Ridgewell wins B Grade title

Peter Ridgewell was recently crowned the winner of the Warwick East Bowls Club B Grade Singles title after scoring a 25-14 win over Dave Smith 25-14 in the final.

Last Thursday (24/3) Geoff Creighton and Grumpy Carson won the Three Bowl pairs comepitition hosted by the club. The runners up were Bill Lee and Cameron Wilson runners-up.

Attention now moves to the A grade singles competition and the first two rounds were played last Saturday.

In the opening round Danny Hughes scored comprehensive 21-4 win over Steve Ford. Rob Alcock defeated David Weir 21-14. Matt Shepherd proved too strong for Graeme Wallace. He scored a 21-9 win. Peter Ridgewell also had a comfortable 21-6 win over Peter Dipplesman.

In round two some scores were much closer although Matt Shepherd had few problems defeating Paul Beaman 21-4. Rob Alcock defeated David Weir 21-14. There was little in the game between Ed Diery and Peter Ridgewell. The final score favoured Diery 21-19.

Danny Hughes had a solid 22-7 win over Johnno Johnson.

Two games of social pairs were also played on Saturday. Sid Morris was the winner and the runner up Gunter Nicklich.

Members are reminded that there is an extraordinary general meeting set down for 11am on Saturday. At this meeting a new chairperson for the Board of Management will be elected and all members are urged to attend.

The meeting will be followed by a sausage sizzle. While the final of the A grade singles play out on Saturday afternoon, there will also be normal mixed social bowls.

The club’s monthly tripes will be played on Thursday 7 April.