WHAT a big couple of weeks for bowls!!! We had representation in a tournament Dubbo RSL, a fabulous charity day, our normal Men’s bowls, a wonderful Ladies Versatility Day & to finish the week the Men’s 4s Club Championships.
Dubbo RSL Tournament
Our Bowling Club was represented by Terry Munright, Peter Gurney, Bruce Murray, Geoff Page, Ron & Karen Green. This highly competitive tournament saw Ron Green’s team ‘Beauty & The Best” win over “Terry’s Rolling Thunder”. Ron’s team went onto play in the top four, being beaten on the last end by a lucy wick.
A great time had by all & thank you bowlers for representing Tea Gardens so admirably.
Thank you to Deyonne Page for the information and photo.
Charity Day – “Kneelers & Grippers” – Saturday 6th September, 2025:
This charity day, for A Start in Life, which supports needy children with their education, is driven by Terry Munright, President, Tea Gardens Country Club.
Some 50+ generous Tea Gardens bowlers supported this day, with fun bowls and great camaraderie to produce a donation of $3,000. A phenomenal amount from a small regional town.
The new CEO Kathleen Donohoe outlined the progress of the young people we have been supporting for some 15 years and outlined her vision for the future of the charity.
A Start in Life charity have thanked TGCC Bowling Club wholeheartedly for our ongoing support.
Ladies Versatility Day – Tuesday 16th September, 2025
This incredibly fun bowls day gives our lady bowlers a great chance to experience all forms of bowls: Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours.
The 24 ladies who joined this day, showed some great ability with our winners Karen Green, Jean Glover, Sheila Rattray & Karen Volmer.
Second place today Judy Polak, Deyonne Page & Dave Perry, Lorraine Murphy & Sheril Johnson..Third Place Dale Winter, Pam Gilchrest, Dawn Jones & Kay Berczelly. 1st, 2nd & 3rd placegetters received a nice envelope with some cash.
A special shout out to helpers & volunteers from the men: Ron Berczelly, Chris Fredericks, Rick Islaub, Dave Perry, Les Smith & Craig MacDonald.
What a great little Club of wonderful volunteers!
Men’s Gala Day – Wednesday 17th September 2025
Today’s Sponsor was Hawks Nest Golf Club.
Today we had 40 bowlers & both synthetic & grass were used.
Morning Winners was decided by the lowest winning score of 11, Kev Barbie, Barry Goode & Merv Mills
Afternoon Winners decided by the highest winning margin of 13 were Geoff Page, Bill Thrift & Phil Thrift.
Thursday Mixed Bowls – 18th September 2025
We had 13 ladies & gentlemen today with 2 Bowl Fours & 3 Bowl Triples. Winners with the highest margin Colin Fossey, Carolyn Fredericks & Mark Nightingale. A special thank you to Lynda Richards for being ‘swinger’ in the 4s.
Sunday Mixed Social Bowls – 21st September 2025
Sunday saw 13 ladies & gentlemen play on a sunny day with a little chill from the wind. Big thank you to Bill Jones for being our ‘swinger’ in the 4s.
We had 1 rink of 2 bowl 4s & a rink of 3 bowl triples. Winners on lively Rink 3 were Jock Johnson, John Moore & Dave Ransome. Don’t forget to put your names on the list in the Club.
Men’s Championship 4s – Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September 2025.
Our first game at 11am on Saturday saw our highly favoured 4s team Cody Ross, Stu Dorahy, Chris Ross & Scott Fitzalen defeated by a very determined team lead by Jimmy Rutherford, with Craig Bengston, Craig McDonald & a very inform Les Smith win a tight tussle 15-12. It would be an understatement to say the winning lads were very happy with their performance on the day, you could actually see their smiles from the moon!
We had 3 further games on Saturday commencing 1pm:
1. Rick Islaub skipped with Greg Smith, Garry MacDonald & Ron Berczelly. This team also played to the best of their ability to topple another very experienced favoured team Terry Munright, Ron Green, Chris Fredericks & Peter Gurney. Rick’s team had a very solid determined win score 27-14. This win took them to the first semi played on Sunday 21st September.
2. Bruce Murray, Dave Perry, Dave Garcia & Rob Young had a tight tussle against Mark Hair, Mark Nightingale, Graham Reynolds. After a nail-biting finish Bruce’s team won 22-19. They will play the 2nd Semi next Saturday 27th September at 1pm.
3. Anthony Grant, Rod Morrison,Chris Golledge & John Bates proved much too strong for a very experienced team led by Dennis Ashbridge with Tony Butler, Geoff Muggleton & Barry Goode.
Final score 23-15 to Anthony’s team.
Sunday 21st September 2025 – saw 1 Semi Final & 1 Quarter Final at 1pm:
Rick’s team started gangbusters with a healthy lead, but the giant killers from the previous day played with confidence & Jim Rutherford’s team fought back in a true nail-biter.
Rick’s team scraped a win in this Semi with a 17-16 win. They will play in the final next Sunday 28th September at 1pm
Anthony Grant’s confident, strong team took on Richard Wiles, Bill Jones, Col Mowbray & Geoff Page. It was neck & neck at times & some truly brilliant bowls were delivered, however, on the day Anthony’s boys took the win 10-16.
Anthony’s team will take on Bruce Murray, Dave Perry, Dave Garcia & Rob Young next Saturday in the 2nd Semi at 1pm.
I encourage all to come along next Saturday & Sunday & enjoy some excellent bowling while enjoying the lovely outdoor area of the Tea Gardens Country Club.
By Kay BERCZELLY
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