Thursday, April 8: Pleasant autumnal weather greeted the field of 148 players where Colin Holmes , off a handicap of plus 1, posted 38 points to win on countback from Richard Goodridge, while Geoff Lanham finished with 37 points to edge out David Bennett on countback to take third place - what a list of golfing names ! In B Grade Les Campbell at last returned to the winners' list in registering the best score of the day with 39 points off his handicap of 17, with the minor placings going to Ron Manly and Glenn Thompson from Rosebud on 38 points. C Grade was taken out by Peter Nicholson from Royal Canberra with 38 points off his handicap of 26, albeit on countback from Tony Hunt. Frank Caruana filled third position with 36 points on countback from Ed Haysom.

The nearest-the-pin winners were Glenn Thompson on 3, Troy Erikson from Camden on 9, another Rosebud player , Andrew Walton, on 14 and Michael Pollock on 17, while the ball competition went down to all on 32 points.

Saturday, April 10: A total of 153 players took to the course, with 117 electing to play in the April Monthly Medal and 36 in the Stableford competition. A Grade and also the Monthly Medal was won by dual full member Ken Brown from Moruya with net 69 off his handicap of 10, while a three-way countback on 70 net decided the minor placings with the honours going to Chris Martens from Wangaratta and Hal Fraser with Tracey Mitchell missing out.

In B Grade Bill Baker continued his recent good form with 72 net off his handicap of 19, and again a three-way countback decided the minor placings on 73 net in favour of Perry Pericleous and Graham Tasker with Anton Galloway missing out. In C Grade Alby Donnelly prevailed with 70 net off his handicap of 23, followed by Blake Thornhill and Kathy Roberts on 71 and 72 net respectively. The Stableford was won by David Laird from Kiama with 37 points off his handicap of 4 , while Trish James edged out Lyle Healey on countback to take second place with 36 points.

The nearest-the-pin winners were Mark Lonsdale on 3, Nicole Harris on 9, Mitch Jeffery on 14 and Ben Smith on 17 while the ball competition went down to 76 net in the stroke and 32 points in the stableford.

Sunday, April 11: A good mixed field of 44 players participated in the Walter Norris where a three-way countback was needed to decide the winners on 42 points. Meridie Banson and Mark Bartrop were favoured ahead of Pam and Rod Shepherd and Nicole and Scott Harris. RGI.

An overcast Easter Monday saw 32 bowlers once again scrap-metalized by Doug where the lowest winning margin decided the winners on 9 in the Narooma boys Darryl Badrim, Ken Ring-at-home and Mike Civac-back from the runners-up on 10 in Brett Off-white Pork, Top- card Ace and Towelling Lewis. The only resting toucher was scored by Sailor Brian and the $137 jackpot did not go off nor was there a wrong bias sinner. The lucky losing rink was 10 and good for Dig, Snoopy Leigh and Emberly Footprint and the raffle prizes went to Barry Leg-inter, Ace and Ian East-off.

A slightly overcast and windy Thursday saw only 16 bowlers booked together by Garry L- Rentacar and had the highest winning margin deciding the winners on 13 in Cobber Pete, Chef Keith and Punter Alan from the runners-up on 6 in Marg Ponder and Kath Wiskey and An. The first resting toucher was recorded by the Macedonian Illya but again the $100jackpot didn't go off. Sinner Illya recorded 2 wrong bias with 1 only by Cobber Peter, Tap-back Wooflam, and Gram-back Laker while the raffle prizes organised by L-Rentacar Eileen went to the ladies gospeller Anne, Steal-in Stonely and Lois Mac or Greg. The remaining semi-final match in the major singles between Sienna Don and Par Budin is to be played next Saturday with the final matching the winner against Chef Keith to be played possibly next Sunday. Sunday saw the annual charity Fisho's verses Bowlo's match with a full rink of 43 players. Certain participants wearing a fish on their shoulder told of a close tussle but in reality it was a clear win by the bowlo's for the first time in years which was a bit of a shock to Par B.

Social bowls, April 6: There were sufficient bowlers for a game of fours with the welcome arrival of Alison Maloney last Tuesday. Alison did a superb job playing the lead for both teams. Combining with Sue Waldock, Sue Bender and Gail Palmer (skip) this team got away to a great start, then Pam Grant (skip) led her team including Alison, Coral Read and Betty Greenshields to a score of 10 all after fourteen ends. Then, in a very close finish Pam's team got up on the last end to win by one shot. A very enjoyable game!

Social Bowls Winners' Circle: We had a good turnout on Wednesday with 48 bowlers making up eight rinks of triples. Winners were decided by Highest Winning Margin and this week the winners were John Rowley, Les Waldock and Dennis Maggs (skip) who had a 16 to seven lead after 11 ends and continued their fine form for a 29 to 10 win against Neville Cork, John Voytas and John McNamara (skip). Second place went to Tiger Fryer, Peter Hiscox and Bobby Robbins (skip) who played strongly throughout to lead all the way for a 26 to 11 win against Julie Smith, Bob Murphy and Janet Murphy (skip). Jeremy Seaton has been playing some top bowls of late and showed that again by having the first resting toucher at 12.55, well done Jeremy.

The winners on Saturday were Jim Baker and Mark Mills (skip) who led 11 to seven after 13 ends and just as things were getting a little tight, they picked up four shots on the last end to win their game 22 to 15 against Tony Fryer and Peter Hiscox (skip).

On Sunday we had 26 bowlers for three rinks of triples and two rinks of pairs. Winners were decided by Highest Winning Margin and first place went to Pat Wood, Kaye Whiffen and Janet Murphy (skip) who played some top bowls to lead 14 to four after 11 ends and they continued in that fashion to take their match 30 to 11 against Kathy South, Coral Read and Bob Murphy (skip). Second place went to Jan Rapkins and Pam Grant (skip) who were in fine form and led throughout for a 31 to 13 win against Alison Maloney and Cindy Newell (skip).

Major Singles: Two Major Singles games were played over the weekend. Gary Murane played Peter Dillon and in a high-quality match, Gary showed his consistent best to lead 18 to 14 after 14 ends and he kept up the standard to win the match 31 to 21 against Peter who proved to be a worthy opponent. The other match was between Jeremy Seaton and Dave Herman who both played very good bowls in tough conditions. Jeremy got out of the blocks early to lead 11 to two after seven ends with Dave picking up his game to narrow the margin to 18 to 12 after 19 ends. Jeremy then consolidated his position as he finished strongly to take the match 31 to 17.

Pennant Results: Our Grade 4 Pennant Team were at away to Tomakin on Saturday and were defeated eight points to two, one match to two and 62 shots to 55. Results were - Peter Robson, John Roche, Col Armstrong and David Herman (skip) won 20 to 12; Warren Bender, Tony Palmer, Dennis Maggs and Greg Ryan (skip) lost 13 to 31; and John Redman, Kevin Callaway, Kevin Mitchell and Jeremy Seaton (skip) won 22 to 19.

Our Grade 6 team were at home to Malua Bay and were defeated 9 points to one, two matches to one and 49 shots to 67. Results were - Mick Cavic, Steve Murane, Graham Cummins and John McNamara (skip) lost 14 to 23; Allan Chisholm, Peter Tinson, Neville Butt and Peter Jones (skip) lost 13 to 25; and Darrell Goodridge, John Voytas, Gary Murane and Peter Dillon (skip) won 22 to 19. Our Grade 6 team were at away to Tomakin, to complete the washed-out match, and were defeated 9 points to one, two matches to one and 53 shots to 74. Results were - Mick Cavic, Steve Murane, Graham Cummins and John McNamara (skip) lost 16 to 25; Allan Chisholm, Peter Tinson, Neville Butt and Peter Jones (skip) won 22 to 21; and Darrell Goodridge, John Voytas, Gary Murane and Peter Dillon (skip) lost 15 to 28.