Zone 4 Singles Championships:
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Congratulations to Grenfell bowlers Blake Bradtke and Steve Galvin, who made it to the finals of their respective categories at the weekend.
In Section 4 of the Open Singles, played at Cowra, Blake defeated John Taylor of Parkes B & SC, as well as top Central West bowler Gerard Beath.
He will now play Josh Bohanna from Blayney club in the finals, to be held next weekend at Dubbo Railway Bowling Club.
In Section 7 of the Senior Singles, played at Forbes, Steve won his three matches, defeating Parkes Railway bowler Peter Creith in the final, 31-26. He will now play Lithgow City bowler, Jeff Madden in the finals.
The other Grenfell Open Singles contender, Andrew Armstrong, was defeated in Section 6 at Molong, by Glen Miller of Narromine.
In Section 4 of the Presidents Singles, played at Canowindra, Grenfell bowlers did not fare so well with Dave Hancock, Barry Bradtke, Rob Chambers and Mark McSpadden bowing out of contention.
Zone 4 Champion of
Champions Pairs: Sectional play in this prestigious competition will be held on July 14/15 at Lithgow Workies, Manildra, Condobolin and Trangie clubs, while sectional play in the Singles will be held the following weekend, July 21/22 at West Dubbo, Orange Ex Services, Parkes Railway and Mudgee clubs.
The finals will be played at Molong – the pairs on Saturday, August 4 and the Singles on Sunday, August 5.
Club Championships:
There were no Club Championship games this week and, once again, the bowls committee urges players to finalise their matches as soon as possible.
Just a reminder that nominations will close soon for the popular Major/Minor Pairs Championship for 2018, so don’t forget to organise a team-mate and get your names in.
A nomination list is on the notice board. So far, nine pairs have entered but we would like to see more. The more the merrier, as they say.
Social Bowls: Numbers were down this week in social bowls, due to the cold weather combined with the absence of several bowlers playing in the Zone 4 Championships.
This week’s prize winners included:
Chooks –Mark McSpadden, David Ballard and Nevin Hughes; market night vouchers – Greg Fanning and Rob Chambers; Free games – Lindsay Ballard and David Ballard.
Jackpot: To win the bowls jackpot this week you needed -8 shots on End 20 on an even-numbered rink.
There were no winners and next week the jackpot will be worth $100.
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