Village Talk

HOWICK BOWLING CLUB

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The Woodstone Drawn Trips Classic winners Ray Bester, Di Saint, Mark Schraader (Woodstone) and Doug Logan on plus 18 points display their sizeably valued vouchers.

Second prize were Vic Rowell, Trish Taylor and Marilyn Melling on plus 16.

Third prize, with plus 6 points, were

Olwen Gibbs, Clive Kemp and Pippa Scott. Finally, Dave Larkin, Buzzy Basson and John Spence on plus 5 points also received their Woodstone Restaurant and Wine Bar generous vouchers.

In spite of the extreme heat, bowler’s resilience, brow wiping and cold drink tsipping saw them through the afternoon and kept dehydratio­n at bay.

Our sincere gratitude to Woodstone Restaurant and Wine Bar for their gob smacking vouchers. Your sponsorshi­p attracts many club bowlers which enhances our already steadfastn­ess.

Coaching; takes place on Mondays 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm; speak to our registered coaches Allan Dakers 078 445 5417 and Lester Ballantine 083 206 5447. New bowlers, most welcome.

Forthcomin­g Events

• Monday Coaching 2.00pm to 3.30pm

• Tuesday Tabs in for play at 1.30pm

• Wednesday Nominated Green open

• Thursday Tabs in for play at 1.30pm

• Friday Midlands Auto Sales Pro Ten 2 Bowl Trips 8.30 am

• Saturday Tabs in for play at 1.30pm

• Sunday Social bowls at 9.00am on allocated green

Umngeni Waterfall Bowling Club (UBWC) has certainly hit the ground running this year! As usual there was a lot going on, so let’s start at the beginning…

The installati­on of our new floodlight­s happened over the course of last week, and boy, do they look spectacula­r! A huge thanks must go to Build It for their generous donation, and also to Steve Smith and Kevin Palmer for their hard work in dealing with the installati­on.

Wednesday afternoon brought our Halfway Toyota Drawn Trips competitio­n, and congratula­tions must go to Edwin Speed, Steve Smith and Kevin Palmer for their win. Also to Colin Burden, Des Blackford and Darlene Ferreira who won the plate prize.

Wednesday night was a busy one with our darts league in residence. Anyone wanting more informatio­n can contact Amar on 082 970 4949.

Thursday involved the usual maintenanc­e and a check on the lights once the sun had gone down.

Friday was a very busy day -- lots of preparatio­ns during the day for our first “Friday Night Lights”, which went off very well. There was lots of fun and laughter on the greens and what a pleasure to play in the evening when it had cooled down a bit. Everyone enjoyed a bring and share braai after the bowls and there was definitely much merriment happening!

Another exciting turn of events last week was the reopening of our snooker club. So wonderful to see the table in use!

Saturday saw a number of our players brave the heat to take part in the Greendale Spar 3 Bowl Drawn Trips and well done to Edwin Speed, Koos Marais and Singi Hlongiwe on their win, followed in second place by Colin Burden, Neil Wright and Clare Langston.

The week ended with Colin Burden, Steve Smith, Neil Wright and Koos Marais playing in the men’s NIBA Fours on Sunday. Whilst they didn’t place, we were so proud of their performanc­e, as they gave all three of their opposing teams a challengin­g game. In fact they were peeled in the last end or two in all three of their games so they really did hold their own! Well done gents!

So that rounds up our week. Watch this space for more informatio­n on Friday Night Lights as we have some amazing things planned, and our lights really are spectacula­r!

Forthcomin­g events

Saturday, January 21: Lisa’s Bingo Bonanza. Game starts at 6pm

Friday, January 27: SGK Nominated 2 Bowl Trips. Tabs in at 6.45pm

Regular tabs in are:

• Tuesdays at 8.15am

• Wednesdays at 1.15pm

• Saturdays at 1.15pm

Visitors are always welcome.

For more informatio­n contact Wendy on

071 353 2866.

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