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Weekend Pennant round 10 fixture - January 16
Division one home to Echuca.
Division two away to Echuca.
In division three Rochester Green and Rochester Red will face off.
Three bowl men’s pairs tournament
On January 2, Rochester Bowls Club ran a three-bowl men’s pairs tournament with cash prizes.
They played three games of 12 ends with 10 points a win and one point per winning end.
When all was done and dusted, the winners were Alan Clements and Ange Serra with 53/14.
In second place were Greg Fitzpatrick and Ryan Jones with 51/22.
Third were John Dinsdale and Cookie with 51/15 and in fourth place were Norm Hodge and Richard Feuk with 50/19.
Well done to the organisers Tim Quinlan and Robert Clayton and all others who helped with the day.
Ladies events
Today, January 12, the ladies will play the first round of the Ladies 100-up and scrounge
for anyone who is not in the 100-up.
Be there early as play will start at 9.30am.
On January 6, the club's ladies ran a morning fours event.
A total of 20 teams entered from as far away as Castlemaine to Mathoura.
The winners from Elmore with 57 points were Ann Williams, Lorna Wilson, Evelyn Locke and Corrie Holmberg.
Runners-up from Mathoura were Berryl Murray, Pam Limbrick, K. McCormick and M. Cowley.
A big thank-you to our generous sponsors, Anton Gusak (Anton’s Plants Galore), Bendigo Bank, IGA Rochester, Mitre 10 Rochester, Nichol Trading Rochester and Riverina Bowls and Leisure Wear Echuca.
A great day was had by all.
On Friday, January 15 ladies practice will be available from 9.45 for anyone interested.
Men's crossover pairs
There will be play on Thursday, January 14 at 2pm with two games of 10 ends.
Choose your own partner.
Names to John Boyd on 0429 984 997.
Jack Baker Drawn Fours
The event will take place on Tuesday, January 19 at 6pm.
If you haven’t put your name in get in quick.
Club championships
The men’s C grade championship list is up for entries.
Entries close on Saturday, January 23 at 6pm.
Entries have opened for the men’s pairs championship.
Entries close at 6pm on January 23.
The men’s 21-up is through to the semi-finals with L. Milgate to play G. Houlihan and A. Gusak to play T. Quinlan.
Bar duty
From Monday, January 11, L. Walles and P. Stack are on duty.
From Monday, January 18, G. Browne and G .Watkins are on duty.
Lockington
The women will resume their weekly social bowls this week.
On the CVBD weekend pennant scene the competition resumed following the Christmas and New Year break.
Our division three and four teams had mixed success.
Division three had a great battle against Moama only to go down 51-65 with just one rink up.
Rink details: R. Hanson def. D. Blackburn 23-14; R. Shawcross l.t S. Sutton 15-28; P. Cunnington l.t. S. Connolly 13-23.
In division four we were able to manage a superb 61-55 victory over second placed Rich River and to also sneak into fourth position ourselves.
Rink details: K. Main def. K. Robertson 25-15; K. Stout d. R. Ritchie 19-17; F. Chugg l.t G. Edgar 17-23.
Thanks to the women for the delightful afternoon tea.
The club championship will be decided this week with Russell Shawcross to meet Graham Turner in the final.
The Friday evening barbecue and practice session was well attended with Bev Brereton winning the lucky members draw.
The club will hold the popular Cunnington Cup Mixed Pairs - 2x4x2 tournament on Sunday, February 7 at 1pm.
Entries to Chris Stewart on 5486 2607 or Lorraine Appleby on 0427 802 569.
On Sunday the semi-final of the CVBD State Fours was played at Rich River.
The Rich River rink comprising G. Devlin, C. Hayes, P. Nesbitt, D. Weymouth (s) were pitted against the Tongala four of S. Usher, D. Hester, W. Cowley, S. Hammond (s).
The game started at a high standard and the crowd witnessed some excellent passages of play during the 18-end contest.
Scoring was held to mainly singles and few doubles as both teams tried to gain an advantage.
Scores were level on several occasions 9-all at nine ends then 11-all after 11 ends.
Tongala held a 18-17 lead in the later stages before Rich River picked up three shots to take a 20-18 lead with one end to play.
Holding two shots on the final end, Tongala were in with a chance to level the scores and force an extra end as the skippers crossed over.
Skipper Dale Weymouth delivered a weighted shot to try and displace the head and miraculously cut the margin to one.
Needing two to draw and three to win the epic battle, "Buster" Hammond tried desperately to win the game but just failed to alter the head and lost the contest 19-20 to the jubilant Rich River rink.
All bowlers were congratulated on the display of a high standard bowling.
Rich River will play a Mathoura combination for the title on Sunday, February 14 at Moama Bowling Club.
At the BowlsVic State Championships being held at the City Memorial Bowling Club in Warrnambool, our local hopes in the state fours competition from the Moama Bowling Club - Laurie Campbell (sub), Richard Blain, Alan Jones, Merv Harvey (s) tried valiantly against a strong rink from Essendon comprising B. Willoughby, S. Purvis, L. Wyath, R. Tainton (s) but unfortunately lost the battle 8-21.
The team was proud to represent the Bendigo/Campaspe Region.
The Tainton rink went on to defeat D. Riches (Cobden) 20-16 to make the semi-finals.
The Murray/Mallee rink comprising J Alderuccio, G McCaig, "Buck" Lehman, J Thornton (s) defeated J.Barry (Metro) 24-15 then went down 10-17 to the Yarra team.
The Shepparton Golf rink of J. Dagger, W. Dagger, C. Power, B. Orr (s) defeated I. Brimblecombe 17-14 then defeated W. Perris 24-8 to make the semi-finals where they will meet R. Tainton (Essendon).
In the women's section the composite rink of B. Davies, G. Waegeli, A. Boorham, S. Howes (s) beat J Bartel (Kiewa Valley) 16-14 to make the quarter-finals.
However, they lost the game to L. Phillips 5-24.
The Murray/Mallee rink of J. Laursen, L. Ashton, R. Opie, J. Fairchild (s) lost a thriller to C. Krizanic (Sunbury) 15-16.
The Shepparton Park team of S. Tyson, J. Hill, B. Thorne, C. Dudley (s) defeated J. Godbolt (Lancefield) then lost the following round to S. McColgan.
60 and Over
The Campaspe Valley and District 60 and over bowls group held their first Wednesday weekly bowls for 2021 at the Echuca Bowls Club.
The day was sponsored by Echuca Kia.
In all, 28 teams consisting of 112 bowlers played on excellent greens.
Six teams won three games each, they then rolled off to within the yard stick to decide the winner for the day.
A fill in team from Echuca were first with six of their eight bowls were near the jack.
They were John Kelly, Maurice Spiers, Kevin Burstill and Trevor Liddell.
The team that came second with five bowls near the jack was from Tongala included Frank Vanderburgt, Rob Hosking, Keith "Chooka" Tinning and Barry Campbell.
Members of both teams received a chook each.
Four other prizes were generously supplied by Top of the Town on the corner of High and Service street Echuca opposite the Echuca swimming pool.
The next 60 and over bowls is at Lockington Bowls Club on January, 13 with an 11am start.
Entries to Neil Haines on 5486 8220 or John Van Den Bosch on 5486 2480 or on the sheet at the Lockington Bowls Club.
Happy New Year to all and good bowling.