Echuca Bowls Club
Last Thursday’s Men’s Jackpot Pairs, sponsored by Moama Bowling Club and Echuca South Corner Store, attracted 22 teams in perfect playing conditions.
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At the completion of the day, there were eight two-game winners, commencing with Geoff Tinning / Peter Kesson (+2), Ivan Hicks / Trevor Liddell (+6), John Dinsdale / Bill Cook (+9), Peter Tinning / Rick Szakiel (+10), runners-up George Thornley / Jerome Shaw (+30) and the overall winners Steve Cunnington / Stan Barker (+36).
Best one game went to Tony Cantwell and Gary Borg from Kerang (+17).
The jackpot of $20 was won by Peter Cecil and last minute fill-in Joan Dovaston.
Friday’s Scroungers attracted 10 bowlers, with bragging rights won by Ross Young over his better half Jill. Well done to you both.
The last round of the five-week, five-a-side competition, sponsored by Essen, was conducted on Tuesday, with the final result in the balance.
The weekly winners were Wallabies, comprising Ivan Hicks, Lorelle Opthoog, Keith Robertson, Bernie Johns and Jill Young, while the same team, with the addition of one-week fill-in Belinda Chong, were the overall winners with 27 points.
Following the morning’s play, more than 30 members headed to Essen for lunch to thank them for their fabulous sponsorship again this year.
Last Friday’s Mini Bingo again failed to go off and jackpots to $1901 tonight (Friday).
Mal Thorn won the lucky member’s draw and took home $70.
It restarts at $50 at tonight’s gathering for drinks between 4 and 6pm.
Don’t forget to get your entries in for the Open Consistency Breakfast Fours on Friday, October 9, with breakfast at 8.30am followed by bowls at 9am.
Moama Bowling Club
Social Bowls
Tuesday, September 22 – Men’s Triples
Winners: Ian McGregor, Geoff Halden, Stewart Sutton
Runner-up: Ken Sipthorpe, Garth Wiffen, Ben Franklin
1st Game Winners: Col Struthers, Darren Yates, David Lonnie
2nd Game Winners: Peter Tressider, A. Clement, Greg Pettigrove
Ladies Pairs
Winners: Sharon Ausken, Sue Holmes
Runners-up: Mary Kaine, Pam McCloy
1st Game Winners: Barb Scott, Sue Abraham
2nd Game Winners: Pam Kerr, Judy Eastwell
Thursday, September 24 - Ladies Scroungers
Winner: Donna Clarke
Runner-up: Mary Kaine
Rink Winners: Denise Pappin, Pam Limbrick, Cheryl Arnell, Di O’Bryan
Ditch: Carmel Simpson, Sharon Ausken
Men’s Pairs
Winners: Peter Broom, Ben Franklin
Runner-up: Brian Davies, Jock Linehan
1st Game Winners: Mal William, John Hauslen
2nd Game Winners: Alan Watson, Russell Kelly
Indoor Bowls - Thursday, September 10 - Open
Winners: Audrey Matchett, Pam Pellegrino, John Zealley (29)
Runners-up: Mary McKenzie, Roland Matchett, Pam Kerr (5)
Tuesday, September 15 - Open
Winners: Denise Lee, Bob McKinnon (36)
Runners-up: Pam Kerr, Shirley McKinnon, Ron Hooper (33)
Tuesday, September 22 - Open
Winners: Pam Kerr, Roland Matchett, Bob McKIinon (49)
Runners-up: Maurie Jones, Mary McKenzie, Denise Lee, John Zealley (34)
Thursday, September 24 - Open
Winners: Pam Pellegrino, Pam Kerr, Denise Lee, Roland, Joy Hooper (21)
Runners-up: Audrey Matchett, Mary McKenzie, John Zealley, Ron Hooper
Moama RSL
Indoor Bowls- Monday, September 28
27 players played three games of nine ends.
The winners on 42 points were Neil Hardy (Skip), Judy Vise (3rd), and Colin Hicks (Lead).
The runners-up with 36 points were Ken Hopper (Skip), Val Gaylor (3rd), and Roman Lewandowski (Lead).
Third place with 35 points were Pamela Reyment (Skip), Dulcie Van Der Drift (3rd), Marie Hardy (2nd), and Cheryl Campion (Lead).
New members are welcome.
Rochester Bowls Club
Friday social/jackpot bowls
16 bowlers enjoyed two games of eight ends, with four in each team. This was excellent pennant practice.
There was an air of competitiveness, combined with lots of banter, in quite warm conditions.
The winners for the day were Elaine Hall’s team consisting of Alan Williams, Leanne Pickens and Kim Wright – congratulations on their win and a draw.
Unfortunately, the jackpot did not go off and will roll over to next Friday, October 2.
Those wishing to play are requested to ring the office between 8.45 and 9.15am.
Ladies match committee
The committee invites all lady bowlers to enter the ladies championship event.
The first round will be played on Saturday, October 10.
If you can’t get into the club house to enter, contact a match committee member – Kathy Williams, Joan Limbrick, Bev Hetherington, Glenda Bancell or Roz Keech.
Men’s events
Entry forms for the championship, B-grade and C-grade are all available in the foyer. Entries close in a couple of weeks.
Pennant training
All bowlers playing pennant this season are invited to attend pennant training every Thursday at 10am.
Coaching
Thursday at 10am. Contact Marg Knight if interested on 0407 093 848.
Weekend pennant practice
There will be an opportunity for bowlers to practice in their teams on Thursday, October 1, commencing between 4 and 4.30pm.
Selectors will select teams on Monday evening.
These will be made available by email on the Tuesday.
60 and over - Dave Murray’s report
We played at Mathoura on Wednesday, September 23 on good greens in the best weather conditions we’ve had so far.
All the greens were full, but one Echuca team didn’t turn up, meaning three teams ended up with byes.
There were three teams that won all their games.
Ivan Hicks' Echuca team came third with three in the yardstick while M. Tenace's Ky team also had three in the yardstick, but had the closest bowl and therefore came second.
The winners, with five, were Barry Tinning's Tongala team.
Next week we are at Moama for an 11am start.
Umpires
If you are at all keen to undertake your umpire’s accreditation, please contact Leigh Milgate.
The club will take the responsibility of payment for the course.
Bar duty
Monday – Thursday: 5 – 6.30pm
28 – 1 Oct - R. Dennis and Octavia.
5 – 8 - M. Ellis and K. McCormack.
12 – 15 - F. Keech and R. Feuk.
Lockington Bowls Club
Club members are preparing for another assault on the forthcoming Campaspe area weekend and midweek pennant competitions.
There has been plenty of practice and talent on display through club games and local club tournaments. Great to see the enthusiasm shown.
Last Tuesday the social bowls attracted a quality field.
The winning team comprised Mary Thomas, Annette Brereton, Pauline Humbert, and Terrill Westwood (s) in a boil-over 10-6 victory over Donna Hart, Lorraine Appleby, Margaret Dowie, and skipper Denise Gilmore.
On the grand final holiday Friday, members joined in a full scale club practice match which revealed several passages of brilliant bowling from many.
The results over the course of the day favoured the Steve Peter skipped rink, showing off Mary Thomas, Lorraine Appleby, and Graeme Wood, running out a comfortable 23-14 win against Margaret Dowie, Allen Sharpe, Sharon Smith, and Phillip Cunngton (s).
The other match-up provided some excellent bowling by each individual, which created a close and exciting game of bowls.
The winning rink included Ashley Dobell, Jim Harris, Shane Felmingham, and skipper Dave Thomas with a scoreline of 20-18, narrowly defeating the promising talent of Rod Fiedler, Kim Ray, John van den Bosch, and Leanne McInnes (s).
The game was highlighted by some extraordinary battles between each opposition member.
Thomas and McInnes were instrumental in producing magnificent draw bowling, while the two opposing leads Dobell and Fiedler provided an equal display for their respective teams.
Next week is the beginning of the Campaspe pennant, with division three travelling to play Deniliquin away.
Best of bowling to all kindred clubs and trust that all enjoy some success and friendship throughout the season.
On Friday evening, the club will hold the opening day with pennant practice followed by a 6.30pm meal.
Members are to bring a shared casserole, with the club champions rolling the first kitty and delivering the first bowl.
The popular Tattslotto first supplementary number competition will hopefully begin this coming Saturday evening. See Cindy Felmingham for details.
The club members are mourning the sad passing of Harry Janson last week.
Harry was a willing helper at the club and controlled the club bar on major tournament days.
Sincere condolences to the immediate Janson families.
60 and over
The Campaspe and District 60 and over bowls group held their weekly bowls at Moama on a warm and cloudy day.
The bowlers played on the carpet under cover and out on the grass.
There were 30 teams of four, that is 120 bowlers competing for a chook.
There were five three-game winners.
The runners-up were Graeme Topp’s team from Valley View with three bowls in the head near the jack.
The Valley View team consisted of Bob Greenaway lead, Ken Hastie second, Graeme Topp third and Barry Brown was their skipper.
John Howard Tonkins’ team from Kyabram were the winners with five bowls near the jack.
The team consisted of John McFadden lead, Howard Tonkin second, Maurice Hately third and Phil Denham was their skipper.
They also received the Murray Hearing Services Perpetual Shield.
Both teams’ players won a chook each.
Next Wednesday is at Lockington, starting at 11am.
The contacts for next week are Graeme Wood on 0427 065 433 or John Van Den Bosch on 0417 999 144.
Good bowling to all.
Rich River Golf Club
September 24
Men’s Par West: A – W Jeffreys +2 c/b, B – G Allan +2, C – L West 0 c/b, D – M Love +3.
September 25
Medley Stableford East: A – W Roberts 38pts c/b, B – C Spiers 39pts, C – J Halnon 42pts.
September 26
Men’s Stableford West: A – S Milnes 40pts, B – S Bird 40pts c/b, C – G Deller 42pts.
Women’s Stableford West: 1st – M Ciavarella 38pts, 2nd – D Haw 37pts, 3rd – I Cockroft 36pts.
September 27
Medley Stableford East: A – M Smith 38pts, B – J Davey 39pts, C – T Lee 42pts.
September 28
18-Hole Stableford West: 1st – J Simpson 39pts, 2nd – D Williams 38pts, 3rd – S Cronin 37pts c/b.
9-Hole Women’s Stableford West: 1st – A Bacon 22pts, 2nd – C Barnes 19pts c/b, 3rd – T Burton 19pts.
September 29
Men’s Stroke Max East: A – W Bayles 71 c/b, B – B O’Neill 67, C – D Zeissner 66, D – B Kelly 66.
September 30
Women’s 4-Person Ambrose West: 1st – M Mustey/M Howell/M Spiers/N Horneman 59.125, 2nd – J Collins/J Spence/R Jeffreys/C Jeffreys 61.875, 3rd – K Evans/E Roylance/L Alchin/J Kirkman 63.625.
Rochester Golf Club
On a nice sunny day, 117 played at our best MND Charity Ambrose Golf field since its inception in 2015, and some great scores were recorded last Friday.
Long-time visitor and supporter of our club, Mat Jean, rode his posse into town, consisting of Darryl and Will Harrison and Lockington's Kevin Humbert.
They shot an incredible 11 under 60 off the stick to easily win the main event; Humbert accepted the prize on behalf of his team and was last seen heading west into the setting sun.
Handicap winners were the popular team of David Harris, Tony Griffiths, Grant Robinson and James Anderson, having their best individual day of seven under 64, net 52.5.
The Broucek family of Frank, Shane, Will and Noah were runners-up with 66 (53.5).
Next best were the teams of Paul and Harry Condliffe (Mitiamo), Ian Maddison and David Vanstone with 61 (54.75), Rochester's Louise and Wayne Williams and Kyabram's Karen and Dick Ballantyne 65 (54.88), Leisa and Paul Evans, and Barbara and Brendan McCarty 65 (56.5).
Other good scores were recorded by Bruce Bryant and David Gebbie, Ray Brereton and Leon Laffy (56.5) and Brent Sweeney, Troy and Jaimie McInnes and Neil Coghill (56.88).
Nearest the pin winners on the day were Louise Williams on 5 and 8 (women’s), and the men’s were Gary Morris (8) and Lockington's Ian Maddison (16).
Elmore's Tanya Niven won the ladies' straightest drive on the 10th, and visitor Bruce Richards was the men's winner.
The 15th long drive went to ladies captain Barbara McCarty and Harry Condliffe hit a monster to easily win the men's section.
Thanks go to our many visitors, including Australian Paralympic swimmer and medallist, Col Pearse, and a special mention to the major sponsors, Rochester Sportspower and Nutrien Ag Solutions, and to all our workers who contributed to make this such a successful fundraiser towards a worthwhile cause.
Wednesday 9-hole social golf was played on the back nine.
Once again there were many wonderful scores.
Les Hedington finally hit form and won with 27 points; runner-up was an unlucky Tim Quinlan with 25 points.
Other good scores were recorded by Kevin McCormick (23), and Bruce Bryant and Allan Campbell (22), with Campbell closest to the 12th hole.
On Saturday, a small group of surviving golfers played Stableford before the AFL grand final.
Once again, Shane Bywaters and Andrew Cassin fought it out; however, Bywaters got the job done with 37 Stableford points over Cassin's 36 points.
Nearest the pins: David Fuller on 3, 8 and second shot to the 18th, David Gebbie on 5 and Troy McInnes on 16.
Next Saturday is the start of the Stableford Challenge.
It is the best three rounds out of five, and Friday night golf is scheduled to start on October 23.
Lockington Golf Club
September 24
For their last hit for the season, the ladies played a Stableford event for the Mary Robins Trophy, and Jenny Holt was in sparkling form to score 35 points and win the trophy and the Lockington Foodworks Player of the Day voucher.
Angela Bacon was the runner-up with 29 and also won the Secret 9 competition with 15 ahead of Pauline Humbert, who finished with 14.
September 26
The men’s last hit for the season was a three-man Ambrose event.
Winners of the Lockington Foodworks Players of the Day vouchers were Terry Thomas, Trav Mancer, Steve Holt and Gary Milligan, who finished with 62-5.13-56.88.
Runners-up were Ash Portwine, Stuart Newton and Ian Maddison with a super 64-4.83-59.17.
Nearest the pins: 16th – Phil Stanford; second shot 5th – Gary Milligan (0-12 hcp), Ian Maddison (13-19 hcp), Graeme Carnie (20-47 hcp); 3rd – Ash Portwine, Trav Mancer; 7th – Steve Holt, Neil Maddison, Graeme Carnie; second shot 18th for the six-pack smack – Neil Maddison.
Spike’s Longest Drive on the 14th, sponsored by Hot ‘n’ Cold Plumbing – Grant Humbert, Trav Mancer, Jeff Carnie.
The Echuca Hip Pocket Eagles Nest on the 3rd wasn’t won, but Captain Grant’s yardstick on the 16th was won for the first time all season, with Phil Stanford unleashing a super shot to win the money.
Upcoming events
- Saturday, October 3: Presentation night, 7pm for 7.30pm. Bring and share casserole tea.
- Tuesday, November 17: Annual general meeting, 8pm at the clubhouse. The deadline for notices of motion is Saturday, November 7.
Goulburn Valley Veteran Golfers Association
The first round of the “GMCU” championship for Goulburn Valley Veteran Golfers was held on Monday, September 28 at Numurkah Golf Club.
The weather was perfect, climbing slowly from 17 to 21 degrees and with a gentle breeze between seven and nine kilometres per hour.
The greens and fairways were faultless for the 85 players contesting Monday’s event.
The championship is contested on stroke scores, with the winner achieving the lowest aggregate of the two best scores from three events.
A-grade leader and winner today was the ever-consistent John Keller with 67 nett, and runner-up was Gary Reese, Mooroopna, 71.
B-grade winner was Michael Gallivan, Valley View, with 67 nett from Frank Broucek, 68, Bowen (Queensland), but regularly seen at Valley View.
Incidentally, Michael was runner-up at this venue last year.
C-grade winner on a countback was Geoffrey Teague, Shepparton GC from Gary Eden, Merrigum, both with 69 nett.
Nearest the pin was contested on the 114-metre long 18th hole, where the A-graders did not claim a prize and were left to admire the performance of Ian Hannaford, Numurkah, in B-grade and Geoff Stone, Numurkah, in C-grade.
Ball winner in A-grade was John Radeski, Deniliquin.
Winners in B-grade included William Wright, Euroa; Dean Walton, Dennis Koik, Bill Murphy, and Gordon Hall, all from Mooroopna; Peter Mangan, Valley View; Neil Boswell, Deniliquin; Allan Newby, Numurkah.
C-grade: Richard Stockdale, Kyabram Parklands; Jeff Carnie, Lockington; Joe De Leso, Hill Top; Howard Teasdale, Parklands; Phil Cooper, Parklands; Bernie O’Hare, Nathalia; Ron Ameer, Numurkah; Robert Frame, Mooroopna; Ron Dixon, Lockington.
Round two of the club championship will be staged at Hill Top GC in Tatura on Monday, October 19.
All members competing in four qualifying rounds through the year are still eligible to win the championship, and every member is welcome to compete for the usual daily prizes.
9.30am assembly for a 10am tee.
Echuca-Moama Croquet Club
Friday, September 25
14 members came to play on what promised to be a warm day.
By game three we only had seven players as some had prior appointments and a few of us were not prepared for the heat of the day.
Liz Dellar was the winner of the day, being the only player to win all three games.
Two jump shots were made on the day, one each to Greg Brierley and Lyn Keillor.
Monday, September 28
21 members turned up to play; what a day.
Five players won all three games.
Peter van der Zande was the outright winner by two hoops; well played everyone.
Only one jump shot for the day, by Lyn Keillor.
Rich River Croquet Club
Association Pennant - Wednesday, September 23
Quarry Hill, five games +90 hoops, defeated Rich River, one game +60 hoops.
Ky/Shep, four games +84 hoops, defeated Hybrids, two games +64 hoops.
Wins to Quarry Hill and Ky/Shep see them top the leaderboard this week.
Ky/Shep are just one game ahead of Quarry Hill.
Association Pennant - Wednesday, September 30
A beautiful day for croquet, with lots of great games played and fun had by all.
Hybrids had a win over Quarry Hill, 4-74 to 2-76, while Ky/Shep had an emphatic win over Rich River, 5-106 to 1-59.
Remember there is no pennant next week due to the GVCA/NEDCA challenge.
Croquet Association pennant
1. Ky/Shep: 4 wins, 20 games
2. Hybrids: 3 wins, 18 games
3. Quarry Hill: 3 wins, 16 games
4. Rich River: 0 wins, 8 games
Golf Croquet – Thursday, September 24
Nine members played doubles croquet this morning.
Congratulations to the winner Michael Hawken, scoring three games +13 hoops, and the runner-up John Hill scoring three games +12 hoops.
Both players were in good form, with only one hoop between them to decide the winner.
John Hill made a lovely jump shot and Leon Koch made a hoop-in-one.
Golf Croquet – Tuesday, September 29
It was a lovely spring morning for doubles croquet with 17 people attending, including two visitors from Sandringham, Andrew and Lyn White.
Andrew White made two jump shots and Pat Rice made one jump shot throughout the morning’s play.
Three players won all three games; Leon Koch, Sid Gomes-Vieira and Pat Rice, with only one hoop the difference.
A count back was needed to confirm the runner-up, with Pat Rice being declared runner-up, scoring three games +11 hoops, and the win went to Sid Gomes-Vieira, scoring three games +12 hoops.
All 3 players were in fine form.