Braidwood "Redbacks" 24 defeated Batemans Bay "Boars" 22

Braidwood scored a try on full time to snatch an important win to keep their season alive

Bungendore "Mudchooks" 41 defeated Broulee "Dolphins" 0

The Mudchooks were ruthless from start to finish and claim another bonus point win

Yass "Rams, Taralga "Tigers" & Jindabyne "Bushpigs" all had a BYE

Competition table

Taralga "Tigers" 15

Bungendore "Mudchooks" 13

Batemans Bay "Boars" 9

Jindabyne "Bushpigs" 8

Braidwood "Redbacks" 5

Yass "Rams" 3

Broulee "Dolphins" 2

Round 3 - Saturday, August 1

Jindabyne "Bushpigs" 22 defeated Batemans Bay "Boars" 13

Although the Boars held a narrow half time lead the Bushpigs were to strong in the second half to claim the bonus point win

Taralga "Tigers" 48 defeated Yass "Rams" 0

Taralga were strong all day to remain undefeated and looking like competition favourites

Bungendore "Mudchooks" defeated Braidwood "Redbacks" 0

Bungendore played entertaining Rugby to grab an important win at home

Broulee "Dolphins" had the bye

Round 5 - Saturday, August 15

Bungendore v Jindabyne @ Bungendore

Taralga v Yass @ Taralga

Braidwood v Broulee @ Braidwood

Batemans Bay has the BYE

Moruya players have now resumed social bowls with the district events to be rescheduled.

Social calendar:

Wednesday - Pairs/ Triples starting at 12.30pm with entry by 11.30am. Saturday is Pairs starting 12.30pm entry by 11.20am. Please place entries on club sheet or answering service on 4474 20549 Note: the bowls office new phone number.

Social results:

Wednesday, August 5 - winners: P Rollinson and D Carter. Runners Up: J Desmey and J Hossack. First resting toucher: P Miller.

The jackpot was not won and is worth $126 next Wednesday. Note - this event is full and only reserve entries can be taken. Details contact: Robbie Strahan on 0409 463 076 or email moruyabowls@hotmail.com

Bowls is back at Club Malua after the recent lockdown, all keeping to restrictions.

The AGM was held on last Monday with 48 members present. The meeting was opened by president Robyn Butcher who thanked all those attending.

Robyn congratulated Shirley Edwards on becoming district president.

Shirley presented Merit Pins to some deserving members.

Sue Morgan for her dedication to coaching also encouraging new bowlers to the club.

Pat Weekes, secretary extraordinaire for the fantastic job she has done in this position in trying times.

Bess Holloway, past president for being a mentor to Robyn and for her ongoing support.

Robyn Butcher for the wonderful job she has done over the last three years, especially this year with the loss of Club Malua then the pandemic; facing media and keeping members informed.

Di Mooy as returning officer declared all positions vacant as AGM began.

President Sue Beavan and secretary Pat Weekes were elected unopposed. Vice-presidents are Kim Giannasca and Carol Dutkiewicz after a vote was taken.

Selection committee was also elected after a vote, those elected were Jenny Blyth, Bess Holloway, Paula Hancock and Julie Lewis.

Match committee: Yvonne Huddleston and Fran Lucas will remain with the assistance of Pat Bill.

Social committee: Gay Biggs, June Williams, Rae Fayle, Jean Beeley and Lyn Hardy.

Operational committee Sharon Cutmore and Karen Signor.

Patron Dorothy Stewart was delighted to accept this position once more. Delegate Sue Beavan, communications Tricia Wheeler.

Newly elected president Sue Beavan took over proceedings congratulating all those who have taken on positions and thanking those who were unsuccessful. Noting that it is good for a club to have so many members willing to take on these positions.

Past vice-president Margaret Bridges presented Robyn with a beautiful bouquet of flowers thanking her for the honour of working with her over the past three years.

Anyone interested in joining Club Malua can call on 4471 1261 for information.

It was another great day on Wednesday with 36 bowlers making up 6 rinks of triples.

Winners were decided by Lowest Winning Margin with first place going to Leo Winter, John Voytas and Peter McKay (skip) who led 11 to 9 after 11 ends and kept up their good bowls for a 19 to 16 win against Don Caldwell, Kevin Callaway and Greg Riley (skip).

Second place went to Warren Bender, Peter Townend and John Downie (skip) who were trailing 6 to 9 after 11 ends before taking the lead after 20 ends and coming through with 2 shots on the last end for a 21 to 14 win against John Redman, Bob Murphy and Les Waldock (skip).

The resting toucher went to Stacky at 3.30 after most of us were packing up for the day, well done mate.

Thank you to Rapley's Midtown Meat for their continued support.

The wet weather washed out play on Saturday and Sunday.

This week there was one semi final match played between John Breust and Clem Hochkins.

This was a great game with the lead changing on 7 occasions with John leading 22 to 18 after 20 ends.

Clem started to hit his straps and he overtook John after 24 ends and then drew away for a 31 to 24 win. Clem now plays Greg Ryan in the final this week.

To ponder: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

Jestyer Weight

Because of the weather forecast for the weekend, we decided to race on Thursday, August 6.

We'd planned to race from Bombala until the snowfall changed that. We had to go back to Eden. We've put the next three races on hold till the weather is suitable in Bombala area.

Race results

1st Manny Gozo Byrne

2nd Graham Muddy Ford

3rd Tony Roy Rogers

4th John Italian Stallion Mette

5th Mario Muz Magrin

Muzzas birds escorted the other race birds up the coast before returning home.

All Age Ladies - Narooma FC (8) def Batemans Bay FC (0)

On a chilly Wednesday evening in Moruya, the Narooma FC women's team took to the field against a muchly improved Batemans Bay outfit. The Batemans Bay side started the game with composure and enthusiasm and for the early stages of the match it looked like the game would be closely contested. Batemans Bay held possession and pushed forward in attack and were denied by some brilliant defense from Ripley Simpson and Nakia Moreton-Stewart.

The speed of Sarah Dudley was the key to Narooma's opening goal. A fantastic counter-attack was finished off by the flying striker. Dudley went on to score the second goal of the evening for the Narooma side after some fantastic teamwork and a pinpoint assist through the midfield from Peta Cottington.

Narooma welcomed back Circe Adams this week and the wing combination of Tara Guseli and Adams seemed to be everywhere on the field. They were vital for Narooma in attack and could be relied upon to get back in defense when needed most. Going into half-time, the score-line accurately reflected the close contest on display.

After the break the Narooma team seemed to find a second gear. In her best game of the season, Dudley continued to find opportunities and managed to finish the match with 3 goals. Shayla Moreton-Stewart played with youth and determination to bring her total for the game to 4 goals, thus cementing her name firmly at the top as leading goal scorer for 2020. Cottington also found the back of the net and by the end of the game, the scoreline had blown out to 8-0.

It was another convincing performance for the Narooma FC ladies. The vital mix of youth and experience is paying dividends and the women are proving themselves as the team to beat this year.