League season has come to an end only three months to Christmas! As usual, the time is flying by and we’ve had another busy week of bowls…
On Wednesday the finals of the men’s club singles competition was played with Barry Fairbrother playing against Colin Burden. That was an interesting final with one of our top leads pitted against one of our most experienced skips. Well done to both gents on a great game, and congratulations to Colin Burden on winning the singles!
On Friday, the 29th of September we had 18 teams playing in our monthly Dormehl Phalane 2 bowl trips. The greens were awash with a rainbow of team colours and everyone had a fantastic time. Thank you to the team at Dormehl Phalane for their sponsorship of meat vouchers from Farm Gate Butchery, as well as to J Leslie Smith & Company for the lovely teas. Well done to all who played, and congratulations to the winning teams:-
First Place: Craig Whitby, Tara Van Rensburg & Mark Taylor
Second Place: Trish Taylor, Olwen Gibbs & Daphne Henderson
Third Place: Ed Speed, Kevin Palmer & Wendy Smith
Plate Prize: Lynda Drogemoller, Beth Williams & Rob Piggot
Saturday, 30th September our gents played their final league match for the season and came away with another 11 points between the 2nd and 3rd league teams. Thank you and well done to all our league players, both men and women who have flown our flag through the season; we’re proud of all of you! On that note, we’re already starting to look ahead towards next year’s league season and our new selections committee are already in the process of planning some grading and training exercises so our next season will surely be a very exciting one!
Saturday also saw Lisa Nagel and Wendy Smith attend their first NIBA squad practice in the form of a Mini Internal Quadrangular between the Veterans, Opens, B Side and Presidents Side. What a fantastic day of bowls and well done to the Vets who won the day by quite a margin… age certainly brings much experience to the game!!
On Sunday, Colin Burden, Kevin Palmer, Koos Marais and Wendy Smith played in the NIBA Mixed Fours competition where they played against Maritzburg West and Howick Bowling Club. They finished 12 – 20 down against West but had a much closer game against Howick to end on 10 – 15. Well done lady and gents on a great day of bowls.
A new competition which we will be hosting on Wednesday, 25th of October will be the Amberglades Sizzling 60’s 2 Bowl Trips, and each team must have at least two players who are at least 60. Thank you to Amberglades who will be sponsoring some wonderful first prize hampers, as well as a 2nd and plate prize. For more information or to enter a team, please contact Sharon on 082 900 5944.
That’s all for this week… see you on the greens!
Events to keep an eye out for…
Saturday, 7 October: Greendale Spar Drawn Trips/Pairs. Tabs in 13h15
Wednesday, 11 October: Halfway Toyota Drawn Trips 4-3-2-1. Tabs In 13h15
Tuesday, 17 October: J Leslie Smith & Co Nominated Pairs 2-4-2. Tabs In 08h45 (Book with Lisa on 084 586 6984)
Wednesday 25 October : Amberglade Sizzling 60’s Nominated 2 Bowl Trips. Tabs In 08h45 (Book with Sharon on 082 900 5944)
Friday, 24 October: Dormehl Nominated 2 Bowl Trips. Tabs In 08h45 (Book with Pippa on 083 467 8140)
Regular tabs in times are:-
Tuesdays at 08h45
Wednesdays at 13h15
Saturdays at 13h15.
Visitors are always welcome. For more information contact Wendy on 071 353 2866
Coaching by registered coaches is available: Contact Colin or Bernice on 071 164 3162 for further information.
Pictured here: Dormehl Phalane Plate Prize winners Lynda Drogemoller, Beth Williams & Rob Piggot in their fantastic Toucan team shirts with Pippa Griffin of Dormehl Phalane Property Group
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