Last Thursday Mark Dwyer and Brian Townsend competed in the State Senior Pairs Championships at Dubbo. The games were on the new synthetic greens which were lighting fast. First game the boys were defeated by Cabramatta 18 to 14. Second game they had a 17 all draw with Harbord and in the third game they went down 15 to 12. Playing against the best teams in the state Mark and Brian did themselves and our club proud. Well done boys.

The Minor Singles was played on Saturday between Wilbur Harris and Mick Simpson.

Wilbur started off well leading 5 to 1, Mick fought back to take the lead 8 to 7. Wilbur then had a short dream run to lead 15 to 9. Mick is a bowler who never gives up and played well to be down only one shot 14 to 15. On the other hand, Wilbur is a player if you let get in

front he will put the foot down, which he did for the next seven ends to lead 22 to 16. Never say die Mick fought back to be only down 1 shot 22 to 23. Wilbur put the game to bed in the next two ends, winning 25 to 22. Great game. Thank you, Marker Tony Riordan. This game was sponsored by Andrew Reynolds who made the presentations. There will be social lawn bowls on Easter Monday. Usual drill; names in between midday and 12:30 for 1pm start.

Phone on 68621446. Col Miller.

A Minor Singles game was played between Mick Simpson and Jacob Townsend on Saturday the 24th of February. Jacob started off well leading 7 to 3 in the 6th end. However Mick took the lead and by 14th end hit the lead 15 to 9. Jacob fought back to level the game 17 all. Jacob took control of the game winning the next three ends to lead 23 to 17. Mick however won 5 of the next 6 ends to sneak home 25 to 24. Many of the social bowlers playing were taking the time to stop and watch this great game progress. A big thanks to marker Bernie Mitchell.

On the other side of the ledger Wilbur Harris took on Brian Townsend in the Quarter Finals of the Minor Singles on a warm Sunday afternoon, 25th of Feburary. Wilbur hit the game firing to lead 8 to 3. Brian won the next 2 ends to only be down 8 to 6. Wilbur gained a 4 then a 3 to advance to a lead 16 to 9. Brian was trying hard putting down some excellent bowls but Wilbur was up to the task and won the match 25 to 17. Big thanks goes to marker Mal Porter. There was a good crowd on hand watching the game on the day, along with the music coming from the club.

Col Miller

Parkes bowling and Sports Club has 2 new regional champions. 

Sisters Jan McPhee and Kim Warren – Evans have won the regional open pairs and are off to State playoffs next year at Dubbo. Game score 20/18. What a fantastic result. 

Results of the Gersbach/ Freeman comp between ourselves and the Railway bowling club were as follows. In the top grade all 3 rinks were won by us with a big board total of 72 to us and 55 to the Railway bowlers. In the lower grade only 1 of our 4 rinks won with the Railway winning comprehensively on the big board to give them an overall win. Timing was everything yesterday with the rain bucketing down with thunder and lightning 10 minutes after completion of the games. 

Next weekend the Parkes Bowling and Sports Club will be welcoming teams from all over NSW for their 2 day Prestige Triples 2 bowls tournament which has been sponsored by many local Parkes business houses who will have signage and recognition displayed over the two days. 

With a pool of prize money for the place getters totalling $4050 there will be plenty of willing competition with first place being worth $2100 and place getters down to fourth place. Those teams that do not gain a place go into the hat for a chance to win 5 lucky door prizes of their $210 entry money back. 

Two major singles games were played on Saturday. On rink 3 Nathan Reynolds played Joanne Simpson in a 35 end game where only one 3 was scored throughout the game with 1’s being the usual result on most ends. The game was neck and neck until the 27th end when Nathan held a 6 shot lead. Joanne fought back with 3 1 shot ends and a 3 to only go down 25/20. 

On rink 4 Greg Townsend played a very determined Mick Simpson in a cracker of a game that could have been anybody’s. In another very low scoring game Greg began to gain a lead on the 7th end holding a 4 shot lead before Mick found his mojo and reduced the lead to overtake Greg on the 26th end when he scored a 4. On the end of the game that mattered, Greg played some great shots to hold Mick off and gain the lead again on the last end with a 2 to win a very tight tussle 25/24. 

In social bowls on Thursday 22 bowlers attended with the following results; Ray Jones Bob Freeman and John Corcoran combined to defeat George Bradley Mal Porter and Geoff Freeman 23/17. 

John Carr and Steve Ryan 21 were too good for Alan Affleck and John Wright 18. 

On rink 4 John Ward and Brian Townsend 20 defeated Marty Tighe and village person Colin Mudie 16. 

On rink 3 another village person and bowling table boss Rob Irving teamed with Ian Simpson to have a 17 all draw with Ron Hornery and Gary McPhee. 

And the final game of the day Mick Valentine and President Riordan had a 26/22 win against Arthur Corbett and Colin Hayward. 

On Saturday in social bowls George Bradley Colin Woods and Brian Townsend were way too good with a 23 shot win over Ron Hornery Bob Freeman and Colin Mudie 9 shots. 

In the only pairs game Colin Hayward and Steve Ryan 21 got over the line against their opponents Rhona Went and Geoff Freeman 18. 

On rink 2 Ray Jones Mick Valentine and President Riordan 23 shots were victorious over Rob Irving John Carr and Steve Turner 20. 

You do not have to be a member to play social bowls ring the bowls table on 68621446 

What a weekend at the Parkes Railway Bowling Club’s annual Champagne Triples Tournament, with teams from all over the state and $10,000 on offer the bowls were the focus of the weekend. 

The winners were the legend Bob Hamilton from Orange City, teamed up with the gun father and son combination from Grenfell Barry and Blake Bradtke. They won all 5 games with a whopping margin of 79 shots. 

Runners Up for the weekend were another gun father and son combination, Cooper and Flippy Fliedner from Manildra along with the ever consistent Tony Bennett, also from Manildra. They won all their games with a total margin of 58 shots. 

Third place was the powerful Warren Towney’s team from Dubbo, Warren teamed up with Greg McEwen and Alan Tighe Junior. These boys put 5 wins together with a margin of 46 shots. 

Fourth place went to another strong Grenfell team in Stevie Galvin, Gavin Johnson and Andrew Armstrong who had 4 wins and a draw with a margin of 42 shots. 

Round winners were: 

• Round 1 Lurlene Hanna, Jake Hodge and Joey Van Opynen. 

• Round 2 Dave Johnson, Juicy Daley and Peter Creith. 

• Round 3 Mick Simpson, Nathan Reynolds and Dave Reilly. 

• Round 4 Wally Grant, Tony Latter and Greg Howlett. 

• Round 5 Paul Lewin, Nathan Collis and Blake Strudwick. 

The highest finishing local team went to the Railways own Wally Grant, Tony Latter and Greg Howlett who finished a strong 5th with 4 wins and a narrow loss and a margin of 35 shots. 

The Match Committee would really like to thank the Board of Directors for their continued support, we would also like to thank each and every person that took time out of their weekend to lend a hand. It’s amazing and makes us so proud to see so many people helping. We would like to thank the green staff, bar staff and bistro staff for their amazing efforts. Everything went so smoothly. We would also like to thank the Town Club for their help over the weekend, so thank you all. 

Club Championships

In the Major Singles Paul Kirwan played Wally Grant. Paul picked up a 2 on the first end, Wally a single on the second end. Paul then put 4 solid ends together and after 6 ends Paul leads 12-1. Wally wasn’t done though and picked up a 2 before dropping a single. Wally then went on to put a couple of ends together with a 3 and a 4, to cut the lead back to 13-10 after 10. Paul got in a single then Wally got 2 singles and a 2 and it was 14 all after 14. Paul put a stop to Wally’s run with a 3, a 4 and a 2 taking it to 23-14. Wally scrambled with a 3 on the next end but Paul closed out the game with a 2 on the next end and it finished 25-17. 

 

 

 

Another great week of bowls was hosted at the Parkes Bowling & Sports Club. On Monday the 2nd of October we had two Major Singles. In the first of the Major Singles games Baldy Frame was the hot favourite and he took on Wilbur Harris. Wilbur won 5 of the first 7 ends to take the lead 8 to 2 and by the 13 end still had the lead 12 to 8. Baldy started to get his shots going to take the lead, winning the next 5 ends to go to the lead 16 to 13. In the next two ends Baldy put down consistent bowls to gain a 4 in each to take the game away from Wilbur. Wilbur won the next end but Baldy won the next end to take the game 25 to 14. Marker for this game was Bernie Mitchell thanks Bernie.

The second Major Singles game was between Nathan Reynolds and Peter McPhee. Nathan got off to a great start and by the 11th end was leading 13 to 5. Peter started to hit form with some great bowling to level the game in the 19th end 19 all. The game remained tight and was then 22 all.

Nathan in the next end managed to gain a 3 to win the game 25 to 22. Great bowls by both players made this game an enjoyable one to watch. Marker was Eddie McPhee thanks Eddie. Please remember that it is COMPULSORY to wear shin pads covered in long socks to take the field also only wear runners or futsal boots.

By Col Miller

16 bowlers played Social Bowls Wednesday 20th September in the beautiful spring sun. Winners were Blake Strudwick and Alan Affleck winning 19+28. Runners Up were Chris Dunn and Bruce Jones winning 16+4. Marble 28 came out and the Margins were 4, 5, 7 and 28. Saturday 23rd September we had 20 players for Social Bowls. Winners were Dave Johnson and John Chew winning 20+28. Runners Up were Mick Furney and Mick Dunn winning 19+20.

The Clubs senior triples team headed to Condobolin last weekend and came away with a sectional final win. They now head to the Railway Bowling Club this Saturday 23rd September to kick off at 10am in the zone final against the Mudgee sectional final winning side of Orange City trio Greg Campbell, Bernie Diduszko and Bob Hamilton. It should be a cracker of a game with both these sides playing each other last year where the Pirates came out on top. Hopefully we can do well again this year in what will be a very tough game to gain the chance to head to the State Championships which will be contested in Dubbo next year.

Head down to the Railway Diggers if you can to support the Pirates next Saturday.

Nominations are now open for the Thursday evening twilight Power Play Pairs event starting on 19th October at 6pm. All information is on the board or speak to Lewi and we will get you sorted. Everyone is welcome and this is a great way to try bowls. Loan bowls are available at the club.