Elaine Preston, Deborah Wilson, Kim Rudd and Penelope Macdonald from Bomaderry had a bye in the first round of the District Open Fours 2019. Second round was played at St Georges Basin with Elaine, Deborah, Kim and Penelope playing Carmen Colusso, Beverley Lapinski, Sandra Crimmins and Skip Jan Winter from Milton Ulladulla with Penelope's team winning by six shots. The Semi final was held at Culburra, Elaine, Deborah, Kim and Penelope had a great game against Gwen Buick, Vicki Baker, Beverley Glendenning and Skip Jeanette Capon from St Georges Basin with Penelope's team winning on the day. The Final was held at Greenwell Point against Sandra Annetts, Carol Turton, Gail Scott and Skip Nancye Carre from Culburra. Peneope's team played well to win the District Open Fours. Thank you to Umpire Suzanne Stevenson and Controlling Body Robyn Herbert for the giving of their time. After the game the ladies retired into the club to a beautiful table setting and afternoon tea supplied by President Mary Walker and Social Worker Maureen Vance.District President Ann Brandley invited the players and District Vice President Barbara Young, District Publicity Suzanne Stevenson, Culburra President Jenny, Bomaderry President Ray Martin and spectators to afternoon tea. District President Ann then presented the Runners up Sandra, Carol, Gail and Skip Nancy with their Certificates and Winners Elaine, Deborah, Kim and Skip Penelope with their Badges. Penelope thanked her players for their team work throughout the games.

Culburra Men

Social Bowls Wednesday Twilight 13th March. R.Salmon & P.Carrett 14 def 13 M & K O'Day (1st prize lucky rink draw). D.Nash , L.Nash & H.Wetsteyn 17 def 16 R.Shoveller , H.Forbes & A.Liebert  (2nd prize lucky rink draw). E.Hunter & G.Blackshaw 20 def 11 J.Cotton & G.Steinhour. K.Ryan & S.Annetts 18 def 10 J & A Hanneman. A.Daly & G.Melleuish 12 draw 12 P.Genford & J.Slingsby. K.France & S.Munce 25 def 10 I.Crookes & L.Turner. 

Friday Social Bowls 15th March: Max Ford & Colin Wilson 25 def 20 Barry Epple & Neil Watson  (1st prize lucky rink draw).  Ken France & Ian Carre 23 def 13 Ray Lowe & Brendon Hughes (2nd prize lucky rink draw). Ron Shoveller , Henry Forbes & Mark Englert 26 def 9 Paul Rynehart, Arthur Hanneman & Stephen Munce. Max Tout & Trevor McGuire 20 def 17 Kevin Ryan & Geoff Blackshaw. Chris Cotton John Dallas 21 def 18 Roy Cartledge & Col Hancock.  Roy Burke & John Slingsby 26 def 14 Alan Liebert & Lenny Thomas.

PENNANT RESULTS ROUND 4. GRADE 3 V MOLLYMOOK (AWAY) Won 2 Games to 1 (total score 67 to 49). Wins by J.Dallas & Geoff Blackshaw's teams reversed the Rd1 loss to Mollymook this time away from home. Good to see John's team win after the anchor that was holding them back was cut loose (that would be me LOL). GRADE 5 V SUSSEX INLET RSL (HOME) Lost 1 Game to 2 (total score 56 to 63) a good win by Allan Gardiner's team (including the anchor) just wasn't enough to get the overall win. An interesting fact after 4 rounds both grade 3 & 5 have lost both home games and won both away games (any thoughts???).

Culburra Women

What a great sight last Tuesday with four rinks of Social Ladies out enjoying their bowls. Winners were Annette Lappin, Ann Dwyer and Helen Neilsen over Jenny Anderson, Annette Barry and June Jones, Ruby Salmon, Julie Cotton and Sandra Annetts over Trish Tom, Lorraine Foster and Marilyn O'Day, Edna Baxter, Eileen Hunter and Gail Scott over Joy Hanneman, Narrelle Wetsteyn and Carol Turton, and a game of "crazy singles" between Dawn Neville, Lorraine Epple and Elaine Turner (no winner but all enjoyed a very different game of bowls!). Smaller numbers on Thursday and a short game due to rain, with winners being Annette Barry, Margaret Gilchrist and Gail Scott over Ruby Salmon, Narrelle Wetsteyn and Helen Neilsen, and Eileen Hunter, June Jones and Sandra Annetts over Ann Dwyer, Carol Turton and Lorraine Epple.

Greenwell Point held their Coral Tree Triples over the weekend with four Culburra teams competing. All teams put in a great effort and even though there were no Culburra teams in the prize money, everyone enjoyed the competition and hospitality of the Greenwell Point ladies. The Pennant season starts this week and we wish our Grade 5 team good luck and good bowls.

Berry Men

Recent matches completed in the Major Pairs Championship were David Badger and Adam Rigney who defeated the defending Champions Ben Watson and Paul Bezant 26-16. Ben and Paul didn't get into the game until end 14 and some consistent scoring from that point had them five shots behind at end 18 but David and Adam scoring five counters on end 19 gave them the match. The other match played found Neil Robinson and Peter Delamont in form that could not be matched by Terry Bezant and Mark Power on the day and they called it a day at end 18 with the score 35-10 against them.

Social play Wednesday 13th consisted of two matches of pairs and three of two bowl triples. Mick Vassallo and Steve Kellett took a winning lead in their match against Brian Vickary and Rick Attard to end 12 but from that point the scoring changed but scoring two on the last end gave the match to Mick and Steve by one shot. The other pairs game saw George Waddell; and Peter Webb in good form that allowed them to take the final seven ends and the match from Brian Povey and Barry Dunn. In the triples Bill Chittick, David Shaw and Phil Chittick played a drawn score line against Peter Haddon, Laurie Watson and Robin Reid. A close match saw Russell Tulloch, Graham hook and Geoff Lidbetter by scoring four on the last end defeat Wade Eaton, Tom Froggatt and Terry Hayes. The third match of the day was won by Bob Dunn, Col Good and Rob Folkard with consistent bowling over the final ends from Derek Raymond, Lindsay McNamara and David Lambert.

On Saturday 16th pennants Grade 2 had a bye and Grade 6 played Sussex Inlet but no result yet to hand.

Callala

The rain nearly held off on Sunday, March 17, for the final of the Men's Major Singles between Dennis Beazley and Greg McMillan. The last 5 ends were played in the rain. Dennis handled the conditions well leading Greg 17 - 4 on the 13th end. He continued to apply the pressure to win the game 31 - 8 on the 22 end. Congratulations to both players for an entertaining game in such awful conditions. Thank you to Ron Wilkinson for marking and to the spectators for supporting the players.

The 4th round of the Pennants was played on Saturday, March 16. Callala grade 4's travelled to Ex Servo's Sports Club for their game. Eddie Semovente, Bob Wood, Dennis Beazley and Grant Ridges had a close game against R Cartledge, T Abberley, P Smith and H Pearce, only to go down 16 -20. Col Neighbour, Pat Ford, Pauli Kennedy and Greg McMillan were defeated by J Newbold, A Furness and N Edwards 15 - 29. Nick Fowler, Gary Gordon, Steve Foley were unlucky to go down on the last 2 ends to T Smith, R Turner, J Edwards and D Milne, 18 - 21. Callala grade 7's were at home hosting St Georges Basin. Steve Bowerman, Marty Gehrke, Glenn Brindle and Bob Fowler defeated M Benjamin, G Richards, G Faulkner and D Robinson, 18 - 16. Steve Robertson, Paul Mitchell, Phill Bowerman and John Wright defeated H Williams, G Learmouth, R Doust and D Woodbridge, 23 - 14. Terry Castle, Graham Hulbert, Ron Wilkinson and Chris Harbrow were too good for W Kimber, R Pearce, C Bonanno and F Morris, winning 26 - 9. Callala won the main board 67 - 39,winning 3 rinks and 10 points for the round.

On Tuesday, in warm, humid conditions, the ladies played a game of triples. They also welcomed a new bowler, Lorinda McHugh who had a great time and showed a great deal of promise as a bowler. Lorinda McHugh, Audrey Mansfield and Beverley Young defeated Terry McMillan, Judit Fraser and Lyn Byrne.

Nowra Men

Wednesday jackpot pairs not held due to Don Bridge Memorial Club Nowra Men's Pairs being held. Don Bridge Memorial Club Nowra Men's Pairs results: Winners Tony Wood-Peter Harry 6pts+34. Runners up Rod Loosemore-Peter Delamont 5pts+33. 3rd Place Brian Suckley-Phil Reynolds 5pts+22.4th Place Stuart Christison-Jamie Preo 4.5pts+21. Game 1 Shaun Parnis-Matt Miles+12. Game 2 Greg Williams-Paul Colebrook+22. Game 3 Scott Mathieson-John Green+22. Game 4 Denis Hitchens-Peter Mead +13. Game 5 Hilton Fenton-Barry Jorgenson+10. Game 6 Brendon Hughes-Craig McGale +9.

Friday Jackpot Pairs 15th March: Winners F Larter-R Marquis. Runners up R Coulthart-B Schey. Jackpot $1200 Not won by M Mitchell-C Edwards. Game results: Rink 1 M Mitchell-C Edwards won 25/18 against D Potter-B Hollands. Rink 2 J Ireland-I Biggs lost 22/19 to F Larter-R Marquis. Rink 3 G Davis-T Wright lost 36/11 to T Gray-W Toohey. Rink 4 B Pritchard-T Greenhill won 20/19 against T Houldsworth-R Pearman. Rink 5 B McMahon-D Platt won 25/16 against G Woods-T Wright. Rink 6 K McMillan-P Hewat lost 27/17 to R Coulthart-B Schey. Rink 7 C Cattell-T Reksmiss won 30/4 against T Kinnear-M Snell.

Pennants Round 4 Saturday 16th March: No 2 pennant home to Lake/Conjola Nowra won all 3 rinks 55/48 10pts to 0pts. Game results J Preo won 19/16 against P Colebrook G Clarke won 20/19 against G Dickson. S Mathieson won 16/13 against N King. No 4 pennant away to St Georges Basin winning 2 rinks to 1 but losing the game 8pts to 2pts. Game results W Toohey won 24/14 against K Hodgetts B Hollands won 18/16 against K Surjan. R Anning lost 33/11 to B Burke. Round 5 Saturday 23rd March. No 2 pennant away to Huskisson No 4 pennant home to Callala.

Bomaderry Men

Tuesday's social saw the consistent pair of Willie Sulz & Ken Smart once again take out first prize, the recently retired Geoff Tracey & Darren Leary were second while Ron Young & Warren Frew took third, the jackpot spins were by Jim Carroll & Brian Fletcher who were unsuccessful as was Walter Garcia & Paul Beavis. On Thursday a small field saw just 2 prizes with Frank Picollini & Pepe Jakus getting first, coming in second was Mike Winnum & Pene McDonald, the jackpot spins were by Frank Picollini & Pepe Jakus unsuccessful as was John Smith & Ken Smart. After last weeks busy schedule the rain played a significant part in the pennants with Sunday being completely washed out while on Saturday the 5's away to Albion Park were washed out the 2's at home lost to Warilla who were far too strong winning 9/1, team Hiscox had a convincing win 30/13, team Smith lost badly 39/8 and team West lost on the last end 22/18 for a big board score of 74/56. The 7's also at home lost 10/0 to Kiama with team Horsburgh down 16/23, team Duff lost 14/26 and team Masling lost 16/22 for a big board result of 71/46. Following the washouts there will be double headers again this weekend for all grades so the major singles will be postponed until the pennants catch up, it was good to see Steve Helson supporting the teams and hopefully he will soon be back on the greens.

Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen Men

The wet weather this week did not deter our intrepid bowlers and both days enjoyed good turnouts. Wednesday witnessed five triples matches against the Nowra/Bomaderry RLS as well as three games of Social Triples. Saturday was an overcast, cool afternoon. We had the Grade 4 teams at home to Callala and the Grade 6 away to Milton/Ulladulla for Pennant matches. As well as this we had 8 players competing in two games of Mixed Social Pairs.

Wednesday 13th March we were using both Greens. Early rain slowed both Greens. Rink 2 witnessed a tough struggle as Steve Hollington, Ian Abberley and Alessandro Lattanzio played superb bowls to beat the RSL by 20 shots to 18. Rink 3 was a killer. The RSL played marvellous bowls to beat us by 22 to 15 shots. Rink 4 Ray Solway, Peter Smith and John Edwards destroyed the RSL to win by 28 shots to 17. Rink 5 saw another close match where John Newbold, John Black and Eddie Lee edged out the RSL by 19 to 15 shots. Rink 6 We all held our breath as the RSL came from behind to pip us at the post by 17 shots to 15. This gave the afternoon and the Shield to Ex-Servo's by 97 to 89 shots. A most enjoyable afternoon was had by all.  Rink 9 Bazza Waters, Paul Goddard and Max Legge played outstanding bowls to crush their opponents by 23 shots to 13. Rink 10 saw a very tough struggle with Greg Morphett, Gary Way and Trevor Wright playing marvellous bowls to prevail by 20 shots to 13.  Rink 11 watched Paul Takac, Phill Rimmer and Alan Morrissey playing some brilliant bowls to win the battle by 23 to 16 shots. Draw Results 1st Draw Rink 6 W. Huntriss, B. Brown and C. Edwards 2nd Draw Rink 5 John Newbold, John Black and Eddie Lee 3rd Draw Rink 4 Ray Solway, Peter Smith and John Edwards Lucky Losers Rink 11 Matthew Rosina, Matthew Goddard and Tony Mikus. 1st Jackpot Spin Rink 5: John Newbold, John Black and Eddie Lee. Not Won.

Saturday 9th March Rain up to 10 o'clock saw slow paced Greens. Other than a couple of small showers, the rain held off till we were finished bowling. Rink 9 Dee Check and Steve Stobbs were just too good for their opposition and dispatched them by 24 shots to 16. Rink 10 In the closest game of the week, Kerry Oertel and Phill Rimmer just held on to win as a fast finishing Wayne Austin and Bazza Waters came from 4 shots behind to fall short by a shot at 15 to 14 shots. Draw Results 1st Draw Rink 9 Dee Check and Steve Stobbs 2nd Draw Rink 10 Kerry Oertel and Phill Rimmer.

Pennants: Fours V's Callala Dave Milne's Team got up 21 to 18 Jim Jameison's Team got up 29 to 15 Harry Pearce's Team got up 20 to 16 this gave the Scoreboard to Ex-Servo's by 70 to 49 Therefore Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's 4's won the day by 10 points to 0. Six's V's Milton/Ulladulla away Ray Solway's Team won by 22 to 15 Alessandro Lattanzio's Team went down by 16 to 22 John Black's Team won by 29 to 15 this gave the Scoreboard to Ex-Servo's by 67 to 52 Therefore the Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's 6's won the day by 9 points to 1. Congratulations to all participants.

What's On Wednesday 20th March Social Bowls payment by 12.30pm. Saturday 23rd March Mixed Social Bowls payment by 12.30pm. Pennants 4's home to Sussex Inlet Bowling Club. 6's away to Mollymook. Cards called 12.30pm.