TGCC Bowling Club

LADIES 70th Anniversary Mixed Celebration Saturday 22nd November 2025

History will show that on 22nd November 1955 – the Tea Gardens Women’s Bowling Club was born.  Exactly to the day, some 70 years later, the ladies & gentlemen of the TGCC Bowling Club came together to celebrate this momentous occasion.  The annual bowls challenge “Skirts vs Shirts” was played in the morning.  A fabulous morning of fun, jovial bowls & the Shirts (men) won the day 63-51.  A BBQ lunch followed with lots of bubbles to celebrate a wonderful day.

We say a very warm thank you to Gayle Gannon, the Match Chair from Newcastle Bowls, who attended as our special guest.

Ladies Major Pairs 2025

This week saw the first round on Tuesday 25th November & Quarter Finals on Thursday 27th November.

Tuesday saw Kris MacDonald & Kay Berczelly take on Lorraine Murphy & Dot Dallas.  While the beginning of the game was a close one, Lorraine & Dot showed their strength & experience & won this match 22-10.

Another round 1 match Irene Roberts & Jean Glover played Maryanne Cuss & Lyn Nightingale.  Irene & Jean took on a good lead in the beginning, but Maryanane & Lyn fought back, however on the day Jean & Irene proved too strong & took the match 17-13.

Ingrid Luck & Bev Harrington in the third match on Tuesday played Deb Gardner & Judy McGavock.  Irene & Bev played some strong bowls, but on the last end Deb & Judy, scored 7 bowls !  But still Irene & Bev too strong 21-17

Match set down for Thursday, was brought forward to Tuesday:  Karen Green & Jane Uff, played Sheila Johnson & Jo Plummer.  Congratulations to Karen & Jane in what can only be described as a ‘Masterclass’ in bowling with a convincing win 25-5 – this sees Karen & Jane through to the Semi-Final on Tuesday 2nd December.

There were 3 matches played in Quarter Finals on Thursday 27th November:

Ingrid Luck & Bev Harrington went down to the strong team of Bette Saillard & Lynda Richards 19-10

The favoured team of Robyn Beaumont & Colleen Ross won over Leona Clissold & Carolyn Fredericks, in what was not an overly easy win for Robyn & Colleen 21-11.

Lorraine Murphy & Dot Dallas continued their strong reign with a win over Irene Roberts & Jean Glover 17-6.

Men’s Wednesday Gala Day 26th November 2025

Sponsor today was Tea Gardens Auto Care.

Today we had 39 bowlers using both synthetic & grass greens.  However, owing to predicted high temperatures only 16 ends were played in the morning.

Overall Winners with a total of 36 were Peter Gurney, Ron Green & Brian Newbery.

Morning winners with the highest winning score of 28 were Greg Smith & Richard Wiles.

Mixed Social Bowls Sunday 30th November 2025.

We take this opportunity to wish our Sunday bowls co-ordinator Frank Dunn a speedy recovery from his recent ill health.  We miss your Frank ! We all need a dose of your cheeky irreverent comments before Xmas.  A big thank you to David Ransome, who is taking the reins in Frank’s absence.

Today saw an influx of Sunday bowlers, thanks to Tea Gardens Country Club AGM.

We saw 5 rinks played today, & winners on a random draw were Les Smith, Bill Jones & Gareth Cuss.

By Kay BERCZELLY