Last Saturday July 29 our club held its presentation night of trophies to the winners and runners up of our club Major and Minor Championships for the 2022/23 bowling year. A great night was had by all who attended.
Championship Results
Men’s Handicap Singles: winner – Gregg Maxted; r/up – Chris Lawler.
Men’s Minor Singles: winner – Leith Basset; r/up – Matt Shorten.
Men’s Minor Pairs: winners – Glenn Fuller & Leith Basset; runners up – Neale Holt & Allan Gough.
Men’s Major/Minor Pairs: winners – Matt Shorten & Gregg Maxted; runners up – Des Clarke & Tony Lickiss.
Major Championships results
Men’s Championship Fours: winners – Barry Elder, Gary Harrison, Robbie Power, Allan Knox; runners up – Bob Tierney, Ken Foster, Tony Dalton, Craig Dalton.
Men’s Championship Triples: winners – Gary Harrison, Robbie Power/Bill James, Keith Garner, Tony Dalton; runners up – Jamie Blanchard, Garry Gumbleton, Jason Ryan.
Men’s Championship Pairs: winners – Gary Harrison & Allan Knox; runners up – Robbie Power & Keith Garner.
Men’s Major Singles Championship: winner – Leith Basset; r/up – Gary Harrison.
Men’s Club Person of the Year: Jamie Pye.
Men’s Most Improved Bowler: Leith Basset.
Mens Bowler of the Year: Gary Harrison.
Our Club Major Singles Championship for 2023/24 is also well under way with first and second round matches having been completed over the last two weekends.
Results for Round 1 matches
Tony Lickiss def Brian Napper 25-19; Col Clarke def Harold Gibson 25-19; Matt Shorten def Keith Garner 25-21; James Pye def Ken Foster 25-12; Allan Knox def Terry Glass 25-13; Jamie Evans def Ray Marchant 25-10; Wayne McLeod def Peter Madden 25-14; Mark Walsh def Rod Shorten 25-8; Jason Ryan def Robbie Power 25-12; Greg Taylor def Neale Holt 25-15; Chris Teare def Paul Goratschow 25-11; Allan Gough def Ivan Beverley 25-13; Leith Basset def Gregg Maxted 25-24; Robert Ulrick def Lee Bond 25-15; Gary Harrison def Gary Ahrens 25-19.
Results for Round 2 matches
Chris Teare def Wayne Mcleod 25-19; Mark Walsh def Ken Ainsworth 25-9; Robert Ulrick def Gary Harrison 25-17; James Pye def Col Clarke 25-23; Allan Gough def Matt Shorten 25-7; Greg Taylor def Allan Knox 25-23; Tony Lickiss def Jason Ryan 25-21; Leith Basset def Jamie Evans 25-20.
This means we are down to the last eight (quarter finals) in our Major Singles Championship for 2023/24. At the time of writing, three of the four matches will be played this Saturday August 5, with the fourth quarter final being played by prior arrangement on Wednesday August 2. We wish all remaining eight players the best of luck.
Social bowls
We had forty players on the greens on Friday July 28 with the winners on the day being Ken Foster & Terry Glass; runners up went to Paul Sutton & Gary Ahrens, while the Consolation prize went to John Stacey & Darren Brown. First ‘Resting Touchers’ for the day went to Paul Goratschow on green 1 & Robbie Power on green 2. Our three ‘free game winners’ were Leith Basset, Jeff Fuller & Peter Hooker.
Finally, a reminder that nominations for our Club Pairs Championship for 2023/24 are now open. Please consider and nominate your team ASAP.
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