BOWLS RESULTS

TFNQ BOWLS

North v South Challenge Six TFNQDBA bowlers have been named in the inaugural North v South Lawn Bowls Challenge, Northern team. The Inaugural Qld North versus South Challenge will be held at the Suburban Bowls Club in Townsville on November 3 & 4. The format for this event will be: Men’s and Women’s teams, 12 players per team, 3 rinks of fours, 3 tests of 21 ends, 2 games Saturday and 1 game Sunday. Selected TFNQ bowlers, Ben Cribbin (Edge Hill), Colin Kelly (Edge Hill), Ashley Hammond (Edge Hill), Christine Scott (Marlin Coast), Sue Brady (Mareeba Mem) and Terry McAlary (Brothers Edmonton) will play with and against some of the best bowlers in Queensland. The 48 selected bowlers also see five former TFNQ bowlers, Kurt Brown (Across the Waves), Tyler Pettigrew (Pine Rivers Mem), Emma Spicer (Enoggera), Noelene Dutton (Enoggera) and Dee-Anne Robertson (Broadbeach) also involved in the series. NORTHERN TEAM MEN – Mark Edwards (Suburban), Justin Cribbin (Jubilee), Ben Cribbin (Edge Hill), Colin Kelly (Edge Hill), Ashley Hammond (Edge Hill), Damien McGee (Cloncurry), Robert Hammond (Roma), Tony Williams (Maryborough Serv), Nathan Harriott (Airlie Beach), Jason Adrewartha (Across the Waves), Mick Tobin (Across the Waves), Kurt Brown (Across the Waves). NORTHERN TEAM WOMEN –Jacinta Weier (Hervey Bay), Christine Scott (Marlin Coast), Adele Pershouse (Bargara), Wendy Ryan (Cooloola Coast), Kate Leverton (Thuringowa City), Carmen Cobb (Noorla), Wendy Jones (Thuringowa City), Sue Brady (Mareeba Mem), Penny Warren (Wangarrata), Bev Peters (Surat), Terry McAlary (Edmonton), Wendy Usher (Nth Dalby). BPL STATE FINALS – Yungaburra bowlers Tyler Tucker, Gavin Johnson, Derek Scott and David Bowles upheld the strong TFNQ reputation in the BPL state finals held at the Pine Rivers Club. “Well played boys you did Yungaburra and TFNQDBA proud, two wins from three games, beating Pine Rivers and Booval. A loss to Graceville cost the Yungaburra team, on countback, a place in the national final.” YUNGABURRA WIN PRITCHARD CUP – The Pritchard Cup was played at Malanda Bowls Club over the weekend and won by Yungaburra with 4 wins and an aggregate of 108. Mareeba finished with 4 wins and an aggregate of 84. Tuesday afternoon men’s triples: First – Chris/ Kevin/Andy. Second - Roy/Terry/Calvin. Tuesday night bowls: Dave/Paul/Lucas. Spider: Keith. Wednesday mixed bowls: First – Prue Rhueben/ Shirley Sampson. Second – John White/Joan Carey. Thursday triples: First – Graham/Andy Matson/ Gary Davies. Second – Patrick/Bronwyn/Giles. Saturday afternoon jackpot walking pairs: Winners of Winners – Fred and Shirley Sampson. Winners of Losers – Jak/Graham King/Marion Sellwood. Club championships: Check boards for play by dates for championship games. Coming events: Monday evening happy hour, cheap drinks, 5pm-6pm. Tuesday men’s triples: 1pm start, dress optional. Cards called at 12.45pm. Tuesday night “barefoot bowls”. Be here by 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Sausage sizzle + bowls and cash prizes. A fun night for all levels of bowler. Wednesday ladies’ bowls, gentlemen invited: 1pm start, dress optional, cards called at 12.45pm. Thursday men’s triples, ladies invited: 1pm start, dress optional. Cards called at 12.45pm. Friday night prize-a-rama, Gold Rush, 100 Club, meat tray raffles. Draw starts 6.30pm. Saturday jackpot walking pairs: 1pm start, dress optional. Cards called 12.45pm. All social games played, cards are called 15 minutes before start. Special events: Mr E Memorial day, November 3. Melbourne Cup drought relief fundraiser November 6. Results, Wednesday, October 3. Winners – Mick Catalano, Kevin Richardson, John Populin. Runners-up – Alan Quinn, Mark Borghero, Robert Hynds. October 6 and 7 mixed classic. Winners – F. O’Shea, E. Rowbotham, F. Obah, A. White. 2nd – B. O’Shea, S. Greenwood, J. Rick, E. Rick. 3rd – G. Ericson, C. Brady, B. Srhoj, S. Brady. 4th – D. Charmers, L. Charmers, Tony McAlary, Terry McAlary. Coming events: Wednesday, October 10. Men’s mufti self-select triples. Cash prizes plus jackpot, visitors welcome. Nominations close 11.30am for play at 12.30pm. Contact bowls office on 4055 5344. Saturday, October 13. Mixed mufti triples club select. Skips pick a card, cash prizes plus jackpot. Visitors welcome. Nomination sheet in Bros. Fuller Sports Club foyer or contact bowls office and leave a message. Entries close 11.30am for play at 12.30pm. Sunday, October 14, Edmonton/Gordonvale Challenge Cup to be played at Bros. Edmonton, play commences at 1pm. Team members will be contacted and displayed on notice board. Ladies results: The first round of the graded triples was played on Thursday. Winners were Angie Fleming, Margaret Cooper, Honey Coysh, 18, defeated Anne Phillips, Carmen Bolton, Janice Brlyack, 17. Carole Maxted, Anita McCoist, Barbara, Withers, 21, defeated Maree Johnson, Christy Colley, Lesley Anderson, 14. The next round will be played on October 18. Winners of the social game were Estelle O’Rourke, Robin Petrus, Maree Crees, 22. Runners-up were Barbara May, Anne Geddes, Trish Arnold, 17. Thursday, October 11, is meeting day in the morning and president and patrons in the afternoon, starting at 1pm. This will be a fun afternoon and all ladies are asked to come in Hawaiian dress. Wednesday, October 3, mixed social bowls. A happy crew of 30 bowlers saw some big winners and some even bigger losers. Winners: G Lepp, Chris is a Payne & YFM Holmes two wins plus 31 2nd C Richards, M Plummer & R Edwards 2 wins plus 17. G Tyrer played both these teams so he went home with his tail between his legs. Saturday, October 6, men’s jackpot bowls. G Marsh, C Toohey & G Wilmot 17 drew with Dick Pitt, B Smith & T Richards 17 J Fleming & R Boundy 26 d J Arnold & C Maxted 22. J Girgenti, B Myles & E Smith 28 d T Pisot, D White, P Gorsuch & B Wolland 18. J Anderson, D Cook & Doug Pitt 35 d G Zilly, C Payne & S McGovern 25. Good luck to Simon in Mandurah. Winners: A Douglas, T Brookling & G Tyrer 26 d T Brylack, M Plummet & N Tesch 12. On Thursday we had 28 players on the green. The winners were T. Burns, M. Achello, J. Messina, B. Smith. Considering the Sunday trip, Saturday had a very good roll up of 20 who enjoyed a game of pairs. Bragging rights went to L. Fedalto and G. Steve. On Sunday, a happy bus load paid a social visit to Gordonvale for social bowls. As usual, Gordonvale club were excellent hosts so the afternoon was enjoyed by all. Don’t forget to check the board for competition games. Graham would like them played as soon as possible as Christmas is just around the corner and he is struggling to get the competitions completed prior to presentation night. The next monthly self-selected triples will be held on Sunday, November 4. Ladies, today’s social bowls names in by 12 noon for 1pm start. Last week, it was great to have 48 bowlers on the green contesting the North South Shield MEN, Thursday, October 11. 3 Bowl Pairs Club selected names in by 12 noon for 1pm start. No results available from last week. Sunday we welcomed bowlers from Innisfail Club for a friendly game of bowls and afternoon tea. We didn’t have winners for the afternoon but made random draws for lucky players. It was good fun and we will have a return visit. Next Sunday is Challenge Match at Brothers Edmonton Club. Four more players are required. Friday night barefoot bowls from 4pm. Steak burgers and sausage sizzle from 6pm. The final of the mixed pairs resulted in victory to M. Walters, M. Hetherton over T. Ichise, K. Richardson, 29/9. “B” pairs saw K. Richardson, M. Lynch beat A. Paraha, W. Edwards 27/15. The final of the men’s triples will be played at 1pm, October 20, between K. Crump, T. Mawer, S. Smith and K. Richardson, M. Lynch, A. Radford. On the social scene, NewsXpress Edge Hill Tuesday triples went to Bazz, Allan, J. Gelatly. Norm Kehrer, Chippy and Steve Wilson claimed second money. Thirsty Thursday very social bowls resulted in Mike Ireland, Neil Malyon and Jeff Smith being named by the selectors as standouts. This day’s program of shortened time, minimal costs, to help new bowlers has resulted in numerous players graduating to Sunday mornings and club competitions. Friday evening’s scroungers was won by Terry, from Mal and Gabby. The Sunday morning’s computer program proved its worth again with only three of the 16 teams winning both games. Winners on the day were Jim Hope, Mumbles and Ernie Harris. Second to Rod Moody, Des Kennedy and Barry Hare. The money back lucky card draw went to Sharky Skardon’s fours team. Next week’s free game to Patty Pue. The sheet is on the noticeboard for Westco Motors Volkswagen “Bring A Mate“day.

MARLIN COAST BROTHERS EDMONTON MEN MOSSMAN INNISFAIL GORDONVALE WEST CAIRNS MEN SILKWOOD

Results, Wednesday, October 3 Social bowls A lovely afternoon presented itself to Anna Della Bella, Alan Hudson and Chris Lower who defeated Delmo Tarditi, Barry Green and Tony Haydock 19/16 NORTH/SOUTH SHIELD-GORDONVALE One Silkwood team of four ladies joined other FNQ teams to play against the CDLBA teams at Gordonvale. 48 ladies competed in 3 games for the shield, intermittent rain and wind made the games at times trying. The clear winners were the CDLBA teams with 10 wins, two draws +260 points but the FNQ teams did not disgrace themselves with six wins, two draws +190 points. Sunday, September 30 10 bowlers competed in a social gathering Alan Hudson and Chris Lower def. Daniel Gauci and Carol Lowe 22/19. Dan Dunn, Robyn Wiltshire and Tony Cates def. Delmo Tarditi, BrianBrooks and Ron Mathews 21/20. F riday night barefoot bowling, as usual is enormous fun. Come along and try our bowls game. Bowls are provided and all are welcome. FREE BOWLS COACHING 1st Saturday of each month, start 9am at Silkwood Bowls Club. All welcome. For more information, call Denise 0400 791 517. You can follow us on Facebook with all upcoming events. Social bowls Wednesdays and Sundays, register 1pm, start 1.30pm. Friday night 6pm barefoot bowls and barbecue. Thursday, October 4. Winners – B. Price, R. Omodei, G. Buttigieg. Second – A. Azzopardi, G. Tsakissiris, G. Omodei. Thursday, October 11. Mixed social bowls. Names in by 1pm. Play starts at 1.30pm. Visitors and new bowlers most welcome. Check board for weekend competition. Nominations for 2019 are now open. Tuesday, October 2. Night barefoot bowls. Winners – M. Page, H. Holt T. Galva and D. Murray, Runner-up Henry 1, Henry 2 and Heinz. Wednesday, October 3 – Wednesday Social winners P. Brown, S. Rowstrom, J. Dennis and J. Barnes Runners-up – T. Pin, R. Brown, L. Cummings and B. Pitson Thursday, October 4, Jackpot pairs. Winners – E. Leonard and E. Crema, Runner-up – S. Tiraboschi and L. Cummings, Best. Second Game – R. Keddie and N. Gray Sunday, October 7 Winners – G. Scapin, L. Cadorin, E. Stevens Runner-up: G. Brown, P. Brown, L. Cummings, E. Crema. Competition results: Ladies Championship A Singles 2019 – R. Keddie defeated J. Higgins. Well done Jodie on competing in this competition after only becoming a member in the last few months/ It was great to see you having a go. DATE CLAIMERS: Thursday, October 18, Selfselected open jackpot pairs. Sponsored by September/October birthdays. Friday, October 26, club selected triples, sponsored by Home Made Delights. Green fees $15 (includes sausage sizzle), plenty of cash prizes for winners, random draws and raffles. Starting time: 6pm. Names must be in by 5pm to allow selectors to complete the draw. Sunday, October 28, Patron Day. Sponsored by club patron Vic Tiraboschi. All clubs are invited to attend. Club selected triples. Cash prizes for winners and runner-up plus 5 draws for raffle. Casual dress. Start 1.30pm. Club AGM, Saturday, November 17 at 10am. Membership fees are now due. Wednesday, October 3, Mixed social. No results, as rain interrupted play. Friday, October 5, Jackpot pairs Winners: A & K Hogan. Runner-up: M & D McGahan. Jackpots $500 – not won. Saturday, October 6, Triples. Cancelled due to Herberton Tin Festival. Saturday, October 6, Self-selected mixed fours – Herberton Tin Festival Winners: Mareeba Runner-up: Yungaburra Sunday, October 7, Men’s fours. Herberton Tin Festival. Winners: D Skinner, G Eagleton, D Simpson, I Wilson - Yungaburra Runner-up: Ravenshoe Sunday, October 7. State final BPL Pine Rivers Well played boys. Yungaburra is proud. 2 wins from 3, beating Pine Rivers and Booval but lost to Graceville, just missing out on national final in a countback. Runners-up: Representing Yungaburra N. Twining, G. Johnson, G. Pritchard. Upcoming events: October 21, Breaky and Bowls, Marlin Coast Bowls Club, 10am. October 23, Malanda Dairy Festival, 12pm start. Male players (leads only). October 27, Jim Titlow Memorial Day, Yungaburra. October 27, Ravenshoe, Torimba Festival, 1pm. Mixed fours. October 28, Ravenshoe, Torimba Festival, 9am. Open fours. October 31, Yungaburra Potato Festival, Clubselected mixed, 1pm. November 3, Yungaburra Potato Festival, Mixed rinks, self selected, 1pm. November 4, Yungaburra Potato Festival, Men’s Protected Day, 9am. Club championships closing. Men’s B grade singles final P. Sloan v M. Brzozowski. Mixed pairs championship A. Whykes, B. Titlow v N. & T. Gray. D. & J. Parker v L. Thompson, M. Pointon. Men’s triples M. Brown, R. Graf, M Brzozowski v L. Thompson, J. Lanham, J. Beu. G. Johnson, C. Johnson, A. Hogan v M. McGahan, G. Eagleton, F. Ballerini.

BABINDA MAREEBA AND MEMORIAL YUNGABURRA SOUTH JOHNSTONE

Last Friday night, the barefoot bowls competition was played out with Tim Kerrigan running out the winner and going home $250 richer. Into second place Vera Rowe, then regular barefoot bowlers Cathie Lucas followed by Sam Campbell, all being suitably rewarded. This competition will be repeated in the future. All players welcome, watch this space. In Friday’s games, Shane McInerney, Angry Ollson and Tabatha had two wins 12-8 over Tyler’s team then 14-10 against Anna Banana’s team. Tyler managed a win over Rooster’s boys 9-6, however, Rooster got up 10-4 over a luckless Anna Banana 10-4. Sunday’s game saw Fred Caltabiano and Stephen Ollson win a close, hard-fought game over Pumpkin Pete, Nipper Villalba and Louie Fedalto scoring three shots on the last end for 22-18. Fred picked up the MVP. Next Saturday, social bowls start at 1.30. Please ring the club on 4064 2179 by 1pm to assist in the catering and team allocation. Come out for practice for the Cassowary Coast Carnival of Bowls. No bowls on Sunday due to the Silkwood mixed triples competition. South Johnstone and Innisfail are staging the annual two-day Cassowary Coast Carnival of Bowls on October 20 and 21. That is the weekend after next, so get your teams organised and register with Shane 0447 056 431 or Alf 0408 456 889, also your club games directors.

BROTHERS EDMONTON LADIES

Results of 2019 Champ singles to date – T. McAlary d J. Brittain 25-20. K. Paki d O. McKinnar 25-14. R. Fraser d B. Hill 27-15. D. Begg d L. Catalano 25-21. C. Populin d R. Langtree 28-3. T. McAlary d K. Paki 25-17. A. Evans d A. Crittenden 25-22. B. Mason d E. Atkinson 25-15. J. Rick d R. Fraser 25-15. 2019 Champion singles called for October 11. C. Populin v L. Uhrenholt Mkr E. Atkinson. 2019 Champion pairs S. Greenwood & D. Begg v L. Catalano & J. Brittain. Social bowls this Thursday is commencing 9am as a final trial for morning games. Names to club by 8am, pay up by 8.30am and cards called with play commencing 9am. All ladies welcome.