The first round of the Eric Plain Trophy (Southern Highland Cup) was held on Saturday 17th November.  This match was between Bowral and Bundanoon Bowling Clubs and held this year at Bowral.  Two further rounds will be played before the final and will include Robertson Bowling Club.  The format for the round robin section is fours, triples and pairs.

Bowral’s Fours team was Neil fraser, Carl Spilker, Stephen Della and skip Dugald Braithwaite.  This team won both sets with scores of 17-5 and 12-6.  The Triples team for Bowral was Oscar Whelan, Paul Leverett and skip Josh Woodcock who had an 8-8 draw in the first set and a 10-7 win in the second set.  The Pairs team was Nathan Boyers and skip David Coltman.  After winning the first set 11-4 they lost the second by12-8.

The result was a 2-1 point win to Bowral over Bundanoon with the set score being Bowral 4.5 and Bundanoon 1.5.  Bundanoon play Robertson next week.

The delayed quarter final of the Senior Singles was also played on Saturday.  This resulted in a win to Russell Knight over Clive Neutze by 31 shots to 11 shots

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The final was played on Thursday 15th November with a 10am start.  Finalists were Gail Fraser and Jim Neely, last years winners, against Fran Post and Ashley Lewis.  This was a repeat of the 2016 final in which Gail and Jim were winners 21-19.

In another very close match the win was in doubt until the very last end.  Fran and Ashley managed to reverse that 2016 result to take the win by the barest of margins 19-18.  Well done to both teams.

Two quarter final matches were played on Wednesday 14th November. The quarter final between Mick Flynn had been played already and neither Clive Neutze or Russell Knight were available.  It is hoped that this match will be played on the weekend of the 17/18th November.

Owen Williams was up against Peter Watson.  After ten ends Peter lead 13-9   After another eight ends Owen had caught up and had a one shot lead 18-17.  Then Owen took control of the game to win the next five ends and finish the match with a 31-17 win

In the other game Noel Fraser was up against Mike Holmewood.  This was a very tight game going down to the last end.  Noel started well taking a 15-5 lead after eleven ends.  Mike then staged a chase and won the next seven ends to take the lead 18-16.  Mike continued to stay ahead leading 27-23 before a late charge by Noel so that the score reached 30-29 in favour of Mike.  On the last end Noel held on to three shots and was winner 31-29.

Saturday10th November 2018 was a day when the Bowral Bowling Club members gathered together to celebrate 50 years of continuous membership by Gordon Lewis.

A good turn out of members arrived for a game of triples and to celebrate the achievement.  The group included 12 members of the Ladies club and also Gordon’s sons, Greg and Ashley and grandson Daniel.

The weather contributed to a great day and for the record triples winners on the day were;

Jim Starkey, Kelvin Limbrick and Harold Wall defeated Peter Oates, Beryl Oates and Enid Brown by 21 shots.

Second was the team of Graham Hunt, Paul Leverett and Joshua Woodcock defeating Paul Rubie, Alyson Pryce and Mick Flynn by 19 shots.

The bowls was followed by a BBQ (thanks to Bob Kennett and Barry Werfel) and a presentation of a commemerative plaque by the Bowral Club Chairperson Elaine Jones  to Gordon Lewis.

A great day was had by all and congratulations Gordon on those 50 years. It is also worth mentioning that Gordon is not only still playing but this year has played more games of bowls at the Club than any other member.

Sunday 11th November.  One game of Senior Singles was played on Sunday with Robin Staples  winning against Mick Flynn.

This annual event is about to commence.  Details are provided below.