TUESDAY 17th June: A good turn up of bowlers today, great to see the sun shining, format for play 5 games of 3 bowls Pairs 18 ends. Vicki McMillan and Lynda Richards led all the way defeating Jo Plummer and Sandra Leisemann 18 v 15. A convincing win for Precy Swaddling and Dot Dallas 18 v Jan Coomer and Lyn Nightingale 10. On the 4th end Dale Cameron and Dawn Jones were 11 v Bette Saillard and Dawn May 0, thankfully Bette and Dawn came good eventually just losing by 5 points 17 v 12. A similar tale on the next rink, Lorraine Murphy and Karen Green by the 6th end were 15 v Judi Polak and Jean Glover 0, Lorraine and Karen continued to dominate this match winning 24 v 10. Ingrid Luck and Jane Uff were having a close contest bowling against Carolyn Fredericks and Robyn Webster but Ingrid and Jane on the 15th end scored 2 then a 3 on the 16th end clenching a win for them 16 v 11. The winners on the day winning with the highest score were Lorraine and Karen.
Thursday 19th June: Social bowls played 2 games of 3 bowls Triples 12 ends. Vicki McMillan, Lynda Richards and Robyn Webster came from behind to claim victory against Lyn Nightingale, Ingrid Luck and Dale Winter the score 10 v 7. A very close game for Christine Fossey, Jean Glover and Sandra Leisemann v Precy Swaddling, Bev Dunn and Bette Saillard, scores were drawn on the 4th, 8th and 10th ends. Christine, Jean and Sandra victors 14 v 12. Winners on the day winning with the lowest score were Vicki, Lynda and Robyn.
Congratulations to Robyn Beaumont on her achievements bowling in the Australian Open held on the Gold Coast from Saturday 7th June – Friday 20th June, she competed in the Open Singles and the Women’s Over 60 Pairs. In the Singles out of over 500 players Robyn made it through to the last 64, here she was beaten (21 v 10), by Siti Zalina Ahmad who is the Skip of the Malaysian team, she has been a National bowler for over 20 years and is yet again up for selection for the Commonwealth Games, a very impressive opposition. In the Pairs, Robyn teamed with Cheryl Fielding (Tasmania), on day 1 they played 3 games of 18 ends winning their section. The next day they commenced the knockout rounds, winning Round 1 and 2, progressing to Round 3 with the last 16 teams, here they went down to long time State players Sharyn Renshaw and Maryanne Parcell.
Coming events: Major Singles Club Championship commences Tuesday 1st July.
By Lynda RICHARDS
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