Club Championship Singles: Gwenda Carty def Cherie Frame and Liz Byrne def Pat Cooney.
Line up for the second round to be played on or before 21st February: Rhona Went v Gwenda Carty, marker Cherie Frame; Liz Byrne v Robyn Morgan; marker Pat Coon- ey; Umpire Keith MacRae.
Nominations for the CWD Singles are now open and close 3rd March. They will be played at our club on 3rd, 4th and 5th April.
A new monthly point scoring competition will commence next week.
The Parkes Women’s Bowling Club held it’s annual presentation day recently. The following winners were recognised:
Club Championship Singles: winner – Pat Cooney; runner-up – Cherie Frame.
Club Championship Pairs: winners – Maree Grant and Pat Cooney; runners-up – Margaret Hawken and Audrey Jones.
Club Championship Triples: winners – Gwenda Carty, Cherie Frame and Rhona Went; runners-up – Betsy Johnstone, Brenda Davies, Liz Byrne.
Club Championship Fours: winners – Lorraine Heald, Eileen Bradley, Minnie Riordan and Audrey Jones; runners-up – Brenda Davies, Cherie Frame, Liz Byrne and Rhona Went.
Minor Singles: winner – Elaine Miller; runner- up Laurie Keane.
Minor Pairs: winners – Isabella Svendsen and Frances Charlton; runners-up – Laurie Keane and Marja Iffland.
Bowls will restart on 17th January 2017 with a trading table and shared lunch.
Thank you to our President, Minnie Riordan, and committee members for all their hard work throughout the year.
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
By Rosemary Mitchell
In social games played this week Frances Charlton and Margaret Hawken defeated Maureen Miller and Minnie Riordan in a pairs game. Kate Keogh, Chris Cox and Audrey Jones defeated Eileen Bradley, June Burgess and
Betsy Johnstone in a triples game. Rosemary Mitchell, Flo Riseborough and Robyn Morgan defeated L Byrne and Marja Iffland in a triples game.
A long end was won by Eileen Bradley and winners for the day were Kate, Chris and Audrey. Our Presentation Day and Christmas lunch will be held on 13th December. To play social bowls please ring table selectors Betsy Johnstone and Audrey Jones. Social Roster is Isabelle Svendsen.
The combined charity day with the Parkes Railway Diggers was very enjoyable and successful. Ronald McDonald House will benefit from the day. Several pairs games were played and the winners on the day were Diane Greenhalgh
and Robyn Morgan with 2 wins plus 11 and runners-up were Audrey Jones and Elaine Bradley with 2 wins plus 7.
Winners of the spider prizes were June Burgess, Gwenda Carty, Diane Greenhalgh, Evelyn Gibson, Bev Ellis and Maree Grant.
The winner of the raffle was Gwenda Carty and second prize went to Diane Greenhalgh. Our Presentation Day and Christmas Lunch will be held on 13th December. Names on board please; lunch is $15. To play Social Bowls please ring table selectors Brenda Davies and Marja Iffland between 8.30am and 9am. Social roster is Merilyn Rodgers.
By Rosemary Mitchell
Our Christmas trading table was very successful with lots of happy winners of Christmas goodies. The raffle was won by Lyndall Bowen and Best Dressed was Ann Everett and Gwenda Carty. Winners for the day were Lyndall Bowen, Laurie Keane, Margaret Hawken. Triples games: Lea Orr, June Burgess, Joan Simpson defeated Lyn Ryan, Minnie
Riordan, Robyn Morgan. Diane Greenhalgh, Rosemary Mitchell, Gwenda Carty defeated Isobel Svendsen, Kate Keogh, Audrey Jones. Ann Everett, Frances Charlton, Cherie Frame defeated Robyn Baillee, Kath Hutchison, Maureen Baillee.
Lyndall Bowen, Laurie Keane, Margaret Hawken defeated Merilyn Rodgers, Marja Iffland. The Charity Day with Railway Diggers is next week. Play will start at 9am and two games will be played.
By Rosemary Mitchell
Bring a friend to bowls on Tuesday for the Christmas Trading Table Pick a Box. Remember Christmas items for the table and dress in Christmas shirts. The Combined Charity Day with Parkes Railway Diggers is on 22nd November.
Bring a picnic lunch and sweets to be shared at lunch. Play starts at 9am with 2 games of 3 bowl pairs with 10 ends to
be played. Lucky door prizes and raffle – seven tickets for $5. The charity is Ronald McDonald House. Our Presentation Day and Christmas Party is on 13th December. Lunch is $15.
The Minor Pairs was played at the Parkes Women’s Bowling Club this week. It was a great game with the score tied on the last end(18th) at 17 – 17. An extra end had to be played to determine the winner. Isobel Svendsen and Frances Charlton got 1 point on the extra end and won 18 – 17 against Laurie Keane and Marja Iffland.
Parkes Women’s Bowling Club play every Tuesday morning. New bowlers and visitors are welcome. Contact the club on 6862 1446 for more information.
The Inaugural 2016 Zone 4 Inter-District Seniors Fours Round Robin was held at the Dubbo City Bowling Club on the 16th and 17th of February. The six District teams competing were Central West, Far West, the Presidents Team, Central Blue Mountains, Western Districts and Lachlan Valley.
Each District Team had two sides, the two Central West Sides were; Brian Tisdell – Forbes, Geoff Williams – Condobolin, Wally Grant- Parkes Bowling and Sports and Mick Craft – Parkes Bowling and Sports, Col Hayward -Parkes Bowling and Sports, Keith MacRae – Parkes Bowling and Sports, Terry Hetherington- Parkes Railway
and Greg Howlett- Parkes Railway. At the end of the Round Robin Far West won with the Local Central West Team coming a close second. Two Central West bowlers were selected in the Zone 4 Seniors Fours
Team with Col Hayward as a Skip and Geoff Williams, the youngest District senior and probably the youngest Zone senior, as a Reserve. Also local Parkes identity and renowned bowls administrator, Steve Torrens, was appointed as the Zone 4 Team Manager.
CENTRAL WEST BOWLS TRIPLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Played over two weekends, the Central West District Bowls Association Triples Championships culminated with the finals on Saturday 5th March 2016 at the Condobolin Bowling Club. In the 25 end final Condobolin’s Brett Byrnes, Peter Brasnett and Geoff Williams were opposed to Parkes Graham Barby, John Davies and Col Hayward. After ten ends Byrnes, Brasnett and Williams had a 10 to 5 lead over Barby, Davies and Hayward.
By the eighteenth end the lead had been whittled back to 14-13 and the close tussle continued on with Byrnes, Brasnett and Williams holding onto a 17 to 16 lead after twenty two ends. In the remaining three ends the Condodolin team, who led all the way, picked up a shot on each end to win 20 to 16 and become the 2016 CWDBA Triples Champions. Congratulations Condo!
PARKES RAILWAY DIGGERS
The number 2 pennant game played at Parkes against Canowindra ended in victory for the Diggers with an aggregate of 48 to 37, winning both rinks and scoring the maximum 5 points. The number 3 pennant Canowindra team won in their second round with an aggregate of 63-30. Well done to the Diggers.