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Kenton-on-Sea Bowling Club
LAST Wednesday, our women took on the Port Alfred Bowling Club ladies in the bi-monthly Doris Ford competition.
The event was actually the August leg of the competition, which was postponed due to the heatwave we experienced at the end of August.
It was evident that the Port Alfred ladies had recovered faster from the heat exhaustion than our ladies, as they won this leg by two matches to one.
They also lead in the year-todate standing and with one more leg to go, are assured of winning the annual Doris Ford trophy.
On Thursday, our six teams travelled to Kowie Bowling Club for the President’s Chair competition. This is a fun competition with mixed teams made up by the club captains.
Our club’s president will have to remain standing as Kowie retained the colourful President’s Chair. They narrowly beat us with three matches, won by both sides. Kowie managed an overall shot profit of eight in the six matches and that ensured that their president can continue to enjoy his tea sitting down.
Friday was draw night. The weekly attendance draw was held just after 6pm.
Stuart Clarkson’s number was drawn, but as he wasn’t present, he missed out on the R1200 jackpot! Reminder: The attendance draw can be held at any time between 6pm and 7pm on a Friday night.
The Club100 draw was won by Felicia Wolf, with runner-up Pippa Swift collecting the second prize of R140.
Ivor Rule won the Club100 attendance prize, which was worth R200, with all the carryovers from previous months.
Finally, our usual Whiskey Draw compère, Dave West, was absent but was rewarded by having his number drawn and winning this week’s whiskey. Saturday was Social Saturday. The greens had been aerated during the week and that caused some “crazy” bowls.
However, it was an enjoyable afternoon and our club will enjoy the benefits of the revitalised greens in the weeks to come.
This month’s prize was sponsored by Preston’s Bottle Store and the winners each walked away with a R100 gift voucher and a pen.
It was an afternoon for the ladies as Ruth Low’s team were the victors, with Di Gruneberg’s team running a close second.
Duties October 10-15: Tabs cashier – Rob Smith, Bar – The Rule family. Next week’s events: October 6 – Seeff Supa Thursday; October 7 – Friday draw (R1300) and Keith’s Kuier Kos.
Birthdays: October 6 – Tobie de Clercq, October 10 – Marietjie Copeman.
Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club
The Doris Ford was played on Wednesday, September 28, and we won two games and lost one game by one shot. Well played!
The Tommy and Rita Browne Trophy was hotly contested last Saturday, with 22 teams of trips taking part.
Mufti and music was the order of the day and three rounds of bowls were played.
Apart from a delay between the first and second round, all went well and fun was had by all.
First was David Freeme and his team, second was Lionel Howarth’s team, third was Noel Heale’s team and fourth was Neill de Villiers’s team.
Thank you so much to our sponsors, who have graciously announced they will sponsor the tournament again next year.
The second round of the Ladies Senior Singles rounds three and four were to be played on Wednesday morning. A reminder of the Kowie men’s classic on the weekend of October 15 and 16.
Also, a weigh-and-pay steak evening will be held on Tuesday, October 18. Members are welcome to bring family and/or friends. A selection of salads will be available at a nominal price.
The Ocean Basket-sponsored competition will be held on Tuesday, October 11, and the Guido’s-sponsored competition will be held on Saturday, October 8. We look forward to seeing you all on the greens.
Duties for the week October 11-15: Tabs – Elzabe Rodrigues and Vic Wicks, Bar – Trevor Frost and Eddie Senar, Ironing – David Bradfield.
Kowie Bowling Club
Last Tuesday, we played the Megabucks competition, with some very close matches.
Five of these had only between a two and five-shot difference.
Our winner on the day was a bit of a bully, Rob Owsley and his team of Peter Ford and Bryan Burger, who defeated Harold Bodill’s team of trips by 10 points and a big shot profit.
Our runner-up was Keith Kolesky’s team of fours, who beat Siggie Rohrs’s team of fours.
Thursday we played our second round of the President’s Chair Competition, which is competed for between Kenton and Kowie Clubs.
The trophy is a Bentwood kitchen chair that has been brightly painted with the Kowie Club lighthouse pictured on the seat.
The contest is between six mixed teams from each club and is open to all members.
What a contest it turned out to be, with each club winning three games, and Kowie had the positive shot profit six points /+8.
Lionel Howarth and his team were in fine form to take a full house eight off one of our teams.
We did have an overflow of tabs bowlers on the day who played on the B green but I did not receive any cards for that and there was no competition for tabs.
On Saturday, five Kowie trips teams went to the Port Alfred Club to participate in the Tommy Browne mixed trips competition.
They could have ordered better weather for the day – but we all had a great day.
It was all played over short games, of which we played three in the day, and only had entries from Kenton, Kowie and De Wet’s Dorp Club.
Well done to Tommy and Rita for not only sponsoring the competition but also coming to Port Alfred for the week and playing in the competition.
The winner was Port Alfred’s David Freeme’s team, with second place to Lionel Howarth’s and third to Noel Heale’s.
Kowie’s best-placed team, in fifth spot, was Mike Tomlinson’s team of Jackie Kriel and Robert Walker.
On Saturday, we also had tabs bowls at home for those who were not involved in the PA competition, and I am very pleased to report that EP president, Brian Buchanon, and his wife Moira, played with our guys on the day.
There was no competition and a Snowball was done with No2 being drawn for the four ends.
Lee Botma’s team of Basil Clarke and Lucia Nel won and shared the +/- R90 in the kitty.
Duties for the week, October 10-16: Greens – (Roll) Bob Ford, (Mark) Mark Beaumont and James Fox, Tabs – (Cash and Select) PeeWee Tomlinson, Bar – Gavin and Delene Deenik.