GOLF - Narooma
Thursday, January 21: The early players in the field of 180 were favoured by the conditions and filled most prime placings. In A Grade, Chris Hewitt prevailed with 39 points off his handicap of 13, ahead of three players on 38 points where the spoils went to Hal Fraser and Chris Heath, with Geoff Kirby missing out. Ross Simpson took out B Grade with 40 points off his handicap of 20, with Bob Piper and Ron Manly in the minor positions with 38 points. In C Grade Steve Cummins posted the best score of the day with 41 points off his handicap of 30, three points better than Don Waterfield. Jan Boxsell was third with 37 points on countback from Edgar Kastowsky and Ian Lowe. NTP: Scott Ker on 3, Mark Anderson on 9, Bob Bennett on 14 and Mitch Jeffery on 17, while the ball competition went down to all on 32 points. Saturday, January 23: The field of 175 players found scoring much easier, where almost one-fifth of the field equalled or bettered their handicaps. In A Grade Peter Ward registered the best score of the day with 43 points off his handicap of 11 with Geoff Lanham second on 40 points. Phillip McCormack from Crookwell took third place with 38 points on countback from Craig Milroy from Camden Lakeside. In B Grade Tony Casu came out on top with 39 points off his handicap of 20, with Kevin Seamons edging out Ross Giblett for second place on countback with 38 points. In C Grade Blake Thornhill enjoyed a long-awaited victory with 40 points off his handicap of 29, one more than Stephen Elder from 13th Beach on 39 points. Jan Boxsell completed a great fortnight with two victories last week and two third placings this week when she scored 38 points to edge out Tony Reid and Terry Reid on countback. NTP: Mark Anderson on 3, Don Helmore on 9, Kevin Seamons on 14 and Bill Durnan on 17, while the ball competition went down to 34 points with 17 on the way home. Thursday, January 14: Strong winds made conditions testing for the early players in the very good field of 178, a fact exemplified in the scores recorded. In A Grade Paul Stokes posted the best score with 40 points of off his handicap of 8, one better than Rod Fletcher and two better than Brendan Warby on 39 and 38 points respectively. In B Grade Chris Eardley also recorded 40 points off his handicap of 16, with Karl Knoll second with 38 points and Chris Fondum third with 37 points on countback from Michael Commins. C Grade was taken out by Jan Boxsell with 38 points off a handicap of 25, albeit on countback from Ann Durnan. Denis Davies filled third place with 37 points on countback from Wayne Evans. NTP: Robert Ackling on 3, Brendan Warby on 9, John Hasler on 14 and Geoff Kirby for the second successive week on 17, while the ball competition went down to 32 points with 17 on the way home. Saturday, January 16: 178 players, this time in pleasant conditions. A Grade was taken out by Will Monteith with 40 points off his handicap of 13, with Ricky Falconer one point behind on 39. Jay Goodwin from Bermagui filled out the placegetters with 37 points on countback from Mark Anderson. In B Grade Jenny McIntyre was favoured by the countback in scoring 39 points off a handicap of 20 to edge out Anton Galloway (yet again!), while Chris Eardley secured his second podium position of the week in third place on countback ahead of Wayne Houston on 38 points. In C Grade Jan Boxsell capped a great week with her second victory, this time with 41 points off a handicap of 24. Denis Davies also had his second mention of the week in finishing runner-up on 38 points, while Peter Jones broke a long series of "outs" with 37 points in third place. NTP: Graham Small on 3, Ricky Falconer on 9, Meridie Banson on 14 and Karl Knoll on 17, while Ricky Falconer holed his second shot on 8 to take the eagle's nest. The ball competition went down to all on 32 points. RGI
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BOWLS - Narooma men
January 21 - Social Bowls Winners' Circle: It was a great day for bowls with 52 bowlers making up eight rinks of triples and a game of pairs. Winners were decided by Lucky Rinks and were John Voytas and John McNamara (skip) who had a very close game in the first half where they were all square at 12 all after 17 ends before they attacked the jack to take their match 25 to 14 against Mick Cavic and Peter Jones (skip). Second place went to Peter Hawker, Barry Goodwin and Peter Robson (skip) who bolted out of the blocks to lead 15 to nil after six ends before Scott Kennedy, Tony Cobcroft and Jon King (skip) came back strongly to trail 14 to 17 after 14 ends. Peter's team then consolidated to take the match 26 to 18. Thank you to Rapley's Quality Meat, Narooma Plaza. On Saturday there was only two rinks with the money decided by Lucky Rinks. First place went to Paul Naylor, Billy Wilton and Wazza George (skip), who went from seven to 11 after seven ends to hit a hot run win their game 31 to 17 against Carl Lee, Craig Campbell and Bobby Robbins (skip). On Sunday we had 18 bowlers for three rinks of triples. Winners were decided by Lowest Winning Score and first place went to Jan Rapkins, Cindy Newell and promising skip Darrell Goodridge (skip) who finished strongly after being down four to nine after 11 ends to take the last five ends to win their match 12 to 10 against Olwyn Mayer, Greg Maloney and Peter Dillon (skip). Second place went to Allison Maloney, Sue Wales and John Downie (skip) who had a great, close game against Clare Cork, Merrie Downie/Warren Bender and Bruce Rapkins (skip) and after being one shot up after nine ends, they stayed the distance for a 17 to 15 win.
Singles Consistency Championship - Only one match played this week between John Breust and Graham Cummins with John starting well to lead 62 to 28 after nine ends and he kept his good form flowing for a 100 to 69 win. Fours Championship - The Men's Fours Championship was played with two games on Saturday and the Final on Sunday morning. First round matches were: Peter Tinson, Gary Murane, Jeremy Seaton and Dave Herman (skip) led throughout for a 25 to nine win over Jim Baker, Barry Goodwin, Peter Hawker and Peter Robson (skip); Kevin Mitchell, Rex Dunn, Matt Dunn and John Breust (skip) played Darrell Goodridge, Peter Dillon, Kevin Callaway and Dennis Maggs (skip) in a very interesting match where John's team started well and were leading 16 to 11 after 16 ends but Dennis's team came back strongly to take four of the last five ends and took the match 19 to 17; and Graham Cummins, Tony Palmer, Col Armstrong and Garry Carberry (skip) turned up early and were on 15 before their opponents, Warren Bender, John Voytas, John Downie and John McNamara (skip), got on the board. Garry continued to steer his team well and they ran out 25 to 12 winners. The Semi-finals were played with Mick Cavic, John Redman, Neville Butt and Les Waldock (skip) playing Darrell Goodridge, Peter Dillon, Kevin Callaway and Dennis Maggs (skip). Les's team led early, if only narrowly, with the score being 11 to nine after 14 ends but then Dennis's team took over until Les picked up one shot to even the score at 17 all after 21 ends. An extra end was played and the NMC Fours Champions for 2021 was up against Dave Herman's team and Garry and his team were on fire as they led all the way for a 28 to seven win over Dave Herman's team. The final was on Sunday with Mick Cavic, John Redman, Neville Butt and Les Waldock (skip) playing Graham Cummins, Tony Palmer, Col Armstrong and Garry Carberry (skip). Garry and his team played top bowls early to lead 14 to two after 11 ends but Les and his team produced some top shots to get to 14 to 18 with two ends to play. In a great final two ends Garry and his team picked up five shots for a 23 to 14 win. Congratulations to Graham Cummins, Tony Palmer, Col Armstrong and Garry Carberry (skip) for playing so well and taking out the title of the NBC Fours Champions of 2021.
Narooma women
January 19: It was a lovely day for social bowls, sunny with a good cross breeze. 'Lowest winning margin' was drawn to select the day's winners. A very close game was played on rink 4 where Sue Sansom, Lorraine Mitchell and Jean Vos (skip) were on equal scores on several occasions including the last end against Betty Greenshields, Clare Cork and Marg Naylor (skip). A countback declared Marg's team the winners, having won more ends. A good game! Sue Sansom won the meat raffle, thank you to Rapley and Son. Heather McGourty celebrated a special birthday, hope you enjoyed your day.
Novice Singles - Contested on Thursday and Friday, the novice singles is a round robin event between our newer bowlers and four competitors played three games each. Alison Maloney got off to a good start with wins against Julie Smith and Sue Sansom. On Friday Alison continued bowling well to claim the game against our promising junior bowler, Ella Breust. Winning the Novice Singles competition with 3 wins, Alison Maloney played consistently good bowls, well done. Julie Smith was runner-up winning two games. Congratulations ladies, a great competition. Bitmoregrass
Dalmeny men
We were saddened to hear of the passing of one of Narooma's great characters and club man in Jim Grant. Vale Jim and thanks for the sponsorship, memories and maybe a few of your "jokes". Thanks all who bowled mixed games in the Christmas/New Year break: 32 Monday bowlers, again well organised by the Adams Family boy Ken and the LWM was the game decider - those on 2 in the Goose and BIL Paul Saunders, from runners-up on 9 in Pommie Pete, Bruce Cover-Outs and Barry Arminter. VP Pete scored the first resting toucher. The lucky losing team on rink 12 was Snoopy Leigh, Ron Heaven-less while the raffle winners were Snoopy, Peter Her-hen and Emberley Footprint; 24 bowlers got underway on Thursday in fine conditions with the L-Rentacar man Garry issuing the cards and the HWM marble came out for the winners on 17 in Rabbits Ken, Graham or Brett and Gary Rum-back Aine from the runners-up on 6 in Chef Keith, the other Flying Pete and Punter Alan. Shark Finn scored the first resting toucher. The wrong bias sinners of the day were Illya and Dine-back Brooker while the raffle well organised by the Kath Whisky-An had winners in herself, Brett (again) and Ian East-Off. Sad to hear Cobber Dudley was in Moruya Hospital. Warm conditions tempered by the southerly change saw 24 twilight bowlers expertly organised by Brett. Buzz Saw and Micko were winners. Those aged 12 and older welcome on Fridays for 2 hours of fun bowls. Sign on under the notice board. Pairs format (but single entries accepted), 5.30pm, registration by 4.30pm.
