Sport
8 December, 2023
Great week for bowlers
THE next round of the Open Club Pairs for Camperdown Bowling Club was played on a lovely evening.
Ron Simcox/Les Pearson def Kelvin Rundle/Brad Wilson 16-8, and Lenny Searle/Barry Atchison def Michael Nixon/Ron Absalom 14-10.
Luke Wright/Mark McDonald def Ron Cameron/Fred Salmon 19-9 and Matthew Brewer/Jayden Brewer def Geoff Roney/Harry Van Someren 15-11.
The preliminary finals will be played on Thursday December 14 at a time to be confirmed.
Lenny/Barry will play Luke/Mark, and Ron/Les will play Matthew/Jayden.
Lists are on the notice board for the club singles - please put your name down, it’s great practice for draw bowling.
The Christmas break up is Friday December 15 so don’t forget to get your name down for a night full of fun and laughter.
The Christmas hamper will be drawn and the silent auction now has two sets of bowls.
Put your bid in and remember to mark which set you are bidding on (anyone can bid).
Division one competed in the annual Breast Cancer fundraiser against Colac Bowling Club wearing our pink shirts.
We won three rinks under the dome and what a win it was.
Mark, Darren, Brad and Lud played Tim Hassett’s rink on the show rink.
On the 10th end they were seven-all, on end 20 Mark’s team was 19-15 up.
Mark’s team only won two of five ends but hung on to win 23-22.
The next rink of Matthew, Lenny, Kelvin and Maria started like a shot out of a gun, leading 17-2 on the 10th end.
On end 20 they had extended their lead to 31-6.
At the end of their game they had only let the opposition score on six ends, winning 36-8.
Ron, Barry, Harry and Geoff played the in-form Will Collihole and his team.
On the third end the scores were level but by the 10th end Camperdown was 5-12 down.
By the 20th end the score was 14-24.Ron’s team only scored singles on two ends to go down 16-29.
Luke, Fred, Vicki and Jayden were the last rink and they took control from the start and led 12-3 on the 10th end.
By the 20th they held their nine shot advantage and went on to win 24-14.
This great win keeps us close to the four with only four shots the difference between Camperdown and 4th placed Apollo Bay (who we will face on Saturday at Camperdown).
Ladder: Colac, City, Winchelsea, Apollo Bay, Camperdown, Simpson, Central, Camperdown Golf, Cobden and Lorne.
Teams for Saturday:
M. Brewer (s), L. Searle, K. Rundle, R. Bourke.
M.McDonald (s), Darr. Coverdale, B. Wilson, L. Gungl.
R. Cameron (s), B. Atchison, S. Adeney, G. Roney.
L.Wright (s), F. Salmon, V. Brebner, J. Brewer.
Manager V. Brebner. Umpire. S. Adeney.
Division three played Lorne 2 at Camperdown and this was a close game that was only decided by five shots.
Ron Simcox’s team had a shaky start with Ron having to step down from skipping duties because of an injury.
Michael Nixon stepped up and the team was four- all on the fifth end, but by the 10th they led 12-8.
On the 17th end they were down 18-23 but won the last three ends to win the game 25-24.
Tom Hose’s rink was another tight game. They were three shots down on the fifth end 3-6, but fought back to draw 21-21.
Stan Adeney’s rink had a start that no team wants to have, 0-11 but they picked up five shots to be down 5-16 on the eighth.
They tried hard but just couldn’t peg back Lorne’s lead and went down 17-26
Ron Absalom’s rink had a big win 25-12 which was enough to get Camperdown 2 across the line and third spot on the ladder.
Cobden 2, City 3, Camperdown 2, Simpson 2, Colac 3, Derrinallum 1, Colac 4 and Lorne 2.
Next week they travel to City bowling club to play City 3 in a must-win game.
R. Simcox (s), M. Nixon, G. Noonan, G. Taylor.
T. Hose (s), P. Hassett, B. Sloetjes, G. Weller.
L. Pearson (s), P. Brebner, F. Cameron, J. Boyd.
R. Absalom (s), L. Dorman, M. Rippon, G. Broderick.
Manager and bus driver is P.Brebner (leaving at 11:15am).
Division four cards were not available – the results from Bowls Link:
Lyn Brown’s rink 13/19, Paul Halloran’s rink 14/20, Ted Goodacre’s rink 11/26 (they lost 38-65).
Next week they will play Cobden 3 at Camperdown.
L. Brown (s), J. Trotter, C. Strampel, N. Pemberton.
J. Barnes (s), P. Robertson, R. McCall, M.McGrath.
T. Goodacre (s), D. Noonan, G. Shaw, D. Watts (duty team).
In the South West 60 and over competition, Camperdown White will play Cobden Black at home.
R.Absalom (s), M.Rippon, N.Pemberton.
S.Adeney (s), G. Noonan, P. Robertson. Umpire S. Adeney and manager R. Absalom.
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