Our Four’s Pennants teams had a win by ten points against Parkes Town last Sunday. The games were played at Forbes and the home advantage paid off. Team 1 Viv Russell, Brian Asimus, Dale Barker and Graham Rutherford had a 29:9 win over Mudie, Ryan, Henry and Hornery of Parkes. Team 2 Robert Bayley, Glen Kearney, Russell Dietrich and Bruce Williams had a 23:16 win from Hodge, Wright, Searl and O’Malley of Parkes. Team 3 Scott Andrews,
Greg Gunn, Don Drabsch and Jarrod Andrews won by 29:14 from Valentine,
Carr, Ward and Corcoran of Parkes. Well done fours.

Our Sixes also played last Sunday at Narromine. They won one match and lost two. Team 1 Scott McKellar, Ron Thurlow, John Kennedy and Al Phillips went down 11:34 against Daley, McNair, Carnevale and Daley of Narromine. Team 2 Ray Montgomery, Clive Herbert, John Stringer and Brian Tisdell went down by 9:26 against Clark, Maher, Buttsworth and Sillivan of Narromine. Team 3 had a win, they were John Williams, Russell Hodge, Graham West and Lyall Strudwick who won by 21:12 against Price, Harding, Gillespie and Payne of Narromine.

Join us on ANZAC Day, Monday 25th April at 1pm, for a triples competition. Nominate yourself with the club staff or committee and you will be placed in a team. There will be plenty of good meat trays to be won.

The Minor pairs between Ray “Monty” Montgomery & Johnny Kennedy verses Peter Corliss & Viv Russell was played last Saturday. What a torrid battle it was. Monty and John ended up with a 25:19 win. MIXED

PAIRS AND TRIPLES: notes by Leisa Burton.
We had one game of mixed Pairs on Saturday, Anne Walker and Don Craft played Lindy Cannon and Jarrod Andrews. Lindy and Jarrod had a comfortable 22-8 win. On Sunday Leisa Burton, Wayne Burton and Anne Walker played Graham Rutherford, Ric Stewart and Alison Cutcliffe. Reggie’s team won by two shots 20-18 in a close fought game. Although they led all the way, the spectators were on the edge of their seats during the game. Thank you
to those who watched and showed fantastic interest in the mixed games.

Last Wednesday was another interesting day on the green. Gunna Williams and Johnny Gorton were a couple of points ahead all the way, ending up with a 14:9 win from Scott McKellar and Barry Wright. In the other game Dale Barker led for Alf Davies with Rob Priest as skip. Dale and Alf were on fire to take a 20:9 win from Peter Greenhalgh,
Ray Dunstan and Peter Mackay.

Rooster played his first game of singles on Thursday and at one stage was leading Scott McKellar 14:5. Scott ended up winning the match by 22:17. On Sunday morning the competition continued in ideal conditions. Results for the
morning saw Don Hodson defeat Brian Joliffe. The marker was Ray Drabsch. John Kennedy defeated Rodney Howarth their marker was John Stringer. Cliff Nelson defeated Debbie Brown and their marker was John Bentick.

There were three games of triples. Pat Hodson, John Baass and Alan Phillips defeated John Dietrich, Tony Bratton and Les Cannon. Next door was John Lasker, Kevin Hodge and Mitch Hodge who defeated Warren Hodge, Glenn Ruge and Barry Anderson. Finally John Williams, Grant Lambert and Russell Hodge defeated Scott McKellar, Kerry Smith and Alan Smith. It was good competition as there were five players with resting touchers. They were Warrick Neville, Don Hodson, John Lasker, John Baass and Kerry Smith.

The winners for the day were Don Hodson and Ray Drabsch. The runners up were Warrick Neville, Glen Ruge and Barry Anderson. As this Sunday is President’s Day it would help if your Buck Bentick matches could be played during the week.

MINOR PAIRS There were two Minor Pairs matches played this week and the next is the final. Bobby Grant and John Kennedy played well to score a 25:12 win from John Williams and Grant Lambert. Billy Adams and John Bentick also must have played well to end up 24:13 in front of Cliffy Nelson and Elwyn Pavey.

WEDNESDAY AT ONE Fred Vogelsang and Alf Davies had a 20:10 win against Col Breaden and Ray Dunstan.
Both Ray and Alf had their first turn at being skip. Peter Greenhalgh and Rob Priest managed to take an 18:17 win from Ken Rodwell and John Gorton. Next door Cliff Nelson and Ray Drabsch were doing battle against John Baass and Don Drabsch.

THURSDAY ARVO The winning draw went to Robert Spackman and Scott Kelly who had a 21:18 win over Graham Ruge and Merv Langfield well done gents. The runners up draw went to Peter Tisdell and Elwyn Pavey who had a lucky 23:18 win over Wayne Moon and Lyall Strudwick. Clem Hodges and Grant Lambert scored a 30:18 win over The Rooster and Peter Hocking. Cliffy Nelson and Glen Kearney were too good with a 25:19 win over Billy Adams and Darryl Griffiths. Then Ernie Egan & John Kennedy had a 26 all draw when they played John Mraz and Graham West.

SUNDAY MORNING BOWLS (By Ron Gooder) The four good bowlers on Sunday were John Stringer, Fred Vogelsang, Peter Corliss and Col Breaden. The winners draw went to Brian Joliffe and Dale Barker, a bowler from Bourke; they defeated Barry Anderson and Alison Cutcliffe. In the other matches Rodney Howarth & Russell Hodge defeated Col Breaden & Alan Smith. Peter Corliss & Fred Vogelsang defeated John Cutler & Scott McKellar by one shot. Peter Tisdell & Les Cannon defeated John Lasker & John Stringer. The Bakehouse Event leaders are Brian
Joliffe and Dale Baker on 15 points. They are followed closely by Rodney Howarth and Russell Hodge on 14 points.

Ben Hall Pairs Comp Coming Soon
Sixteen teams have already booked in for the Ben Hall Pairs tournament with strong competition nominated from Lennox Head, Parkes, Condobolin, Lorn Park, Orange, Gulgong and of course Forbes. There will be an ex NSW Champion and the previous winner of the Easter Carnival in Lennox Head. There will also be previous winners
of the big prize money coming back to have another crack at the competition. This big bowls weekend is only three weeks away and nominations will be closing in two weeks. Don’t stand back, get your name down and have a go at the $3000 prize money up for grabs. The entry fee is $60 per person for five games of 21 ends. The competition will run over three days between 28-30 August.

Men of League – Ian Walsh Bowls Day
Saturday 26 September will mark the Ian Walsh Bowls Day, which is open to all players; men, women and children.
The day will start with an 8am breakfast with the bowls tournament taking off at 10am. Entry fee is $35 per person and is all inclusive.