BOWLSBANTER
PORT ALFRED
Hats off to Hein Strombeck who was crowned the new Ryan Cup champion last Friday afternoon after beating rookie bowler Joanne van Rensburg 21-11.
Leading up to the final and in rounds three and four, Hein beat Brian McLean, Louise Vincent beat Jaco van Rensbug, Joanne beat Ilse Strombeck and Phil Taylor beat Jack Wiid.
In the semifinal, Hein beat last year’s winner Louise, while Joanne beat Phil. Special mention must be made of Joanne, who has terrific potential and is quickly making a name for herself.
Last Saturday, seven teams from this club headed to Port Alfred to play in the GBSsponsored two wood trips.
The top four places went to two sides from Kowie BC and two from Albany BC, with neither of the Port Alfred teams able to feature in the intense heat that followed light drizzle earlier.
At the start, three games of 18 ends were to be played but with time running out after the first game, it was announced that the next two games be reduced to 15 ends.
Coming up this Thursday is the first leg of the Timm and Moore Shield to be played at Kowie.
This coming weekend will see the staging of the Eastern Province
Fours and attending will be this club’s runners-up of the Eastern Areas fours, namely Hein and Jaco van Rensburg, Theo Pretorius and Stuart McDougall. Give it horns.
Lastly, the club says goodbye to Peet van Rooyen and his wife Susan, who will be spending time in the Cape. Travel safely you two.
Then, Trevor Frost is travelling to Cape Town to sort out a heart concern. Our thoughts are with you and Jenny.
KOWIE
One cannot believe it’s a month since Christmas. Anyway, here’s what kept the senior members of the family busy this week.
Tuesday’s weather was very conducive to bowling, which saw a good tabs turnout. The afternoon’s game was won by Jonty Alexander and his talented team of Lester Scriven, Sean Wiblin, and Lyn Callaghan, who all bagged a meal voucher, sponsored by Judy’s Kitchen.
The Wednesday morning session for Novices and Golden Oldies was well supported, where Bobby Horst couldn’t go wrong.
Due to the Requiem Mass service held for Don Kelly on Thursday, the Pam Goldingsponsored competition was postponed to Friday afternoon.
The team that won the third prize hampers at the Pam Golding
Hamper Day was that of Bryan Burger, Helise Hattingh and Barry Chapman. Second-place winners were Judy Alexander and her team of Debbie Slattery and Dave Thomas. Enjoying the biggest hampers were Lenny Clark and Phil Gilfillan. Well done all.
After prize-giving, Peter May, the club captain, thanked Andrew Meyer from Pam Golding for his continued sponsorship of this event. A braai was the enjoyed.
Saturday afternoon saw a bunch of our members driving to Kenton to play in the GBS sponsored competition where 36 teams were entered. Marcelle Burgess and his team of Edmund Burgess and Stuart McDougall were the winners on the day.
Congratulations to Jonty Alexander and his team of Cyprian Guard and Helise Hattingh for taking third spot.
Playing in boiling conditions,
the tabs competition at the club was won by Allan Sheridan and his team of “Foxy” Fox, Laurna Kirk and Lyn Callaghan.
EP v Border clash: It was a huge honour on Sunday morning for our club to host the annual titanic clash between two great bowling rivals. The competing teams are divided into three sections – Men’s and Ladies open, Men’s and Ladies “B’s”, and the Men’s and Ladies Veteran section.
Bowling in hot and humid conditions, on the best greens in the province, spectacular bowling was on show from the 48 men and 48 ladies competing. One cannot mention names as space is limited in this article.Final overall results:
In the Men’s Open, EP beat Border 17-7. In the Ladies Open, EP beat Border 15 - 9.
In the Men’s “B” section, Border outplayed their opponents to beat EP 16-5 to 7-5. The Border
Ladies battled a bit, and went down to EP 14-10.
In the veteran’s section, the EP men’s team beat Border 16-8. The Border lady vets had no answer to their EP rivals, going down 13-11.
The overall score was: EP 82,5 points and Border 61,5.
At the prize-giving president of Eastern Cape bowling, Rob Forbes, and president of EP bowls, Keith Clarkson, congratulated the winning teams for their wonderful performances and camaraderie shown during the competition.
KENTON
The GBS Mutual Bank Trips has always been one of the highlights of the year. The bank’s ongoing support is legendary, and this year the event attracted a full field of 36 teams. Visitors from far and wide came to play under the exacting format of two-bowl trips – quite an advanced skills challenge.
Three teams ended on 26 points with only the shot difference to separate them. The worthy winners of the first prize,*
from Albany, on 26 points with a shot profit of 41: Marcelle Burgess, Stuart-McDougall, Edmund Burgess. Runners up, also from Albany, on 26 points with a shot difference of 36: Kallie Calitz, Annemarie Calitz and ‘Sticky’.
Third place, also with 26 points and a shot difference of 13: from Kowie, Jonty Alexander, Gyp Guard and Helise Hatting. And in fourth place, also from Kowie, on 22 points: Peter Stegmann, Denny Richardson and Peter May.
Kenton’s true sportsmen and women did not exploit the home advantage, however, Dave Wallace, Loenie de Villiers and Sandie Rule only missed out on the prizes by 2 points.
Andrew Marshall from GBS was on hand to dole out the generous prizes.
Otherwise the week was filled with social bowls. Popular business bowls is in the second round. Tabs-in was well attended and the Friday bounce and newbies games drew the crowds for the bring ‘n braai.