BBC BROADCAST SATURDAY JULY 26th (Terry Norwood at the desk)
Bits and pieces to start with:
- The first two games of the opening round of the BBC Mixed Pairs Championship were played on Saturday afternoon, and the details appear below.
- Another reminder of the Men’s Bowls Club AGM which will be held at 10am on Sunday August 17th at the Club. Come on members, get that date and time entered into your diaries so that we can get a good number in attendance.
- The Men’s Bowls committee has again been successful in gaining the support of the Mittagong RSL Club for the annual RSL Shield competition which will be run very soon. The competition will be the usual three week event with fours, triples/singles and pairs. With $1200 prize money on the line, let’s make this event a cracker; come on bowlers, get your fours organised ready for the schedule which will hit the notice board very soon.
Mixed Pairs Championship
Despite the weather being most unkind, two twenty-one end games of the first round were completed on Saturday. When play started at 12.30, the temperature was very low and a nasty freezing breeze gusted from the north-west. It was most uncomfortable, although later in the afternoon the conditions were a little milder and the sun even made a brief appearance!
In the match on rink 8, Tisi Lear and Mark Barrow took on Ricci Wilson and Arnold Lenczuk and despite dropping a shot on the first end, it was Tisi and Mark who found the jack early to lead 7 – 1 after five. And then, as so often happens, the game turned for Ricci and Arnie to win the next four ends to jump to a lead of 11 – 7! The game then developed into a dog fight with the sides winning alternate ends, but it was Arnie and Ricci who still clung to the lead. With four ends to play, they led 17 – 15, but with one end left the lead had switched and was 19 – 17 to Tisi and Mark. In a ripper of a last end, Ricci and Arnie could grab only one shot, so victory went to Tisi and Mark at 19 – 18. All bowlers had their flashes of form, but the standout was Tisi who consistently led well.
Winning skipper Mark Barrow!
In the other game on rink 9, the Salters, Terry and Anne battled against Mandy Challender and Terry Norwood and it was the Salters who won the opening to lead 4 – 0 after two ends. It was then that Mandy and Terry found their touch and they won the next six ends to surge to a 14 – 4 lead. Anne and Terry moved the score to 8 – 14, but by the thirteen the end, Mandy and Terry had taken a commanding lead of 19 – 8. However, the Salters were far from done and, with Anne really firing well, they won four of the next five ends to reduce the deficit to five shots. Mandy and Terry then steadied to have a couple of very good ends and ran out nine shot winners at 25 – 16. The Salters clearly had the better of the short ends, while their opponents took the honours on the longer runs.
In the remaining first round matches, the clashes will be:
Jill Harwood/Ian Duncan Vs Barb Wainberg/Mick Flynn
Reta South/Bob Edwards Vs Alice Moore/Peter Flight
Lynne Boshier/Ash Lewis Vs Elizabeth Shepard/Richard Denman
Brenda Campbell/Robin Staples Vs Jim Neely/Gail Fraser
Shylie Brown/ Dave Charlesworth Bye
Charles Coode/Rowena Coode Bye