The weather was great and we had one rink of pairs and one rink of triples. Winners on the day saw the pairs game with Lead P. Grant and skip P. Wood taking home the prize. Raffle was won by L.Mitchell. A new member (to be) Vicki Herman was warmly welcomed by our members and enjoyed her game with the ladies.

Friday, November 9 saw the first and second rounds of our Past Presidents Fours.

First round winners were G. Riley and M. Naylor.

Second round winners were G. Riley and M.Naylor.

Third round to be held on Friday, November 16.  Good luck to all players.

Birthday wishes to Pam Grant for November 11 and Gail Palmer for November 16.

Due to the Goose’s flying partner all week requiring a better uplift than he could supply, the book results are all that can be delivered which showed the points system decided the Monday results with winners being Tom’s son Danny, Towelling Lewis and Shark Finn from the runners-up in Punter Alan, Cobber Peter and Chef Keith.

The first resting toucher went to Drakular Peter but the $125 jackpot was not won. Sinners and raffle winners were not recorded.

Another fine Thursday saw the lowest winning margin deciding the winners in Towelling Lewis, mayoress Olwyn and Marg Joiner from the runners-up in the Shark couple Chris and Finn and Garry L-Rentacar. 

The resting toucher was scored by Garry but the $151 jackpot was not won. Once again the wrong bias sinners get off scot free and the raffle winners don’t rate a mention. 

Friday night twilight bowls saw 14 bowlers on the green once again, organised expertly by Bruce A1-ken for the winners in Tick Dudley and Ray Over-rod from the runners-up in Duck Moore, Lorraine Happy-son and Brett or Graham and the resting toucher went to Ray.

Lorraine won the Southern Eurobodalla Plumbing $10 door prize and Bob Less took out the Bound 2 Earth Coffee Shop two free cups of coffee. 

The Friday twilight game is open to all over the age of 12, both male and female, so come along and enjoy two hours of fun. Please get your names down on the sign-up sheets by 4.45pm for the 5.30pm start.  

The final of the “100-Up” event between Macedonian Illya (8) and Barry Arminter (12) has been deferred to next weekend so listen out for the time it will take place.

Individual Entry: Thursday, November 8.

The result was decided on ends won plus 3.

The winners were John Zanotti and John Signor with 18 ends, and the runners up were Jim Martin and Dave McCraw with 17 ends.

The jackpot draw went to Steve Hall who was the winning skip on rink 12. Steve did not draw the joker and the jackpot still stands at $500

Championships: Sunday, November 11.

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up from the weekend championship events.

Handicap Pairs winners were Bob Starkovski and Bob Brown, and runners up were Robert Richardson and Steve Gigg.

Mixed Pairs winners were Colleen Beadon and Clive Beadon, and runners up were Milka Starkovski and Ken Nunan.

The Club Junior Singles winner was Stuart Megee and runner up was Nick Tiyce. 

The juniors game was a great demonstration of classic draw bowls with the final result only being decided in the last few ends.

Individual Entry: Monday, November 12.

The winners on ends plus 3 were Michael Voce, Adam Pooley, and Steve Hall with 23 ends.

The runners up were Dave McCraw, Alan Collins, and Graham Jones with 21 ends.

The jackpot draw went to rink 9 with the winning second, Adam Pooley drawing for the joker. 

The jackpot was not won and the $500 carries over to next week.

Tomakin Coming Events

Presentation Day: Saturday, December 1.

Mens club members and special guests are invited to attend our annual presentation day to be held on the first Saturday in December. Keep this date free for a game of bowls, presentation luncheon, and light refreshments.

On Thursday, November 8 round 2 of Minor Singles was played.

Sue Beavan defeated Sally Malone. Kim Giannasca defeated Lyn Hardy. Tania Calder defeated Sonia Frey. Serena Short defeated Jan Shalders.

There were some very close games so well done to all ladies.

FRIENDLY FRIDAY

Winners were Bob from Tathra and Charlie Bird. Runners-up were Noleen Taylor and Jean Beeley.  Money club winner was Pat Bill. No Jackpot won so now at $150 so come along for a chance to win.

All affiliated bowlers welcome to Friendly Friday. Names in by 9am, on the greens at 10am. Dress is casual.

The final Championship for the year is underway with round 1 and 2 matches in the Consistency Singles completed. 

The scoring in this form of the game is different with points being allocated to the four closest bowls – 4 for the closest, 3 for second, 2 for third and 1 for fourth. With 10 points available each end, the winner is first to 150.

After the jack is rolled it is placed on a ‘washer’ and is replaced on the washer if it is moved by a bowl. The game is about consistently drawing to the jack.

Stan Peck continued his excellent form with a good win over Michael Atkinson in Round 1.  Lawrie Riley and Doug Williams had a very close battle until the last few ends when Riley pulled away to win 153 – 127.  Joel Hilliard was too experienced for Marcel Kors.

In the closest Round 1 game Peter Bird needed an extra end to claim victory over Ray Downey.  This game was close throughout. 

Nearing the end the players were locked on 145 all. On the 30th end Downey seemed to have the edge until Bird was able to push his bowl into the head to even the end at 5 all. 

The players were locked on 150 all and needed an extra end. On this end Bird was able to grab a 6-4 result to take out the match.

Stuart Graham and Ron Cox also had a very close tussle. Cox managed to hold the advantage for most of the game but Graham managed to win the crucial last ends to give him a 154–136 victory.

In the second round Peter Bird had another very close encounter with Lawrie Riley. Riley kept his head in front for much of the match but Bird was always in touch. 

He gradually narrowed the gap and on the second last end he levelled at 145 all. Riley held his nerve and had three excellent bowls on the last end that enabled him to win 151-149.

Riley’s opponent in the semi-finals will be the irrepressible Stan Peck who had another impressive victory. This time he accounted for Stuart Graham with another masterly display of draw bowling winning 154-116.

John Monks and Joel Hilliard also had a tight game.  Monks started slowly but by the 10th end he had hit the front.

He gradually built up a good lead. Hilliard remained in the fight and with a late charge he was only 8 points behind with two ends to play.  Monks had the better of the 29th end and this gave him a 151–139 victory.

What a fabulous weekend we all had with a visit from Albion Park bowlers. Lots of fun, friendship and some great bowls.

Weather was perfect so you can’t ask for anything more.

Albion Park arrived in time for lunch on Saturday so all enjoyed a delicious lunch together in Club Tomakin.

After completion of bowls all got ready for the evening ahead. Great company, good food and terrific music.

Sunday started with an early breakfast then onto the green for some more bowls . After lunch and proceedings over our visitors enjoyed the raffles with a few meat and fish trays won as well as money on the wheel.

Heard that Albion Park think we are a friendly lot so will look forward to a return visit there next year. Thanks as always to the committee for organising such a great weekend.