CVBD weekend pennant season comes to a spectacular close

Congratulations to our greenskeeper Jade Bennett and greens director Col Berryman for the magnificent greens presented on the day and well done to all our great volunteers who worked so hard prior to, during and after the event.

Commiserations to the division three team, but well done on your efforts to get to the big dance.

Chemist Warehouse-sponsored triples were held last week with 42 players battling it out in perfect conditions.

The winners were Gary Armstrong (s), Wayne Crowley and Tom Maher ahead of Norm Hodge (s), Chris Egan and Steve Campion, with third place going to Ivan Hicks (s), Dick North and Deb Chancellor.

Best last game went to Joan Moss (s), Mal Thorn and Max Clifford.

Thursday’s Jackpot Pairs saw 30 teams attend with nine two-game winners. Best went to Rich River's Gary Radford and Eugene Xodo (+29) ahead of another Rich River pair in Bruce O’Neale and Tim Noar ( 21).

Best one game was won by Ren Richie and Ron Bentley ( 19).

Presentation night this year is being held at the club rooms on Tuesday, April 13, catered for by Two Tarts who guarantee a great meal. Cost is $30 a head and the list is up in the clubhouse.

Entries for the ever-popular Ian Evans Memorial Open Pairs to be held on Easter Saturday (April 3) are filling quickly so if you wish to enter please see the list in the clubrooms or phone Rhonda Gallagher on 0448 400 051.

The May tournament dinner will be held at Moama RSL on Thursday, May 6. The sheet for that event will go up shortly.

Lockington

It was another big week in bowls at Lockington. The women held their President's Day on Tuesday, before the Barefoot Bowls was held that evening. Then the Ladies Medley Fours tournament was held on Friday before culminating in the CVBD pennant grand finals on Saturday.

The only missing chapter was the cancellation of the annual Waterwheel Classic Fours on Sunday due to torrential rain that fell on Saturday night.

A 7.30am inspection of the greens on Sunday morning ruled the day out. This event will be rescheduled for a later date. Keep an eye on this space.

On Saturday the moment that we all play for happened when our division four pennant teams fought out the grand final against Rich River at the picturesque City of Echuca Bowling Club.

With perfect weather on the day, all teams went into battle with Lockington taking the early advantage to open a 43-18 break after 23 ends.

Rich River tried desperately to bridge the gap, however our three skippers were equal to the task.

The final score was Lockington 75 to Rich River 54 for a comfortable 21-shot victory which enabled the team to bring home the Gordon Porch division four premiership shield.

Rink results: D. Isgro, G. Hyden, D. Thomas, K. Main (s) def. G. Edgar 21-14; L. Laffy, P. Collins, N. Haines, F. Chugg (s) d. R. Ritchie 27-22; L. Brereton, O. McPhee, T. Davis, K. Stout (s) def. K Robertson 27-18.

Additionally our bowlers wore black armbands in respect to the passing of a Lockington Bowls Club stalwart in Alys Humbert who died during the week.

Other winners on the day were:

Division one: Moama def. Rich River.

Division two: Moama def. Rich River.

Division three: Moama def. City of Echuca.

A solid effort from Moama to win three shields.

Last Tuesday, barefoot bowls attracted 24 players to enjoy the ideal conditions and hospitality. The winning team was Jacob Haines, Vincent McLinden, Jeff Carnie (s) with two wins plus 12 shots ahead of Ian Haines, Tayla Munro, Steve Pavone (s) 9 shots with Neil Haines, Cindy Felmingham, Shane Felmingham (s) with 3.

Another fine night of bowls and the club thanks Bev Brereton and Joy Weller for organising the field. Les Brereton was the chef.

On Friday the women held their annual Medley Fours tournament which attracted a small but top quality field.

Clubs represented included Rich River, Elmore, City of Echuca, Pyramid Hill, Moama, Mathoura, Deniliquin and Deniliquin RSL, along with two local teams.

Lady President Anne Lowrie welcomed all bowlers and thanked the ladies in the kitchen and the Green staff.

Tournament Secretary Lorraine Appleby then thanked her committee of Annie Haines, Annettte Brereton and Kath Palmer for their assistance, Betty Mustey for the lovely flower arrangement and Pauline Humberrt for the presentation envelopes and raffle.

There were five three-game winners (no four-game winners) with the outright winning team comprising P. Hayes, T. Beck, S. Shine, and R. Moresco from Rich River on 84 points.

In second place was a composite team including B. Murray, G. Kerr, P. Limbrick and Jenny Chalmers with 81 points.

Other three-game winners were A. Brereton (Lockington) on 80 points, D. Pappin (Moama) on 77 and Marie Malone (City of Echuca) with 77 points.

The day was sponsored by MGR Accountants and Nichol Trading who were suitably acknowledged.

The intra-club pennant season is drawing to a close. In the preliminary final Grevillea defeated Banksia 18-16 in a tight contest. The Grevillea team was made up of K. Maddison, B. Mustey, A. Haines, L. Chugg (s) while Banksia was represented by T. Jones, S. Harris, A. Lowrie, P. Humbert (s). The grand final will be a match-up between Gevillea and Bottle Brush this coming week.

Lockington Bowls Club members were saddened to learn of the passing of Alys Humbert who was a long standing stalwart of the club and contributed an enormous amount of time and effort in the running of the club.

Alys was club champion in 1967/68 and associate president for the 1985/86 and 1986/1987 seasons plus served in almost every other committee position.

Alys Humbert was also instrumental in the operation of the former CVLBA (Campaspe Valley Ladies Bowling Association) to which a life membership was bestowed after many years of service.

The CVBD observed a minutes silence before play on Saturday in acknowledgement of the contribution of Humbert along with two other bowlers who had passed away recently.

Lockington Bowls Club invites bowlers to attend the annual Toyota Open Fours on Sunday, April 11 starting at 9.30am. Entries to Chris Stewart on 5486 2607 or Tom Davis on 0428 865477.

Mathoura

Congratulations to all the pennant winners, it was a great effort by you all. And well done to the runners-up on getting into the grand final.

Mathoura Club Championship Men's Pairs final

Congratulations to Ray and "Joe" Murphy on being our Club Champion Men's Pairs for the 2020/21 season. In what was a good game, they defeated Peter Wilson and Rod Werner. Thank you to all who played.

Men's 100-Up Handicap

Round one: P. Clear def. W. Cowley, N. Dovaston def. J. McGowan, B. Brander def. C. Hillier, M. Quor def. P. Wilson, R. Werner def. A. Polak, G. Hulm def. A. Harding.

Round two: D. Murray def. W. Cowley.

Men's "B" Grade Singles 21-Up

B. Brander def. A. Harding.

List is up for Men's 21 Up Singles, which is to be played on Saturday April 10 and Sunday April 11, with a barbecue lunch.

Please put your name down if you are playing, and please keep the club games going.

When you are at the club please check the bowls office noticeboard for what is going on, not only at Mathoura but at other clubs for tournaments. We all need to support each other to keep our clubs strong.

Moama RSL

A total of 23 players played three games of 10 ends of indoor bowls on Monday, March 22.

The winners on 38 points were Faye Leahy, Myrle Clancy, Lyn Prott and Mary Kaine.

Runners-up with 37 points were Denise Lee, Pam Kerr, Peter Pavone and Paula Barkham.

Consolation prizes went to P. Reyment, H. Salter, L. Portwine and I. Wallis.

Rich River

Despite the results on Saturday, where all three of our teams in the CVBD Weekend Pennant grand finals fell short of victory, we can be proud of our bowlers in reaching three of the four divisions in which we participated in during the 2020/21 season.

It is an outstanding achievement for our club and is the best outcome we have managed for quite a number of years. It is something we can build on for the coming 2021/22 season which we will now turn our attention to.

A big thank you to all our club supporters who came along to Echuca Bowling Club to offer their encouragement to our bowlers on the day. It was a great turnout and much appreciated.

The club is super proud of the Ladies Midweek CVBD Pennant division two team taking out the premiership for the 2020/21 season and bringing success to our club.

It was a much deserved victory indeed in what was a most challenging year of uncertainty.

A number of club event games are still to be played and we ask all those still participating to arrange for these to be completed at their very earliest opportunity please.

All these finals need to be completed by Sunday, April 18 at the latest.

Entry forms for the mixed pairs is on the noticeboard so those intending to play must enter their details before Thursday, March 25 for a draw to be arranged.

Well done to Phil Stiles, Roseanne Sharp and Anne Kosch on their win at the Elmore Triples on Wednesday, as well as to Pam Hayes, Toni Beck, Stephanie Shine and Rita Moresco for their win at the Lockington Tournament on Friday.

Dates to keep in mind are our AGM on Thursday, April 22 at 2pm and our presentation night on Sunday, May 2 at 6pm-6:30 pm.

Jackpot Pairs - Wednesday, March 17

Gary Radford and Graeme Williams: 58 points/37 shots up.

John Stuart and Ken Dashwood: 55 points/22 shots up.

Barry Brown and John Armstrong: 54 points/17 shots up.