Club Championships: In the final of Major Pairs played last Tuesday Andrew Armstrong and Blake Bradtke came out winners over Steve Galvin and John Joyce 21-11. With their win Andrew and Blake qualified for the Zone 4 Club Champion of Champions. After being drawn in section 2 they travelled to Condobolin last Saturday to take on the Orange City pairing of Jonathon Quinn and Deon May coming out winners 30-20.
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Qualifying for the final on Sunday morning they took on Tom Casey and Gary Carberry from Parkes, after a close and hard fought game they came out winners 19-16. Andrew and Blake have now qualified for the Zone 4 finals on Saturday August 4 to be played at Molong where they will take on Phil and Liam Morrow from Dubbo City in the semi final. The club wishes Andrew and Blake the best of luck at Molong.
Zone 4 Club Champion of Champions Singles will be played this weekend, Grenfell will be represented by Steve Galvin at Parkes Railway in Section 4. After receiving a bye in the quarter final match he will play the winner of Bob Hamilton of Molong and Gerard Beath of Cowra in the semi-finals, best of luck Steve.
Minor Pairs: David Frost and John Dumbrell defeated John King and Graeme Sadler 31-9. Players are urged to play their Championship matches ASAP.
Pennant Practice: Grenfell Grade 7 Pennant team will be holding practice games every Sunday afternoon in preparation for the State finals starting on the August 17.
Social Bowls: With fine days this week 57 players took to the greens. Chook winners-David Frost, John(Steggles) Dumbrell, Rob Coleman, Clive Anderson, John Hunter and John Joyce. Free Game-Mark McSpadden, Rhys Hughes x 2 and Quinton Murray. Vouchers – Greg Fanning, Rob Chambers, Martin Betcher and Lindsay Ballard.
History of Lawn Bowls: A fortnight ago marked Independence Day in America so I thought we might have a look at bowls history in that country.
English and Scottish colonists first brought the game to America. There was a bowling green in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1632 and many states have towns named ‘Bowling Green’ due to the early settlers’ keen interest in the sport. Even George Washington laid out a green at Mount Vernon in 1732. Interest lapsed for years until the wave of Scottish immigration to the US revived it in the latter part of the 19th Century. The American Lawn Bowls Association (now Bowls USA) was established in 1915.
Bowls Jackpot: This week you needed -4 on the 11th end, with no winners next week the Jackpot will be $91.
Coming Events: Cowra Presidents day will be held this Sunday July 22. Play will be three bowl triples starting at 10am.
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