blocks but to Yarra’s credit they hung in there to go down 22/18.

The A2’s played Benalla away and were determined to show that last week’s effort was just a one-off mishap.

After making a few changes to the rinks, the club played a lot better, and they won 18/92 to 0/60. Best rink was Ray Brown’s rink with Norm Winderbank, Bill Jenkins and Greg Green all bowling well to get a 32/11 win.

Cat’s rink was stripped down from last week with only Cat remaining, thanks to Doug Wheeler and Les Wilson helping out and they got up 22/17.

Robert Lidgerwood’s rink also had 2 changes and they came away with a 19/15 win. The selectors made a bold move by putting an all girls rink together with Smithy, Middleton, Antoinette “Tony “ Durkin and Irvine, before the game to make Antoinette feel more at home they gave HIM a small gift, a nice navy blue skirt.

The girls had a great game and with 2 ends to play they were 4 shots down, they then picked up a 4 and then a 2 to win 19/17.

That effort just showed the attitude of the team and what a difference from last week.

The A4’s play Benalla at home and had a gutsy win claiming 14/81 to 4/74 victory.

Best rink again was Ian Morffew winning 27/12. Bob Evans rink also had a good win 21/16, Ian Price rink had a tight battle all day but lost the last few ends to go down 16/22. Marie Whitehead went down 17/24.

If anybody is missing bowls, they were left on the green after the game and are now in the bowls office.

B2’s played Mansfield at home and went down 0/48 to 14/70. In a close tussle and a low scoring game Terry Matthews rink just went down 14/17.

Bill Butterworth also had a close game losing 20/25 and Ross Lloyd went down 14/28. The scores don’t really indicate how competitive our B2’s are. Every week they have massive changes but they never complain and go out and do the club proud.

The selectors would like to thank all clubmates for helping out when numbers were down.

Midweek Pennant had the A1’s playing away at Corowa RSL and they won 13/68 to 1/42.

Spencer’s rink trailed most of the day but came home strongly to win 25/16, Anne Miles rink was always in control and won 26/9.

Garry Sanders was in trouble most of the day but fought back on the last end to get a 3 and a draw 17/17. They are a point clear on top of the ladder.

The A2’s travelled to the very pretty town of Yackandandah and they won 14/106 to 0/38. The rink of Ray Brown, Garry Hart, Tony “Antoinette” Durkin and Micky Vaughan had a dominating performance winning 55/8.

The rink of Stuart McNeill, Allan Goudge, Ian Price and Marie Morffew also got something unusual getting a 8 and they won 27/20. Little Marcia McGrillen’s rink got the job done again with the star being Bobby Evans who played magnificently all day and they won 24/10.

They are also on top of the ladder, next week they travel to Kiewa, always hard to beat there.

In a close game the A4’s played Rutherglen at home and won 12/59 to 2/53. The best rink was Danny McNeill who won 23/13, Marie Whitehead had a good win 24/20 and Les Balfour lost 12/20. They currently sit 5th on the ladder but only 2 points from 2nd.

The B2’s played Moyhu at home and had a close game going down 2/52 to 12/61. Marry Essex rink had a great win 29/10 and Ian Morffew got a late call up and just went down 15/20. John Wenzel lost 8/31.

Due to the public demand, the fans want to see back RINK OF THE WEEK back and this week’s winners with a massive score of 55/8 is Ray Brown, Garry Hart, Tony Durkin and Mick Vaughan.

Also on Sunday at Corowa RSL was the Semi final of the O&M State Triples and the YMGCR girls of Miles, Smith and Sanders played a team from Myrtleford and the won 25/4.

This then got them into the afternoon final against the composite team of Leask (Benalla) and YMGCR ‘s girls of Moore and Mildderton. In a close game all day the YMGCR girls got 2 threes on the last 2 ends to win18/13.

Also at the same time at Corowa Civic the team of Scott Widdison, Ryan Davies and Gary Presnell played the O&M State Men’s Triples.

They played the Semi Final against Moira and won which then put them in the final against a Wangaratta team and just went down on the last end (great game boy’s).

This week on Wednesday Miles verses Sanders in the club singles semifinal, game starts at 11 am. Also on Thursday is the O&M State Ladies over 60’s pairs at YMGCR and at ClubMulwala the O&M State Men’s over 60’s.

Also on December 16 will be a BBQ, list on noticeboard.

Yarrawonga Bowls

Last Sunday, November 28 in perfect weather, the Mens Club Singles Final was played between Wayne Jessup and Tim Cromie with Tim coming out the winner.

Congratulations go out to Tim on being the Mens Club Champion for 2021/22 and well done to Wayne on getting so close and being the runner up for 2021/22.

Midweek pennant results –

Tuesday November 23 - A1 played ClubMulwala at Mulwala and in a close match came out winners by 4 shots with 2 of the 3 rinks getting up.

B1 also played ClubMulwala at Mulwala and they too had a close game coming out winners by 6 shots with 2 of the 3 rinks getting up.

Weekend pennant results –

Friday November 26 - A1 played a twilight game against YMGCR at home and lost with YMGCR proving far too strong with them winning all 4 rinks.

Saturday November 27 - A3 played Moira at Moira and lost by 12 shots with Moira winning 3 of the 4 rinks.

B2 played Chiltern at home and won well with all 3 rinks getting up.

Social bowls results –

Monday November 22 - 2-4-2. Winners – Bob Adams and Mick Crawford. Runners Up – Rosene Andrews and Kate Bartel.  The Jackpot was claimed by Marg and Rob Wickham.

Thursday November 25 - Twilight/Barefoot Bowls was cancelled due to the rain.

This weeks games  –

Weekend pennant –

Saturday December 4 - A1 play Kiewa at Kiewa.

A3 play Wodonga at home and B2 play Benalla at home.

Midweek pennant –

Tuesday December 7 - A1 play Corowa RSL at home and B1 play Swanpool at home.

Social bowls -

Thursday December 2 - Twilight/Barefoot Bowls, all players must be aged 12 years and older to play and prove they are double vaccinated.

$5 per player, 6pm Sausage Sizzle for a 6.30pm Start. Names need to be down by 5.30pm.

Monday December 6 - 2-4-2. 12.30pm start, names to be down by 11am on the day.

A date for your diary –

Xmas Party - Saturday December 18, 5.30pm start.

(A sheet is up for names and for members willing to make a salad for the night.)

To any members that are not well at the moment, we wish you a speedy recovery.

To all, good bowling, good health and enjoy!