SOCIAL CALENDAR:

Wednesday: Triples/pairs - start 12.45pm - entry by 11.30am.

Saturday: Pairs/Triples - start 12.30pm - entry by 11.30am.

Place entries for all social events on sheets in club or phone answering service on 44742108.

Details of club activities can be found on the "Moruya Mens Bowling Club" facebook page.

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS:

MIXED PAIRS SPRING TOURNAMENT: Thursday 12 and Friday 13 September 2019. Total prize money $3,600. 1st $1200, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, 4th $400 and 5th $250. Best day winners $250 per team. The tournament will be conducted over 4 games of 18 ends (2 games per day). Placings will be decided on points - 3 per win and 1 per draw - followed by aggregate margin. Dress - club uniform of tournament attire. Cards drawn Thursday 12 at 8.30am - play commences 9.00am each day. Entry $120 per team. Entries close Wednesday 4 September. Only a limited number of entries still available.

MORUYA MENS PAIRS TOURNAMENT: Tier 4 National Ranking Event. Saturday 14 September and Sunday 15 September: Total prize money $3,600. !st $1200, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, 4th $400 and 5th $250. Best day winners $250 per team. The tournament will be conducted over 6 games of 14 ends (3 games per day). Placings will be decided on points - 3 per win and 1 per draw - followed by aggregate margin. Dress - club uniform of tournament attire. Cards drawn Saturday 8.30am - play commences 9.00am each day. Entry $120 per team. Entries close Wednesday 4 September. Note: This tournament is full. Only reserve entries can be accepted.

DEUA RIVER TRIPLES: Two Bowl Men's Triples Event. Tier Four National Rankings Event. Saturday 16th November thru to Sunday 17th November. Total Prize Money $4,500. 1st $1,800, 2nd $1,050, 3rd $750, 4th $300. Best day game winners $300 per team each day. Entry $150 per team. Format: 8 games of 12 live ends - 2 games before lunch and 2 games after each day. Cards to be drawn Saturday morning at 8.30am. Play commences at 9.00am each day.Results decided on points. (3 per win and 1 per tie) followed by aggregate margin. Dress code club uniform or tournament clothing. Entries close Wednesday 6th November. Entry fee payable on entry or payment on day of event. Entry is limited to 28 teams. Limited number of entries still available.

Details for all to tournaments events: Robbie Strahan 0409 463 076 or email moruyabowls@hotmail.com. Forward entry with payment or pay on day of event. Entries to Moruya Mens Bowling Club, PO Box 98, MORUYA 2537.

The finalists for the 2019 Mixed Pairs Championship have been decided with the completion of the quarter finals and semi finals. In the remaining quarter final Bruce and Denise Lidbury had a great tussle with Cheryl McRae and Lawrie Riley. Nothing separated the teams after 11 ends with the scores tied at 9 all. The Lidbury's then grabbed the lead picking up a brace of threes to move to 15 - 9. McRae and Riley fought back and the score was 15 - 14 after 16 ends. The Lidbury's then made the crucial break picking up 5 shots on the next two ends to increase their lead to 20 - 15 with just 3 ends to play. They held on to win a very competitive game 22 - 16.

In their semi-final the Lidburys started quickly in their game against Sharron Perry and Joel Hilliard. They scored 5 shots on the first end and followed it with 6 shots on the fifth end. By the tenth end they had a match winning 19 - 3 lead. As expected Perry and Hilliard fought back winning 6 of the next 7 ends to narrow the lead to 20 - 12. However, they could not maintain the momentum and the Lidbury's pulled away to win 27 - 12. They are now in the final and with a chance to defend their Championship.

The second semi-final proved to be a very exciting match between Peter Davies and Gail Page and Fran O'Connell and Marcel Kors. O'Connell and Kors were both in top form as they led from the second end. They maintained the lead for most of the match and looked in a winning position when they scored 5 shots on the 16th end to move to 23 - 12. Using all of their experience and skill, Davies and Page fought back strongly. By the 19th end they had clawed back to 23 - 18. Then on the second last end they managed to score an incredible 7 shots to grab the lead for the first time since the very first end! Not to be outdone O'Connell and Kors struck back on the last end and scored the two shots needed to force the game into an extra end. In fact, it looked as if they might have had the three shots to win but were denied by a great bowl from Page.

On the deciding end Davies and Page had the better of the early bowls. O'Connell played a good bowl to cut the score back to one shot. Kors then played a very risky 'on shot' and was rewarded when he disturbed the head and was able to grab the shot for his team. Page then regained the lead with her next bowl but had to watch as Kors played another wonderful bowl that finished very close to the jack. Page was unable to match this bowl and the score finished 26 - 25 in favour of O'Connell and Kors. They now have the challenge of playing the Lidbury's in the final but have shown they have what it takes to win tough games!

At the SCDBA North and South play-offs on 10 August, David Dudman (South) defeated Gary Thurston (North) by 31 shots to 17 in the Presidents Reserve Singles and then went on to win the final defeating Graham Burton (Far South Coast) by 31 shots to 22. In the Senior Pairs Pio Liberale and Vic Patrikka (South) defeated M Rafferty and M Duprez (North) by 19 shots to 10 but were defeated in the final by P McGrath and Liddell (Far South Coast) by 24 shots to 18. In the Presidents Reserve Pairs play offs Justin Kauffman and Kaine Malone (South) were defeated by G Thurston and R Solway (North) by 21 shots to 17.

Social Triples: Thursday, August 15.

The winners were Fred Burggraaf, Brian Leahy, and Dick Pooley with a margin of plus 17.

The runners up with a plus 13 were Steve Baric, Dave McCraw, and Owen Roe.

The jackpot draw went to rink 9 and when the joker popped out of the deck the $510 jackpot was claimed.

Social Pairs: Monday, August 19.

The winners were Dick Pooley and Steve Hall with a margin of plus 13. The runners up on a countback were Jim Martin and Ron Beeley.

The jackpot draw went to Jamie Cormie, the winning skip on rink 11. The jackpot was not won and the $500 kitty carries over to next week.

Tomakin Women's Grade 3 Pennants.

The Tomakin Men's Bowling Club would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the Tomakin Women's Grade 3 side who defeated all comers to win the 2019 Bowls NSW Grade 3 State Pennant Flag.

To keep flying both the Goose and his co-pilot required eye testing which because of it's specialist nature, had them flying away, so Monday's book results show the lowest winning margin deciding the winners in Tin's son Peter, Towelling Lewis and Garry L-Rentacar from the runners-up in our Macedonian Illya, Shark Finn and Cobber Dudley. Tony Ring-a Nan scored the first resting toucher but the $150 jackpot did not go off. Once again the wrong bias sinners and raffle prize winners remain nameless.

Friday's overcast skies looked threatening but that was all for the 24 players organised by Snoopy and finished by the Shark who had the points system deciding the winners on 21 in the Lewis duo of Meadow and Towelling and Ken Hill from the runners-up on 7 in Tony Ring-a-Nan, Dine-back Brooker and Chef Keith. No resting touchers were scored nor was the $100 jackpot won. The Goose and Ex.PM Neil (3) were the wrong bias sinners while I-slant L-Rentacar, Tony, Barry Arm-Inter, Mayor Brian and Hi-Ain't MacGregor. The Goose hopes someone (a lot less cryptic) will be taking over the publicity officer's job after the AGM held on Monday.

Social Bowls Winners' Circle: On Sunday we had 36 bowlers playing 6 games of triples. Winners were decided by Lowest Winning Margin with the winners being new Sunday bowler Judy Blackman, Peter Hawker and Terry Lewis (skip) who led 10 to 7 after 11 ends and had the game all squared up for a 17 all draw win against Ronda Walters, Bruce Rolls and Jean Vos (skip) with Terry winning the toss. Second place went to Lee Lewis, Bob Murphy, and Janet Murphy (skip) who were down 10 to 11 after 11 ends before they finished hard for a 16 to 15 win against Shirley Rolls, Merrie Downie and Pat Wood (skip).

Club Triples: On Saturday the first round was played and the winners were Steve Murane, Garry Murane and Jeremy Seaton (skip) in a hard fought match where the scores were level on at 6 all, 8 all 12 all, 17 all and 22 all before they drew clear to defeat Darrell Goodridge, John Voytas and John McNamara (skip) 30 to 24. Another match was played on Sunday between Warren Bender, Rod Holman and John Downie (skip) and Les Waldock, Greg Ryan and Keith Bowater (skip). John's team led 10 to 4 after 9 ends before Keith's team came back strongly to squre the match at 11 all after 15 ends and then they drew away to take the match 25 to 12.