By PAUL LEWIN
Twenty wonderful bowlers rolled up for social bowls on Wednesday, January 29.
Winners were Jake Brown and Denis Daley winning 19+45.
Runners-up were Bruce Jones and Andrew Trotman winning 17+4.
Marble 27 came out and the margins were 4, 6, 12, 14 and 45.
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The jackpot this week is a whopping $696.
Round 8 of the Parkes Services Clubs Power Play Pairs was conducted on Thursday, January 30.
Winners were High Rollers, Short Notice and Rhinos.
The current leaders are the Rhinos on 34 points, ahead of High Rollers on 29 points and the Low Rollers on 25 points.
Even with the championship matches flowing we still managed 16 players on Saturday, February 1 for social bowls.
Winners were Jake Brown and Warren Watson winning 16+14.
Runners-up were Paul Lewin and Danielle Thompson winning 15+14.
Club Championships
In the Major Singles we had Lea Tanks play Peter Creith. 4 all after 5 ends.
Lea leads 10-8 after 9 ends and 13-10 after 13 ends.
Peter gets it back to 14 all after 16 and 18 all after 21 ends. Peter knuckles down and wins the game 25-18.
In more Major Singles action Tony Bright played Geoff Leonard.
Brighty led 3 nil after 3. Geoff gets it back to 3 all after 5 ends.
Bright has it at 6-3 after 7. Geoff takes the lead at 7-6 after 10 ends, back to 7 all next end then 9 all after 15.
Bright gets it out to an 18-11 lead after 19 ends and then a 20-17 lead after 23 ends, and he runs away with a 25-18 win.
In more Major Singles games Stevie Torrens played Joey Van Opynen.
Joey led 9-1 after 6 ends. Stevie got it back to 13 all after 12 ends.
Joey leads 17-13 after 15 ends. Stevie gets it back to 18 all after 19 and 20 all after 21 ends. Joey closes out the game in style winning 25-21.
In the Minor Singles Andrew Trotman played Joey Van Opynen.
It’s 2 all after 4 ends and 5 all after 8 ends. It’s 8 all after 12 ends and 11 all after 16 ends.
Trotty kicks out to lead 21-12 after 23 ends and goes on to win the game 25-15.
In the Major Pairs we had Paul Townsend and Clive Stibbard play Mick Furney and Benny McNaughton.
Paul and Clive led 7-2 after 7 ends and 10-6 after 10 ends.
Paul and Clive kept up their form leading 17-8 after 14 ends and went on to win the game 26-11.
In more Major Pairs action we had Mark Frances and Pig Phillips play Shane Hodge and Johnny Chew.
Shane and Chewy led 10 nil after 2 ends, 23-1 after 8 ends and 32-2 after 13 ends.
Paceway and Pig tried to regroup with a 5 and 5 singles but the game was called after 19 ends with a win to Shane and Chewy 32-12.
In the Club Triples Helen Clark, Dave Littlewood and Johnny Chew played Brenden Weekes, Dougie Miller and Luke Ramsay.
Team Chew led 7-4 after 5 ends and 11-5 after 7 ends.
Team Ramsay gets back to 11-10 down after 11 ends. Team Chew lead 13-10 after 13 ends.
Team Ramsay take the lead for the first time on the 19th end and lead 18-16 after 20 ends.
Team Chew stay strong and win the game 25-18 after 24 ends.
In the Club Fours Stevie Torrens, Graham Turner, Ben McNaughton and Juicy Daley played Graham Cole, Graham Thomson, Peter Job and Peter Creith.
It’s 4 all after 4 ends, 8 all after 8 ends and 9 all after 10 ends.
Team Daley lead 14-9 after 13 and 16-10 after 15 ends.
Team Daley go on to win the game 27-14 after 20 ends.
In more Club Fours action we had Dave Johnson, Junior Thorne, Phil Barnard and Paul Lewin play Brenden Weekes, Denis Daley, Dougie Miller and Luke Ramsay.
Team Ramsay led 4 nil after 4.
Team Lewin got it back to 4 all after 6 ends and 6 all after 10 ends.
Team Ramsay gets out to a 11-6 lead after 13 ends.
Team Lewin gets it back to 13 all after 18 ends. Team Lewin lead 15-13 after 20 ends.
Team Ramsay pick up a 2 and it’s going to an extra end.
Team Lewin hang on to win the game 16-15.
Pennant trial
We have a trial against Dubbo Macquarie on Saturday, February 8 at 10am. We will have 11 rinks of quality bowls to look forward to.
BPL Cup
We will be hosting some rounds of the BPL Cup qualifiers at our club.
Starting Friday, February 21 at 6pm and running every three weeks we should have plenty of fast-paced action.
Nominations are available on bowlslink.
The easiest way is just to search Parkes Railway under the competitions and available tabs.
This week we have the Parkes Services Club’s Power Play Pairs on Thursday, February 6 at 6pm.
As always names in half an hour before start times, everyone is welcome and quality new loan bowls are available at the club.
There will not be any social bowls on Saturday, February 8.
For those interested in having a roll of bowls, please note the following. Social bowls means anyone and everyone is welcome to come have a game.
If it’s your first time this is where you start.
Just come to the club on the desired day at least 45 minutes prior to the advertised start times and see one of our dedicated volunteers and we will assist with getting you sorted and some bowls, and point you in the right direction.
Social bowls is competitive without being too serious.
Players generally use this time as practice.
We have some experienced bowlers that are always happy to play with and help new learning bowlers.
We have our Thursday Evening Barefoot Twilight Bowls going now, that is a great way to start and learn the game.
Please feel free to call in to the club at anytime to have a chat.
Quickshine Punters Club
The Punters Club kicked off this week and the results are put on the board as they happen. Money can be placed in the tin on the bar at any point along the way. Giddy up.
In the club on Friday, February 7 we have happy hour 5-7pm, meat tray raffles, badge draw ($300), joker draw ($2850) and the bistro serving up their amazing meals from 6pm.
See you at the Railway. Toot Toot.
