A further two games of Club Singles were completed on Saturday afternoon.
In the game between George Somerville and Jono Watson the score was 8–all after the first 9 ends.
The scores were level again at 11–all after 13 ends.
From that point Jono dominated the scoring to win the game 25–12.
The other game saw Steve Joliffe opposed to Ron Rosengreen.
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After 9 ends the score was 6-all but after 22 ends Steve had established a handy 20–11 lead.
Ron then won the next 6 ends to trail 19–20 and after winning 3 of the next 4 ends he led 24–22.
Steve won the next two ends to claim the game 25–24.
Earlier in the week there were just 10 players involved on Thursday afternoon.
Both the games were closely contested with Tom Preston and Max Penfold scoring 4 shots on the final end of their game to win 20–17 and Brian Christie, Albert Carter and Tony Ruhl winning 18–17 despite losing the final 3 ends.
In addition to the singles games there were another 16 players on the green on Saturday afternoon.
The winning teams and their scores were: Darryle Miller and Chris Wright 27–8, Max Penfold and Geoff Holt 25–17, Tom Preston and Joe Bargwanna 17–9, and Greg Woods and Les Fanning 19–16.
The fifth week of the Guy Pickering Charity Challenge took place on Wednesday and Thursday nights with 58 players taking part over the two nights.
The Lachlan Street team were the winners for the night.
On Thursday night there were two teams that finished with 15 points – 3G Mac Attack and Kingsvale Workplace. After a count–back the 3G Mac Attack team were declared the night’s winners.
The Bowls NSW State Championship Finals commenced on Tuesday.
The finals are being played at Ballina, Lennox Head and Alstonville.
There are two teams from the Young Bowling Club that have qualified for the finals.
Jenny Holt, Lisa Boyd and Kate Cooper are drawn in Section 1 of the State Women’s Triples and Jonathon Watson, Damien Miller and David Quigley are drawn in Section 2 of the State Men’s Triples. Both competitions commence on Monday 31st March.
Good luck to both teams in this important event.
CLIFF TRAYNOR
