Around the grounds

WARWICK BOWLS
MEN’S SECTION: Today is the cash bowls afternoon sponsored by Sue and Rob Valentine’s and Bev and Doug Christensen, with names in by 12.30pm for play at 1pm.
Last Saturday, Self Selected Championship Pairs Final was played. Result: E. Welsh, P. Collis d T. Seaniger, J. Ruhle 24-17. Congratulations to Edwin and Peter on their win and also to Tom and John as runner-up. Result of social: G. Hooker, D. Warr d R. Smith, L. Meiklejohn 31-12. The Men’s Carnival was held last Sunday. Congratulations to the following winners. Winner: D. Gallighan’s team (Inglewood). Runner-up: K. Bryson’s team (Tannymorel). First round winner: P. Collis’ team (Warwick). Second round winner: Texas team. Nominations for Self Selected Triples opens on 4 July, and closes on 11 July.
LADIES’ SECTION:
Our members catered for the Men’s Carnival last Sunday. Special thanks to the Work Camp ladies for their assistance and to members and Delcie.
Note the change to the following: Next general meeting will be on Friday 10 July at 10am. On Friday 31 July, the Quarterly Birthday Luncheon will be held at Gardens Galore at midday. All members have been contacted by phone regarding the new date for the luncheon.
SOUTHERN CROSS BOWLS
IT has been a very busy time at the Cross this past week, so I will start off with the Turkey triples results which was played last Wednesday. The winners were T. Hagley, B. Donovan, L. Butler on 23 points and the runners-up were K. Seaby, B. Cross, B. Bourke on 22 points. Results – F. O’Mara, Q. Hamer, J. Johnson d P. Fountain, R. Lawson, B. Doherty 18-8; L. Heywood, G. Farmer, N. Farmer d J. Zeppa, A. White, K. Mungall 9-8; T. Hagley, B. Donovan, L. Butler d T. Bourke, C. Hope N. Fletcher 15-10; Prickles, C. Davidson, D. Scotney d L. Clarke, T. Heffernan, T. Banditt 12-7; K. Seaby, B. Cross, B. Bourke d R. Bone, G. Murphy, P. Wagner 13-8; N. Madsen, G. Shelley, N. Wickham d K. Mooney, G. Penn, C. Sawyer 27-3. Round 2. (Skips only) C. Sawyer d P. Wagner 16-10; T. Banditt d N. Wickham 18-6; B. Bourke d D. Scotney 15-8; L. Butler d N. Farmer 13-5; J. Johnson d N. Fletcher 17-10; K. Mungall d B. Doherty 19-6. Our next Turkey triples will be on 8 July.
Results of last Thursday’s games K. Mooney, B. Donovan, C. Hope d R. Lawson, N. Farmer, C. Sawyer 14-12; G. Farmer, Y. Reid d T. Hagley, C. Wickham 23-6. Today Thursday June 18 will be social bowls starting at 1 pm.
On Saturday, the Club Councillors sponsored an afternoon of bowls. Results- Q. Hamer, P. Bunch, Slave d R. Lawson, G. Walker, C. Sawyer 17-7; G. Nash, Y. Reid, D. Walker d W. Young, C. Walker, L. Butler 30-12; C. Hope, P. Box d W. Foster, D. Scotney 18-15; C. Davidson, T. Aspinall d B. Donovan, J. Woodrow 20-17. The winners were Slave’s team on a countback with D. Walkers team. Raffle winners were Quita, Trevor, Chris and Glen. Many thanks to our Councillors – C. Davidson, J. Woodrow, B. Doherty, K. Seaby, T. Aspinall and Prickles for their sponsorship.
The men’s A grade singles started on Sunday morning. D. Scotney d Prickles 26-11; N. Fletcher d C. Davidson 25-10; Slave d K. Mooney 25-6; R. Vidler d W. Foster 25-23; D. Walker won on a forfeit from R. Lawson. Sunday PM – D. Walker d R. Vidler 25-9.
Semi-finals – N. Fletcher d Slave 25-24; D. Scotney d D. Walker 26-12. The final between D. Scotney and N. Fletcher will be played next week. Many thanks to all the markers and thanks also to Prickles for cooking the barbecue lunch.
Results of the social games played on Sunday afternoon – R. Francis, C. Hope, B. Bourke d C. Wickham, K. Mooney, B. Donovan 16-12; V. Gray, F. O’Mara, C. Davidson d Prickles, T. Francis, B. Doherty 23-12.
Coming up this weekend will be the club selected mixed fours competition. Could all players be at the club at 12.30pm Saturday 20 June for play at 1pm. The second round will continue on Sunday, 21 June at 1pm.
The Management Committee meeting is at 9.30am Sunday, 21 June followed by the men’s meeting at 10.45am.
WARWICK EAST BOWLS
On Saturday, the semi-final of the club singles competition was held, resulting in R. Philps 26 defeating C. Lawler 15. R. Philps will now play V. Nelson in the final, on a date to be decided. Also on Saturday, one game of triples and one of pairs were played. In the triples V. Nelson, T. Francis and R. Francis 15 d B. Rowling, B. Lee and B. Friend 14. In the pairs, P. Dipplesman and C. Lawler 23 d E. Diery and D. Hughes 17.
On Saturday afternoon and Sunday, the club will be participating in the district club challenge. The venue is Stanthorpe Bowls Club.
Next Thursday is the monthly men’s triples, with names in by noon for a 12.30pm start. Skips ensure that you have a full team available. If your team is unable to play, notify the club as early as possible.
Finally, don’t forget to let the club know your feelings about having mixed social bowls on Sunday afternoons, and whether they should replace, or be in addition to, our current Saturday afternoon bowls.