TGCC Bowling Club

REPORTS WE 12.10.25 & WE 19.10.25

RSL LADIES PAIRS DAY – Tuesday 7th October 2025

This Gala day is an annual event the ladies hold with the support of the

Tea Gardens RSL Sub Branch.

Today Mal Motum, President of the Tea Gardens RSl Sub Branch attended.

24 of our ladies attended to make up teams of 2, which were randomly selected.  We had 12 teams of pairs.

They played 3 x 7 ends changing opponents after the 7 ends.  This proved to be a very enjoyable format.

The weather was kind, no rain, but humid.  Competition was fierce, however winners today with the highest margin of 12 were Pat Baker & Irene Roberts. Congratulations Ladies !

Our runners up today were Sandra Leisemann & Lorraine Murphy with a margin of 7.

A big thank you goes out to our wonderful volunteers who make these days happen.  Kathie Rimmer was our umpire today.  Keith Smith, who worked his magic on the computer to compile the results on a spreadsheet.   All the ladies who prepared a lovely lunch, enjoyed by all.

A big shout out to Mal Motum, who presented our winners & runners up with their prizes.

MEN’S GALA DAY – Wednesday 8th October 2025

Sponsor today was Tea Gardens Vet Hospital – thank you to Karleah & her dedicated team who not only support the community with care & kindness to our beloved pets, but also support the local community at events like this.

Today we had 39 bowlers & both synthetic & grass surfaces were used.

Overall winners with a total of 30 were Graeme Watkins, Peter Gurney, Chris Fredericks & Brian Newbery.

Morning winners were decided by the highest margin of 13 John Moore, Phil Thrift, Bruce Murray & Rick Islaub.

Afternoon winners decided by highest margin of 6, were Kev Barbie, Barry Goode & Merv Mills.

ROUND 1 – MEN’S MINOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS – Sunday 12th October 2025

Some of the matches in this first round event, could have been finals, such was the calibre of the play.

The match between Wayne Duggan & Rod Morrison, could not have been tighter & was the one everyone was watching at the end of the day.  Wayne took the win today over a very determined Rod with final score 25-24 – it could not have been closer!

Another nail-biter was the battle between Ron Berczelly & Graham Reynolds.  This match saw each gentleman take the lead in a see-sawing battle.  Each man had their chances, with a 1 or 2 bowl lead, however at the end of the day Graham put that last bowl down to take the jack away from Ron’s bowls & move it to his bowls – pure bowling genius!  Graham 25 Ron 23.

Another close one – Rob Young & a relatively new comer Kevin Glover.  On chatting with Kevin, he has put this result down to a learning curve, in how to compete in championship bowls. A very brave Kevin was defeated by the experience & talent of Rob Young 25-22.

Other matches:

Dave Garcia defeated Rick Islaub 25-16

Geoff Page defeated Hylton Newman 25-18

Graham Uff defeated Garry MacDonald 26-9

Les Smith defeated Paul Jackson 26-10

REPORTS FOR WE 19.10.25

Wednesday Gala Day 15th October 2025

Today we had 33 bowlers & played on both synthetic & grass surfaces.

Overall winners today with total 34 were Craig Bengston & Les Smith

Morning winners decided by the lowest winning margin of 4 were Kev Barbie, Barry Goode & Merv Mills.

Afternoon winners decided by highest winning margin of 14 were Dave Garcia, Dennis Ashbridge & Geoff Muggleton.

This week’s Garden Eatery Vouch won by Barry Goode.

LADIES BOWLS – Tuesday 14th October 2025

Today we had 19 ladies, with 2 x 3 bowl triples & 1 x 2 bowl 4’s.  Thank you to Lyn Nightingale for being a swinger today.

Winners today with the highest margin:   Jane Uff, Lynda Richards & Jean Glover.

MIXED BOWLS – Thursday 16th October 2025

We had 16 participants today with 2 rinks of 2 bowl 4s.  Winners with the lowest margin were Pressy Swadling, Kay Berczelly, Robyn Webster & our skip Gareth Cuss.

SOCIAL BOWLS – Sunday 19th October 2025

We had 18 men & ladies today for our fun social Sunday bowls.  Perfect numbers for 3 rinks of triples.  Today’s winners were given to the lucky rink draw – Rink 3 – a controversial count back on a 9-9 all draw:   were John Mannix, Jock Johnson & John Moore.  Always a fun & enjoyable morning of social bowls.

Today culminated in celebrating one of Tea Gardens Bowling Club’s finest – Noel Jackson’s 80th Birthday.  This wonderful, albeit colourful, long time member of TGCC Bowling Club, invited us all to celebrate this milestone birthday with delicious hamburgers & a few beverages.   A happy crowd serenaded Noel on reaching the ripe old age of 80!!!!  Congratulations Noel from all your wonderful friends, family & your bowling community, you are somewhat of a legend!!

MEN’S MINOR SINGLES

Quarter Finals Saturday 18th October 2025

Today four tournaments proved to be not only entertaining but another fine display of some pure bowling greatness!

The match between Dave Garcia & Wayne Duggan saw a tight tussle mid way through with Wayne only just nudging a lead of 16-13, but some great skill by Wayne saw him take out this quarter final with a final score of 25-17.

Geoff Page vs Rob Young – this match between two of our very experienced bowlers, was one to be watched with great anticipation.  On the day Geoff Page, literally ‘played the house down’ & Rob didn’t have a chance – Geoff’s win cemented his berth in the semi-final with a score of 26-13.

Graham Uff vs Col Mowbray – now Im told that Col is coming back from a bowling spell of some 30+ years.   So we all watched this match & were amazed at how Col’s cool & calm demeanour seemed to help him defeat a very in-form Graham today with the final scoreline reading 26-20.

Our final quarter final saw our up & comer Les Smith vs a very experienced Graham Reynolds.  What a fabulous game to watch & Les literally gave it his all, but once again Graham came up with the goods when they were needed & took the win 25-22.

MEN’S MINOR SINGLES – Semi Finals Sunday 19th October

Our first semi final today Wayne Duggan vs Geoff Page – we were all wondering if Geoff could continue his dominance on the bowling green today.  It didn’t take long to see a very confident Geoff take a commanding lead & midway through the scoreline read 17-8 to Geoff.

We were all enthralled & entertained by some solid consistent accurate bowling by Geoff.  Final score 25-9 – a solid win to Geoff, and puts him into the final next Sunday.

Second semi final today saw Col Mowbray take on a very in-form Graham Reynolds.   Graham has proved over the past matches to be able to keep solid & come through when needed.  Today was different, Col, once again, put his head down & while at the beginning of the match was down 12 – 11, he slowly & steadily put single bowls on the board, until finally he won a very exciting match 25-17.

Our final next week on Sunday 26th October, 2025 @ 1pm – will prove to be one worth seeing:

Geoff Page vs Col Mowbray

By Kay BERCZELLY