Hectic week of bowling

COOROY COMMUNITY
A fabulous week of bowls was worked out at Cooroy. Saturday was a particularly busy day.
The finals of the Ladies Triples Championships were played on Saturday morning. Claire McGrath, Lynne Hateley-James and Julie Ainscough were the winners after a tight tussle against Sandra French, Nancy Duffield and Bettina Winkler. The Men’s semi finals saw convincing wins. The finals will be held next Saturday.
The Saturday Jackpot Pairs winners this week were Rick Sorrensen and Steve Prout. Bill Haack and Leo Sorrensen were runners-up.
The AGM to officially form our full committee was held on Saturday evening. It was well attended, demonstrating the community interest in the new club. The evening finished with a sausage sizzle.
Tuesday Jackpot Pairs had a full green of players once again. Everyone is obviously enjoying the winter sunshine. Winners were Col Nalder and Fred Bravo. Runners-up were Geoff Green, Bruce Coventry and Sandra French.
The first round of the Winter Suns challenge was held on Sunday. Again, the players enjoyed the winter sunshine and camaraderie. Lynne Hateley-James created two beautiful casseroles for all to share at the end of the day. Thanks Lynne. The next round will be Sunday 20 July at 1pm.
This week sees Tuesday Jackpot Pairs, Thursday Noosa Radiology Day (formerly Madills) and Saturday Jackpot Pairs.
Happy Bowling.
-Julie Ainscough
Noosa Heads
It’s another big week of lawn bowls at Noosa Heads with the Options Eyecare 1500 on Monday and the annual Laguna Ladies Fiesta Fours being staged on Thursday. Both events have attracted capacity entries, including many who make the yearly trip to Noosa for the great bowls, and sunshine.
The next of the club championships to be decided is the ladies B-Singles, for which entries are now due.
Preliminary matches will be played during the month with the final set down for 31 July.
Last Tuesday’s winners of men’s pairs were Ian Sanday and Neil Walsh with the runners-up prize going to Tony Whelan (Vic.) and Terry O’Neill. The ladies played triples on Wednesday with the winners being Debbie Austin, Jeanette Emery and Beryl Small. Taking the Friday Jackpot Pairs prize, yet again,
were Mal Lloyd and Ron Wallish- their third successive Friday win. Bob Ginnaw and Allan Teale were next.
Local Jenny Bowie teamed with Tasmanian visitor Eric Negri to take the pairs on Saturday whilst Carolyn Burgess, from Edithvale in Victoria, skipped the winning triples team which included Heather Rider and Beryl Nelson. The biggest margin in the Men’s pennant trials went to Andrew McCall, Keith Musgrave and
Walter Zemler.
-The Chalker
TEWANTIN NOOSA
Monday 30 June RSL Bowls at Pomona Bowls Club.
Winners on a margin of + 19 were Alan Clamp’s team,
Runners-up on a margin of + 16 were Darryl Birt’s team.
Year to date competition leaders with an aggregate score of + 48 are Jack Dibble’s team with Darryl Birt’s team in second place on + 41
Tuesday 1 July Noosa Landscape pairs. Beth Tolley and Julie Anderson Winners. Runners-up; Joe Bonnici and Judy Ingram.
Wednesday 2 July: Option Eye Care Men’s Bowls: Jim Bain and Ken Johansen Winners (2 wins +39) Runners-up : Gary Hughes and Daryl Birt(2nd Game win +12) There were also some triple games played with Stan Chandler, Tony Ping and Mike Lowe ajudged winners.
Friday 4 July: Noosa Radiology Open triples. A earlier start caught few bowlers out with quite a few games on a staggered start between 12.30pm and 1pm. This early start happened as club greens were needed for late afternoon barefoot bowls bookings. Winning team: Graham Sheldon, Brian Dodd and Margaret Dodd. Runners-up: Tony Taylor, Bill Hock and Irene Land. The margin jackpot was not claimed.
Saturday 5 June : The Men’s Championship Triples was played and progressed to the semi-final stage to be played at 1pm next Saturday 12 (weather permiting). Results will be published next week.
Are you intersted in playing bowls or you want to refresh your skills, the club has coaching sessions on Saturdays from 9am. For more details, contact club on (07) 5449 7155.
-Heath Costello