On Saturday afternoon the possum witnessed the Braidwood Bowling Club defeat Tomakin Bowling Club in the final round of the Central South Coast Districts Grade 7, 2016 Pennant Competition, 98 shots to 26, winning the ends 47 to 16, and winning all three rinks to give the Braidwood Bowlers all ten points on the day. Having a lead of Half a point over Tuross Heads who on the same day scored 9 points against Malua Bay giving Braidwood Bowling Club a lead of 1 & ½ points, the score being 72 points 70&1/2, coming out the winners of the 2016 District Competition their first pennant win since they won the pennant in the year2000. The win on Saturday was sweeter as Braid wood were severely beaten in the 1st round on 12/3/16 by Tomakin 60 to 41 shots and by 9 to 1 points. The players were very jubilant, when the possum left the clubhouse on Saturday, and no doubt had a few drinks to celebrate their win. Congratulations go to all those who played not only on the Saturday but also those who contributed through the season. The big board read at 15 ends we were leading 23 shots to 5, at 30 ends 41 shots to 11, at 48 ends 76 shots 17 and at the 63 ends the massive lead of 72 shots with a score line of 98 shots to 26 an almost unbelievable victory score. On rink two Jonathan Bunn as Skip with Barry Backhouse as lead, Ant Stanley as 2nd and Nigel McGrath as 3rd Led at 5 ends 12 shots to 2, at 10 ends 18 shots to 7, at 16 ends 31 shots to 9 & at the 21st end won the day with a lead of 27, 39 shots to 12.
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Rink 4 skipped by John Bunn with Damian Campbell-Davies as lead, Frank Stuart as 2nd , & (Jungle) Kevin Lang as third, led at 5 ends 6 Shots to 1, at 10 ends 11 shots to 3, at 16 ends 19 shots to 6, to finish up at 21 ends with a positive score of 23 shots to 8 a lead of15 shots.
On rink 6 Gary Kiff skipped with Laurie Riley leading, Gary Collard as 2nd, Tom Watson as 3rd, led at 5 ends, 5 shots to 1, at 10 ends, 12 shots to 1, at 16 ends 24 shots to 2, and finishing up at 21 ends 36 shots to 6.
Our boys played good team games with no player being able to claim special attention with exception Scott Magge of Tomakin a 13 year old boy who played as number three on rink 6 for Tomakin who played one of the most consistent of all the players on the green.
Where to from here, well on Saturday 14th May at Moruya the 4 district pennant winners in this Zone 7 will compete in round robin competition at which Braidwood will play Tura Beach from Far South Coast District Cards called at 12 noon and then on Sunday 15th Braidwood will play Adaminaby from the Monaro District in the Morning then a team from the Nowra area in the afternoon. The winner of this competition will go to Cabarita Beach Club to play in the state pennant championship on the weekend of 30th July to 1st August.
On Anzac the possum arrived at bowling green to see many bowlers trying out the dart board on the green that was photographed in last week’s paper where each bowler was attempting to place a bowl on a particular number on the dart board. Those competing had a great time the possum thinks it would improve the accuracy of players & will be an enjoyable alternate way of playing bowls when rules are finally established.
The 2016 Minors Championship was decided when Stephen Piper defeated Peter Camiller in the final which was a close game in the first half but Steve got away to big lead in the second half of the game to win 31 shots to 19. There has been only one game played in the 1st round of the pairs championship & that was played on Sunday when Gary Kiff & Barry Osmond defeated David Cargill & Peter Camiller in a very close game when a measure of less than a 1 /4 inch decided whether an extra end would have need to be played with score at 17 to 16 which gave to winners 18 shots.
Remember Bowlers are not old they just live longer.
