Results from the weekend of the 24th/25th October 2019. Actually, the results started on the Friday as the delayed Semi Final of the Club Fours was played on this day. Team Spilker played Team Morales with the Spilker team running out comfortable winners 29-14. Team Morales lead briefly at end 4 by 4-2. However, on the next end the Spilker team scored three shots and continued to pull away to that 29-14 win. Saturday had no Club matches as there were Rookie Pairs in progress. Just 13 members turned out for social bowls on a nice, if little windy day.
Sunday morning was round two of the Club Mixed Pairs. Interestingly the same four teams that had won on week one also won on week two and the order remains the same. Gail Fraser and Jim Neely lead from Sylvia Handley and Kevin Stafford. Third is Brian Porter and Rita South and Fourth Sue Brown and Harold Wall. Full results are in “Draws and Results”.
Sunday afternoon was the Final of the Club Championship Fours. I can do no better than to reproduce Gordon Lewis’s official report of the match.
Titanic display by team Spilker to win the blue ribbon event club championship fours.
Sunday 27th October at Bowral bowling club.
The fours championship was played at 2pm on Sunday.
Noel Fraser Jim Neely Dugald Braithwaite Carl spilker defeated Gordon Lewis Dennis Beaty Stephen Della Ashley Lewis 25-7 .
For a grand final team Spilker was in stupendous form from the moment they put down the first bowl.
On the first end they picked up four and never looked back for the rest of the match.
In fact they left Team Lewis shell shocked .
The spectators who came to watch expected a close match.
But all they were able to witness was the strong team work put in by team Spilker.
After eight ends team spilker had shot to a unbelievable lead 16-0.
At the half way mark team Lewis could not get a break and team Spilker piled on the pressure after 11 ends had the game shot to pieces leading 17-3.
The second half of the match developed into a tighter affair.
But full credit to team Spilker for doing there home work .
They pushed on to finish the final with a 18 shot victory.
On the day Noel Fraser Jim Neely Dougald Braithwaite Carl spilker they did not put a foot wrong they made the bold move to attack early and it payed dividends.
Losing skipper Ashley Lewis in congratulating the winners stated the only bright spot for his side was when the game finished.
Then commented on the clinical display put in by the winning side who were far superior on the day.
The championship fours is known as the blue ribbon event in club titles.
