YMGCR BOWLS CLUB
Wednesday Social Bowls.
20 bowlers enjoyed each other’s company and the free running west green on Wednesday the 31st of May. In 1st place were the team of Pam Dodman, skip and Chris Horne, lead, with two wins and plus 27 shots. In 2nd place were Vic Brincat, skip, and Jill Lamson, lead, with two wins and plus 17 shots. In a very close 3rd place were the team of Norn Windebank, skip, and Don Tipping, lead. They had a score of 2 wins and plus 16 shots. In the close but no cigar dept. were the sides of Ian Febey, skip, and Noel Millar, lead, with a win in the 1st game and a loss in the 2nd game with plus 4 shots. Mick Rielly, skip, and Doug McTier, lead had a loss in the 1st game and a win in the 2nd with plus 7 shots. The jackpot was shared by the team of Barb Tennyson and Bill Butterworth. The luck number was won by Norm Windebank.
Pennant dates for the 2023 / 2024 season.
Bowls Vic has released the pennant dates for the upcoming season for Saturday Pennant. The season commences on Saturday the 21st of October. The Christmas break commences after round 9 on Saturday the16th of December. Pennant then resumes on Saturday the 20th of January, round 10. The last home and away game is on Saturday the 17th of February. Finals are then held on February the 24th & 25th. March the 2nd & 3rd, and March the 9th & 10th.
Midweek pennant commences on Tuesday the 24th of October with the last round before Christmas on Tuesday the 19th of December. Pennant then resumes after the Christmas break on Tuesday the 23rd of January. The home and away season concludes with round 14 on Tuesday the 20th of February. Finals are held on February the 27th, March the 5th and 12th.
Bon Voyage.
Many YMGCR bowlers have already or are about to head north for the winter. To all those bowlers, enjoy the winter sunshine and travel safely. We’d remind you to place your names on the pennant sheets before you leave as the closing date for submitting sides is on, or around the 7th of August.
Friday Social Bowls.
A large field of forty players enjoyed the unseasonably good weather and well running greens on Friday the 2nd of June. It was great to see bowlers from Club Mulwala, Tungamah and Yarrawonga Bowls Club enjoying the day. The winners were Shan and Mick Klodinski. Runners up were Lynne Baxter and Mick Reilly. The consolation prize was shared by the Club Mulwala team of Ray Butler and Jim Maddox.
YMGCR Bowls email.
In an endeavour to improve communication with our bowlers, the YMGCR Bowls Section would like to commence sending bowls related emails to all bowling members. The Bowls Section is respectful of members privacy, and with that in mind the provision of your email address will be at each bowlers discretion, so if you don’t want emails from the Bowls Section you are under no obligation to provide your email address. The emails will be strictly bowls related and will contain information regarding club competitions, changes to the Laws of Bowls and other relevant information that the Committee feels bowlers should be provided. These emails will be particularly useful for our bowlers who travel north for the winter and would like to stay in touch with what is happening around the club. Julian Jones will be handing out email address forms at Wednesday, and Friday Social Bowls next week. We’ll be happy to field any questions on the proposed email concept on those days.
Thank you Ray Brown
Your correspondent was in Melbourne last week and was unable to file a YMGCR Bowls Report. Ray Brown filled in admirably last week, thank you Ray. Ray has just recently retired from filing the press report after 3 years in the role, enjoy the break Ray.