Another wonderful week has gone by at UWBC, and there’s been some great bowls played.
Unfortunately, the weather didn’t “play bowl” on Tuesday so we had to postpone the J Leslie Smith & Company 2-4-2 nominated pairs to Thursday. The postponement meant that a few teams had to withdraw, but we still had a great field with 20 teams entered and as usual everyone had a fantastic morning of bowls on a beautiful warm day. Thank you to J Leslie Smith & Company for their generous sponsorship of Woolworths vouchers and other nice goodies. Congratulations to the following teams:-
First Place: Ray Bester & Edwin Hohls
Second Place: Craig Whitby & Cindy Bro
Plate Event: Balf Balfour & Mary Steytler
On Saturday afternoon the final of the club mixed pairs competition was played with two very experienced players going up against two novices! Ed Speed and Pat Ciro faced off against Kevin Palmer and Wendy Smith in a nail-biting game that kept the spectators on the edge of their seats. The “youngsters” held the lead for a fair amount of the game, but the “old toppies” just kept on and peeled over and over. In the end it came down to the last two ends where experience won the day. A huge congratulations to Ed & Pat who are this years mixed pairs champions and very well done to Kevin and Wendy who really held their own against two very strong players. Thank you to our club members who came and supported; we were all glad to have been treated to such a great game to watch.
A few more congratulations that need to be made are to Colin Burden, Lisa Nagel & Wendy Smith. Colin has been invited to play in the NIBA Veteran Masters Invitation Singles tournament which will be played on the 25th & 26th November at Lynwood Bowls Club, whilst Lisa & Wendy have been invited to play in the Ladies Preliminary Masters Singles Tournament to be played at Collegians Bowling Club on the 4th & 5th of November. Each player will play 5 games of 18 ends over 2 days and we wish them all the best as they represent UWBC!
That’s all for this week… see you on the greens!
Events to keep an eye out for…
Wednesday 25 October: Amberglades Sizzling 60’s Nominated 2 Bowl Trips. Tabs In 08h45 (Book with Sharon on 082 900 5944)
Friday, 27 October: Dormehl Nominated 2 Bowl Trips. Tabs In 08h45 (Book with Pippa on 083 467 8140)
Regular tabs in times are:-
Tuesdays at 08h15
Wednesdays at 13h15
Saturdays at 13h15.
Visitors are always welcome. For more information contact Wendy on 071 353 2866
Coaching by registered coaches is available: Contact Colin or Bernice on 071 164 3162 for further information.
Pictured here: Winners of the J Leslie Smith & Company Sponsored competition, Ray Bester and Edwin Hohls with Lisa Nagel from J Leslie Smith & Co.