Players from Bankstown, Penrith, Mt Louis and many more were out in force again this year for their annual trip to Forbes where they sponsor the Forbes Cup Races on this weekend.
40 players including 16 local bowlers with teams made up of a mixture of visitors and locals took to the greens for a game of bowls in the sunshine.
Playing one game of 16 ends, there were many stories told, many laughs and quite a few wrong bias bowls cutting across the greens which were awarded with a raspberry.
As many of our visiting players only play once a year on this weekend the results were quite good.
Two rinks were overall winners on the day which were Dale Scott and Tony Rodgers, Kerry Roach and Anthony Samuel.
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Losing Rinks went to Jason Howell and Chris Row and David C and Brian Robi.
Resting touchers: Tara Shaw, John Cutler, Scott McKellar, Geoff Arnold and John Baass.
Raspberries: Jack Citrairo, Dale Scott, Tony Rodgers, Ron Stapleton, Dennis Stapleton and Chris Row.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
The much-anticipated Major Triples Final will be played on Saturday, 9 August at 1pm. A must watch game to see who will be crowned the 2025 Champions. Will it be the Brett Davenport, Spro Asimus and Christian West or Clint Hurford, Pooch Dukes and Mitchell Andrews.
One game was played on Sunday for our Major Fours championships, results published next week.
SOCIAL BOWLS
Wednesday – It was case of wait and see last week as to whether or not bowls would be played due to miserable weather but when Leslie and Ray Dunstan were first to nominate it was decided to play.
Ten others follow suit where three games of pairs were drawn with all playing only 16 ends before Ray called an end with rain falling around the 11.30am mark. Smart man that Ray Dunstan.
While no competition was called all games follow the same pattern, winners keeping their opposition to single didgets.
Leslie Dunstan and Phil Hocking won 15-9 over Cagie Cowell and Colleen Liebich helped by a 6-1 lead after only five ends to then trail 6-7 at the end of nine. A five to the winners on end 11 told in the final score.
The two Bill’s, Scott and Cowell did a similar ‘job’ on Wayne Wright and Ray Dunstan winning 20-6 staring with six on the first end. It never got any better for Wayne and the ‘Ray of Sunshine’.
In the last Terry Molloy and Barry Shine answered the call to make up the numbers combining to win 21-6 over Phil Bayley and Tim Everest. Phil and Tim had the lead 6-3 after six before the cold froze their dominance. 18-0 to T and B on the run home.
Thursday: 20 Bowlers took to the greens to try their luck for winning rink and a chance of the jackpot winning.
The winning card of the day was Bobby Grant and Alan Hilder who defeated John Baass and Dale Scott in a 22-16 victory. It was a one sided card all game who led by 4 then 7 and picked up the last two ends to win the overall game.
Our Losing Rink for the afternoon went to Rink 4 which we welcomed back Dennis Byrnes for a game who was teamed with John Kennedy but they couldn’t get the win against Terry Molloy and Viv Russell. Our highest margin of the day with Terry and Viv taking the win 31-8.
One of our closest cards was between Dale Maynard and Scott McKellar verse Sue White and Graham Cagey Cowell. Maynard and Scott played well to the 8th when Sue and Cagey started their comeback. It paid off well as Sue and Cagey won the game 17-15.
The second closest game was played by Ange Dwyer and Glen Kearney who drew Tara Shaw and Posso Jones. Ange and Glen led all the way to the 16th when they had a great home and won the game 18-16.
Noel Hocking and Lyall Strudwick took on Ron Thurlow and Billy Cowell. 12-3 on 8, Noel and Lyall were sitting comfortably until Ron and Billy found their groove and trailed by 2 on 14. That’s when their luck ran out and Noel and Lyall smelt victory winning 24-12.
Resting touchers: Tara Shaw, Glen Kearney, Cagey Cowell, Maynard and Billy Cowell.
Raspberries for wrong bias: Ange Dwyer, Posso Jones and Cagey Cowell.
Jackpot Winner: Terry Molloy.
Sunday: One would think experience would prevail when Al Phillips and Mick Merritt drew Ange Dwyer and Tara Shaw. The girls were lucky enough to pick up a 5 on the 3rd to put them in the lead. The
boys answered back quickly to take back their lead. The girls certainly made the boys work for their points and come away with the bragging rights, winning the game 17-15.
Jax Murphy and Kerry Roach were to good for Maynard and Sue White. Jax and Kerry trailed by 4 on 8 but they pulled out all of the stops and started to hit back. Picking up some valuable points with 3’s and 4’s they took the win 23-15.
We welcomed one of our usual Wednesday bowlers to Sunday social bowls, Tim Everest, who was teamed with Peter Tisdell against Tyler Murphy and Alan Hilder. The card was heavy on the left-hand side carrying all the point Tim and Peter were racking up. It didn’t change in the second half and they came away with 17-8 victory.
A new bowler, Dick Sharkey was paired with the very experienced Bert Bayley when they played Terry Molloy and John Cutler. 5’s and 6’s are scarce in a game but this rink, both teams picked up a 5 each in the first 8 ends. Dick and Bert were grinning with a 13-9 at oranges but Terry and John come out guns blazing. Despite their comeback, Terry and John couldn’t seal the deal going down 16-19.
Our last game was a triples played between Eddie Gould, Noel Hocking and Cliff Nelson coming up against Trish Todd, Terry Molloy and Ron Thurlow. 1 point difference in favour of Cliffs team on 8 this game could go either way. Level on 9 Cliffs team scored a 5 to shoot them to the front. They took the last two ends to have a final score to Team Nelson 19-6.
Resting touchers: Al Phillips, Jax Murphy and Alan Hilder. No recorded raspberries.
Jackpot winner: Alan Hilder
Chicken raffle winners: Bert Bayley, Al Phillips, Sue White, Scooter x 2, Fred Brown, Dick Sharkey, Alfie Andrews and Tim Everest.
