BOWLS
Lawn bowls State pennant playoffs
Initial matches played on Saturday morning were between, in section one; Cabramatta and Bega, Sylvania played Grenfell Section 2; Maitland City and Ashfield, Bourke against Figtree RSL Section 3; Merrylands and Tumut, Avalon Beach played Burwood Colliery at Inverell East. At RSM Kootingal played Kew and Lennox Head took on Ettalong Memorial.
At the end of the day Cabramatta came out on top of Bega 71/51 while Sylvania defeated Grenfell in a tight game 55/51, Maitland City won against Ashfield 87/42, Figtree only just defeated Bourke 56/52, Tumut defeated Merrylands 57/52, Avalon Beach went down to Burwood Colliery 57/55 while Ettalong accounted for Lennox Head 60/50 and Kew took out Kootingal 59/47.
Cabramatta defeated Sylvania in an outstanding game 66/56 in the second round and then easily accounted for the Grenfell side in the third round 63/41, to run in as section one winners with 6 points +52.
In section two Maitland City and Figtree were tied on 4 points but Maitland City won on Margins +53 to +15.
Section three Burwood Colliery won undefeated on six points +31, but section four could not be decided until the last end of the last game as 3 teams were tied on four points. Kootingal +31, Kew +26 and Ettalong on -12. Kootingal won on margins.
In the semi-finals Maitland City prevailed over Cabramatta in a nail biting finish, 52/47. The undefeated Burwood Colliery ran into a determined Kootingal who were worthy winners at 66/51.
Kootingal and Maitland City battled out the final yesterday, which was taken out by Maitland City 56/53.
Everyone has been high in their praise of a wonderfully run carnival, the magnificent greens and the friendly welcome they have all received. It has been a magnificent pennant final.
INVERELL EASTS
I think Leo Parker might be coming into form for the major/minor pairs coming up shortly. He combined with David Morgan to win the Thursday event with +19. No other social bowls were possible due to the State lel=vel 3 playoffs. Weren’t they a roaring success. Everyone was high in their praise of the greens, our club, the food and the overall organization. The board would like to congratulate our manager Katie, the staff and all the volunteers for a wonderful job over the weekend. Inverell will benefit I’m sure as all our visitors were very impressed with the town and its friendly atmosphere. Not many would know that our shire council put up the money to have the event staged here. In fact 7 rural councils organized to have a state playoff in their locality. It was money well spent. Coming events will see the Champion of Champions Singles being played at Bingara on 11th August at 9.am. S.Hamilton will play R.Berghofer and P.Breen
(Bingara) will play I.Briggs(Moree). The final is at 1.10p.m. The champion of club champions pairs will be played at Warialda on 18th August. The draw is M.McCosker/M.Butler to play C.Walton/ d.Milgate and K.Skaines/N.Woodcock vs.S/Griese/D.Farrell at 9.10 a.m. The final will be played at 1.10 p.m. The Rookies singles will also be played on the 18th and we wish Frank Kiem and Caleb Heagney all the best in this event. At a club level we welcome our new Bowls Coordinator, Adam Ross who is keen to become more involved in the club scene. We wish him well. Nominations are now open for the following events. Details are on the board. Club Mixed Pairs, Major/Minor pairs and A.E.R. mixed pairs all to be played in September. Get your entries in please. Special mention should be made of our Secretary manager, Katie. She worked tirelessly over the weekend, Her organization was magnificent and she received several job offers from clubs who wanted to take her home with them. Come and see us and Inverell East, the club on a roll. Congratulations for a wonderful effort to R.S.M.’s fours who were narrowly beaten in the State playoffs at Orange, (Silver is still very good) and Gold to Warialda who were undefeated in Winning the State level7 title.
RSM BOWLS
Thursday Social winners were R Schieb and J Kreskay and runners up S Luxford and L Bienke. Jackpot was not won. Last weekend the RSM No. 4 Pennant Team travelled to orange to contest the State Playoffs. In round 1 they defeated Greenacre from Zone 12 in Sydney, Round 2 defeated Seaforth from Zone 9 in Sydney and Round 3 defeated Swansea from Zone 2, Newcastle. This gave them the section win and a spot in the semi-finals where they would face the home town favourites, Orange City.
RSM got off to a slow start but by the half-way mark were clawing their way back, and held a slender lead at the 48th end. RSM then held multiple counts on all three rinks only to watch all three Orange skips convert on all rinks with their last bowl to take a 1 shot lead. The crowd support for Orange came to the fore and lifted the home team to a 66-58 win. Orange City from Zone 4 then went on to win the State Flag defeated Barmedman from Zone 8, 75-51. The RSM team can be proud of their efforts on reaching a State Semi-Final. Congratulations to Warialda who played in the No 7’s at Port Macquarie and came back as the State Pennant Champions. A great effort by the Little Club.
A big thanks to those who ran the No 3 Playoff hosted by Inverell. There are too many to tank, but from all reports things ran very smoothly, so well done to all those who helped out at both RSM and Easts. Best of luck this weekend to Russell Berghofer who plays in the Champion of Club Champions Singles being held at Bingara and also to Ashley Gentz contesting the Rookies Singles at Uralla. Social Bowls will be played Saturday afternoon at 1pm with dress mufti. Sunday morning August 12, RSM will host its President’s Day. A sheet is on the board for those wishing to play.
INVERELL WOMEN'S
There was no social bowls last 31st July due to EGD association . Three of our members have attended the first region 3 friendly games at Wee Waa this week R Slattery , K Wilson & P Yee.
There are invitations on the club board for Bingaras Patrons Day , EGD Versatility day , on 21 st August at Inverell Women's , Nancy Kent Day Tuesday 28 th August it will be reverse triples ,&Ashfords Patrons Day , please check the board & enter your teams.
Consistency singles entries close at 12 midday on Tuesday 27 th August at 12 noon & will commence on Thursday 6 th September they will also be played onTuesday 11 th & Thursday 13 th there will be am & pm play. We wish all the pennant players traveling toFoster Tuncurry for the State pennant play offs good bowling. Winners of social bowls this week were 7 th August were M Hawton , B Emerson & N Kent congratulations
GOLF
INVERELL GOLF CLUB
Last Saturday was the Howard Finlen sponsored monthly mug and the winner was Luke Bourke with 64 net. A grade went to Mick Viney on 65 net while B grade was taken out by Rod Jones with 66 net. C & D grade had Dick Hudson in front with 76 net. Nearest the pins were Rod Jones, Jason Shaw, Mick Fox and Alex Livingston. The ball competition went back to 71 net.
Sunday was The Marquart Jug qualifier which was proudly sponsored by John & Simon Green and Hotondo Homes. Of the 31 pairs that contested the event the 4 ball stroke the winners were Matt Sutton and David McLennan with a great score of 58 net. Gavin Baxter and Alan Bujack were next with 61 net just ahead of Peter Burgess and James Richardson on 63 net. Nearest the pins were Gerry Martin, John Green, Liam Spalding and Steve Kent. The first round must be played on or before the 26th August. The weekend of the 26th August is also the first round of The Hotondo Homes Accumulator.
The Tuesday veteran’s was taken out by Billy Wade with 38 points from Doug Shirley and Col Paton both on 36 points. Nearest the pins were Vince Hembrow, Doug Shirley and Tim Newberry. The best putter for the day was Vince Hembrow with 31. The 12 hole Thursday winner was John Culey with 35 points. The next best was Rodney Loy on 28 points from Darrell Campbell on 27 points.
This Saturday is a single stableford sponsored by Jim Shadlow and Sunday is also a single stableford and is also The Glen Innes Open 4BBB. Have you got your team together for The 3 person Ambrose on Sunday 19th August.
INVERELL LADIES GOLF
Friday 3rd Margaret Reynolds was the winner to day with 37 points ,Margaret also had the nearest the pin.
Saturday 4th a 4BBB Stableford, the winning team with a very top score was Wendy Alexander and Sue Urquhart with 49 points. NTP Sue Urquhart.
Tuesday Vets, Pat Pickering came in with 13 points, RU was Helen Baldwin with 12 points, the NTP Pat Pickering.
Wednesday 8th Stroke and the 6th round Monthly Medal and the NEDGA Golden Jubilee Event. We had 16 players and the Medal Winner was Kerry Nicholson with a 70 Nett on count back from
Margaret Reynolds .Con 2 went to Gillian Black with 71 Nett. The Nearest the pin was on the12th today, Div 1 and the straight shooter again was Sue Urquhart. Div 2 was Trudi Tonkin, Div 3 Gillian Black.
It was Kerry Nicholson Trophy.
Next week’s program, Wed 15th will be a Par, Sat 18th a Stroke, Tues 21st Inverell Veterans Open, Wed 22nd Golf NSW 3BBB Par Ladies Team Classic, time sheet, shot gun start.
ARCHERY
SAPPHIRE CITY ARCHERY
Ray and Alex White, members of the Sapphire City Archery Club, recently travelled to the Macleay Valeey Archers, Australian Bow Hunters Association, outdoor animal branch titles, shooting at coloured animal targets. Ray was presented with a bronze medal for coming 3rd overall in his division, which was flight 2 Freestyle Unlimited. Alex was presented with a gold medal for coming 1st overall in his division, which was advanced cubs, freestyle unlimited. Alex also won the novelty event shooting the best on the day at increasing distances in a Collombatti Cane Toad Shoot, and also came second in the axe throwing competition.
Ray and Alex competed in a 3 arrow round first with Ray scoring 342 out of 400, and Alex scoring 382 out of 400. After lunch on the first day they competed in a 1 arrow round with Ray scoring 348 out of 400, and Alex scoring 380 out of 400. Day 2 of the competition saw them shoot a 2 arrow scoring round with Ray scoring 744 out of 800, and Alex scoring 764 out of 800.
Well done to them on their efforts at the shoot and representing Sapphire City Archers.
Scores for Friday July 27
9 Metre Line, 6pm registration for a 6.30pm start.
Compound/Sights – Cubs – Alex White 289, Lily Stewart 268PB, Jackson Daw 259, Catrina Luxford 232, Riley Gruenfeld 221 PB, Bethany Hackney 207, Mackenzie Moffitt 203, Todd Fenton 183, Samuel Kelleher 132.
Recurve – Charlie Gregson 176, Tiane Riley 164. Adult – Jo Moffitt 138.
Bare Bow – Jarrod White 128, Rory McGillivray 54.
18 Metre Line 7.30pm registration
Compund/Sights – Adults – Ray White 297, Mark Luxford 292, Andrew Daw 289 PB, Ian Davidson 282, Brent Dawson 275, Daniel Stewart 273, Michael McCausland 258, Joerg Gruenfeld 232 DNF. Juniors – Alex White 255, Alew Daw 249 PB, Levi Moffit 224 PB, Peitah McCausland 192 PB, Wesley Thirlway 94.
Bare Bow – Gaeme Duff 243.
Recurve – David Thirlway 89, Virginia McGillivray 48, Ridge Wilkins 20. Juniors – Rhiannon Davidson 71 DNF.
Tuesday July 31
18 Metre Line, Adults shoot 7pm registration for a 7.30pm start.
Compound/Sights – Ben Mutime 284 PB, Andrew Saw 281, Tim Hackney 279, Ian Davidson 279.
Recurve – David Thirlway 85, Ridge Wilkins 56.
Friday August 3
18 Metre Line
Compound/Sights – Ray White 290, Andrew Daw 290 PB, Michael McCausland 271 PB, Ian Davidson 265, Daniel Stewart 263. Juniors – Alex Daw 246, Alex White 241, Peitah McCausland 214 PB, Wesley Thirway 90.
Recurve – David Thirlway 98, Ridge Wilkins 51. Juniors – Rhiannon Davidson 110.
Sapphire City Archers is situated at the old Olive Factory, 35 Brisset Street. For information phone 0457 246 099.
SHOOTING
RSM CIVILIAN RIFLE CLUB
Last Saturday August 4 the RSM Civilian Rifle Club held their weekly shoot from the 500 yard mound with only five shooters in attendance. With changing conditions some scores were below average although one or two good scores were recorded. In F Class Open Michael Wade won both the Off Rifle and the Sapphire City Meats handicap with Flory Zabaks scooping the pool in F Class Standard winning the Button, the Off Rifle, the Handicap Spoon and the Cocoroo Fruit and Veg Trophy.
Scores in F Open with handicap were: Michael Wade 55.2, 52.0, 4, 115.2. Norm MacDonald 55.1, 49.1, 3, 110.2.
Scores in F Standard with handicap were: Flory Zabaks 57.2, 57.3, 3, 120.5. Doug Green 55.1, 54.3, 4, 117.4. Dean Furner 51.0, 55.3, 3, 112.3.
Next week the shoot will be on Sunday August 12 from the 200 yard mound in the morning and the 600 yard mound in the afternoon.
The following week the shoot will be on Saturday from the 800 yard mound.
BRIDGE
The cold weather, combined with members away or ill, has seen reduced numbers resulting in only awarding first and second places most weeks. We hope to see more players fit and returning in the near future.
Saturday 4th August
North-South winners were Kath Noonan & Robin Manning with an excellent score of 69.5
In second place were Heather Forsyth and Judy Noad.
East-West saw Norma Tom & Raymond Ford return from a break to take first place with 64 points from Dorothy Taylor & Mary Schofield.
Wednesday 8th August
In first place on the North-South side were the consistent performers Mary Schofield & Dorothy Taylor while second place went to Helen Loveday & Michael Lyne.
East-West points for first went to Robin Manning & Margaret Northcott with an excellent score of 67.4, with Jan Anderson & Geoff Harris coming second.
Saturday 11th June
With only 16 players in attendance, a round-robin was held. The winners were Margaret Northcott & Pat Yee with a score of 61.3, closely followed by Robin Manning & Pat Mather with 60.12 and the consistent Mary Schofield and Dorothy Taylor took out third place.
INDOOR SPORTS
INDOOR REBOUND VOLLEYBALL
AUSTRALIAN HOTEL MIXED 1
Hot Peppers 3
B/F: Pete Romer
Mean Machine 2
Tam Germany
Fubar 3
B/F: Corey Regan
Win A Few 2
Juanita Gallagher
Warriors 2[34]
B/F: Dan McLachlan
Danls Burgers 2[25]
James Phillipps-Lewis
CAMPBELL & FREEBAIRN CHEMISTS MIXED 2
Kennies 2[33]
B/F: Lane Sutherland
Pimps And Ho’s 2[32]
Jess Romer
Ball Busters 3
B/F: Paul Bailey
Ear Milk 1
Michelle Chambers
Has Beens 3
B/F: Jess Desborough
Splitters 2
Pete Oliver
KCL FAMILY DAYCARE MIXED 3
KCL 4
B/F: Laura Lennon
Chaotic 0
Kelsie Ball
WHK 3
B/F: Asher Cribb
Aj’s 1
Jess Deas
I’d Hit That 2[37]
B/F: Janet Holder
Da Bombs 2[35]
Rik Germany
S & D DIGGINHOLES MIXED 4
Flaunt It 3
B/F: Brian Watson
Jam Racing 1
Sara Poole
T-Nuks 2[34]
B/F: Ami-Lee Wilson
Chicky Babes 2[27]
Teagan Hodges
Big Worries 3
B/F: Fernanda De Lima
Left Right Out 1
Hannah Blakey
AUSTRALIAN HOTEL MENS SOCCER
Liverpool 5
B/F: Mitch Christie
Strongbows 5
Jack Riley
The Tradies 14
B/F: Pat Pordage
Fair Aggression 0
Max Hamilton
Friendly Fruits 3
B/F: Alex Livingston
Swampies 2
Chad Gardner
The Boz Squad 5
B/F: Simon Donnelly
Big Shooters 0
Billy Higgins
Royal Rejects 2
B/F: Troy McLachlan
The Chad 1
Andrew Obrien
AUSTRALIAN HOTEL MENS INDOOR CRICKET
THURSDAY
Campbell And Freebairn 157
BATTING
Paul McLeod 27
BOWLING
Todd Dowsley 4[-28]
PARTNERSHIP
Tim Kolaczyk
Scott Peterson 48
Aussie Bears 36
BATTING
Ben Marsh 19
BOWLING
Paul Dailey 2-[-5]
PARTNERSHIP
Ben Marsh
Aaron Deans 17
Kinky Grubs 137
BATTING
Jake Buckingham 27
BOWLING
Neal Smith 4-[-5]
PARTNERSHIP
Nick Kellner
Jason Brien 49
Tatts 131
BATTING
Ash Walters 34
BOWLING
Ash Walters 2-0
PARTNERSHIP
Jade McIlwain
Justin McIlwain 49
Pies Chuckers 166
BATTING
Richard Wilson 33
BOWLING
Scott Wilcox 0-6
PARTNERSHIP
Richard Wilson
Scott Wilcox 52
Merc Power 162
BATTING
Mick Migheli 34
BOWLING
Bob Hallam 5-[-1]
PARTNERSHIP
Mick Migheli
Paul Staader 49
Oxymorons 154
BATTING
Jason Carpenter 51
BOWLING
Simon Green 2-1
PARTNERSHIP
Gavin O’Neill
Jason Carpenter 63
Retravision 123
BATTING
Jeremy Baxter 33
BOWLING
Pete Saunders 2-19
PARTNERSHIP
Jeremy Baxter
Kyle Chilcott
BILL SUTTON INSURANCEMANAGEMENT TUESDAY
Step Brothers 153
BATTING
Dom York 30
BOWLING
Brad Noble 3-0
PARTNERSHIP
Darryl Widgett
Lex Livermore 46
House To Home 137
BATTING
Mat Whan 30
BOWLING
Luke Appleby 2-6
PARTNERSHIP
Luke Appleby
Mat Whan 53
Lyon Legal Eagles 131 [Won On Skins]
BATTING
Jake McMillan 37
BOWLING
Jason Sutton
PARTNERSHIP
Jake McMillan
Pat Fahy 54
Fats 164
BATTING
Dan McLachlan 35
BOWLING
John Monkton 3-2
PARTNERSHIP
Ben Hobday
Dan McLachlan 64
FUBAR 110
BATTING
Cody Muhs 23
BOWLING
Aleena Abercrombie 7-[-20]
PARTNERSHIP
Adam Sharwood
Joe Smith 41
Bad Boys 86
BATTING
Ben Horneman 26
BOWLING
Jason Brien 3-[-3]
PARTNERSHIP
Jason Brien
Ben Horneman 42
INDOOR NETBALL
CAMPBELL & FREEBAIRN CHEMISTS LADIES 2
Cup Cakes 23
B/F: Kristie Partridge
Fire ‘n’ Ice 13
Belinda Jerrard
Wild Cats 26
B/F: Rachael Sutton
Young Guns 9
Emily Jorgenson
Word 24
B/F: Ashley Monckton
Tis How We Roll 16
Jac Obrien
AUSTRALIAN HOTEL LADIES 3
Stingers 20
B/F: Allison Blair
Rug Rats 17
Georgina Weatherburn
Scubarus 28
B/F: Katrina Richardson
The Diamonds 12
Carly Dickson
Chicky Babes 20
B/F: Teagan Hodges
Bright Sparks 10
Georgie Burton
S & D DIGGINHOLES LADIES 4
Ross Hill 35
B/F: Amy Harland
WLBWC 2
Jess Greenfield
T-Nuks 26
B/F: Ami-Lea Wilson
Hellcats 1
Rebecca
Dream Crushers 17
B/F: Marnie Wade
All Ass No Class 7
Lisa Roberts
KCL FAMILY DAY CARE MIXED 2
Twice As Nice 25
B/F: Emily Jorgenson
Royals 8
Ashley Monckton
Chaotic 17
B/F: Troy McLachlan
Imperial Mixed 11
Mel Gardner
The Big M 15
B/F: Matt Glasson
Lj Hookers 10
Miles Devlin
S & D DIGGINHOLES MIXED 3
Chasers 28
B/F: Emily Savage
Netburners 4
Kate Mather
Whatever Works 13
B/F: Maddie Hallam
No Worries 13
Max Hamilton