BBC BROADCAST WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7th (Terry Norwood at the desk)
A few reminders to begin with:
- Bowlers are reminded that the AGM of the Men’s Bowling Committee will be held on Sunday August 18th at 10am. All financial bowlers are invited to attend.
- The BBC Ltd is calling for nominations for three vacant positions on the Board, the positions of Vice-President, Social Board Member and Bowling Club Member. Elections will be conducted in September, so members are encouraged to think about who they wish to have on the Board running the Club and get the nominations organised.
- The first BBC bowls event of the 24/25 season will be the RSL Shield starting on Saturday the 17th of August. We still need some pairs to nominate, so come on fellows, let’s make sure we fill the four teams.
- Bowlers are reminded that bowls on Wednesday September 4th will be a mixed triples day commencing at 12 noon. On offer will be a new trophy celebrating the inauguration of bowls in Bowral as well as the inception of Women’s Bowls 85 years ago. The cost of $20 will go towards green fees, trophy, spot prizes and some food.
Social Bowls
Thirty-five bowlers turned out on what was a perfect day to be on the green. There was no wind to speak of and, although the Waratah Green is very slick at present, the surface wasn’t playing any tricks. And, bowlers were pleased to welcome newcomer to the green in Jim Larkin.
In a triples game on rink 8, Joel ‘Grr’ Hunt, Harold ‘stentless’ Wall and Mick ‘potters’ Flynn took on Graham Hartnup and Joe O’Donnell. With Joel in superb form as lead, Mick’s team overwhelmed the opposition in the first half of the game and had them gasping for breath. They led 16 – 3 after ten ends and then 24 – 5 after sixteen, and all that they tried turned to gold . . . well shots! However, a change came and it was fairly stunning! On ends 16 to 20, Joe’s team scored thirteen shots to come from oblivion to within reach of victory with one end to play. However, unfortunately for Joe and his men, it wasn’t to be. The wind suddenly dropped from their sails, they lost the last end and went down 18 – 26. If only their run had come earlier! And, if only Joel hadn’t bowled so well . . . and if . . .
In the 18-ender, John Fleming, Keith ‘the fox’ Edwards and ‘junior’ Cummins battled for honours against Bill ‘the’ Pope, Neville ‘re-kneed’ Tanner and Paul ‘ricochet’ Rubie, Paul’s team had the better of the first few ends, but a handy four on the sixth end had junior’s team in front 7 – 6 something about which he was very chirpy! Paul’s team then hit back hard and by the eleventh end had a solid lead themselves of 14 – 8. Junior then got the whip out to good effect, and with one end to play he and his men were within three shots and breathing fire. However, Paul’s team held firm, extinguished the charge and took two shots on the eighteenth end for victory at 19 – 15. In his first game back after knee surgery, Neville was the star of the game. He was a real nuisance to the opposition who were thankful that he’d only had one knee done!
On rink 10, newcomer Jim Larkin, Don ‘gentleman’ Chapman and Terry ‘PNE’ Norwood faced off against Ted ‘Mr Ed’ McPhee, Peter ‘ambi’ Flight and the irrepressible Chris Forrester. Team Forrester won the first three ends but by the completion of the fifth their lead had been reduced to one shot. Chris and his men then had the better of the next few ends so that by the tenth they led 11 – 7. And then came the end that swung the score . . . with some excellent bowling, team Norwood clustered the jack, held them in place and scored a six! They followed with a two but by the sixteenth end their lead had been narrowed to a single shot. Winning four consecutive ends however gave them some breathing space and they got home 22 – 18. And Ted McPhee insisted that it be known that his opposing skipper had a solid game.
In the next game, Grahame Denman was swing bowler for Barry ‘smurfel’ Werfel and Bob ‘wily’ Edwards on the one hand and Mike ‘fish’ Hook and Arny ‘Rosie’ Lenczuk on the other. Bob’s team had the better of the opening ends to lead 7 – 2 after five and they seemed to have matters under control. However, with plenty of chat from from Arny, his side fired better and by the eleventh end had reduced the deficit to 9 – 12; and then a three on the thirteenth followed by two singles saw them in front 14 – 13! Never-say-die Bob then cracked the whip and his team grabbed a four on the next end to reclaim the lead. However, the decisive end was the eighteenth . . . Arny’s team netted a massive six shotter, shot to the lead, and, despite dropping a couple of ends after that, held on to win 23 – 20 in a close, hard-fought game.
On rink 12, Wal Markow, Col ‘Hawaii’ Stone and the evergreen cobbler Gordon Lewis tussled against Alex Christlo, Paul McInerney and Dave Charlesworth. And it seems that Dave and his boys caught the opposition napping as they won the opening six ends to bounce out to a very solid lead of 11 – 0. Despite being stunned, Gordon then rallied his team and they won five of the next seven ends. However, as they only notched up singles, they still languished well behind team Charlesworth. And, a little further on just when they thought matters couldn’t get worse when trailing 7 – 17, the opposition racked up a five shotter! They did go on to win the last three ends, but Dave’s team held on to a very impressive ten shot lead to win 22 – 12. All of team Charlesworth bowled well but none was better than the skipper himself who had a fine game.
In the match on the outside rink, Jill Harwood, Graham ‘jockey’ Hunt and Mike ‘phlegmatic’ Holmewood did battle against nonagenarian Bill Meredith, Denis ‘rowdy’ Lees and Richard ‘denman’ Denman. In the opening, shots were at a premium in this match and the scores were locked at 3 all after five ends. This tightness continued throughout the first half and there was only one shot difference after ten ends; 7 – 6 in favour of Richard’s team. The game-breaking end turned out to be the twelfth when Mike’s team notched up an eye-watering six shotter. This had their opposition reeling, tottering, breathless . . . well, certainly something from which they were not able to recover, because, when time was called after eighteen ends, Mike’s team was very comfortably in front at 19 – 10. There were some good bowlers in the game, but Jill was back to fine form as lead for the victors.