Around the Greens

Obviously synthetic and Tunga found it difficult. It should have been faster than it looked, wind came into play as well and Tunga didn’t adjust.

Needless to say, we were defeated 58 to 46 shots, got 2 points for one rink win and slip down to 3rd spot on the ladder.

Last game before Christmas and Tunga played Corowa Civic at Home.

Saturday B1s – December 14 An early start for Tungamah as Myrtleford had agreed to start at 11am at Tunga’s request.

A bus conveyed this team to ensure all players returned in time for the Community Christmas Party. Perhaps the thoughts were on the party and the bus trip as even though they won two rinks, Tunga went down to a formidable Myrtleford side 71 to 58 shots collecting 4 points they stay in fourth spot.

Now players rest until January 18 when Tunga face Moyhu at home, only four games after we return.

Saturday A3s – December 14

Home to Bright, this was a game Tunga really thought they would win but not to be.

Green was excellent and Bright loved it, defeating us 86 to 74 shots. Tunga got 2 points for one rink and fall out of the four so have a battle on our hands now with only four matches to go.

Happy safe Christmas to all bowlers and your families from Tungamah Bowls Club.

Community Christmas Party

Bowls were over for the day; results didn’t warrant a party but a party it was.

Locals, loyal supporters, bowlers and their families attended this community event. With so many functions on at this time of year the crowd was great, and the club appreciated your attendance.

Santa even called in on his loyal fire truck with lollies, to the joy of the many children who had been happily entertaining themselves.

Adults enjoyed live music in the form of local Yarrawonga artist, Les Brazil who certainly livened the place up with people dancing to 70s and 80s music.

Ham raffle generously donated by Nagles Butchery was won by Kirra Dickins of Yarrawonga.

Boxes of fruit were donated and those attending took advantage of this generosity, thank you.

Bar and free BBQ were active while the table of sweets and icy poles for the kids made everyone happy.

Thanks to those locals that took the time to decorate the clubhouse and surrounds, even the men’s dunny got a makeover.

Thanks to all involved in making the night the success it was.

ClubMulwala Bowls

Midweek Pennant - The A2s had a great win against St. James last week.

Club Mulwala shots 98, points 14. St. James shots 46. Points 0.

The team is sitting 1st on the ladder and look forward to playing Myrtleford at home for the last game of the year.

Best rink on the day was - (S) Brad Mitchell, (3) Geoff Mitchell, (2) Robo Lockwood, (L) Greg Bennett.

The A3s was unlucky last game and lost to Corowa RSL. They are sitting 6th on the ladder. Club Mulwala shots 47, points 2. Corowa RSL shots 66, points 12.

The best rink on the day - (S) Wade McPherson, (3) Betty Richmond, (2) Daryl Richmond (L) and Ray Whybrow.

The team is looking forward to playing against Rutherglen at home for the last game before the Christmas break.

The B2 team travelled to Wangaratta to play against the Wang/Wareena team.

Club Mulwala shots 35, points 0. Wang/Wareena shots 72, points 14.

The best rink on the day was - (s) Faye Cook, (3) Loris Lochhead, (2) Russell Cook, (L) Frank Liberg. The B2s are looking forward to playing against local rivals Yarrawonga for the last game before the Christmas break, now sitting 7th on the ladder, they hope to finish off the back ends of the season with a few more wins.

Weekend Pennant - The A4s had a great win against Benalla at home. Club Mulwala shots 115, points 18. Benalla shots 52, points 0.

The team is sitting 3rd on the ladder and hope to get into the top spot after the next game in the new year. The best rink on the day was- (S) Brad Mitchell, (3) Geoff Mitchell, (2) Daryl Richmond, (L) Robo Lockwood.

The B2 team was looking forward to playing St. James at home as it was ClubMulwala on top of the ladder playing the bottom ladder side.

So, the team was expecting a great win.

Unfortunately, St. James had to forfeit due to lack of numbers. Therefore, the team ended up with a win, with shots 10, points 14.

The B2s are still on top of the ladder and intend to retain this spot.

Club Championships - The Grand Final matches will now take place early in the New Year. Grand finalists are in the ladies- Kay Smith will play against Willy Lockwood, and in the Mens – Brad Mitchell will face Wayne Dowsey in the Grand Final.

The winners of this will go onto represent Club Mulwala Bowls at the Ovens and Murray League Championships.

Pairs Championship - The club pairs will begin early in the New Year. Please have your teams name on the board asap to enter a team.

Pennant Training - Training will resume early January. All pennant players are urged to attend. This is a great opportunity to seek advice and refine your bowling skills.

Saturday morning bowls competition - The competition will resume mid-January. Starting at 9.30am on Saturdays, and overseen by the coach Geoff Mitchell.

Committee Update - Due to the retirement of a couple of committee members for personal and health reasons, the club is very excited to announce the addition of John Walford, Robo Lockwood and Ian Price to the match committee.

The club is very lucky to have gained their knowledge and experience.

The club would also like to welcome Darren Liversidge to the role of secretary for the remainder of the season. Darren has already been very active with administration duties throughout this season; creating the newsletter and distributing emails to members, along with his bar duties.

Welcome to the team.

Sponsors Night – Friday, January 10 2025.

The club is looking forward to hosting all valued sponsors for a fun evening of social bowls, BBQ dinner, drinks and do doubt many laughs.

Yarrawonga Bowls

Weekend pennant:-

A1s - played at home against Kiewa, and Yarra had a very good win with scores at close of day being Yarrawonga 109 shots 16 points to Kiewa 45 shots 2 points.

Best winning team of the day went to Sue Middleton, Shane Maddox, Gary Murnane and Michael Szarbo who claimed victory by 30 shots.

Currently we are in 4th position on the ladder, and looking to play well against some tough opposition after pennant resumes in 2025, to hopefully hold position in the four.

A4s - travelled to Mansfield where the home team were the successful winners; scores being Mansfield 78 shots 16 points to Yarrawonga 64 shots, 2 points.

The only winning team on the day with a win by 6 shots were Mick Dixon, Robert Tait, Mick Reilly, and Keith Allender.

We are now sitting just outside the 4 on the ladder, in 5th position.

B1s - were scheduled to travel to Rutherglen, however Rutherglen were unable to field a team and thereby forfeited the match.

B2s - played away at Beechworth and were not able to get up against the home team, scores being Beechworth 63 shots 12 points to Yarrawonga 47 shots 2 points.

The only winning team on the day was Toni Aceri, Bruce Owen, Graeme Foster and Gary Park who won by 2 shots in a very close game.

Midweek Pennant:-

A1s - travelled to Kiewa where we had some close games and were able to win overall Yarrawonga 59 shots 12 points to Kiewa 51 shots 2 points.

Best winning team of the day winning by 11 shots, was Gary Sanders, Wayne Lowrie, Robbie Wickham, and Claire Sanders.

We look forward to playing local club YMGCR next week and will be looking to have another win to secure our 2nd position on the ladder.

B1s - travelled to Myrtleford and were well beaten by the home side who at the end of the day won 67 shots 14 points to Yarrawonga 41 shots 0 points.

Best losing team of the day went to Bev Norwood, Sam Smith, Pam Dodman, and Keith Allender losing by only 4 shots. Currently we are sitting in 3rd place on the ladder.

B2s - played at Corowa Civic where we were successful winning two games and playing a draw in the third. Score at the end of the day was Yarrawonga 69 shots 13 points, Corowa Civic 54 shots 1 point.

Best winning team on the day went to Kim Silver, Ken Smith, Geoff Hargreaves and Noel Owen.

We are now sitting 2nd on the ladder and looking to play well next week against Club Mulwala to hold on to our position in the 4.

2-4-2 Monday Social Bowls - 8 teams played off in hot conditions with the winning team being Shane Maddox and Gwen Maddox and the Runners Up claimed by Ross Lloyd and Chris Horne.

Jackpot went off and was won by Greg Fisher and Bert Tait.

Annual Christmas Party

The Christmas Party saw a great roll up of 80 plus people and also wonderful to see many of our barefoot bowlers in attendance and enjoying the evening.

As usual all the members contributed in providing a superb, very delicious huge variety of salads to complement the traditional Xmas ham and chicken.

This was then followed by an array of equally sumptuous treats in yummy sweets.

Thank you to Kim Silver who organised the night, but also to so many others who cheerfully volunteered and again “chipped in” to help in numerous ways ensuring our closing event for the year was so successful and enjoyable.

Next Tuesday will be our last pennant game for the year; followed by a holiday break over Christmas and the New Year until January 18 for weekend pennant and January 21 for midweek pennant.

From the club to all our members and their families:-

🎼 We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

YMGCR Bowls

Midweek Pennant

The A1s travelled to Corowa RSL last Tuesday and in the finish, as far as the total shots were concerned, it was a close-run thing.

However, the points won told a different story.

When the last bowl of the game had been delivered it was Corowa RSL 56 shots and 12 points to YMGCR 55 shots and 2 points.

Winning well for YMGCR was the rink of Rhonda Irvine (L), Chris Horne (2), Greg Green (3), and Ian Brimblecombe (S), who won 26 shots to Corowa RSL 14 shots.

The A1s are currently in 6th place on the ladder and after the Christmas break play their next game at home, against Corowa Civic.

The A2s journeyed to Myrtleford last week and for the home side it was a convincing clean sweep; Myrtleford 79 shots and 14 points to YMGCR 47 shots and 0 points.

When midweek pennant resumes after the Christmas break, the A2s host Wodonga at the Golf Club.

The A2s are now in 5th place on the ladder, with a chance of participating in the finals.

Wednesday Social Bowls

The last game of Wednesday Social, before the Christmas break, saw a good showing of 24 players participate. All games were played on the east green, which was running as well as it ever has.

Winning the day’s competition were Les Balfour and Rob Lidgerwood, who shared first prize of $80 and a drink card each.

The winning rink runners up were Neville Coleman and Noel Millar who shared $50.

The losing rink consolation prize of $30 went to Kurt Bleckwehl and Julian Jones.

The first Lucky Number prize of $20 went to Barb Tennyson. The second Lucky Number prize of $10 was won by Julian Jones.

To all those that have played Wednesday Social this year have a peaceful, safe Christmas.

We’ll see you in the New Year. And don’t forget that Wednesday Social Bowls resume on Wednesday, January 8.

Weekend Pennant

Before last Saturday’s home match against Myrtleford, the A1s found themselves in the unenviable position of 8th place on the ladder, so the match had a distinct air of anticipation.

Happily, for YMGCR, after the 84th end it was a welcome, and much needed win for the A1s.

The final score; YMGCR 84 shots and 16 points to Myrtleford 74 shots and 2 points. Blazing the trail for the home side were, Chris Horne (L), Peter Lidgerwood (2), Anne Miles (3), and Ian Brimblecombe (S) who won 28 shots to Myrtleford 11 shots.

Leaving last week’s rink loss well and truly in the rear vision mirror were Laureen Smith (L), Ian Febey (2), Allan Goudge (3), and Gary Presnell (S), who won 24 shots to Myrtleford 17 shots.

In a close tussle all afternoon and prevailing after the last bowl were Rhonda Irvine (L), Ray Brown (2), Greg Green (3), and Julian Jones (S), who won 16 shots to Myrtleford 14 shots.

Going into the Christmas break the A1s are now in 6th place, and after the break play host to Corowa RSL at the Golf Club.

The A3s played host to Benalla and the resounding win gave them an early Christmas present, and doing their chances of playing finals a shot in the arm.

The final scores; YMGCR 107 shots and 17 points to Benalla 57 shots and 1 point. Winning as they pleased were Barb Tennyson (L), Bill Jenkins (2), Cliff Morton (3), and Greg Fisher (S), who made short work of their opposition 22 shots to Benalla 8 shots. Putting their opponents well and truly to the sword were Dog McTier (L), Tony Durkin (2), Bob Evans (3), and Kerry Kinnane (S), who won 34 shots to Benalla 7 shots.

This almost clean sweep sees the A2s head to the Christmas break in 4th place. When pennant resumes, they travel to Bright.

The A5s took on Dederang, at Dederang, last Saturday, and in a competitive match went down to their hosts.

The final score saw Dederang 63 shots and 12 points to YMGCR 50 shots and 2 points. Ensuring that YMGCR didn’t board the bus empty handed were Marie Morffew (L), Jodi Powell (2), Ross Lloyd (3), and Ian Morffew (S), who won 21 shots to Dederang 19 shots. The A5s are now in 7th place and after Christmas, their first essay is an away match against Yackandandah.

Next week we’ll be brining you a wrap up of the Bowls Section Christmas party, and news from the O&M Regionals played at Myrtleford Bowling Club.

Until next week, good bowling.