Malua Bay Men
Another good weekend of pennant games for the club with three comfortable wins. The grade 3 pennant side defeated Moruya 2&s by 9 points to 1. The grade 5 side travelled to Moruya and also won by 9 points to 1. The grade 6 side completed the trifecta by defeating Braidwood by 9 points to 1 at home. The grade 7 side had a bye.
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On Wednesday, March 13 the final of the club triples championships was played under lights with expectations of a close game. This was not to be and in a rather one-sided game the team of Laurie Fayle, Allen Holloway and Doug Ebsworth defeated Dave Beare, Peter Hutchison and Barry Thurlow by 27 shots to 9.
Also on Wednesday the social winners were Nobby Clark and Ken Calder. On Thursday 14 March the social pairs winners were Allen Holloway and Smiley Edwards and the runners up were Allan Foote and Ron Beeley.
Malua Bay Women
Another warm day last Tuesday for 39 bowlers on the green, bowling 18 ends once again.
Winners on highest margin were Sue Palmer, Judy Davis and Jean Beeley and runners-up on 3 points a win + 1 point an end were Sonia Frey, Sharon Cutmore and Pat Bill. Other winning teams were: Eileen Penman, Gay Biggs and Fran Lucas; Judy Lane, June Williams , Raija Johnston and Cecily White; Marj O'Neill, Jan Tonks and Jan Shalders; Judy Armstrong, Kim Giannasca and Karen Signor. Money club winners were Gwen Ware and Carmel Elliott and raffle winners were Helen Rees, Sharon Cutmore and Sue Morgan.
Tuross Head Men
The Tuross Head Grade 5 side has consolidated its position at the top of the table following a very good Round 6 win over Dalmeny. This was a good response after a very close loss to Malua Bay in Round 5. In the Round 5 match the final scores ended up tied at 53 all but Malua Bay won 5.5 points to 4.5 points after winning two of the three rinks.
In Round 6 Tuross, with a very vocal home crowd, had an excellent start and moved to a commanding lead on the back of strong performances by the teams skipped by John Fahey and Joel Hilliard. Hilliard, spearheaded by excellent lead bowls from Alan McLeod, looked well in charge at 21 - 11 before Peter Drake and Ashley Shoemark inspired a Dalmeny effort that reduced the final margin to 21 - 16 in favour of Tuross.
Fahey's rink followed the same pattern. After being down 11 - 8 after 11 ends Fahey picked up 10 shots in three ends to race to an 18 - 11 advantage. The final ends were very closely fought and Dalmeny was able to narrow the final margin to just 3 shots at 22 - 19.
The real excitement came on the third rink. John Monks had the better of the early ends and looked comfortable at 12 - 5 after 10 ends. But the Dalmeny players skipped by Barry Lymbery had other ideas. By the 17th end they had hit the front 18 -14.
With rain threatening, Tuross hit back to grab a 20 - 18 lead with two ends to play. Dalmeny won the 20th end to trail by just a shot. When the skips went to play their final bowls on the 21st end Dalmeny had several shots. Then the 'bowls god' intervened. Firstly, Monks had a favourable deflection to cut Dalmeny to one shot. In an effort to move this bowl, Lymbery was unlucky when he moved the jack to a Tuross bowl. This gave Monks a 21 - 19 victory. Tuross won overall 64 shots to 54 and grabbed a crucial 10 - 0 win.
Rounds 1 and 2 of the Major Singles Championships have been completed. Bruce Lidbury defeated Alan Skelton 31 - 16 and Peter Davies defeated Doug Williams 31 - 14 in the two Round 1 games.
There where some very good, close matches in the Round 2 clashes. Joel Hilliard just managed to hold off a very fast finishing Peter Macdonald to win 31 - 28. Stuart Graham needed all of his experience to get the better of Col Fletcher 31 - 25.
New member Jonathon Green had a very tough struggle with Lou Kozlik before going down 31 - 23. John Monks seemed to have his game against Julian Penny in hand but Penny kept on hanging in and forced Monks to take 33 ends to win 31 - 22. Peter Davies needed all of his skill to get the better of Brian Currie who played very well. Noel Downie and Bruce Lidbury had a very tight struggle for 17 ends before Downie pulled away to win 31 - 15 after trailing 14 - 11.
Defending Champion Stan Peck was no match for Ben Hewison who had an impressive win. Lawrie Riley grabbed the last place in the quarter finals with a good win over Michael Atkinson.
Moruya Men
Wednesday, March 13: winners J Hossack, Porky Bacon and B McKay and runners up L McDermott, J Saunders and C Yandell. First resting toucher - J Hossack. Jackpot not won so up to $320.
Pennant Results: Grade 2 - Moruya 1 - Malua Bay 9 in a game shortened by rain with Moruya trailing by 2 shots. Grade 5 - Moruya 1 - Malua Bay 9. Grade 7 - Moruya 1 - Bodalla 9.
Players who have nominated for pennants and will not be available on certain days are reminded to place their name and dates on the "Not Available Sheet" as early as possible to assist selectors.
Club Fours Final: Winners Ziggy, R Perrot, B Strahan and M Smith. Runners Up B Manning, J Wagstaff, C Yandell and B Larkin.
Social Calendar:
Wednesday - Triples/pairs - start 12.45pm - entry by 11.30am
Saturday - Pairs/Triples - start 12.30pm - entry by 11.30am
Cash Nominated Pairs. Now played on Fridays during pennant season. 3 games of 7 ends or 2 games of 11 ends depending on entries. Winners $100 each. Runners Up $25 club card. Entry $15 per player. Place entries for all social events on sheets in club or phone answering service on 4474 2108. Details of club activities can be found on the "Moruya Mens Bowling Club" Facebook page. Upcoming Club Events: 1st round singles 24 March. 1st round Pairs 7 April.
Moruya Women
We welcomed two new members: Jenny Ridge and Wendy Marshall. Hope you enjoy your bowls and meeting our members.
Final of the Major Pairs was a very exciting match. At the 18 end it was 14 - 14 and a deciding end had to be played. Winners were Margaret Sillett and Cheryl Halls and runners up were Maree Larkin and Carol Harraway.
In a game of Social Triples Lee Clarkson, Beth Whittington and Patty Manning defeated Jenny Ridge, Roz Greenhalgh and Patty Manning and in a game Social Pairs Judy Kible and Mary Campbell defeated Wendy Marshall and Erica Strahan. The winners on the day were Judy Kible and Mary Campbell and raffle winner was Margaret Sillett.
Moruya Saturday
The Moruya Saturday Golfers played a single medley stableford event with the following results: A Grade 1st Jay Miles, 2nd Michael Ryan; B Grade 1st Richard Stanley, 2nd Noel Clulee; C Grade 1st Dave Hyndes, 2nd Jim Marsden; D Grade 1st Lynn Gibbs, 2nd Simon Perks. Golden Shot was won by Mick Wells. NTPs: 6th Hole Mick Fardy, Ian Keating, Warren McPhee, Billy Olmos; 10th Hole Greg Ganderton, Ray McDonnell, Martin Carlson; 12th Hole Graham Cowdroy, Margaret Douglas. Ball Rundown went to 33 nett on a C/B.
Tomakin Men
Social Triples: Thursday, March 14
Today's winners were Bob Starkovski, Chris O'Brien, and Ken Nunan with a plus 19. The runners up with a plus 11 were Barrie Stone, Kevin O'Donnell, and Steve Gigg. The jackpot draw went to the winning skip on rink 13. Ken Nunan missed the joker by one card and the $510 carries over to next week.
2019 Pennants Round 6: Saturday, March 16
All three grades were to play at home this weekend. Unfortunately Bodalla Grade 4, Narooma Grade 6, and Tuross Head Grade 7 had arrived and rolled up before the wet weather returned. Much to everyone's disappointment pennants were called off. Tomakin Men's Committee would like to thank all our bowlers, and all three visiting clubs for turning up to play.
Club Championships: Sunday, March 17
Bowlers had only played eight ends when heavy rain cleared the green. The final of the Club Triples and semi-final of the Minor Pairs has been rescheduled for next Sunday afternoon.
Social Pairs on Monday, March 11 were called off.
2019 Open Lightning Pairs Tournament is Easter Long Weekend, Monday, April 22 and major sponsor is Bayside Meats & Deli. Thanks also to Coatsy's Electrical, B&S Panels Smash Repairs and Broulee Beach Pharmacy.
In what has been a great response 28 teams have entered, which means any further team entries received will be allocated to reserves.