Unbeaten Pete finally meets his bowls match!

ALTHOUGH storms were swirling all around, in Dubbo itself it was a nice morning to roll a bowl or three.

In big bowls news on the day, Pete Sinclair’s unbeaten run finally came to an end. The six-inrow run finished when Pete and Alan Stratford went down, leaving Col Dover as the only unbeaten bowler on the day.

In other games, Col, Jasmine Bourke (a Nyngan gal); and Greg Brown, played Di Hildebrandt, Therese Gaio, and Trish Gosper. Despite trailing by four shots at the break, Jasmine, Greg, and Col, “owned the next eight”. They pocketed a foursome and a triple, to boost their score to 17, leaving Trish and her team stranded on nine.

Leo Balstad, Cheryl Storch, and Al Andriske, in tier game shared eight ends apiece with Paul Martin, Ruby Stockings, and Anthony Coe. However, Al and his crew were fired-up from the very first end with a quad to lead by that margin at the halfway mark. Paul, Ruby, and Anthony then stepped-up with three shots for ends nine and 10, but dropped a second triple and four, leaving Leo, Cheryl and Al to win 19-13.

A foursome was a good opening play for John Kennedy, Pete Bennison, and Brian Jones, but they trailed Doc Livingston (back after a few weeks), Pete Furner, and Mick Strawhan by one after eight. The game opened-up during the second half – nine-all 9 on end 10; 12-all on end 13, before a triple and a single on the last couple of ends clinched, a tight 16-15 win to John, Pete and Brian.

Coming-off the massive win the previous week, Roger Sherwin enjoyed playing with Gordon Scott. The pair took seven of the first eight ends against Al Stratford and Ricky See, and five of the next in a master class win 25 to 6, easily enough to be awarded first place for the morning.

It’s been a poor start to the bowls season for Pete Ruzans, struggling to win a game. Last week, he was buoyed with the good help of Julie Brown and Helene Emblen, but excellent bowls by Ross Pharo and Ros Joseph with Trevor Tink the skip, ensuring “Pistol’s” run of outs continued. The heads were tight, accuracy was the key, but Trevor and his side got better the longer the game went on, and they received second place after their 25-8 victory.

Gary Huggins, Ruth Shanks, and Phil Knight powered their way through the first eight ends leaving Chris Strojny, Ray Strawhan, and Pete Sinclair stunned. They added seven more shots to four on the way home to earn a strong 21-8 win and third place for the morning.

Chris Castlehouse, Vicki Hummel, and skip Cooper Mcmullen ran-away with their game against Daphne Dunbar, John Mckenzie, and Ian Humphries, taking six of the first eight ends and five of the second to win 14 shots to six.

John Davis, Frank Armstrong, and Col Cottee, had the determination; Ron Millgate, Steve Kelly, and Graham Ross had the drive! A six on end three, showed drive outbid determination in the first section! Ron, Steve, and Graham, led 10-5 at the break; but determination was on show after as John, Frank, and Col pulled-off a triple on the last to snatch a 13all draw!

All in all, another great Sunday’s bowling!