The Turner Family Four Seasons Challenge.

March Series. Played from March 7-28.

Round 4 matches sponsored by Aussie Home Loans Nowra.

March 7: 

Brett Gilligan & Kristi Buckley 18 def 13 Laurie Turner & Helen Neilsen.

Carol Turton & Barry Epple 23 def 15 Ian Carre & Mark Englert.

March 9:

Carol Blackshaw & Jenny Castellan 20 def 13 Steve Munce & Peter Johnson.

Arthur Eagleton & John Castellan 23 def 10 Narrelle Wetsteyn & Eileen Hunter.

March 14:

Phil Carrett & Geoff Steinhour 20 def 10 Peter Dwyer & Craig McGale

March 23:

Trish Bailey & Jimmy Hibbert 17 def 15 Grahame Faull & Gary Melleuish

March 28:

Colin Wilson & John Slingsby 21 def 12 Luke Griggs & Chris James

At the end of round 4 only 1 team remains undefeated from the 14 team field.

Top Four after Round 4:

Trevor McGuire, Colin Wilson & John Slingsby  4 wins + 58 margin.

Laurie Turner, Helen Neilsen & Rick Neilsen 3 wins + 31 margin.

Jenny Castellan, Carol Blackshaw & Geoff Blackshaw  3 wins + 19 margin.

Trish Bailey, Richard Grayson & Jim Hibbert  3 wins + 16 margin.

Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen Men

No joke! Fine, cool weather provided ideal conditions for enjoying a game of bowls. Wednesday saw 32 players enjoying a warm, clear afternoon with a cooling zephyr from the south. Our nominated pairs had 10 teams while 2 games of Triples accounted for the rest. An overcast and cool afternoon on Saturday, with no Pennants, saw 24 players enjoying two games of Mixed Social Triples as well as three games of Pairs.

Wednesday 28th March was a fine, hot afternoon where the fast paced greens were great to play on.

Rink 1 Phill Rimmer, Paul Goddard and Dooley Gould played superb bowls to overcome their opposition by 26 shots to 18.

Rink 2 held the game of the week. Paul Takac, Bert Watson and Graham Eyre jumped the start with a sizzling six while Norm Schulz, Alan Morrissey and Terry Wright were just waking up. Norm, Alan and Terry woke up and replied the best way possible, by winning the next 5 ends to be leading by 10 shots to 6 on the 6th end. Paul, Bert and Graham finally got over the shock and won a few ends. Whenever they closed on the opposition, Norm, Alan and Terry would just put in that magnificent end to open the lead again. 12 to 11, then 13 all, followed by a jump to 15/13, Norm, Alan and Terry had all the answers till the 16th end. A terrific three had Paul, Bert and Graham back in the lead by 1. Norm, Alan and Terry dug deep and found their concentration to retake the lead by 18 to 17 on the 19th end only to see Paul, Bert and Graham win the penultimate end by a shot to tie the game at 18 all. It was anyone’s game from here. A golden point would win it! Paul Takac, Bert Watson and Graham Eyre kept their nerve and won the end and the game by 2 shots. What a screamer!

Rink 9 In another interesting game, Tommy Smith and Ray Solway were just too good for their opposition and thrashed them by 25 shots to 12.

Rink 10 held a ripper of a game with John O’Dell and Johnny Mac emerging as the victors at 24 to 16 shots.

Rink 11 In the next game of Pairs, Alan Rose and Alessandro Lattanzio played outstanding bowls to annihilate their opposition and win by 28 shots to 12.

Rink 12 saw an excellent game of Pairs with Bert Madge and Darryl Goodger playing incredible bowls to just get home by a 27 to 21 shots.

Rink 13 witnessed the Edwards brothers, Michael and John, play fantastic bowls to just hold on to the lead from a fast finishing opposition by 18 shots to 15.

Draw Results: 1st Prize Rink 12 Bert Madge and Darryl Goodger.  2nd Prize Rink 13 Michael and John Edwards. 3rd Prize Rink 10 John O’Dell and Johnny Mac. 1st Spin Rink 9 Tommy Smith and Ray Solway not won. 2nd Spin Rink 12 Bert Madge, Darryl Goodger, Ian Abberley and Roy Cartledge, WON! Players Draw won by: Dooley Gould.                                             

Saturday 31st March was an overcast, cool afternoon with a light, swirling breeze. The Green was rolling at a medium pace.

Rink 2 In the first Triples game, Julie Buchanan, Steve Hollington and Johnny Mac combined superbly to come home over the top of the opposition by 22 to 16 shots.

Rink 3 viewed the last game of Triples where Bronwyn Perkins, Graham Mills and Dooley played magnificently to outsmart their opponents by 22 shots to 16.

Rink 4 held the first game of Pairs where Ian Abberley and Eddy Lee played outstanding bowls to slaughter their opponents by 29 to 6 shots.

Rink 5 David Solomon and Dave Milne played brilliant bowls to trounce their opposition by 22 shots to 11.

Rink 6 saw the toughest game of the afternoon with Allan Furniss and Peter Smith finally stifling their opponents to bring home the bacon to the tune of 23 to 15 shots.

Draw Results: 1st Prize Rink 6 Allan Furniss and Peter Smith. 2nd Prize Rink 5 David Solomon and Dave Milne. 3rd Prize Rink 4 Ian Abberley and Eddy Lee. Players Draw won by: Paul Goddard                                                                       

What’s On:

Wednesday 4th April Social Bowls payment by 12.30pm. List up for Pennant Teams. 

Saturday 7th April 4’s Pennants Bye. 6.2’s Pennants away to Culburra 1.05pm card call for 1.30 play. Mixed Social Bowls payment by 12.30pm.                                                                    Sunday 8th April 4’s home to Mollymook. 6.2’s away to Berry. 10.05am card call for 10.30am play.

Friday 13th April Sponsor’s Evening 6.30pm.

Berry Men

The first game in the 2018 Club Major Singles has been played and this resulted in a 21- 15 victory to Wade Eaton over Steve Kellett. Wade took an early lead and despite Steve's best endeavours with some consistent scoring in the later half he could not catch up to Wade. The semi finals of the Major Pairs saw Ben Watson and Paul Bezant defeat David Badger and Adam Rigney 20- 18 and in the other match which wasn't decided until the last end Nick Nicholls and Peter Delamont defeated Jim Abbott and Neil Robinson 18- 16.

The final make up match of the 2017 Triangular Cup was played at Gerringong on Wednesday 28th and involved some 70 players. Shoalhaven Heads with a strong contingent won the match with Gerringong in second position by 5 points from Berry. The results of this final match for the 2017 contest saw Gerringong win the Triangular Cup by two points from Shoalhaven Heads with Berry one point behind in third position. The first match for the 2018 year is scheduled to be played at Berry on 18th April.   

Mollymook Roadrunners

Twenty-eight Roadrunners enjoyed their social bowls last Sunday morning.  Four games of triples and one of pairs were played with the following results:  Sue Dent, Leon Lill and Tony Hutchins20 overcame Harry Williams, Val Abbott and Peter Champion 11.  Graham Corby, Branueshart and Brian Thurecht 19 outclassed Jeff Deal, Wendy Lynn and Wayne Drury 11. Brian Lambert, Geoff Watson and David White 30 trounced Gary Wisniewski, Mike Lynn and Lee Dent 16.   Alan Hayman, Doug Broad and Roy Booth 20 were too good for D. Prest, David Henry and Judy Henderson 18.   Craig Lees and Paul Barnes 17 saw off Judy Thurecht and Bob Brooks 8.

Raffle winners included: Wayne Drury, Craig Lees, Val Abbott, Alan Hayman, Geoff Watson, David Henry and Ashley the Cook..

Next Sunday we will be back to normal bowls with the cards being called for a 9.00 start.