State Championships - Women's & Men's Finals

Women's State Championships:

The final of the singles was played at St Johns Park BC with Gloria Clifton (Nowra) def. Louise Witton (Neutral Bay) 31 - 26 to take out the title.

Men's Champion of Club Champions - State finals:

Play will commence on Monday 3rd November at Raymond Terrace BC with the singles on Monday & Tuesday and the pairs on Wednesday & Thursday.

Our Zone representative in the singles is Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights) and he comes up against Gordon Cox (Pennant Hills) in the first knock out round on Monday. All the best Peter!

Our Zone is represented in the pairs by Dallas Cole & Kent Price (Coffs Ex-Services) who will meet Ken Lester & Ben Lee (Maclean) on Wednesday - keep up the good form guys!

Details will be posted on the RNSWBA web site - click here for details

Women's State Finals - Singles update

Lynne Thompson in action at Port City

The first round and quarter finals of the State Singles championships were played today at St Johns Park BC.

Port City's Lynne Thompson defeated Judith Cooke, Goulburn Railway, in the first round 31 - 27.

In the quarter finals Lynne was up against Corinne Crouche, Merrylands. The game, judging by the score, must have been a real thriller with Corinne taking it out 31 - 30 to progress to the semi finals. I hope husband Ron survived the game in "reasonable" shape!

The semi finals, to be played tomorrow (Wednesday) will see:

Corinne Crouche (Merrylands) vs. Gloria Clifton (Nowra)

Louise Witton (Neutral Bay) vs. Deby Brien (St Marys RSL)

For up to date results during the day click here for the St Johns Park BC site.

Well done Lynne - we are all proud of you at Port City!

Women's State Finals - update

Lynne Thompson - Port City

The women's state finals are continuing at St. John's Park with the finals of the Pairs now completed and the singles starting tomorrow (Tuesday 28th Oct.)

In the pairs the North Haven team of Joyce Mitchell & Joyce Marandaz went down in a close game 20 - 21 to the pairs from Valentine. Valentine progressed to the finals but were defeated by the highly ranked team of Jessica Watkins & Karen Murphy from Cabramatta with the scoreline 27 - 20.

The singles starts tomorrow (Tuesday 28th October) and we wish all the best to our Port City representative Lynne Thompson in the first round. We know that husband Ron will be hiding somewhere in the background cheering Lynne on to do her best!

Results are available on the St. John's Park BC web site - click here for details.

Women's State Championships - 2008

Lynne Thompson

Beth Schubert

The Women's State Championship finals are being played at St. John's Park Bowling Club and Port City is very proud to have teams in the final 16 in the singles, triples & fours. Results to date are as follows:

State 4's:

The Port City of Fay Schollum, Lois Bishell, Barbara Barrett & Lynne Thompson won their first round defeating Warners Bay 20 - 12. Progressing to the quarter finals they were defeated by Wollongong RSL 19 - 15. St. John's Park took out the final in the fours 21 - 9 against Riverstone.

State Triples:

The Port City team of Carol Bowman, Lois Bishell & Beth Schubert went down in the first round 22 - 15 against Tura Beach. Tura Beach progressed to final but were defeated by Cabramatta 28 - 9.

Stated Pairs:

The local team from North Haven, Joyce Mitchell & Joyce Marandaz, will be competing in the initial round tomorrow on Sunday 26th Oct.

State Singles:

Port City's Lynne Thompson will be playing Judith Cook, Goulburn Railway, in the first round on Tuesday 28th Oct. All the best Lynne and we're sure that husband Ron will be in the background cheering you on!

What a great effort for the Port City teams and North Haven to reach the state finals!

Results are published on the St. John's Park web site - click here for details.

Champion of Club Champions - State Finals

Peter Taylor - Kempsey Heights

Kent Price (left) & Dallas Cole - Coffs Ex-Services

The RNSWBA has announced the draw for the 2008 Champion of Club Champions Singles and Pairs to be held at the Raymond Terrace BC from Monday 3rd November until Thursday 6th November.

The round of 16 (State Zone Champions) will contest the State Title with a knockout draw.

The Zone 14 Singles representative is Peter Taylor, Kempsey Heights, who is having a great year with a win in the State Fours a couple of weeks ago. Peter comes up against Gordon Cox from Pennant Hills (Zone 10) in the first round on Monday 3rd Nov.

The Pairs representatives from Zone 14 are Dallas Cole & Kent Price, Coffs Ex-Services, who meet Ken Lester & Ben Lee from Mclean (Zone 1) in the first round on Wednesday 5th Nov.

All the best to our Zone 14 representatives.

Details of the complete draw and results are available on the RNSWA web site - click here for details.

Australian Open - Qualification now in NSW

Bowls Australian has made a major improvement in the format for the Australian Open to be held on the 15th - 21st February 2009.

Local players now have the opportunity to qualify at a venue in our Zone rather than spending the time and money to travel to Victoria for the qualification rounds.

Click here for details of the NSW venues including West Coffs in Zone 14. Proposed dates for Coffs Harbour are the 20 - 28th November 2008.

With the quality of players from Zone 14 that we have seen in the 2008 State Championships as well as previous year's winners I would hope that some of our local players, both men & ladies, take this opportunity to compete in the rounds at Coffs.

Full details including an entry form are available on the Bowls Australia web site. Please have a look at the general article with links on their site if you have interest - click here

WBC - Minor Pairs Final

Kerry Bolsover & Pat Morrison

The final of the Women's Minor Pairs was played yesterday with Kerry Bolsover & Pat Morrison taking out the title 23 -12 against Adriana Cutler & Brenda Burge. The scoreline was not indicative of the high standard of bowls played by both sides.

Kerry & Pat live next door to each other - they’ll be able to share the trophy over the fence.

Congratulations to both teams for reaching the finals.

Many thanks to Anne Connell, publicity, for the photo and details.

Cory Daley - State Singles Champion

Cory Daley (left) & Runner Up Aron Sherriff

The following is a release from the RNSWBA regarding the great win by Cory.

"29 year old Cory Daley from Park Beach BC stunned the NSW Bowls world with a 31-30 win over Aron Sherriff in the 2008 Cabramatta NSW State Singles final.
Little known outside the Coffs Harbour area before the win Daley has now announced that he is a bowler to be reckoned with, by grabbing the State’s most coveted championship.
Daley started his campaign with a 31-17 win over Ryde X Phoenix bowler Matt Dedini, and then fought back from an early deficit to beat 1998 Runner Up Stephen Ashdown (Harbord). Daley then overcame Adam Lee (Nyngan) 31-25 in the semi final.
Sherriff began slowly in his first match before storming home to beat Sean Sommerville (Penrith) 31-19 before accounting for Mark Menzies (Armidale City) 31-20 in the quarter final.
Sherriff then accounted for Brody Pitham (East Cessnock), who had taken beaten Sherriff in the Pairs just two days before, Sherriff taking the singles honours 31-22"

Thanks to the "Royal" for the photo and write-up.

Port City Handicap Triples

John carefully lining up his shot

Height, or lack of it, isn't everything in bowls.

Our BBQ specialists, Reg & Bob

Jai keeping a careful eye on the action

The members only Handicap Triples was held yesterday at Port City. Everyone was a winner with ideal weather conditions, free running greens & good friendly competition.

Additional photos from the day are available in the bowls photo albums - click here to view. The "slideshow" option is suggested to view the album.

State Championships - more good news in the singles

Our Zone 14 representative, Cory Daley from Park Beach has taken out the State Championship Singles crown.

Cory won the semi final yesterday 31 - 25 against Adam Lee (Zone 4) then went on to win the final against a highly favoured Aron Sherriff, Zone 15 (Halekulani) 31 - 30. Judging by the score it must have been a close match.

Further details and a write up will no doubt be available from the RNSWBA on Monday.

Well done Cory!

State Championships - Good News in Singles

Our Zone 14 representative Cory Daley, from Park Beach, has won his first 2 rounds today at Cabramatta to progress to the semi finals tomorrow.

In a close match in the 1/4 finals Cory defeated Stephen Ashdown, Zone 9 (Harbord) 31 - 30.

In tomorrows semi finals he is drawn to play Adam Lee, Zone 4 (Nyngan) and hopefully will progress to the finals on Saturday afternoon.

For details click here for the RNSWBA site.

Thanks to the RNSWBA and Cabramatta for the reporting on this event.

If anyone has a photo of Cory please email me on bmsmith26@gmail.com so I can include it on the next posting.

NSW State Championships - update

Play in the State Championships Pairs today saw Colin Baldwin & Mark Prior, Westport (Zone 14) go down to Terry Bryans & Ron Pearman, Nowra (Zone 7) 21 - 13.

On Friday the 17 the singles start with Cory Daley, Park Beach (Zone 14) playing Matt Dedini, Ryde X Phoenix (Zone 10) in the first round. All the best Corey from all your friends in Zone 14!

Full results are available from the RNSWBA web site - click here

Thanks to the "Royal" for their reporting on these events.

State Championships - 2008

Terry Burley, Roger Gill, Craig Howard & Joel Bourke

Joel Bourke - Kempsey Heights

The Kempsey Heights team of Terry Burley, Roger Gill, Craig Howard & Joel Bourke (skip) has stormed home to take out the State Fours title 17 -16 against a highly ranked team from Maitland City with Clayton Parker, Sam Twing, Shannon Michael & Nathan Michael (skip).

Well done guys from Kempsey Heights and Zone 14. For additional details click here for the RNSWBA posting

In other games the Zone 14 winners from Park Beach went down in the triples in the quarter finals to Zone 8 from Young 31 - 20

In the State Pairs we have Col Baldwin & Mark Prior from Westport playing tomorrow the 15th Oct. followed by Corey Daley, Park Beach in the singles on the 17th & 18th Oct.

2008 Senior State Test - final day

Steve Srhoy (WA) & John O'Neill (NSW)

Bryce Stewart, right, accepting trophy for NSW

NSW wins the 2008 Senior State Sides Round Robin by a 1/2 rink win over WA. The "Blues" needed a win today against WA and 2 rink wins to take out the test played at Tweed Head Bowling Club.

John O'Neill (Port City) led the NSW side to victory with an impressive 23 - 10 while Brian Harriott had the other rink win for NSW 26 - 14.

The final ladder shows:

NSW: 6 match pts., 8 rink wins, margin +69 shots.

WA: 6 match pts., 7 1/2 rink wins, margin +69 shots

VIC: 4 match pts., 9 rink wins, margin +73 shots

QLD: 4 match pts., 5 rink wins, margin -33 shots

TAS: 0 match pts., 0 rink wins, margin -178 shots

John O'Neill did well in the tally for the skips and was 4th with 3 wins and a margin of +29 shots over the test. Well done John!

Full details are available on the THBC web site - click here. Many thanks to the Tweed Heads BC for their excellent reporting including progressive scores and the photos.

2008 Senior Test - day 2

The second day of the interstate senior test at the Tweed Heads Bowling Club has seen NSW lose their lead on the ladder and the competition has tightened up with results as follows:

Play this morning saw Vic. defeat NSW 83 - 38 with 3 rink wins and WA defeat Qld. 68 58 with 2 rink wins and a tie.

Afternoon play saw Qld. defeat Vic. 58 - 48 with 2 rink winn and WA defeat Tas. 101 -25 with 3 rink wins

The ladder now shows WA in the lead with 6 match points., VIC second with 4 and NSW with 4, Qld. have 2 and Tas. 0

The final round tomorrow will see Tas. up against Qld. and WA playing NSW. Vic have a bye.

Play tomorrow will decide the winner of the test and in may go down to rink wins and margin.

For full details check out the Tweed Heads BC site - click here.

Thanks again to the Tweed Heads BC for their excellent reporting and photos.

2008 Senior Test - day 1

Bryce Stewart & John Archer - NSW

The first day of the test has seen NSW take out two decisive match wins together with 6 rink wins to take the lead over VIC & WA into tomorrows play.

Full details are available on the Tweed Heads Bowling Club's web set - click here for the test results and many more photos.

Thanks to Tweed Heads BC for their excellent reporting and the photos.

2008 Senior State Sides Round Robin

John O'Neill - Port City

The 2008 Senior State Sides Round Robin championships will be held at the Tweed Heads Bowling Club from Tuesday 7th - Thursday 9th Oct.

John O'Neill, one of the top players from Port City, has been selected to skip one of the teams in the NSW side.

Check out the Tweed Heads BC posting for this event for full details and results - click here for the Club's usual top job on their web site.

WBC Minor Singles - 2008

Rebekah Ramsay - Minor Singles Champion 2008

The final of the Minor singles was played to-day between Rebekah Ramsay and Judy Scholz.

It was a very good game with some excellent bowls being played. Rebekah came out the winner and at only 14 years of age it is a splendid achievement. She is the youngest in our club to have won the minor singles.

I'm sure we'll see more of Rebekah, congratulations.

Thanks to Anne Connell - publicity for the WBC

Qld. Bowler Magazine now online

Queensland Bowler goes hi-tech (Monday 29th September, 2008)

The following is a posting from Bowls Australia and Bowls Queensland regarding a great new innovation with their bowls magazine now online, page by page, for reading over the internet. Click on the link below and have a look - well done to Bowls Queensland!

"One of the nation's leading bowls publications is now available online (read more)...

One of Australia's leading bowls magazines, the Queensland Bowler, recently entered a new era by launching its first online edition.

Exactly 31-years after the first RQBA Bowler rolled off the press, Queensland’s state magazine is now available at the touch of a button.

Readers can flip through the current issue, catching up on all the latest news and views from the world of lawn bowls.

Or, if they’ve missed something in a previous edition, easy access to the Bowler archive allows them to quickly track down the article they’re after.

Bowls Queensland chairman Brian Stewart is a big fan of the new online Bowler.

"I think it’s the best thing since sliced bread," an enthusiastic Stewart said.

"It’s another very important tool in our continuing endeavours to move with the times and bring bowls to the wider community.

"It’s very handy for bowlers, many of whom have access to the Internet these days.

"They can read the magazine, print out pages, or email articles of interest to their friends anywhere in the world.

"Together with our new website I think it is a major leap forward for the sport in Queensland."
There is no special program or fancy hardware needed to read the online edition.
All you require is a computer with internet access and a thirst for some of Australia’s best bowls coverage and you’re ready to go.

And for all those bowlers who like to sit at the bar and flip through their copy of the Queensland Bowler each month....never fear.

Bowls Queensland will continue to publish its print edition, which will be distributed free of charge, as always, to clubs throughout the state.

Click here to see the inaugural online edition of the Queensland Bowler. "

Thanks to Bowls Australia & Bowls Queensland