Women’s Match Committee Report

tion on Day 1. Having to wait until Day 3 for her second section draw, she was up against Hailey Packer, Blake Nairn and last year’s winner Russell Bates, with Blake winning the section. – Trevor Orton

Women’s Match Committee Report

Women’s Handicap Triples

In July the Women Pennant bowlers played their annual Handicap Triples event. This had been scheduled for April but due to restrictions in place because of COVID-19 we had to cancel the game.

It is always a pleasure to play in this event meeting up with new team members from different divisions. The weather was perfect, and as usual our greens were in great condition. We played one game of 15 ends in the morning, had an hour for lunch then out on to the green again for our second game. It was a very enjoyable day for all who took part, especially as it brought our women bowlers together again after the re-opening of the club. The winners were Jan Power-Tuke, Barbara Lorencs, and Helen Teasdale. Lee Leach, Denise Odell, and Wendy Flack were runners up with Pauline Marsden, Shirley Palmer, and Carmel Hyde in third place and Pauline Bourne, Jan Siney, and Carol Ford in fourth.

We would like to thank the Club for donating $300 towards our prize money and this enabled us to have four winning teams. Well done to all who took part, we look forward to doing it again next season

Sorrento Success at Innaloo

In June two teams from Sorrento played in the Innaloo six week winter Pennant mixed competition. Unfortunately, the response from other clubs was poor and we were asked to find another four players to make up a composite team as this would allow the competition to

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go ahead. Since we had additional players we were able to assist. The final line up was North Beach, Innaloo, Sorrento, and the Composite team (Innaloo and Sorrento) competing for the trophy, each team comprising 8 players.

This event was seen as a great opportunity to play against other clubs on a synthetic green also for us to take in some Pennant games and give us a taste for our upcoming new season of Pennants starting this October.

The Sorrento teams started off the tournament well with a first week win over Innaloo. By the end of the fifth week we were unbeaten and were on track to win the competition. Our final game started off with North Beach taking the lead in the first two ends. Sorrento never faltering kept their steadiness and took charge of the game from then on, both Sorrento teams holding on to the aggregate to win the last game and end the competition unbeaten.

I would like to thank the players who signed to take part and the players from Sorrento who agreed to play in the composite. Over the 6 weeks, we did have to call upon some substitutes and I would say thank you to these players for stepping up to play when needed. Thank you to Innaloo for hosting this event, hopefully next year more clubs will register to play in what was a very enjoyable experience.

Mixed Handicap Triples

Saturday 19 September we played our annual Mixed Handicap Triples. Twenty-four teams in club uniform took part in this event which was sponsored by Duncraig Plumbing It was a somewhat difficult game

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for most with the weather conditions bringing high winds and the occasional shower making it an effort to control the direction in which your bowl would take on its journey towards the jack. Lots of groans as well as laughter throughout the greens as we watched each other’s attempt to get it right tackling the blustery winds. Despite the weather, our bowlers continued on and we all finished our 2 games of 12 ends. Weather aside it was an enjoyable afternoon and at the finish everyone gathered in the welcoming heat of the Club rooms for a well-earned drink.

Winners on the day with 28 shots up were Peter Snow, Barry Stewart and Carol Ford. Runners up were Stan Van Mosseveld, Robyn Van Mosseveld, and Steve Platt. Thank you to our Sponsor Duncraig Plumbing. We all appreciate your donation towards the prize money.

Divorced Pairs

This was our first game of the new season and was held on Wednesday 30 September. We thank our sponsor for the day – Eyes On Optometrist (Gary Scheckter) for their donation towards the prize money. There was great turn out with three full greens and 72 players. The weather was kind to us and the greens were running beautifully considering the amount of rain we had the day before the event.

Instead of our usual drawing of teams prior to the game, we made it a Blind Draw so everyone arrived at their rinks not knowing who their opponents would be. There were some smiles and some groans but everyone happy to be out on the greens. The format for the day was two games of 14 ends. We played the first game in the morning then took a break for lunch before heading back out onto the greens for our

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second game. Prizes were awarded to: √ Overall winners – Peter Flack and Coral Smith with 4 points for their two wins and a combined score of 37 shots up √ Runners up with four points for two wins and combined score of 32 shots up were Allan Davis and Jan Paniperis √ Am winners Ross Cunningham and Kaye Martin + 35 shots √ Pm winners Trevor Orton and Lee Leach + 28 shots

Congratulations to the winners for a great day of bowls. We finished off with a delicious BBQ of hamburgers and salad this was organised by Ian Lucas and cooked by Alan Susta, and Glenn and Trish McCarthy. Thank you to all of them for their efforts. This contributed to a great day at our Club.

Women’s 100-Up

The format was sectional with 17 players making up five sections of three and one section of two. A lovely October day under blue skies made it perfect with the greens running well. After an alignment round and some close games the four semi-finalists were Pauline Bourne, Lee Leach, Liz Marshall, and Pauline Marsden .

In the first semi Pauline Bourne and Lee traded points on the first few ends until around the 9th end when Pauline took the lead and this continued until the 15th end when Lee caught up, bringing the score to 86 to 84. Both players continued playing well and a very close finish saw Pauline Bourne going on to the finals.

The match between Liz Marshall and Pauline Marsden started off being close but Liz carried on her good form from the morning and went ahead in the game to win a place in the final against Pauline Bourne. 29