TGCC Bowling Club

MENS Gala Day Wednesday 19th November 2025

We had 41 bowlers today & both grass & synthetic surfaces were used.

Overall Winners with a total of 36 were Ronnie Berczelly, Gareth Cuss & Mark Vollmer.

Morning Winners decided by the lowest winning margin of 3 were Col Mowbray, Chris Fredericks & Bruce Murray.

Afternoon Winners decided by the highest winning score of 23 were Geoff Page, Bill Thrift & Phil Thrift.

Garden Eatery Voucher winner today John Moore.

Ladies Bowls Tuesday 18th November 2025.

We had 21 ladies today & played 4 rinks of 4 bowl pairs & 1 rink of 3 bowl triples.  All played on our synthetic green.

Winners with the lowest Margin of 6 were Leona Clissold, Vicki McMillan, Carolyn Fredericks.  A very big thank you to Leona Clissold for being a swinger today.

Greater Newcastle Bowls – Rookie Pairs Tournament

Two of our up & coming bowlers Les Smith & Craig Macdonald, who won their qualifying section at Raymond Terrace on 27th September 2025, attended Raymond Terrace on Friday 20th November to compete in the NSW State Rookie Pairs Final Playoffs.

The boys were supported by about 20 of our Tea Gardens Bowlers – which was a great turn out & cheered our boys on.

In their first match played at 9am against Avoca Beach, the boys admitted they were beaten by a stronger side 16-8.  It didn’t dampen their spirits.

Game 2 played at 1.30pm saw the boys take on a very strong Merimbula side, while they bowled well, the Merimbula lads bowled better, final score 15-4.

The third & final game of the day, interrupted by a thunderstorm for 30 minutes, saw the boys take on Wagga Wagga.  Interestingly enough, Wagga Wagga defeated Merimbula earlier in the day.  The boys played some of their best bowls & cheered on the Tea Gardens – won 10-9.

Great effort Les & Craig, the Tea Gardens Bowling community are very proud of your efforts !

By Kay BERCZELLY