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Nagambie Mens Golf

27 February e nearest the pins went to ' e Legend' Barry Cryer on the 3rd, David Sudholz made good on the 8th, a welcome return for the rst time this year was John James taking out the 13th and Graeme Galvin as he does regularly smashing it to the 16th. Next week's golf will be a monthly medal stroke event with B. Cryer on o ce duty and T. Baldwin in the bar.

A big weekend in golf for the Nagambie golf club was run and won, Friday a ernoon saw 36 player's or 9 teams compete for the Costa Mushroom's sponsored 4 person Ambrose, the winning quartet were Jason Lavryssen, Rhys Shepherd, Phil Neville and Tim Baldwin completing the nine holes in a 2 under par 34 to record a winning net score of 28.13 some big bombs from the tee and solid puting ensuring the win. Many thanks go to our sponsors Costa Mushrooms and all that attended the summer series of ambrose events, we hope to do it all again next summer. e good turnouts continued on Sunday with a large eld rolling up for a stableford event in magni cent late summer conditions, the course was in good order which allowed 11 players to nish their day 36 points or better. However there can only be one winner and that was the ' Murch East Mauler' Jim Ewart with 40 points, Ewart described his day as consistent with large chunks of luck saying negotiating his way from one fairway to another and missing all the trees in between was the luck well done Jim. Runner up with a stellar round of 2 under the card but unfortunately losing on countback was Michael Roberts with 40 points, playing o the low handicap of 3 and compiling 40 points is a good day. ird place went to visiting golfer from Canberra Andy Boyd obviously taking a liking to the Nagambie course with 39 points.

6th March e March monthly medal brought out the best in the big eld with four players producing scores of net 70 or better. But it was Ben Cassar with the stand out round of the day going low with a 79-14-65, shooting two birdies in his opening nine holes, this then set Cassar up for a big nish a red hot putter helped provide the winning result with playing partners saying he could not miss when on the greens. Runner up was Murchison golfer Bob McAdam playing some smart golf with a 96-28-68 McAdam worked the ball beautifully around the course , third place went to 'the wild thing' Rhys Shepherd with the local crowd pleaser carding a respectable 92-24-69. e nearest the pin prizes went to David Sudholz with a ripper on the 3rd, Greg Whiteman nding form on the 8th, Lindsay Hall caressing one to the 13th and Rhys Shepherd controlling it at the 16th. Next week's golf will be a stableford event with D.Love on o ce duty and J. Lodding in the bar

Nagambie Women’s Golf

Results Wednesday 22nd February

We had 14 players for a round of Par. e A Grade winner was Irene Keogh with +1. e B & C Grade winner was Ronda Richards with +5 e 9 hole winner was Karyn ompson with +3 on a C/B from Ronda and Annette Mills . 18 hole balls down the line went to Ronda +5, Marg Harrison +4 and Karyn +2 9 hole balls down the line went to Karyn , Ronda and Annette all with +3 ere were no N/P winners.

Chicken Run Results ursday 23rd February e winner was Terry Clonan with 22pts on a C/B from Chris Roberts. e smile went o Terry’s face when he lost 2 strokes o his handicap.

N/P on the 3rd was Cathy Lawrence and on the 8th Shaun Bryant

Avenel Bowls Club

MIDWEEK PENNANT – Division 3

In the last home and way game for the season Avenel had a three rink win against Nagambie 16 – 81 to 0 – 60. Finishing only four points outside the top four, that is season 2022/23 done and dusted for Avenel division 3 mid-week pennant.

Winning sixteen ends Nyoli Bell, Jenny Furletti, Graham Lewis, Geo Hateley (s) won 33 – 19. Nagambie threw out a challenge on the 19th end with a ve to come within three shots of the lead. However, Avenel refocused and won the last six consecutive ends for the well-deserved win.

Fay Hateley, Kate Donovan, Grace Kenworthy, Noel Slater (s) were six down on the 13th end a er Nagambie won eight of the rst thirteen ends. Avenel won the next ve ends to lead by six. Nagambie fought back to draw even with one end to bowl but Avenel won the last end and the game 23 – 22.

Pam Pedder, Rob Kemp, Spud Furletti, Dennis McGregor

(s) were down six shots on the 21st end. Scoring twelve shots over the remaining four ends including a six on the 23rd end was a gallant e ort for a come from behind win 25 – 19.

WEEKEND PENNANT - Division 7 e only winning rink for Avenel was Ron Harrison, Rusty Schwab, Spud Furletti, Brett McDonald (s) ey came from behind to take the lead on the 12th end with a four. en were seven up on the 19th end when the Stanhope lads won four consecutive ends to be one behind. In a tense nal end skip Brett McDonald drew two perfect bowls through a crowded head to rest millimetres from the kitty nudging out Stanhopes best bowl giving Avenel the win 21 -18.

A mighty e ort for the Avenel team to a secure a win against Seymour to claim fourth place on the ladder and a place in the nals in the last game for the home and away season. e nal score was Avenel 14 – 54 to Seymour 0 – 21.

Kyle Pedder, Ruth Underwood, Glen Bell, Graham Lewis (s) went hard early winning nine of the rst ten ends to be up 17 – 1. Never losing their momentum for the entire game, they continued with excellent form winning 16 of the 21 ends for an outstanding victory 27 – 7.

Showing equally good form Nyoli Bell, Marion Gittus, Charlie Kemp, Rob Kemp (s) won een of the twentyone ends played including seven consecutive ends mid game. Topping o a consistent game they won six of the last eight ends for an impressive win 27 – 14.

Next Saturday Avenel play Eildon at Hill Top in a must win semi- nal.

WEEKEND PENNANT - Division 3.

Avenel travelled to Stanhope where the home team needed a win to secure a top four position and to play nals. Job done for Stanhope winning 16 – 120 to Avenel 2 – 86.

Norm Billingsley, Jenny Furletti, Howard Geldard, Josh McDonald (s) lost 22 – 24 but not before putting up a ght. Stanhope led for the entire game bar three ends where the scores were even. Continually nipping at their heels, Avenel scored a four on the 22nd end to come within two of Stanhope. But the hosts answered back with their own four and held onto to the two shot margin for the win.

Quickly down 1 – 11 by the 6th end, Ruth King, Kate Donovan, Grace Kenworthy, Noel Slater (s) toiled away to reduce the de cit to 2 by the 16th end. A telling 7 – 2 end wins by Stanhope gave them the win by ve shots, 15 – 20.

George Pedler, Pam Pedder, James Wall, Jake Wall (s) lost 16 – 39. Incurring a fourteen-shot de cit early, they chipped away to reduce that de cit to eight at smoko. Stanhope had a purple patch scoring twelve shots in three ends immediately a er smoko. From there Stanhope were too good and increased its lead to win by 23 shots.

Good luck to all the Avenel bowlers playing in nals this week. Midweek division 5 play Rushworth at Nagambie and Weekend division 7 play Eildon at Hill Top.

07 March 2023

AVENEL BOWLS CLUB

MIDWEEK PENNANT – Division 5 e scores were even four times in the rst eleven ends for Nyoli Bell, Marion Gittus, Glen Bell, Graham Lewis (s) Winning eight of the remaining ten ends, they stamped their authority on the game to come away with the win, 23 – 12.

Avenel played Rushworth at Nagambie in the rst seminal last week. A er a close tussle all game Avenel were ahead when it counted the most and won the game 44 – 36.

With Graham Lewis’s rink nished, Charlie Kemp’s rink was eight down with two ends to bowl and Avenel were only three up overall. With the game poised to go either way, Kemp steered his Charlies Angels team of Marg Harrison, Robyn Hyland and Ruth Underwood to win the last two ends scoring ve shots. ey lost the game 21 – 24 but the strong nish sealed the overall win for Avenel in an exciting nish.

Avenel played Euroa in the preliminary nal at Nagambie yesterday. Results to be published in next week’s paper.

WEEKEND PENNANT - Division 7

It was a disappointing one-shot loss for Avenel in the knockout semi- nal last Saturday against Eildon 37 – 36. Both rinks fought out close games and with one end to play the scores were even. Eildon toughed out a close victory to win the last end and the match by one shot. Well done to the Eildon team for its disciplined e ort from whoa to go to see out a determined win.

Nyoli Bell, Marion Gittus, Charlie Kemp, Rob Kemp (s) had a handy lead on the 8th end and went into the lunch break three up but lost six consecutive ends in the second half. Eildon took the lead on the 19th end and won the game 16 – 14 in a come from behind win.

Kyle Pedder, Ross Sinclair, Glen Bell, Graham Lewis (s) won 22 – 21. e game was tight all day with the scores even ve times including the 17th end. Avenel scored a ve on the 18th end, but Eildon answered back winning the next two ends. e overall scores were even with one end to play and whoever won the last end secured the win for their club. Eildon got shot bowl early and it survived all kinds of attack from Avenel to hold on for the one-shot end win and the match for Eildon.

Avenel are running a barefoot bowls program for the next three Friday nights. Bring your family, bring your neighbours, bring your friends for a fun evening of bowls. Tuition and equipment provided, and the bar will be open, and a light snack will be served a er bowls. No need to make a booking, just turn up for a 6.30pm start. Enquiries to Kate Donovan (m) 0425 307 230

Nagambie Cricket

e highlight of the past fortnight was the Under 14 Grand Final win over Karramomus. Under the guidance of coach Bo Harrison the team was undefeated for the season. Batting rst Karramomus was dismissed for 51 with Flynn Bush claiming two wickets in an impressive team bowling and elding performance. Nagambie lost two wickets in the run chase with Archie Harrison 15 retired and Ryan Ezard 13 retired the top scorers.

e B Grade side needed to win the last game to ensure nals action and produced their best batting performance for the season. An opening partnership of 115 with Brad Smith 59 and Dale Short 69 was followed by Blair TaylorLloyd 50 not out and Blake Ezard 33 not out in the total of 2 for 232. Old Students were restricted to 9 for 199 with James Brook snaring 5 for 30.

Last week the team travelled to Waaia to play the top side in an elimination nal. Captain Will Ulrich led the way with 57 combining with Brad Smith 26 in an opening stand of 61. Blair TaylorLloyd remained 57 not out in the competitive total of 6 for 174. e run chase was evenly poised throughout with James Brook claiming three early wickets and Jesse Rule three wickets late. Waaia held rm in an exciting nish losing seven wickets with an over to spare. It was a commendable e ort in an even competitive division a er a winless prior season.

E Grade required two wins in the nal two games to claim second spot and a home nal. In week one Mooroopna were dismissed for 82 with Trent Gladwin taking 4 for 14. Jeremy Ezard anchored the innings with 40 in the victory, losing six wickets in the process.

Last week e A Grade side required results to fall their way and win their match with a bonus point to make the nals, neither happened. Old Students were dismissed for 152 with Brock Boddington, in his nal game, claiming 4 for 29 for an impressive season tally of 20 wickets @ 12.1 average. Chasing victory in 35 overs to claim a bonus point, wickets fell at regular intervals with Tyrone Muir top scoring with 36 in the 127 total. It was the rst time in ve seasons in the Shepparton competition that the team has not featured in nals action. e presentation night is at the Recreation Reserve on Friday March 24. Starting at 5.30pm, meals from 6.00pm and trophy presentation from 7.00 pm. Cost $5 per person.

Katandra were bundled out for 96 and in reply Nagambie chased down the total for the loss of two wickets with Shami Khan remaining 48 not out. A home nal at the Recreation Reserve against Katandra this Saturday awaits with the winner advancing to the Grand Final.

Nagambie Little Athletics

Last Saturday we had our Round 2 Championships. On the program was – Hurdles, 1500m , 200m High jump, long jump, triple jump, vortex and shot put. We had many kids smashing PB’s which will earn them points towards becoming age champions at the end of the season. Congratulations to our weekly ‘Sportsmanship’ awards. Reminder that we have next week o – Saturday 11th March due to the long weekend and then the following Saturday 18th March will be our nal meet and nal Championship Round.

We will be celebrating our end of season with a BBQ on Friday 24th March where all Little Athletics families and sponsors are invited to come down from 5pm. We will also be presenting age champions on the night.