Congratulations to Chris Lander who last week, after three gruelling days of bowls, won the State Over 60s Men’s Singles Championship. Chris played exceptionally well throughout the event to win his first major singles title. A huge achievement Chris, well done!!
Read the full Bowls WA writeup here.
Quinns Rocks Bowling Club hosted their annual Men’s Triples competition last Saturday, with 28 teams from around Perth and from country clubs taking part. After four games of 13 ends, congratulations to the Sorrento team of Neville Odell, Bob Mulroy and Lindsay Baker (pictured) taking out first place.
Well done also to third placed Ian Linford, Leith Oldham and Brian Kiely.
The Women’s Inter-Region Round Robin was held at Willetton Bowling Club on the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April.
Bowlers representing Sorrento in the Northern Region were Lee Leach, Pauline Bourne, Liz Marshall, Coral Smith and Wendy Saul, with Shona Carter and Robin Woodward going as reserves. Region Managers acted as selectors for their teams, so our players were mixed into teams with other Clubs’ representatives.
After two games of 18 ends on the Saturday, and another game of 18 ends on Sunday morning, the All Stars teams were selected to play in a final game. Congratulations to Lee Leach and Liz Marshall who were both selected in the Northern Region All Stars team.
The final results were a win to South Coastal Region for both the Round Robin and the All Stars competitions, Northern Region coming in second over the two days by just seven points.
L-R: Pauline Bourne, Liz Marshall, Coral Smith, Lee Leach, Wendy Saul, Robyn Woodward, Shona Carter
The Men’s Novice Singles Championship was played on Sunday the 18th April and attracted a small but enthusiastic group of bowlers. The weather was brilliant and B green had been prepared to an excellent standard for the day.
The early sectional games were well contested with some very good games and close scores. After all qualifying games had completed and scores tallied on a win/loss plus shots-up basis, the two players to move into the final were Barney Fleiser and Gary Bayne.
With both players in good form, all indications were for a very tight game. Barney started by putting down some extremely good draw bowls, not allowing Gary any room to get a foothold in early in the game. Mid-way through the game, Gary started to accumulate some shots and build momentum, however Barney did not lose focus and kept his good form going to end up winning 21-7.
A fully deserved win by Barney and he now goes on to play in the Champion of Champions Novice Singles competition this weekend.
Halls Head Bowling Club ran their annual two day Invitational Ladies Carnival last week.
With superb weather, greens, food and company, the standard of bowling was exceptional. Overall winners of the carnival were a team from Dudley Park but congratulations to Sorrento Women bowlers Jan Power-Tuke and Liz Marshall who, in a composite team, took out second place.
L-R: Jan Power-Tuke, Liz Marshall, Lil Rughoubur (North Beach), Vicki Warne (Mundaring).
Wednesday the 14th April saw 28 players take to the greens to play in the club Veterans Mixed Pairs Championship.
An enjoyable day was had by all on our well-maintained greens, maybe a little slow at the start of the day, but with the beautiful weather the greens soon dried up to a smoother run for the bowls.
With two games of 14 ends, one in the morning and one after lunch, our winners of the day and Club Veterans Mixed Pairs Champions were Denise and Neville Odell, with two wins and 25 shots up.
Runners Up were Bob Jeffs and Pauline Marsden with two wins and 22 shots up and third place went to Lorraine Hyde and Peter Snow with two wins and 14 shots up.
A group of Sorrento members travelled to Busselton for the weekend of 10th and 11th April for the Busselton Trevors Carpets Men’s Dash for Cash. The weather held out for a good day’s play on the Saturday, however Sunday was a washout, with only 7 ends completed.
By all accounts, a great weekend was had by all!
L-R: Jan Cook, Gae Gibbs, Pauline Bourne, Kevin Cook, Ray Green, Kevin Gibbs, Ken Leach, Ken Hollick, Kerry, Vic, Wendy Saul, Brian Saul, Maureen Green, Lee Leach, Jan Hollick and Tony Bourne.
The Men’s Pennant Bowler of the Year is awarded to the Sorrento Pennant bowler with the best results for the season. The award covers all divisions with Thursdays and Saturdays results combined.
Congratulations to this year’s winner Brian Kiely who was presented with his award.
Easter Monday saw the annual Easter Mixed Fours Carnival at Sorrento. The weather was a little humid, with very little breeze, but the chatter, banter and laughter was plentiful for this social yet competitive day.
Congratulations to the overall winners Bruce Eagles, Peter Flack, Robyn Van Mosseveld and Wendy Flack (pictured) and to the second placed team of Murray Hulbert, Brian Saul, Wendy Saul and Liz Marshall.
A great day had by all!