BOWLSBANTER

Bushman’s business or professional grouping (eg, medical, builders, educators etc) wishing to enter should contact Andrew Murray on 082-657-3887.

Next week’s duty roster (January 30 – February 5): Bar – Dave West and Terry Bowen, Tabs – Rob Smith.

Kowie Bowling Club

Last Tuesday we had a great turnout for Megabucks competition with a full green and Stephen Minnaar’s team of fours, Tony Brown, Basil Clarke and Brian Aldag defeating Michael van der Sandt’s team by 8 points and a healthy shot profit and in the runner-up position was Delene Deeniks’s team of fours who defeated Bob Ford’ team by 8 points and a smaller shot profit. The “big bucks” only go to the winning team. Last Thursday, we played the 1st round of the Timm / Vroom Cup competitions between us and Port Alfred. The Kowie Men’s A and B teams both won the matches in close games while our C team lost so narrowly with the D teams peeling in their game. This gives the Kowie men a slight advantage of 5 points and +5 shot profit to the 3 points of Port Alfred.

In the ladies’ section it was also a very close affair with our A team sneaking in 22 / 20 and this included dropping a 6 on the last end while our B team picked up a 6 on the 20th end to peel the scores then scored a 1 shot on the last end to hold on for the game. Kowie ladies in the lead with 4 points and +3 shot profit to Port Alfred’s 0 points. Still five sessions to go in this competition. With a full green of competition our overflow played for the first time on the new C Green with two sets of fours. They played the Snowball competition and no one had the correct score so it rolled over to the next round.

On Saturday, we had another good turnout for bowls which has made the week one of our best turnouts with over 140 pairs of feet over the greens in the week. We played the Snowball competition and the four ends were drawn 5, 6, 18 and 19 with the score of 1 being drawn and we had a team with the score. Lee Botma’s team of trips Piet Boshoff and Dave Thomas were the only team to have the score so they share the small pot of R75 to be the first Snowball won in the New Year.

Duties for week January 30 to February 5: Greens – (Roll) Pieter Stegmann, (Mark) Graham Walker and Trevor Lentz, Tabs – (Cash) Lucia Nel, (Select) Charles Louw, Bar – Dot and Siegie Rohrs.