Noosa Heads Bowls
Forty teams turned out for the March edition of the Noosa 1500 last Monday.
The major prize among the two-game winners went to Graham McKay and Ken Jaekel. Runners-up were Walter Horn and Doug Tognolini, with Mary Ross and Jenny Lonie topping the list of one-game winners.
The last of these popular open pairs events will be played on Easter Monday, 6 April.
Men’s sides in Super Challenge Bronze both had 3-2 wins this week. Section 5 over Club Maroochy and Section 8 over Ferny Grove.
The ladies in Section 5 won a rink each but went down on aggregate; and the Section 8 girls continued on their winning way taking the maximum 10 points.
The postponed matches from the washed-out round five fixture are to be played this coming Saturday.
Last Tuesday’s men’s pairs winners were Nick Gelavis and Chris Robinson, with the Johns – Boyle and Brock – coming second on margins.
The ladies triples team of Jan Burkitt, Margaret King and Jan Zemler took the prize on Wednesday.
John Boyle was also a winner on Friday, joining forces with Paul Baker. Leading the list of one-game winners were Ralphe Rickman and Gill Macdonald.
A reminder to club members that a special meeting to vote on issues concerning the winding up of Noosa Heads Bowls Club will be held next Sunday 15 March, at 10am.
– The Chalker
Tewantin Noosa Bowls
Men’s championships: The A singles winner this week was Dave Buckley in a great game which entertained a good crowd that attended the final.
Ladies’ championship pairs: Semi-finalists are Kerry Wilson/Jennie Smith, Nat McAully/Pam Styles, Marlene Trembath /Pat Becker, Lyndal Hughes and Pauline Mohr.
Tuesday ladies club-selected pairs: Winners were Van Vignon and Pam Styles. Runners-up were Malley Jane and Maggie Brown.
Wednesday men’s pairs: Winners were Ian Loui Lloyd and Wayne Langham (2+38). Runners-up were Trevor Crosby and Greg Halloway (1+11). The Jackpot of $191 was not won and carries over.
Thursday night twilight (6-9) open pairs: Winners were Phil McCanna and Jennie. Runners-up were Robyn McAnelly and Mary Ross.
‘Friendly Friday’ open triples: Winners were Dossie Buckley, Ivan Ivanusec and Nev Jones. Runners-up were Pat McIvor, Ray Larke and Peter Renwick. Jackpot was not won and carries over.
Superchallenge: Our men’s Silver lost to Ferny Grove and won against Mooloolaba, then backed up with a win against Pacific Paradise on Saturday. The Silver ladies had a win and a loss in their double header. Well done to our ladies, who are the current competition leaders.
Our Bronze men and ladies teams both won against Club Maroochy, and the ladies had a draw and the men lost against Kenilworth on Saturday.
In other news, Saints and Sinners thanked our club for an enjoyable visit and not only vowed to return, but they also invited us to visit them on the Tweed in the future.
– Green Master
Pomona Bowls
Wednesday marked the first round of the Ladies Pairs Championship. Gaye Bible and Tina Camp defeated Desley O’Neill and Phyllis Roebuck with Desley and Phyllis putting up a good show against this top notch pair. In a thrilling finish, Jeanne Price and Sharon Foale defeated Elizabeth Dewhirst and Jocelyn Rabjohns. The teams were equal at 20 ends with the decider dependent on the last end, Jeanne put her first bowl on the jack where it stayed like glue giving them the game by one shot.
On Thursday, only a small number took to the green – this weekly game needs more players to make it a viable event. Please consider to put your name on the board for at least one or two games a month.
Friday twilight another great afternoon for bowlers with the winners being Denise Debus and Don Mallett, with runners-up Jim O’Donnell and Veronis O’Connor. Jackpot carries over to next Friday.
Pomona men’s Super Challenge team were keen for victory over the undefeated Nambour team. Things were going well, Mel Hobbins had a great singles game winning 31-16; pairs of Mark Doran and Trevor Walsh another great win 20-15, and although the other pairs and triples were struggling, the newly formed fours of Rick Goulding, Russell Murray, Daryl Millar and Charlie Dewhirst were cruising with a few ends to go and up by eight shots. Suddenly a surge by Nambour and it was 19-all on the last end, requiring an extra end be played. Daryl Millar played the shot of the match with his last bowl to sit on the jack, however the opposition skip closed his eyes, said a prayer and rolled down his last bowl moving the jack to his own player’s bowl to win 20-19.
Nambour 3 rinks – Pomona 2.
– Kitty and Jack
Cooroy Bowls
The blackout on Thursday night didn’t spoil the games in the High Rollers challenge. Many games were close with some teams only going down by one or two points. JeLS and TAG Team remain undefeated while 101’s, Rob and Co, High Rollers, The X Factor and new team the Honey Pots were also victorious.
Business bowls on a Wednesday night sees the green full of noisy, enthusiastic players. Jacobsons, SEC, Bandidos, Getting Plastered, Belvederes, Pages, Treble Clefs and Oddballs had wins in round four.
Tuesday jackpot pairs winners were Lester Krosch and Casey Clayden. Julie Ainscough won the singles.
The Cooroy men had three out of four wins on Saturday against Nambour Heights Gold team. They just had to do better than Yandina to get into the semi-finals of the Hinterland Challenge. Unfortunately for them, Yandina also had good wins so Cooroy missed out, finishing in fifth place. The ladies on the other hand are equal second place with three more rounds to go. Cooroy defeated Woombye in both the singles and the triples. The triples challenge was very close, neck-and-neck all the way until the last three ends.
– Julie Ainscough
