Last Saturday we had 19 starters in the 3rd Round of the Championships sponsored by Steve & Jenny Ward. The best score in  A-grade surprisingly by Josh Coen with a return of some form with a 66 nett from the consistent Jamie McKinnon with a 68 nett on a count back. In B-grade it was Mick McKean with 67 nett from Steve Ward Ward on 68 nett. C-grade was won by Peter Treseder with 64 nett from Col Shepherdson with 66 nett. NTPs 9th Geramy Seymour & 10th Greg Barling.

On Sunday in the 4th & final Round sponsored by Peter & Daniel Treseder we had 20 starters. Jamie McKinnon continued his great form to win  A-grade with a 66 nett from Tony Harding with a 69 nett. in B-grade Ron Green proved too good with a 67 nett on a count back from Chris Harding. In C-grade Col Shepherdson had 68 nett to win from Dudley Alcorn on 69 nett.

So after 4 rounds the winner of the  A-grade Scratch was Tony Harding with 280 from Duane Mann with 296. In the  A-grade Handicap it was Jamie McKinnon with 265 from Tony Harding on 268.  B-grade Scratch champion is Chris Harding with 336 from Ross King on 343. In the  B-grade Handicap it was Chris Harding on 280 from Geramy Seymour on 284. Peter Treseder won the  C-grade Scratch with 350 from Col Shepherdson on 352, Peter also won the  C-grade Handicap with 258 from Col Shepherdson on 276.

Next Saturday we have a 4BBB Medley sponsored by the Geriatrics & Sunday is also another 4BBB.

COLD WEATHER INTERFERES PLAY

Last Wednesday the cold weather forced the postponement of the weekly Gerries golf competition.

Fortunately the Gerries had their annual golf trophy day scheduled for Saturday 22nd and this was highly successful, A total of 45 players turned up for the event which offered trophies for 4BBB competitions for ladies, men and mixed combinations. The weather was kind to all players and some good scores were recorded.

In the ladies section the winners were Marg Kelly and Gail White with 48 points from Robyn Jones and Wendy Jeffery on 45 points. The Mixed event went to Tony and Judy Barlow on 46 from Vince and Pedro Ferrari 43. In the men's division the winners were Ashley Bullock and Dudley Alcorn with 47 points on a countback from John Butcher and Bob Fletcher. In all a very pleasant afternoon’s golf with special thanks to the ladies who provided tasty treats for all players after golf. The Gerries also thank Club Captain Peter Treseder and the Golf Club staff for their help on the day.

This afternoon the Gerries will play a 4BBB stableford on the back nine with the hit off at the usual time of 2.30am. See you all on the tee.

Wednesday July 19 would have been the coldest day of the year with sleet like showers passing every hour. There were 10 players badly needing a game of golf that day, who started in a Par event with Richard Duff’s kindly donated Narromine Butchery Trophy.

Only 4 players managed to finish 18 holes the other shower dampened 6 retired after 9 holes.

Narromine Butchery Trophy winner and A grade was no other than Vicki Gainsford +4. Vicki was also the winner of both nearest pins on 9th & 17th every putt went in for Vicki that day.

B-grade was won by Robyn Jones all square. Dale Harding won only Optional Ball with -1. The drawn card went to Bev Woods. Raffle also kindly donated by Narromine Butchery won by the lucky Marj Kelly. Saturday 22nd July a warm winter afternoon saw 45 players attend Geriatric’s 4BBB event.

A field of 19 Ladies and 26 Gentlemen. Of 16 Ladies saw Marj Kelly and Gail White win the Ladies section with a massive 48 points. Runners-up were Robyn Jones and Wendy Jeffery with 45 points. The Mixed section saw Judy and Tony Barlow winners with 45 points.

Runners-up were Peta and Vince Ferrari 43 points winning on a count back from Terese and Neil Haley 43 points. Vicki Gainsford won nearest Pin 9th and Peta Ferrari won nearest pin on 10th. August 2 will see 1st round of Burgess Cup along with Carole King’s Trophy.

Saturday August 5 a Stableford event In memory of Sandy Mack. Trophies kindly donated by Judy Barlow & Kirsty Wettenhall.

Sunday August 6 is Dunedoo Open Tournament. August 9 will see 2nd round Burgess Cup. Saturday 12th August will be 5th round Monthly Medal. Cobar Open Tournament Sunday August 13.

Congratulations to Robbie Stanford our 2017 A-grade singles Champion. Robbie defeated Robert French 31/23 in what was an enthralling battle over some 34 ends. No doubt the turning point of this match was the little flurry of shots scored by the champion on ends 25 thru to 28, which saw Robbie go from leading just 19/17 to edge out to a handy 28/17 lead from which point he was able to maintain, despite a mini rally from Frenchy to get back to 23/28 but two ends later it was all over, after Robbie again rallied and won consecutive ends to ensure this championship was his. Well done to both players, the window tappers were plentiful, and certainly got their monies worth as well.

The B-grade singles will kick off this Saturday with 4 matches to be played commencing at 1.30pm. Game 1 features “Rabz” Macqueen up against Joey Mikulic, game 2 will see Geoff Anderson & Trent Jacobson do battle, game 3 sees Paul Hilder up against Ben Clark, with Brian Payne & Codey Anning set to clash in game 4. The following Players are required to mark a match on Saturday afternoon, namely Geoff Bohm, Mick Wright, Jimmy Daley & Legs Hartas.

Social Bowls this week saw smallish fields take to the green, which no doubt was probably due in some way to the “pleasant” weather conditions we have been experiencing of late, but never the less those who got out and about no doubt enjoyed the camaraderie at least. A full wrap of both days play went something like this: Thursday saw Noel Delboux, Bob Ashdown & Danny Carnevale defeat Don Gibson, Des Lincoln & Don Sullivan 20/13, scoring some 16 points along the way, whilst in the pairs game it was John Heterick & Terry McDonald who prevailed 28/13 over Clifton Harris & Peter Cross which resulted in the winners scoring some 14 points along the way. Thus come presentation time the Triples team of Noel, Bob & Danny atop the podium, whilst the jackpot was too hard to find this time around. Sunday morning a couple of pairs matches resulted in Bob Ashdown & Bill Wilkie defeating Peter Kelly & Lionel Ayoub 20/12, whilst in the other contest it was Trevor Mullins & Clifton Harris just getting over the line 12/09 against Arthur Williams & Legs Hartas.

The club house was rocking on Saturday night with a good crowd in attendance who certainly enjoyed the dulcet tones of Maurice and his karaoke, judging by some of the reports this scribe received Sunday. There will get a chance to do it all again in the upcoming months with the Club having live entertainment in conjunction with the Upcoming “GUB” Thorne Day on August 26, and also hopefully during our annual Triples Tournament in November and who knows we may something in between as well, so it might be wise to  keep those dancing pumps as well as the vocal cords lubricated.

Speaking of “GUB” Thorne Day, the nomination sheet for this day is filling up fast with just 8 team spots left, so if you’re a mind to play in this event might be best to get your team sorted sooner rather later to avoid missing the boat so to speak. For the record this day is on Saturday 26th August, kicking off with breakfast around 7.30am, an official opening ceremony around 8.30am and then three games of Bowls, with a buffet luncheon squeezed in there somewhere as well, and all for $40.00 per player. With some great prize money to be won this day’s popularity will no doubt result in the house full sign being posted.

GROUP 11 RESULTS

FIRST GRADE

DUBBO CYMS 14 (Brad Pickering, Maika Serulevu, Kieran Cubby-Shipp tries; Alex Bonham goal) defeated DUBBO MACQUARIE 4 (Wade Peachey try).

PARKES SPACEMEN 38 (Jordan Pope 2, Brendan Tago, Jake Porter, Sam Dwyer, Chad Porter, Brandon Paige tries; Moran 5 conversions) defeated DUBBO WESTSIDE 24 (Tyrone Blanchette 2, Steve Merritt, Peter Mackay tries; Brayden Peachey 3, Paul Kelly goals)

NYNGAN TIGERS 24 defeated FORBES MAGPIES 16

NARROMINE JETS 40 defeated WELLINGTON COWBOYS 34.

RESERVE GRADE

DUBBO MACQUARIE 18 drew with DUBBO CYMS 18

DUBBO WESTSIDE 22 (Sam Coe 2, Alf Smith, Stevie Merritt tries; Kieran Hill 2, Brayden Peachey goals) defeated PARKES SPACEMEN 6 (Ricky Newham try, Luke Clarke goal)

NYNGAN TIGERS 23 defeated FORBES MAGPIES 10

WELLINGTON COWBOYS 34 defeated NARROMINE JETS 12.

UNDER-18s

DUBBO CYMS 24 (Matt Burton 2, Kenny Johnston, Bayden Searle, Jack davis tries; Burton 2 goals) defeated DUBBO MACQUARIE 16 (Dylan Carr, Jai Merritt, Gregory Kennedy tries; Merritt 2 goals)

PARKES SPACEMEN 46 (Ben Glasheen 2, Darby Medlyn 2, Sam Davis 2, Bailey Jones, Stuart Kennedy tries; Cooper Nielsen 6, Medlyn goal)

WELLINGTON COWBOYS 34 defeated NARROMINE JETS 16

FORBES MAGPIES 24 defeated NYNGAN TIGERS 18.

LEAGUE TAG

DUBBO CYMS 34 (Tash Watts-Tehiko 2, Shanae Daley, Kimberlee Gordon, Nicole Grose, Demi Wilson tries; Kaitlyn mason 5 goals) defeated MACQUARIE RAIDETTES 16 (Erin Sutherland, Logan McKena-Maidens, Caitlin O'Connor tries; O'Connor 2 goals)

DUBBO WESTSIDE 18 (Natasha Fuller, Sabrina Fernando, Kyla Wilson, Kyeka Hill tries; Tarlee Roberts goal) defeated PARKES SPACECATS 14 (India Draper 2, Sami Afele tries; Claire Barber goal)

WELLINGTON COWGIRLS 18 defeated NARROMINE JETS 14

FORBES MAGPIES 52 defeated NYNGAN TIGRESSES 6.