BOWLS IN BRIEF
THE Barclays Whisky Whiteside Trophy will be played at Grahamstown Bowling Club. The draw for the Bridgestone Mixed Fours is to be published next week. A two-day Level A coaching course will be held on October 28 and 29 at Mill Park and the same course in Midlands on December 2 and 3. Any interested bowler who wishes to become a coach should read EP Circular 13 and follow the instructions when applying. Closing date for entries is Friday. The following skips are entered for the Personal Trust/Gareth Stephenson Novice Pairs at The Woods Bowling Club on Saturday and Sunday: M Owalsky, L Jacobson, C Vermeulen, A Hynch, L de Beer, N Welsh, G Kruger, L Goosen, A Labuschagne, T Mc Lean, C Coetzer, W Riddin, C Griebenouw, M Kruse, G Taylor, C Smith, R Anker, C Holbeck, Q Barnard, H Stander, N Transell, F Biggs, W Ling, S MacDonald. Skips to report by 8.30am.
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PORT ELIZABETH: Today, PM Bounce games (J Strombeck); tomorrow, PM Thursday throwers, mixed tabs-in bowls. Dress: Springtime colours (Ian Simpson); Friday, 8.30am Bob Mott men’s drawn pairs (Johan Strombeck). Note early start for breakfast. Volunteers needed to assist with catering. 6pm, Ambiton and Club 100 draws. Also celebratory supper for winning gold and silver in the EP Men’s Trips. Please bring a plate of eats; Saturday, PM Social mixed tabs-in bowls. All welcome; Sunday, AM arranged men’s bowls (T James) and arranged mixed bowls (Y Barnes). Finesmaster: Graham van Blerk; Monday, 8.30am Ian Simpson and Len Long – office duty; Tuesday, AM Grasshoppers men’s arranged pairs (J Inkin). PM Social mixed tabs-in bowls. All welcome.
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MILL PARK: Social bowls every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm. Everyone is very welcome to join us. Mill Park subscriptions for the 2016-2017 year are R550. This includes affiliation fees. If interested, please contact Lionel on 083-955-2839.
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SUMMERWOOD: Our new telephone number is 081-852-0201. Men’s social bowls on Monday: tabs close at 1.45pm. Women’s social bowls on Tuesdays for September. Tabs close at 1.45pm. October times change to tabs-in at 8.45am. Visitors welcome. Men’s pairs Summerbreeze competition last round to be played on Monday, tabs-in at 1.15pm. Prizegiving after the games.
Reminder to club members to bring friends and family on public holiday September 25, tabs-in at 8.45am. Come along and enjoy a morning of bowls. Our women’s Spring Day competition held on September 1 was great fun and the winners were all from Walmer BC. First team: Rosa Tunstead, D vd Berg, K Hardy. Second were Lyn Croning and team and in third place were Pam March and team.
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WESTERN SUBURBS: The top 10 teams of a field of 22 of our very successful Personal Trust Novice Revolving Trips competition held on Saturday were: 1 WSBC-Eben Erasmus; 2 WCC-Dave Jacobs; 3 St Francis Bay-Peter Talbot; 4 MOTH- Leon Swart; 5 WSBC-Dave de Klerk; 6 Jeffreys Bay-Eddie Rudman; 7 PE MOTH-Derek Randell; 8 PE MOTH-Victor Transell, 9 VP-Dave Stacey; 10-PEBC-Claude Allman.
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WALMER BC: Tuesday: 1.45pm Tabs-in mixed; Wednesday: 1.30pm Men’s tabs-in; Thursday: 1.45pm Chocoholics mixed tabs; Friday: 6pm Joker Draw followed by supper. Steak and creamy mushroom bake R45. Please put names on list or contact Jenny (074-811-1674); Saturday: 9.15am Social bowls; Sunday: No tabs as there is an all-day competition. Congratulations to Owen Hollis, Wayne Williams, Charles Collett and Christo van der Westhuizen for winning the Uitenhage Classic.
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VICTORIA PARK: VP/ITD Men’s Pairs: Thursday mornings. SMS/WhatsApp entries to Dave (073-564-8485). Friday casual from 3pm, cutthroat at 5pm sharp, lovely prizes, followed by Joker draw and supper, phone in your tab and order food from Glenda. Saturday tabs-in 1.30 for 2pm start. Sunday normal tabs-in 9am. Wednesday tabs-in 1 for 1.30pm. Any non-bowlers who would like to try bowls or register for free coaching, contact Jude (083-566-4844).
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UITENHAGE: A music trivia is being held on Friday, September 22. Get a team together. Prior booking for catering purposes is essential. Curry and rice at R30 and chicken strips and chips for the youngsters at R25. There will also be a chocolate fountain. Summer bowling times are now in force. Tabs in by 1.30 for 2pm. The next session of the morning pairs will be played on Saturday, October 14. Raffles won by Ouboet, Wayne Menezes, Hugo, Anne and Mossie. Attendance draw total is R600. The IPS Pro-ten was won by Church van Niekerk and Marius van Huysteen. There are new bar opening times, please take note of the notice on board.