Mary Simpson and I had a roll-up on Tuesday and Mary says she is looking forward to another practice. If she continues to enjoy herself, we may have a new member.

Nominations for the Club Singles and Pairs have opened and the sheet for names is on the Ladies board.

This Saturday, March 21 the District Mixed Pairs will be played in Grenfell. This is a different format as it is played in sets play. There are 16 teams entered in it, and it will be played in sectional play of four teams. The winners of each section will play the semi-final and the winners of this go onto the final. If you have nothing else to do come along to the club and see some good bowls.

You never know, you may decide to have a go. - Rosemary Walter

Social Bowls - Cooler weather greeted the Grenfell social bowlers with 54 players participating during the week. The winners were: Free games :- Nev Coleman, Max Barr, David Hancock, Q Murray, Rod ONeill, Kerry Aston, Barry Bradtke, David Frost, Greg Fanning and Gary Pipe. Chooks:- John King, Colin Woods and Rod ONeill.

This week you needed -6 on the 7^th end on an odd numbered rink. The jackpot was not won this week. Next week the jackpot will be $88.00.

Next Sunday March 22 the Number 6 pennants commence at 12.40pm at Caragabal with the bus leaving 11.30am. Could the number 6 pennant team players who will be travelling on the bus please indicate on the sheet. The number 4 pennants will play Forbes at Grenfell at 12.40pm. The teams selected for the Fours are Gerard Beath, Steve Galvin, Matty Reid, Tim Fowler, Blake Bradtke, James Hunter, Ross Hunter, Graeme Hunter , Andrew Brown, Andrew Armstrong, John Joyce and Dylan Troy. In the Sixes the team selected are Ray Walter, John Hunter, Martin Betcher, Dennis Hughes, Keith Brus, Darryl Spalding, Kerry Aston, David Hancock, Barry Jones, Barry Bradtke, Warren Paine and Clive Anderson.

The Major Pairs will be played over the weekend of Saturday, May 30 and May 31 with the nominations closing by May 11.

The Major Singles results this week saw grandfather Dennis Hughes and grandson Rhys Hughes progress into the third round of the Major singles club championships. Dennis Hughes defeated Keith Brus 32 to 29, Rhys Hughes defeated Dylan Troy and John Joyce defeated Barry Bradtke 31 to 12. The third round to be played by March 28.

Social bowls on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays will commence at 1pm with the names in by 12.30pm. - Dave Hancock

Round 16 was played last weekend with Grenfell beating Canowindra by just under 100 runs heading into the finals for Stage Three.

It was a mammoth effort put in by the Grenfell Bowling Club side who won the match 8/230 to Canowindra Services Club 10/133 at Clyburn Oval in Canowindra last Saturday.

B Edwards scored an impressive 53 runs while B Reid scored 52 and L Nealon 38.

The best of the bowlers for the Grenfell team were R Edwards 2/9 and T Byron 1/0.

Grenfell Bowling Club will be facing off against the Cowra Renegades this Saturday March 21 at Oliver Oval in the Grand Final with the Bowling Club side well ahead on the ladder on 21 points.

The side has scored an impressive 1642 runs this season with only 956 runs scored against them.

They've lost 80 wickets through the season but have taken 84.

Cowra Renegades sit below Grenfell on the ladder, however, they are only on eight points with 73 wickets lost, 1276 runs scored, 81 wickets taken and 1212 runs against them.

Best of luck to Grenfell Bowling Club this weekend in the Grand Final.

Round 16 results:

Cowra Renegades had the bye.

Canowindra Services Club 10/133 H Breen 30 E Burling 20 C Burling 15 T Fisher 14 B Kennedy 14 H Whatman 7 B Bollinger 6 T Starr 5* K Fliedner 4 R Bollinger 3 R Edwards 2/9 T Byron 1/0 B Reid 1/6 K O'Byrne 1/7 R Cartwright 1/11 J Greenaway 1/12 C Griffin 1/26 were defeated by Grenfell Bowling Club 8/230(cc) B Edwards 53* B Reid 52* L Nealon 38* R Cartwright 28 T Byron 12 C Haddin 4 A Nowlan 4 J Greenaway 3 R Edwards 2 C Griffin 1 H Breen 3/34 B Bollinger 2/31 t starr 1/4 M Stephens 1/13 T Fisher 1/29 at Clyburn Oval

Grand Final draw:

Grenfell Bowling Club versus Cowra Renegades at Oliver Oval from 8.30am in Cowra.

The Stage Two Grenfell Bowling Club side went down to the Cowra Sixers at Raudonikis in Cowra on Saturday in the Semi-Final of the Cowra District Cricket Association 2019/2020 season. The Cowra side picked up the win after 10mls of rain fell in Cowra on Saturday morning washing out the game.

Semi-final results - Cowra Sixers 4/103(cc) K Garratt 18* LJ Saunders 11* AJ McDonald 11 CR Duclos 8* E Hagar 8* I Doorey 7* K Riches 7* HG McDonald 6 MN Savage 5* CR Peterson 3* BL Wilson 1 C Biddle 1/5 ******** 1/9 defeated Grenfell Bowling Club.

The Coonamble Jockey Club Championship day was a tremendous success and a well deserved reward for the untiring work from the committee to host the prestigious event.

Cowra jockey Mathew Cahill was aboard Sneak Preview ($5.50) which came from well back to reach the lead in the straight and then held on to beat the strong finishing Fast Talking (Greg Ryan, $2.80 favourite) by three quarters of a length.

California Fox ($26) trained at Dubbo by Allan Gibson and ridden by Ken Dunbar was a brave third after racing near the lead while the Rodney Robb, Nyngan trained Supreme Attraction (Clayton Gallagher) set the pace and was a creditable fourth, in the prestigious race sponsored by Dad and Dave's Turf and Evergreen Turf Australia.

Both raced by big syndicates from the central west, Sneak Preview and Fast Talking have now qualified for the $500,000 Country Championship Final at Royal Randwick on Easter Saturday.

Hugh Bowman, rated by some as the best jockey in the world, was a big attraction when riding at the Coonamble meeting and to the delight of his many fans he booted home a winner, the Mack Griffith trained Royal Monarch in the 1400m Showcase Maiden Plate. Given a charmed run close to the leaders, Royal Monarch ($3.50) took control in the straight and won by over three lengths. Hugh Bowman later stated he had ridden at many good tracks around the world and Coonamble was up there with the best of them.

Although the majority of starters at the Broken Hill St Pats meeting on Saturday came from stables in Victoria and SA there was success for jockeys and trainers from central and western NSW.

Raced by the Cobar Camels syndicate and trained at Cobar by Wayne Prisk, Vonnida ($6) won the 1000m Benchmark 45 Handicap with Gulgong jockey Jake Pracey-Holmes in the saddle. Vonnida has now recorded eight wins and 17 placings from 68 starts and accumulated over $78.000 prizemoney.

Trainer Garry Bignell and apprentice Wendy Peel, both from Nyngan, combined to win the 1400m BM 58 Handicap with Another Plan ($4). Nyngan was also represented by trainer Rodney Robb who had second placings with Mango Liston and Star Express.

From the Adelaide stables of David Jolly, Fulton Street won the 1600 metres Cup by over five lengths from Cooee March (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3.60) and Easy Sheriff (Maddison Lloyd, $6).

Undoubted highlight of the Broken Hill meeting was the 5 win haul by Swan Hill trainer Nathan Hobson and apprentice Madison Lloyd with Highway To Success ($2.20), Duke Dictator ($3.20), Ask The Sheriff ($4.60), All Paid ($3) and Tempers Flare ($2.50).

Scheduled race meetings this week are the Trangie Gold Cup (Saturday) and Orange (TAB) on Sunday.

Colin Hodges