Sport
15 November, 2024
Bowls presentation and weekly reports
A week of lively bowling events and fun.
By Maxine Elsom
Wednesday’s Social Bowls
A lot of bowling activity has been held during the past week, starting with social bowls last Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The winners of the afternoon were Mal Altmann, Bob Rogers, Garry Garbutt (swinger), and Shaun Marchant.
Sunday social bowls winners were Michele Doherty and Jayden Doran, who defeated Harmony Raines and her great pop, Bruce Parker. This was Michele’s first victory in bowls, and she played an excellent game with her new set of bowls.
Championships Moving Along Nicely
Quite a few championship games were also played, which is great to see.
In B-grade singles, Jayden Doran had a very hard-fought win against David Jones, with the score being 31-28. In other games, Blake Cook had a win against Lucy McKenzie, while Wenden Riley defeated Tracey Riley. David Duffy defeated Kel Kilsby, and Macca McKenzie gained the win against Stacey Reynolds.
In A-grade singles, Danial Riley defeated Jayden Doran, 31-18. Dylan Marchant had a win against his big brother Shaun, 31-16.
The game of the round was between Jo Raines and Rambo Young, in which Rambo gained the win, 31-15. Jo played very good bowls, but ‘last bowl,’ Rambo took a lot of Jo’s well-placed shots with his very last bowl of the end on many occasions.
The good news is Rambo now progresses to the semi-final. The even better news is he has now lifted the media ban and has promised an exclusive interview if he were to go on and take out the A-grade title.
NSW Open Reserve Pairs
Four Gilgandra bowlers ventured to Coonamble on Saturday to contest a round of the NSW Open Reserve Pairs.
The winners of this event were the Raines brothers, Noel and Garry, who will now move into the next round to be played in Parkes. Stacey Reynolds and David Jones also played in this competition.
Presentation Night a Success
The bowls presentation night was held on Saturday evening, November 9. This presentation night included winners for 2022 as well as the 2023 championships.
A-singles: 2022 Noel Raines, 2023 Dylan Marchant.
B-singles: 2022 Danial Riley, 2023 Jo Raines.
Twenty-one (21)-Up: 2022 and 2023 Dylan Marchant.
One-hundred-and-fifty (150) Consistency: 2022 Danial Riley, 2023 David Duffy.
A-pairs: 2022 Noel and Garry Raines, 2023 Dylan and Shaun Marchant.
B-pairs: 2022 and 2023 Maxine Elsom and Norm Lummis.
Triples: 2022 and 2023 Jo, Noel, and Garry Raines.
Fours:
- 2022: Barry Johnson, Bruce Parker, Ted Stewart, and Christine Howchin.
- 2023: Noel Raines, Blake Cook, Ted Stewart, and Leroy Gregory.
The winner of the appreciation award was our head barbecue cook, Bob Rogers. Rambo also won a prize for being the most mentioned bowler in The Gilgandra Weekly bowls news.
A great night was had by all, particularly the karaoke, which was led by the karaoke king, Danial ‘DJ’ Riley. Jade Thompson and Shaun Marchant were the standout singers on the night.
