Rochester and district sports notes

The Christmas hamper raffle generously donated by the Wiffen family will be drawn on December 16. Tickets are available at the clubhouse or see Raylee Willis or Rob Clayton.

If you have a book, please return it when all tickets are sold.

Midweek pennant results

Round six, November 21

Division one Rochester vs Mathoura

B. Trengove, R. Dennis, J. Major and F. Keech lost 13-28.

R. Feuk, J. McCallum, K. Hall and H. Curnick won 38-14.

K. Barker, J. Weeks, L. Milgate and G. Bancell drew 16-16.

Rochester won 67-58.

Division two Moama Steamers vs Rochester

D. Gillies, A. Gusak, C. Cakebread and D. Milgate lost 22-7.

K. Burrow, E. Hall, K. Williams and J. Murray lost 27-10.

B. Smolenaars, J. Tamburini, Y. Smolenaars and A. Williams lost 34-10.

Rochester lost 83-27.

Division three Rochester vs Deni RSL

M. Ellis, B. Elliott, J. Limbrick and B. Godden lost 10-28.

R. Willis, J. Rankin, F. Wolfe and H. Wilson lost 11-26.

Rochester lost 21-54.

Midweek pennant

Tuesday, November 28, round seven

Division one: Rich River vs Rochester.

Division two: Rochester vs Rich River.

Division three: Deni vs Rochester.

60+ over results, November 15

There were four lots of three-game winners. H. Tonkin (Kyabram) and G. Toppe (Ky Valley View) both got three in the yardstick. Runner-up with four was O. McPhee’s Lockington team.

The winners with four and the closest bowl was A. Gusak’s Rochester team.

Wednesday, November 29, is the Kia Shield at Echuca at 11am.

Social bowls results for Friday, November 23

Winners were Kathy and Herb. Raffle winner was Janis.

Social bowls will be played on Friday, December 1, as usual.

Pairs 2/4/2 results, November 22

The two-game winners were Tim Quinlan and Russ Major. Major hadn’t bowled for 20 years but hasn’t forgotten the art. Great to have a younger man back playing as he is a month and a day younger than Quinlan.

Three-bowl pairs will be played on November 30 at 1.30pm. Names must be in by noon

Pennant practice will be on Thursday nights from 4pm for weekend pennant.

In partnership with Rochester Bowls Club, the Campaspe Shire Flood Recovery Team is holding one more barefoot bowls event for residents on Wednesday, December 13. Dinner is free and will be served at 7.30pm.

To book, phone Campaspe Shire Flood Recovery Hub on 1300 666 353 and press 2.

Weekend pennant results

Round six, Saturday, November 25

Division one Stanhope vs Rochester

R. Clayton, M. Knight, T. Quinlan and J. Weeks lost 16-13.

R. Dennis, A. Crilly, K. Barker and B. Trengove won 18-22.

F. Keech, D, Gillies, G. Willis and R. Feuk won 19-25.

Rochester won overall 53-60.

Division two Rochester vs Moama Steamers

B. Smolenaars, R. Howe, J. Major and L. Milgate won 13-8.

K. Burrow, P. Stahl, R. Turner and G. Chambers lost 5-36.

H. Curnick, R. Knight, A. Gusak and K. Hall lost 13-24.

Rochester lost overall 31-78.

Division three Mathoura vs Rochester

J. Tamburini, M. Ellis, G. Houlihan and P. Stack drew 25-25.

W. Bertuch, D. Hocking, Y. Smolenaars and D. Murray drew 24-24.

E. Hall, G. Prince, A. Benson and G. Browne won 9-30.

Rochester won overall 58-79.

Division five Lockington vs Rochester

G. Warden, H. Wilson, J. Limbrick and H. Moon won 18-27.

R. Willis, B. Godden and L. Moon lost 27-11.

Rochester lost overall 45-38.

Weekend pennant

Saturday, December 2, round seven

Division one: Tongala vs Rochester.

Division two: Rochester vs Deni RSL.

Division three: Rochester vs Moama Steamers.

Division five: Elmore vs Rochester.

Bar duty

New roster four days a week, 5pm to 6.30pm Monday to Thursday.

If you are unable to do duty, please arrange a swap with someone else.

November 27-30: R. Dennis, P. Stack.

December 4-7: M. Ellis, B. Trengove.

December 11-14: M. McCraild, A. Williams.

Lockington Bowls Club

It was another big week in bowls at Lockington.

The Tuesday evening barefoot bowls attracted a field of 20 competitors and the standard was high. The game of the night was skins three-bowl pairs and the winning pair was the Ian Dennis-John Andrea (s) combination with five skins +15 shots. Runners-up were Ian Staig and Ray Brereton (s) with five skins +7 shots ahead of Rod Fiedler and Jeff Carnie (s) with five skins +5 shots. Spider to Andrea and Carnie. Ditch: Leon Laffy.

In the Campaspe Area Pennant competition, the midweek pennant resulted in a victory for our women over Deniliquin 47-28. Denise Gilmore d M. Norton 21-14; Phylis MacFarlane d J. McArthur 26-14.

The weekend pennant found two out of three divisions successful. Division three travelled to Echuca and returned defeated 53-61 and just one rink up. Jim Harris lost to K. McGreevy 22-23; Phillip Cunnington d M. Bennett 18-15; Ray Hanson lost to J. Blair 13-23.

Division four played Tongala and won the day 58-41 with two-and-a-half wins. Dave Thomas d B. Ozols 26-10; Denise Gilmore drew E. Vistirini 15-all; Neil Haines d W. Andrews 17-16.

Division four is fourth on the ladder.

Division five played host to Rochester and shared the rinks for a 45-38 victory. Les Brereton d L. Moon 27-11; Owen McPhee lost to H. Moon 18-27.

The club championship rounds are displayed on the board and members are reminded to have their games completed by the due date. In the 21-up first round, Kim Ray was in devastating form to eliminate Shane Felmingham and progress to the next round.

On Sunday, the club hosted the state pairs championship for men and women. Good fields in both sections provided spectators with some spectacular bowling. Our local hopes Kim Ray and Denise Gilmore (s) were gallant in defeat, losing by four shots, while Brian Kinnane combined with Wayne Cowley (Tongala) to lose the first round by one shot — the final bowl delivered by opponent Steve Cunnington (Echuca).

The semi-finals and final will be played at Lockington next Sunday, starting at 9am.

The club is preparing to hold the annual Moama Bowling Club-sponsored open fours on Thursday, December 28, starting at 9.30am. Contact Russell Shawcross or Ray Hanson for details.