WOMEN’S BOWLS 

The second game of the Women’s Bowls pairs championship was played on Thursday September 20 between Judy McAlister and Sue Gault against Sonia Ingall and Kathy Betcher.

Again the wind had as much to do with the game as did the players.

The outcome was a win to Sonia and Kathy 25 to 10, although the score did not really reflect the game. Well done to all.

Saturday saw a very social game with Julie Wood, Rosemary and Ray Walter against Sandra Paine, Sonia Ingall and Warren Paine.

After getting out to a big lead, the game evened out to a small win to Warren and team.

A big win goes to the women’s club, with a warm welcome to Sandra who has joined us as a full bowling member.

There will be a game of singles on Friday when Judy McAlister will meet Rosemary Walter.

This will leave a game between Julie Wood and Kathy Betcher  to be played in this round of the singles.

The final of the pairs will be played between Sonia Ingall and Kathy Betcher against Julie Wood and Rosemary Walter at a date to be fixed.

Next week will be our Presidents Day on October 4, so no championships will be played.

As we are trying to encourage new bowlers to the game, we ask any members of the public or past bowlers, if they have any size o or size 1 bowls in the newer style, that they would donate or lend to the club.

If so, please ring the club on 02 6343 1656.

R.D

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MEN’S BOWLS – 

Club Championships

This week saw three first round matches being played, two of which in the club triples and one in the major/minor pairs competitions.

M Betcher, N Brown and R O Neill proved too strong in their match against D Hancock, M McSpadden and D Ballard, coming out eventual winners 28-12.

Saturday saw R Hunter and S Walker take on A Armstrong and G Johnson in what proved to be an extremely close affair eventually ending with the scores locked at 19-19 after 21 ends.

The team of R Hunter and S Walker came out victorious after winning the extra end by 1 shot.

Sunday afternoon saw Blake Bradtke, R Walter and Barry Bradtke take on John Hunter, J Dumbrell and D Frost in their first round match of the club triples.

In a tight match with the score being no indication of how close the contest was Blake, Ray and Barry were eventual winners taking out the game 36-8.

Social Bowls

This week saw 34 social bowlers take to the greens over three days this week.

Chook winners were:  J Grogan, R Coleman, T Pickwell and Barry Bradtke.

Voucher winners were: Barry Bradtke, A Armstrong, N Hughes and J King.

Free games went to J King, M McSpadden, Q Murray and J Joyce.

Jackpot

This week’s jackpot required a total of +7 shots on end 11, this was not the case in any of our games and will jackpot to $134 next week. 

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CRICKET – 

GRENFELL CRICKET CLUB SEASON LAUNCH

Grenfell Cricket Club will be holding a social evening to kick off the 2018 season.

On Saturday October 13 the Club will be having an 80’s Karaoke night at the Grenfell Bowling Club, Karaoke will begin at 8pm.

This is an over 18’s event and is open to the public to celebrate the beginning of the 2018/19 cricket season.

Grenfell Cricket Club are fielding teams in the Cowra competition as in previous years, we will be fielding Stage 2 and Stage 3 in the junior competition and teams in the Senior Competition.

Stage 1 game will be conducted in Grenfell on Wednesday afternoons.

We will also be conducting an intro to cricket for Under 8s once the season starts, watch this space for more details.

All coaching is provided by qualified coaches with current resources.

Registration details

Registrations are to be done online

http://www.playcricket.com.au/club-finder/club-details?id=13056

Cost: $6 for Intro to Cricket, $50 Junior player and $150 Senior Player.

For further inquiries please contact Bec 040766295 or Megan 0429195746.

Also follow the Grenfell Cricket Club on Facebook.

Juniors have been successful in representative selections.

The O’Byrnes have been busy on the off season with Mea, Telethia and Charli attending training camps and games during August.

The girls will be representing Western Zone during the holidays at Raymond Terrace.

We have had 4 boys selected in the Lachlan Council U14s team to play at Dubbo in the Max Shepherd Shield.

Congratulations to Jaxon Greenaway, Ky O’Byrne, Lachlan Smith and Alexander Nowlan, Lachlan Council has had many a success at the carnival over the years with many Grenfell players participating in it.

Good luck to you all!!

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NETBALL – 

Spring Mixed Competition

Some competitive netball has been seen throughout the first five rounds of the Grenfell Netball Association’s Spring Mixed Competition.

Week 5 Results: Thursday September 20

Goal Diggers  24 def  Sweaty Netty 18

Wild Hogs   52  def  T’s and B’s    0

Last Minute  28 def   Noice Garry 10

Draw for Week 6:   Thursday September 27 

6.30pm   T’s and B’s  v Last Minute  Duty:   NWA

6.30pm  Sweaty Netty  v   Noice Garry  Duty:  NWA

7.30pm   NWA   v Goal Diggers  Duty: Sweaty Netty

Bye: Wild Hogs

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RACING – 

Colin Hodges Race Review -

Grenfell Jockey Club Races

Saturday September 22, 2018.

A rails hugging ride by Ken Dunbar on Sovereignaire  in the Cup  completed a four win haul at the Grenfell meeting on Saturday for the Dubbo based jockey.

Trained at Bathurst by Dean Mirfin, the eight year old gelding Sovereignaire was positioned midfield on the fence by Dunbar, with Bon Honour setting the pace in the 2000 metres Oliver’s Hardware/Crutcher Developments Grenfell Cup.

Gentleman Max carrying the 61kg top weight took a slender lead at the top of the straight however Sovereignaire ($6) finished strongly along the inside rail to score a convincing win over the Trevor Sutherland, Wagga Wagga trained stablemates Run Hoff Run (Bryan Murphy, $3.20) and Gentleman Max (Michael Travers, $4 ).

Dean Mirfin was responsible for a fine training feat as Sovereignaire hadn’t won for over two years and was stepping up sharply in distance for the 2000 metres Cup.

Ken Dunbar kicked off his big day with a winning double on the Wayne Collison, Narromine trained pair Bring A Beer Along and Some Nights.

Bring A Beer Along ( $5 ) shared the lead then broke clear to win the Benchmark 58 Handicap ( 1000 metres ) from the fast finishing Malibu Stacy ( Kath Bell-Pitomac,$21 ) and Benno’s Boy ( Michael Travers, $2.80 favourite ).

Some Nights ( $5 ) then finished best to beat the leader Future In Doubt ( James Rogers, $26 ) and Shake Off ( Mathew Cahill, $10 ) in the Mawhoods IGA/Bromar Engineering Class 2 Handicap, 1200 metres.

Feature event , the $8000 Cultiv8 Financials Loaded Dog BM 58 Handicap ( 1400 metres ) saw the Karen McCarroll, Wellington trained Smart Attire ( Ken Dunbar,$4 ) leading for home and holding on to beat Cryfowl ( Michael Hackett, $4 ) and Tearful Kitty ( Michael Travers, $3.50 fav.).

Other winners were Tiffoni ( Richard Bensley, $1.60 fav.) from the Matthew Dale stable at Canberra and Rip Into Ghia ( Mathew Cahill, $1.80 fav.) now trained at Canberra by Luke Pepper.

Rip Into Ghia had formerly raced in New Zealand and finished second at Timaru in July.

Despite the drought the Grenfell racecourse was presented in great order by a small but very enthusiastic committee.

Racing at Dubbo ( Friday ), Come-By-Chance Picnics and Mudgee ( Saturday ) and Mungery Picnics ( Sunday ).