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Parkes Women’s Bowling Club

November 17, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

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

PARKES WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB

November 10, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

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.

Women’s Bowls

October 27, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

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.

ZONE 4 INTER LAWNBOWLS DISTRICT SENIORS FOURS

March 23, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

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.

Bowls News

March 10, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

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.

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