All the Sippers had a wonderful fun filled morning with great music and bowling.

The winners were lucky losers Anna Stewart, Heather Hart (a visitor) and Charlie Bird. There were no fines handed out today but instead a collection was taken up for charity.

Huge thanks go to the efforts of our local staff that have been without employment, all the bowls volunteers and our bowls organisers for all the hours of manual labour that went into making this happen.

A special thanks also goes to Cabramatta Bowling Club who undertook this mammoth task to give us an operational Marquee 7 weeks after the fires.

If your interested in having lots of fun, friendship and laughter as well as some good bowling, come and join us at our new Club Malua Marquee every Sunday. Names in between 8am and 8.45am - you will find a sheet on the notice board towards the back of the Marquee. Cards are called at 9.30. A light lunch is provided.

Visitors please leave a contact number. No Previous experience required.

You might have thought that the "Tuross Bunnies" were mixed up about the date for Easter in 2020, but not so. They played in the new Women's Bowls NSW competition called "The Summer League." It was introduced in 2019 to encourage good competition for players, especially working women who can only play in "out of hours" eg evenings or the weekend. However several teams from the Far South Coast District who play regularly and just love their bowls, entered this competition which ran from October to December. Teams from Malua Bay, Bermagui, Tomakin and two Tuross sides battled it out to make it to the finals.

The "Tuross Bunnies" namely Irene Macdonald, Doreen Monks and Fran O'Connell were victorious and will now play off at Blacktown Workers Club on Saturday, February 29, and Sunday, March 1. The team makeup could only have one Grade 1 or Grade 2 player, in this case, Irene and two other players of varying ability in order to give a fairer chance to newer players to compete in this initiative.

The game is a two bowls triples format, played over 15 ends, which should be a fast and very exciting game.

We wish our ladies much success playing at the State level against teams from all around the State. So hop to it Bunnies and fill your baskets with the trophies, but more importantly have fun!

The 2020 Pennant season has started with a historic twist to the competition. The competition is now 'open' meaning that all eligible men and women can play in the competition. To be eligible a person needs to be registered with Bowls NSW. Many of the clubs in our competition district have had women register so they can play with the men.

Tuross has two sides entered in the competition - a Grade 5 side and a Grade 6 side. The Grade 6 side is a promotion from recent seasons after winning Grade 7 last year. In Round One the Grade 5 side was at home to Moruya and the Grade 6 side travelled to Dalmeny.

The Grade 5 clash turned out to be a real nail biter! Very little separated the two sides throughout until Tuross pulled ahead to lead by 11 shots on the 'master board' with just a combined 9 ends to play. However, Moruya dominated these ends and picked up 15 shots to the host's 4 to see the match end up a tie at 56 shots each. Tuross won two of the three rinks to have a narrow 5.5 to 4.5 overall win. For Tuross Joel Hilliard won 19 - 14; Noel Downie won 22 - 17 and Gail Page went down 15 - 25.

In the Grade 6 match Dalmeny started the better and quickly opened up a big lead on the master board. However, the Tuross teams gradually made their way into the game and the scores were 39 all after a combined 48 ends. At this stage Dalmeny regrouped and they were able to pull away to record a 52 to 43 shot victory. Tuross managed to win one rink meaning that the final result was a 9 points to 1 win to the home side. For Tuross Ray Downey's team managed a 18 - 12 win while Doug Williams' team lost 15 - 18 and Stan Peck's foursome went down 22 - 10. Next week the Grade 5 side travels to Malua Bay while the Grade 6 side will host Braidwood.

On Tuesday, February 18, the Women's Bowling Club held the final round of the Major Singles Competition. We are pleased to offer our congratulations to both finalists who had a very entertaining and exciting game.The winner was Carol Harroway and runner-up was Gail West.

Vice-President Margaret Bridges took over proceedings whilst President Robyn Butcher was absent. Margaret thanked all ladies present for their ongoing support whilst we didn't have a club. That has now been rectified and we have a fantastic Marquee as our temporary Club House.

Thanks to all helpers for making everything ready for opening on Saturday and the start of Men's Pennants.There were 44 social bowlers on the green , plus Final of Major Singles. Paula Hancock defeated Jenny Blyth in another great match. Special thanks to Umpires, Markers and Controlling Body, also to all who took part in this event. Winners on Rink 1, Jean Beeley, June Williams and Alison Innes who also managed to pick up an 8 score on one end. I might add opposing Skip Pat Bill said they would have won without the 8 !! Runner-up on Rink 2 , Paula Hancock.

Thanks to Julie, Jenny and Jay who have done a terrific job selecting Pennant teams for the upcoming season, especially as this is the first time bowlers have been graded. It is an honour to be chosen to play for your club. Jay thanked all the supporters who watched the Men's District Pairs in Moruya the weekend before, he says it makes such a difference to the game. .Congratulations to Jay and Tim who took out the Title in this event. Happy Birthday wishes to Sharon Cutmore and Shirley Edwards.

There were 45 bowlers on the green on another lovely warm sunny morning bowling along to some great music. President Steven Hogan welcomed everyone, reminding us that we will have a Barbecue breakfast on 8th March also on 29th March the annual Triathlon will be on so allow more time to get to bowls as some roads will be closed.

The Award this week went to Jeanne "Babe" Burggraff who when bowling last week let her bowl go onto next rink but says it was not a wrong bias!! The Draw card was selected but as there were no drawn games the next card was for Highest Losing Margin.

Winners , Bob Starkovski and John Booth. Runners-up, Tricia Wheeler, Barry and Daphne Stone sharing a half game each. Boothy selected Rink 13 to try for Jackpot. Jennie Hogan cut the cards but could only come up with 10 of hearts for a chance to win $428.

SOCIAL RESULTS: Wednesday 19 February. Winners: B Stephens, C Martin and R Perrott. Runners Up: D Bushnell, J Coroma and D Carter. Jackpot was not won and is worth $921 on Wednesday 26 February. First resting toucher: P Pritchett.

PENNANT RESULTS: Saturday 22 February - Round 1. Grade 2/3/4 Moruya 0 points - Malua Bay 10 points. Grade 5 Moruya 56 drew with Tuross 56 Moruya 4 1/2 points - Tuross 5 1/2 points. Grade 7 Moruya 68 defeated Bodalla 61 Moruya 9 1/2 points - Bodalla 1/2 point. Members who will be available to play pennants in 2020 are requested to place their name on the board to assist the selectors.

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.

Social Bowls: Thursday, February 20. Today we welcomed Kerry Richards, a visitor from Wagga Wagga who joined us for a game. The winners were Nobby Clarke, Di Ziebell and Ross Hardy with a healthy margin of plus 23. The runners up were Buddy Connor, Graham Skidmore, and Ken Nunan with a plus 10. The jackpot draw went to Ross Hardy, the winning skip on rink 5. The jackpot was not won again, and the kitty carries over to next week. The lucky winners of the club vouchers in the raffle were Trevor Trevilian and Dick Ziebell. We thank Ken Higgins, Bob Starkovski, Graham Skidmore, Nobby Clarke, and Mike Hall for their kind donations to the charity jar. It was good news to hear that Jim Martin is now on the mend after he spent some time in hospital. Also, Gary Chapman is on the improve after his knee replacement surgery. We hope to see them both back on the green soon.

Social Bowls: Monday, January 20. Following a very pleasant day on the green the winners were Murray O'Brien and Barry Thurlow with a margin of plus 23 and 14 ends won. The runners up, also with a plus 23, but only 12 ends won were Peter Jeffs and Peter Hutchinson. The jackpot draw went to Owen Roe, the winning skip on rink 12. The jackpot was not won and carries over to next week. The lucky winners of the club vouchers in the raffle were Murray O'Brien and Barry Thurlow.

Pennants and Championships: Congratulations to all three Tomakin pennant sides who came away with a win last Saturday. In the second round of pennants to be played this weekend both Grade 4 and Grade 7 have a bye. Keep up the good work grade 6 who will be playing an away game at Narooma. The first round of the Minor Singles is scheduled for Sunday, March 1, with round two on Sunday, March 8. Bowlers are reminded to check the draw sheet to confirm when they are required to play. Also, nominations are now open for the Major Singles. Entries for this event will close on Monday, March 23.

Open Lightning Pairs Tournament: Bowlers are already submitting entry forms for the Open Lightning Pairs which will be held on Easter Monday.