WOMEN’S BOWLS
Pennants
Due to the Presentation evening, I will include a full report on the Women’s Pennant competition in the October report.
Deb Folkard
MEN’S BOWLS
Men’s Triples Championship
The Triples Championship, which is contested by randomly selected teams, commenced on 6 July. Despite getting off to a slow start, Laurie Watson, Bob Dunn and Tige Lidbetter finished strongly to defeat the much-fancied team of George Waddell, Col Agar and Terry Hayes by 22 points to 19 and progress to the Final. Darryl Goodger, Jingles Chittick and Nathan Bezant had a much easier run defeating Tom Froggatt, Steve Kellett and Rob Folkard by 24 points to 13.
The Final, held on 24 July, was an absolute nail-biter. Laurie Watson, Bob Dunn and Tige Lidbetter played Keith Pepper, Mark Power and David Badger in a game that could have gone either way. With the scores locked at 24-all on the 24th end, David Badger’s team scored two points on the final end to win the Championship by 21 points to 19.
Challenge Singles Competition
The Challenge Singles and Challenge Pairs competitions are handicapped events in which participants are handicapped according to their perceived skill level.
In his first match of the Challenge Singles Bob Dunn had to give George Waddell a four-point start. Nonetheless, Bob won the match by 26 points to 23. I won my first game against Steve Kellett to progress to the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Bob Dunn started with a one-point advantage over me and I was very lucky to win the hard-fought match by 25 points to 17. Immediately after the semi-final I had to turn around and play the final against Col Agar as the annual presentation night was on that evening. Col started with a two-point advantage but soon raced away to a nine-point lead. I took a long time to get going but by the twentieth end the scores were locked at sixteen all. Thereafter, Col’s consistency came to the fore and after 29 ends he eventually won the match by 26 points to 21. Congratulations Col.
Challenge Pairs
In the final of the Challenge Pairs, Bob Dunn and I had to give Keith Pepper and Col Agar a six-point start. Bob and I started slowly and we remained behind on the scoreboard until the 18th end when we drew level at 19-all. Fortunately, we came good at the right end of the game and won the match by 24 points to 20 after 21 ends.
Presentation Night
The annual joint Men’s and Women’s Presentation Night was held on 27th July at the Berry Bowling Club after Social Bowls and at the conclusion of the Men’s Challenge Singles competition. This year’s event was very well attended by over 40 bowlers and a special guest, Mr Steve Munce of the South East Region Match Committee, was on hand to present some of the major awards.
Photographs of Kangaroo Valley residents who received awards are attached to this report. In addition to the awards covered by these photographs, the following KV residents also received other awards:
Laural Ferrington – Winner of the Minor Singles and Runner-up in the Minor Pairs (featured in the August edition and not in attendance at the Presentation night);
Bob Dunn – in the Winning Club Fours Team;
Gillian Portener – Runner-up in both the Major Minor Pairs and the Major Pairs;
Deb Folkard – Winner of both the Major Minor Pairs and Major Triples and Runner-up in the Major Singles; and
Rob Folkard – Runner-up in both the Mixed Fours and the Challenge Singles.
For the first time there were two special awards, known as the Magpie Awards, given by the Men’s Club to members for outstanding service. This year I am very proud to say that one was awarded to Deb Folkard and the other to Keith Pepper.
Social Bowls
20 July – Mark Power and Tige Lidbetter 17 – David Badger and Terry Hayes 16.
24 July – Dave Shaw and Jingles Chittick 22 – Graeme Hook and Bill Chittick 21. Derek Raymond and Rob Folkard 20 – Col Agar and Terry Hayes 13.
27 July – Skippy Chittick, Enid Hall and Steve Kellett 31 – Derek Raymond, Sue Sheil and Lindsay McNamara 15. Irene Dunn, Deb Folkard and Terry Hayes 33 – Margaret Hayes, Bill Chittick and David Badger 12.
31 July – Russell Tulloch and Bob Dunn 33 – Derek Raymond and David Badger 18.
3 August – Deb Folkard and Jim Abbott 19 – Irene Dunn and Tom Froggatt 6. Bob Dunn and Paul Bezant 35 – Col Agar and Rob Folkard 24.
7 August – George Waddell and Bob Dunn 26 – Derek Raymond and Rob Folkard 15. Laurie Watson and Lindsay McNamara 26 – Bob Burney and Jingles Chittick 13. Darryl Goodger and Tom Froggatt 31 – Ron Nelson and Bill Chittick 27.
10 August – George Waddell and Skippy Chittick 19 – Bob Burney and Tom Froggatt 12. Bob Dunn, Jingles Chittick and Terry Hayes 21 – Derek Raymond, Mark Power and David Badger 10.
Rob Folkard
