Results - 20 Sept 09

Opening Day

48 members braved the day to officially open the 2009-2010 bowls season. With 2 greens well under water and the ducks swimming on number 1 green it was Michael, our greenkeeper, and Liz, his trusty helper, that gave us a dry green to play on. We played 2 games and had a lot of fun.

Herbert Plate Results

20 members enjoyed the beautiful weather today to compete for the Herbert Plate.

 Pairs were played and after two completed rounds we had 2 skips (Ramon and Marlene) and 2 leads(Paul D and Ray N) who each had 2 wins.

In the 3rd round Paul and Ray were both well beaten so this left the the plate to be decided between Ramon and Marlene who had drawn to play each other.

Marlene won this match very comfortably so therefore was the overall winner of this years Herbert Plate.

Coming events

Fri 11 Sept:- Jewellery and Perfume sales

Sat 12 Sept: - Team Pairs pre-season Tournament 10.00am

Fri 18 Sept: - Housie evening

Sat 19 Sept: - Opening Day

• 1.00pm Start
• Names in by 12.30pm
• Format to be decided on the day
  
• Whites

Sun 20 Sept: - Herbert Plate Progressive - Club Day

• 12.30pm Start
• Whites

Sat 26 Sept: - Fitzherbert Rowe Open Pairs

• 9.30 start
• $10 per team
• Open to other clubs
  
• Entries close 24 Sept 5.30pm
• whites

Sat 3 Oct: - G & G Mackenzie Mixed Pairs - Club Day

• 9.30am start
• whites

Sat 10 Oct: - Club trip to Paraparaumu

Sun 11 Oct: - Carpet Court

Club Captain Newsletter #2

Hi Everyone

Well it’s not long now before the new bowling season gets under way on Saturday 19 September at 1.00pm. Have your names in by 12.30pm and then a decision will be made based on the entry numbers whether to play pairs or triples. As it’s opening day, whites are a must.

Pre Season Pairs: This Saturday 12th Sept another pre-season pairs tournament of any gender is planned to begin at 10.00am. Enter your pairs team on the list up in the men’s locker room by Friday. Cost is $10 per team and dress code is mufti. At time of writing there was only room for four more teams.

Last Saturday we saw a wonderful day for the first of the two pre-season tournaments. The final result was only decided in the last couple of ends of the fourth round. Doug and Bill ended up the eventual winners with Des and Jacinta, and Scruff and Lynlea very close behind.

Friday Nights: We’ve had some fun evenings recently with Noeleen and Lindsay, and Marty and Kay winning prizes on the Trivia Music evening; Noeleen and Lindsay, Pat and Nancy and Marty and Kay collecting prizes for “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” and the Top Punter competition was won by Joan Smith, heading off nearly thirty other participants. Well done Joan.
Last Friday we had a Housie evening and this will be repeated on Friday week – 18 September. This Friday for members there will be a focus on handmade jewellery and Le Reve perfume – all for sale.

Heard on the Green Last Saturday:
Scruff: “How much am I short?”
Skip: “You ought to bloody well know, you’re closer to it”.

Mates in Bowls:
Our Club begins the Mates in Bowls 6-week tournament on Wednesday 4th November. These evenings are to encourage teams of non-bowlers to share and enjoy the game of lawn bowls.
We will need the help of members on these evenings to support these teams in mastering the basics, to help with the barbeque and help with running this tournament. See Paul Darbyshire for further details.
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Video Tape Library:
Don’t forget the video tape library in the clubrooms. There is free use and there are a wide range of movies and musical videos to entertain you.

Remember the links with information to our non- computerised members

Kind regards,
Bill Anderson
(Club Captain, Ph: 355 9093)