FNQ LAWN BOWLS

Nine teams nominated to play Division 2 Shield at Atherton Bowls Club from May 19-21. Winners Yungaburra (B) team 6 1/2 wins + 86, 2nd Yungaburra (A) 6 1/2 wins + 74, 3rd Thursday Island (A) 5 wins — 20, 4th Atherton (A) 4 wins + 18, 5th Cooktown 4 wins — 7, Atherton (B) 4 wins -7, 6th Mossman (A) 2 wins — 36, 7th Mossman (B) 2 wins — 48, 8th Thursday Island (B) 1 win — 60. May 26/27: (at Mossman) Division 1 Pennant was played. 1st Mareeba 2 wins + 33, 2nd Atherton 1 win + 10, Mossman 0 wins — 49. Coming events — nominations close Tuesday June 2 for Thelma Moss Shield to be played at Mareeba on Tuesday June 16. June 23: Patron Shield to be played at Mossman, nominations close Tuesday June 9. June 30: TFNQDLBA 4-a-side at Mareeba.

ATDLBA

Thursday May 28: winners H Franklin/M Barron/L Santin/W Zieth. Congratulations to Mareeba and Memorial, winners of the Pennant played at Mossman on May 26-27 with Atherton 2nd followed by Mossman. Tuesday May 26: winner M Pluschke/N Gray/P Sullivan/R Parry. Wednesday May 27: winner W DeRaadt/R Short/M Pluschke. Friday May 29: selfselected pairs overall winner R Herbohn/D Shuttleworth; 2nd round winner D and K Gray (visitors Adelaide). Sunday May 31: the Club hosted 24 members from Silkwood for a most enjoyable day of bowls and barbecue lunch. Saturday June 13: Men’s Championship fours (called for 9am) K Franklin’s team v A McLeod’s team, B Walker’s team v M Mackney’s team. Winners to play final pm. Sunday June 14: Mt Baldy Local open fours, nominations now open. Sunday June 21: L and D Cescotto Trophy day. June 6-8: Men’s Pennants v Mareeba (9m start) 1 M Mackney, R Short, C Leinster, P Sorensen; 2 S Martin, K Franklin, T Marriott, A Davis, I Armenti; 3 A. Mcleod, G Bew, B Walker, M Pluschke; v Malanda (12pm start) 1 R Redhead, S Rixon, L Cescotto, T Sorensen; 2 N Veit, W DeRaadt, J Neary, R Smith, D Bushby. Sunday May 31: A Grade singles final G Omodei d H Hohnke 25-12. Congratulations to Gavin well played. Open Men’s pairs: S Spina/M Catalano d G and R OModei. Coming events — Thursday June 4: B Grade singles B Tuttle v K Anderson; winner to play L Muzic in the Final. Monday June 8: mixed social bowls names in by 1pm, game starts 1.30pm, come and enjoy a game of bowls and canecutters smoko, visitors and new players most welcome. Saturday/Sunday June 6-7: Bruno Destro Memorial Shield at Babinda. Saturday roll-up 8.45am, play starts 9am sharp; Sunday no roll up play starts 8.30am. Team: G and R Omodei, M Andrews, M Catalano. Friday June 5: Relay for Life Fundraiser, Wine and Cheese night, live band, admission $10, pasta/garlic bread $5, doors open 6.30pm. Sunday June 28: Men’s all-day fours $1200 prizemoney $120 per team, 9am start, three games of 16 ends, lunch and smoko, as always great day in Babinda, a couple of rinks still spare, phone Mick 4067 1151 or Ron 4067 2092. Congratulations to all the successful teams in the current Pennant competition. It has been decided to cancel social bowls on June 4 due to so many players being involved in the Pennants. Usual Thursday bowls should resume on June 11, the last day of Pennants. Wednesday May 27: winners Geoff Wright/Joe Jackson/Geno Busoli; runner-up Tony MacGregor/Sid Kleemann/Rick Schmitt. Saturday May 30: Helen Steicke/Quinten Bates/Denis Jacoora; runner-up Alan Gil/Roz Fraser/David Tayles. Coming events — Wednesday June 3: Men’s self-select triples (sponsored by Brothers Fuller Sports Club) prize $225 plus jackpot ($500+) single nominations accepted, entries close 11.30am for play at 1pm. Saturday June 6: Mixed mufti triples club-select prize $120 plus jackpot ($600) visitors welcome, nomination sheet in Brothers Fuller Sports club foyer or phone 4055 5344 and leave a message, entries close 11.30am for play at 1pm. Team for Bruno Destro Shield held at Babinda (June 6-7): Chris Ellery, John Populin, Denis Jacoora and John Blain. Nominations close June 12 for Men’s Club Championship fours, entry form in club office, for more information contact Games Director John Blain. Thursday May 28: Men’s social 1st Pat Taylor/Joe Jackson/George Atkinson, 2nd John Rilley/Andrew Nakata/Santo Raciti. The jackpot remained intact and the meat tray was won by Wayne Hart. No pennant

games due to the district mixed pairs.

ATHERTON LADIES

ATHERTON MEN

BABINDA

BROTHERS EDMONTON LADIES

BROTHERS EDMONTON

CAIRNS

EDGE HILL

Tuesday May 26: 1st G Taylor/C Craig, 2nd J Ault/R Wallace; lucky card Frank/Leslie. Tuesday May 26 (night): 1st Corry/David/Mucka, 2nd Joanne/Yvonne/John; lucky card Sony/Karl/Robert. Wednesday May 27: 1st no names, 2nd G Willmot/D Pitt/N Tesch; lucky card B Walters/R Radigna/Speedy. Please note Division 3 Section 2 Pennant players game against Marlin Coast on Saturday June 13 will commence at 9am at Marlin Coast.

GORDONVALE LADIES

Wednesday June 3: Consistency singles: F Guesmer v J Smith, P McAleese v M Ruano. Wednesday May 27: 43 ladies attended our afternoon for cancer. Bernie from the Cancer Council gave a short talk at afternoon tea. Thank you to the ladies for your gifts for the cent sale and afternoon tea tea bags for the day were donated by Robyn. Each lady was given a sachet of special tea leaves by Bernie. All green fees were donated. Thursday June 4: 3 bowl pairs names by 12pm for 1pm start, jackpot on 2nd game. Thursday May 28: 16 bowlers enjoyed an afternoon of bowls, all green fees and prize money was donated to cancer. A cheque for $1000+ for the two days will be sent to the Cancer Council. Saturday May 30: Championship singles M Greenwood won on a forfeit from G Busoli, A Evans d J Waldon, M Greenwood d G McAlloon. Sunday May 31: Jose Ruano Memorial Day. Thirty players and it was lovely that Maria’s three daughters and two grandsons took part. Raffle winner Pat Miller; winners R Rossi/F Gunn/B Wright; runner-up J Gunn/S Benedetti/M Ruano. Thank you to the Ruano family. Coming events — Friday June 5: barefoot bowls and barbecue. Thank you to the cooks and helpers on these nights. Sunday June 7: (1pm) social mixed mufti bowls, names by 12pm. The green is running very well, thanks to greenkeeper John. Friday June 19: music night with “Bagman”. Tickets available at the club, phone 4056 1050 or contact J Waldon. June 6/7: Bruno Destro Shield at Babinda. Good bowling to our team G Spicer, G McAlloon, M Greenwood, O Crema. Each Tuesday Gordonvale High School students are playing bowls at 12:20pm and 2pm, any help appreciated. Thursday June 28: social winners S Pagano, S Howe, C Kinbacher. Friday May 29: another massive crowd turned up for the weekly backpackers barefoot bowls challenge. Sixty bowlers took part in the competition with last week’s winner Joe Bennett from England once again making it to the final. However in another very close final Joe had to settle for runner-up with young Scot Joanne Harper taking home the $50 first prize. It’s all on again this Friday night, see you all there. Saturday May 30: another round of pennants got under way with Innisfail hosting West Cairns. After a loss to West Cairns last week, Innisfail were under pressure not to make it two losses in a row. With the home ground advantage the Innisfail boys dug deep to come out winners 59-52. Sunday May 31: Club pairs A Strano/A Siliato d B Manly/G Edgerton 26-12; triples G Spina/S Pagano/S Dalla Pozza d G Lombardo/D Irwin/B Wallis 30-14. Congratulations to the TFNQ District Sides team of Lois Ceely, Rita Price, Liz Plowman, Shirley Sampson, Carmen Cobb, Libby Jennings, Dee Robinson, Helen Aumuller, Denise Charmen, Christine Scott, Eileen Stevens, Sue Brady and reserve Trish Spicer on reaching 1st Division in the State Event and finishing in 4th place. Thank you to Manager Lorraine Cummings and President Vene DuRietz for their support. Tuesday June 30: TFNQDLBA is the four-aside which will be held in Mareeba on Tuesday June 30. Nominations close with Match Chairperson Vene on the Monday June 22 as we are hosting only one four-a-side event this year please nominate your teams ASAP, 16 teams required. We would like to wish our Patron Thelma Moss a speedy recovery. Tuesday May 26: Warehouse bowls winners Terry/Graham/Greg. Touchers: Terry Dujon/Graham Edwards/John Titlow. Wednesday: winners Marge Goulding/Luigi Bruno/Rom DeCamilli; runner-up Laurie Frankish/Harry/Aly Khan. Thursday: winners Greg Tilse/Lorenzo Cadorin; runner-up Tony Capella/Eileen Stevens. Jackpot was shared by Doug Dayes, Gino Trabucco, Syd Gordois and John Burns. Congratulations to all. Sunday: winners Rob Brown/Ethel Thompson/Gino Scarpin. Congratulations to Mareeba ladies Gail Ericson, Sheila Hewish, Carmen Cobb, Liz Plowman, Carmel DeZen, Lorraine Cummings, Theresa Pin, Eileen Stevens, Katharine Wiltshire, Raewyn Keddie, Joy Dennis, and Sue Brady on winning the First Division Pennant played at Mossman last week. We wish our men good bowling on this weekend when they play their First Division Pennant at Mareeba and Third Division at Malanda. Teams are on noticeboard. Spectators are most welcome to come and watch our men play against teams from Weipa, Mossman, Atherton and Yungaburra or to travel to Malanda to support Third Division. Congratulations also to Carmel and Aldo DeZen on reaching the final of the TFNQDBA State Mixed Pairs which will be played at a later date against Judy Rick and Andrew Hanson. Coming events — Tuesday: Warehouse bowls, 7pm start; Wednesday: mixed social, optional dress, 1.30pm start; Thursday: Open jackpot pairs, self-selected, casual dress, 1.30pm start. Once again if you are unable to find a partner please advise the selectors by 12.30pm.

GORDONVALE MEN

INNISFAIL

MAREEBA

MARLIN COAST

Tuesday morning men’s triples: 1st Patrick Arthur/Bob Smith/Ken Traill. Tuesday night bowls: Jack Brown/Allan Hitchcock/Robbo Robson. Spider: Robbo/Brian/Keith. Wednesday mixed bowls: 1st Lesley Calman/Derek Pumphrey, 2nd Judy Jarred/Dennis Harrison. Thursday men’s triples: 1st Patrick McCarthy/Trevor Horne/Linda McCarthy, 2nd Alan Haywood/Giles Andreatta/Merv Jarred. Saturday afternoon jackpot walking pairs: winners of winners Jeanette Ward/Doug Phillips; winners of losers Rose Blake/Robbo Robson. Club Championships — Men’s fours Terry Croft/Tom Spooren/Fred Sampson/Brian O’Connor d Robbo Robson/Alan Tymms/John Russell/Andy Jennings 2418. Congratulations to Mareeba on winning the Division 1 pennants. Our ladies acquitted themselves admirably. Consistency Glenise Sharp d Maria Mijo 151-99, Christie Colley d Joan Day 157-113, Dorothy Slater d Maree Crees 153-111. This week: Glenise Sharp v Toni Dowdle (marker Maria Mijo), Carole Maxted v Margaret Cooper (marker Joan Day), Dorothy Slater v Estelle O’Rourke (marker Maree Crees). Social bowls winner Carole Maxted, Betty McClelland and Gloria Geeves (2w+7). The raffle was won by Val Franzi. This Friday night is Ladies barefoot bowls night starting at 6pm. Please call the club on 4098 1434 to book your place. Saturday fours: Dick Pitt/T Pitt/M Frese/D Egan d T Holmes/P Cleary/G Wilmot/Doug Pitt 22-18. Social: P Parsons/T Transfield/P Gorsuch d N Fletcher/G Bolton/N Tesch 21-18, T Pisot/B Hando/E Smith d B Carney/G Daniels/R Edwards 24-20, and the big winners were R Boundy/G Marsh/C Maxted d P Liddle/J Bull/Kiwi 34-13. B Grade: B Hando d R Edwards, C Jonson d B Wild. Handicap: G Bolton d D Wilde, J Cooke d P Cleary, T Holmes d E Smith. Social bowls will be played next Saturday with games commencing at 1pm and registration closing at 12pm. Silkwood bowlers had an enjoyable outing on the Tablelands last weekend, playing at Yungaburra on Saturday when the two clubs competed for the Daveson Cup which the home side wrested back from us with a decisive win. We went on to Atherton on Sunday for the first visit we have made to that club in recent times and they also scored a comprehensive win, but that loss did not mar the enjoyable time we had as their guests for the day. Silkwood’s next commitment in men’s pennants is at Gordonvale on June 13 when we hope to improve on our record of two wins from six matches to date. Social — Wednesday: D Watt/J Bucklar/M Pedrola d L Lomas/T Grant/A Hudson 22-17, C Lomas/A Fleming/C Tarditi d D Tarditi/C Lowe/J Messina 24-12. No play on Sunday due to our Tablelands visit. Visitors and beginners are welcome to our social bowls afternoons on Wednesday and Sunday, with names in by 1pm, and our barbecue and roll-up on Friday night starting at 6pm. Bowls are available for use free of charge. Club Championships: As we get to the pointy end players produced their best with some surprises along the track. Albert Holder is playing top bowls having good wins and Tim Kerrigan pulled off a big one with his success over Tyler Edgerton, who had scored a win over Eddie Pershouse. Shane McInerney and Brandon Smith jumped to an early lead and held on for their victory over Tony Burns and Rod Parmenter. The biggest turn up in the fours when ‘’the Young Ones,’’ Peter Longford/Wally Kriesel/Tyler Edgerton/Skip ‘’Roy the Boy’’ McCarthy battled on to pip the ‘’Beach Boys’’ Arthur Guli/John Zaini/Michael Roots/Skip Shane Dunne. Please contact Bryan Walker on 4067 6764 for further games. Saturday May 30: social bowls — Fred Caltabiano skipped Kevin Villalba and Colin Lomas (good to see you back on the green Colin) to a resounding 29-10 win over Lorraine Lomas/Peter Longford/John Zaini/Shane Dunne. Sunday May 31: social bowls — Louie Fedalto led Kevin Villalba and Barry Woodford to take the lead in the 8th end and held out against Albert Holder, Fred Caltabiano and John Fossey for a 20-13 win. Monday June 8: Mixed Pennants Finals. This is to be played at Edge Hill with a 1pm start. Team members: Shane McInerney (Captain), Colin Rowbotham, Louise Hoskins and Emma Rowbotham, Kevin Foord (Captain), Michael Hooker, Norma Murray and Beth Jones. Players to make their own travel arrangements. Saturday June 6: Bruno Destro Memorial Shield at Babinda (9am start). Team members: Shane McInerney (Captain), Michael Hooker, Kevin Foord, Kevin Deegan. Players to make their own travel arrangements. Saturday/Sunday June 6/7: social bowls, two fun relaxing afternoons, 1.30pm start, everyone welcome, ring 4064 2179 after 12pm to book a spot. Saturday/Sunday June 13/14: men’s pennants resume, details later. Wednesday: social bowls winners John Gellatly/Wendy (this girl is on fire) Allen. The jackpot went off and two players took home $200 each. Unfortunately there was no bowls on Saturday because of rain. Wednesday and Saturday social bowls start at 1pm and what better place to be on those days than on a grass green. To help selectors it is preferable if names could be in by about 11.30am. The Club’s telephone number is 4055 1344, and if you leave a message please also leave a call-back number. This helps in the event of cancellations due to wet weather. Bowls uniform is optional. Beginners and newcomers are welcome. Friday night bowls are held from 6.30pm onwards. We have bowls for your use, and beginners are welcome. For more details contact Josie on 0418 290 432 or the Club on 4055 1344. State mixed pairs finals representatives The TFNQ District playoffs for the right to represent the District in the Queensland Mixed Pairs Championship were played with determination and resulted in many close finishes in the Sectional Rounds played at Atherton and Mareeba. Section 1 saw the Mareeba husband and wife DeZen combination stamp an early warning with good wins. Section 2 was won narrowly by Thursday Island reps Tilly Orero and John Phillips. Section 3 came down to the final bowl of the third and last game with Atherton’s Jan and Clive Leinster winning over Marlin Coast’s Libby and Andy Jennings. Section 4 saw Mareeba favourites Col and Sue Brady progress. Jan Rick teamed with South Johnstone’s Andrew Hanson to take out Section 5 recording three strong wins. Section 6 was much closer with Kevin “Kiwi” Deegan and Di needing a one shot win over Ben Moore and South Johnstone’s Emma Rowbotham in their last game match-up. However a draw saw Ben and Emma progress to the post sectional quarter-final playoffs play-offs. Section 7 was won by P Stevens and L Plowman. Play moved to Yungaburra on Sunday for the quarter-final and semi-final knockout rounds. Quarter-final results: A and C Dezen d T Orero/J Phillips 21-15, C and S Brady d J and C Leinster 25-12, A Hanson/J Rick d E Rowbotham and B Moore 21-11, P Stevens/L Plowman bye. Semi-final 2 saw Hanson and Rick always in charge eventually sealing their place in the Final with a 23-13 win over Stevens and Plowman. In the other semi-final, the DeZen’s, while in front of the Brady’s for most of the match, had to work hard with the result still in balance until the final bowl. The Dezen’s claimed their place in the Final with a 20-17 win. The Final (A and C Dezen v A Hanson/J Rick) will be played at a time to be advised. The winning team will then represent the TFNQ District in the State Finals to be played in Brisbane later this year. No FNQ Men’s Pennants play this weekend The Bruno Destro Memorial Shield will be played for the first time this weekend. All Far North Section clubs will field a club-selected fours team. The round robin tournament will be held at Babinda on Saturday and Sunday. Bruno Destro was an esteemed Life Member of the Babinda club and represented at Club, District, Zone, State and National level. Formally known as the Jack Pratt Shield. Mixed Pennants final Monday June 8: the final of the mixed pennants will be played. Southern section winners South Johnstone will be looking for their first win after finishing runners-up over the past three years, while northern winners Marlin Coast 1 will be looking to spoil their party. The final will be played at Edge Hill commencing at 1pm. Tablelands Men’s Pennant play 1st Division will be held at Mareeba this weekend, while 3rd Division will be held in Cooktown.

MOSSMAN LADIES

MOSSMAN MEN

SILKWOOD

SOUTH JOHNSTONE

STRATFORD

TFNQ

WEST CAIRNS LADIES

Social bowlers please check with club if Wednesday social bowls are being played. Numbers are low due to Pennant but we will be back to normal on June 10 so see you on the green. Pennant’s week 1: West Cairns d Marlin Coast Gold, Marlin Coast Blue d West Cairns and Cairns Club d West Cairns. Our ladies are doing a fantastic job so come along and support your club on our wonderful deck that the men built. Big thank you to all who helped erect the deck. There is a lot of hard work going into our club by the men at the moment and on behalf of the ladies, congratulations to them. We play at home Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so come along and support your club. Big Thank You to Skippy for preparation of the green. Wednesday June 17: next meeting at 10.30am.

WEST CAIRNS MEN

The final of the club fours proved an anti climax with a comfortable victory to M Hetherton/S Fessard/M Jamison/S Smith over B Hayward/K Schaupp/M Taylor/J Duffield. Smith’s team pounced to an early lead and the result was never in doubt. Wal Edwards is the new B grade singles champ beating Mal Taylor 25-18. Wal led by a huge margin early but Mal then won eight ends in a row to close the margin before Wal recovered composure to hang on. A singles: A Radford d M Taylor 25-21. Alby Radford will play Steve Smith in the final on June 12 from 3.45pm. The A pairs semi-finals are on the board with times to be arranged by teams involved. Nominations are now called for triples and B pairs with play commencing in August. Tuesday triples: 1st Bruce McGilvray/Trev Johnston/John Bent, 2nd John Blain/John Populin/Dennis Jacoora. Thirsty Thursday encouragement award: Wal Smith/Dennis Evans/Mike Ireland. Friday scroungers: 1st Barry Hayward, 2nd John Straatsma. Sunday morning: (sponsor Buchan St Service Centre) 1st Paul Grantham/Phil Galvin/Max Jamison, 2nd Bruce Walters/Jim Sach/Wal Edwards; Lucky card: Terry Mawer’s team. Next Sunday’s bonus prizes will include $50 of scratchies (donated by Ed Skipp).

WEST CAIRNS TPI

Thirty two bowlers played their social mixed bowls on the West Cairns Bowls Club covered green last Monday which now boasts a new viewing platform and flower garden. Winners Jan Chitty, Pam Charles and Willie Johnson. Games commence at 1.30pm and finish at 4.30pm every Monday including public holidays with cards being called at 1.15pm sharp. Names can be notified to selector Rosemary on 40360624 before 11.30am on the Monday. Any registered lawn bowler can participate.

YUNGABURRA

Wednesday May 27: Ladies A Grade Championship singles final Y Milevskiy d B Titlow 25-7. Wednesday mixed social winners T Whykes/L Wakeling/B Maykin (visitor)/S North; runners-up D Sweedman/B Lloyd/B Hubbard/E Fostor. Friday May 29: Jackpot pairs winners F Sloan/J Lenham; runners-up L Thompson/B Lord. Saturday May 30: Daveson Cup. Yungaburra d Silkwood. A wonderful day was had by all. Many thanks to all the volunteers. Upcoming events — Tuesday June 2: ATDLBA President’s triples, 9am start at Yungaburra, be at the club before 8:30am. Wednesday June 3: mixed social, please note the new winter starting time of 1pm, clubselected, selectors S Hemensley. Names on the sheet outside the clubhouse or ring the club on the day of play before 12:15pm. Friday June 5: Jackpot pairs, 1pm start, self-selected open pairs, names on the sheet outside the clubhouse before end of play on June 3. June 6-8: ATDBA Men’s Pennants — 1st Division at Mareeba (9am start) A Jones, Greg Johnson, B Prien and P Vardy; D Skinner, J Phillips, R Bidewell and L Thompson; G Pritchard, M Gordon, Gavin Johnson and J Cooper; Manager B Pritchard; Reserves D Parker and J Lenham. Second Division at Malanda, 12pm start on Saturday June 6 N Stubbin, R Milevskiy, J Beu and D Jones; F Sloan, D Parker, M Douglas and A Zanatta; Reserves Corey Johnson, J Dudley and O Pointon. Sunday June 14: Men’s competition (9am start) Rinks A Jones/M Gordon/F Sloan/T McCarthy v G Pritchard/B Pritchard/W Coutts/R Cahill; Triples D Skinner/J Phillips/R Berryman v D Sweedman/I McHardie/F Ballerini; D Jones/R Bidewell/R Milevskiy v T Whykes/B Prien/M Douglas. Sunday June 21: Men’s competition (9am start) Pairs A Jones/R Berryman v G Pritchard/J Cooper; Triples: B Pritchard/R Cahill/H Lewis v L Thompson/K VanDorssen/B Lord. Saturday June 27: Men’s competition, 1:30pm start, Club Rinks Final and B Grade singles final (if possible), along with other games to be called.