All matches during the week comprised three games of 12 ends. In the Women's Pairs there were two three game winners with the team with the highest winning margin of 22 shots being Helen Dudgeon and Carol Zimach (skip) from Tuggeranong in the ACT. Second place with a margin of 20 shots went to Gwen Awty and Bernadette O'Dea (skip) from Queenscliff and third place with two wins and a draw and a margin of 22 shots went to Joan Roche and Val Howie (skip) from Dalmeny.

On Tuesday the Men's Pairs was played and with 32 teams entered we had the unusual sight of having eight rinks per green to fit everyone in and didn't it look colourful and busy. Visitors made up 22 of the teams. There were five three game winners with prizes to the top three teams. First place went to Lyal Allen and Bruce Gatford (skip) from Rye, in Victoria, with a winning margin of 28 shots, second place went to Allan Holloway and Greg Wale (skip) with a 27 shot margin. Third place went to Stan Wisby from Braidwood and Kel Brandhoj (skip) from Lakes Entrance, with a margin of 15 shots.

There were 32 teams in the Men’s triples, played on Wednesday, with 20 of those teams filled by visitors with players coming from as far afield as Geelong to the south and Sydney to the north. After the three rounds of 12 ends were completed there were five undefeatedeated teams with a one shot margin separating the first three place getters. Coming in first with a winning margin of 29 shots were the Queenscliff team of Les Awty, Bernie O'Dea and Dick Clark (skip). Second prize went to locals Dennis Maggs and Ralph Redhead combining with Bodalla skip Bruce Hancock with 28 shots winning margin and third place went to Allan Holloway, Narooma's Greg Shanahan and Greg Wale (skip) with a margin of 27 shots.

There were 16 teams in the Women’s triples with only one team winning the three matches. First place went to visitors Gwen Awty and Bernadette O'Dea (skip) from Queenscliff pairing up with Margaret Hood from Geelong RSL Bowling Club with three wins and a margin of 11 shots. Second place went to Val Thomas and Di Ziebell (skip) from Tomakin with Joan Roche from Dalmeny with two wins and a margin of 20 shots closely followed by Barbara Dudman and Phyllis Harrison, from Shoalhaven, and Sandra Breust (skip) from Narooma, with two wins and a margin of 19 shots.

On Friday there were 16 teams in the Mixed Fours event with eight teams filled by visitors. There were only four teams with three wins and in first place with the highest winning margin of 41 shots were locals, Sandra Bloch and Leila Gosper teamed up with Gary Beves and Bruce Hancock (skip) from Bodalla. In second place with a margin of 15 shots was the Narooma team of Margaret Naylor, Sandra Breust, Mo Hinds and Gary Breust (skip) with the Tuggeranong team of Carol Zimoch, Helen Dudgeon, Joe Zimoch and Lloyd Dudgeon (skip) with a margin of 11 shots taking out third prize.

The final day of the carnival saw visitors filling 18 of the 32 teams of Mixed Pairs. This proved to be a close competition with five teams winning their three matches. The winning team with a margin of 34 shots was the Narooma husband and wife combination of Bev and Keith Bowater (skip). Second place went to Margaret and Kel Brandhoj (skip) from Lakes Entrance with a margin of 27 shots with the Merimbula pairing of Kerrie and Phil Burns (skip) taking third place with a margin of 21 shots. Special mention to Helen Donovan and Keith Pickett (skip) who also had a winning margin of 21 shots but lost third place on a countback.

Club President Warren Bender brought proceedings to a close and thanked Major Sponsor, Ray Gale of the Apollo Units for his continued sponsorship, it is most appreciated. Tournaments need lots of background support and so a thank you to John Downie the Tournament Director, to all the umpires and the able assistants, Merrie Downie, Neville Mitchell, Sandra Bloch, Pat McNamara and Barbara McNamara who put in lots of hours to keep the show on the road. Thanks also to the Narooma Women's Bowling Club members who also helped so generously and to the staff at Club Narooma who kept all the local and visiting bowlers satisfied with your friendly service. Finally a great thank you to the hard working greens staff for the great job they have done with the greens, they ran extremely well throughout the week.