NEW ENGLAND BOWLS With Richie Clutterbuck
THE zone 3 round robin is to be held at the Moree Services Club this weekend and players will be competing for spots in the zone team to contest the state finals at Blacktown from 6 to 8 September. On Saturday, three games each of 12 ends, will be played. At the end of the matches the zone selectors will select red and blue teams to play on Sunday morning, they will then announce the players selected for the zone teams. New England players are to report to the team manager at 8.30am on Saturday to receive their district shirts and these are to be returned at the completion of play on Sunday. Blue trousers are to be worn.
Annual City for all Seasons minor pairs
LAST week I competed in a carnival at Tuncurry. While there I met up with former Armidale City members Lorraine and Kevin Smartell. They are settling in well and last week travelled to Blackhead for that clubs annual mixed pairs carnival and were successful in winning the event. The carnival is run over two weeks with a total of $10,600 prize money on offer. And while on carnivals details, the City club’s annual City for all Seasons minor pairs on 13 and 14 October will be forwarded to all clubs this week. The two-day event has $3000 up for grabs and is only open to minor graded players with men’s mixed or ladies’ teams invited.
District fours at Inverell
NO luck for the Guyra team in the district fours at Inverell East on the weekend. I was unable to obtain the scores from the club but they did tell me that the Gunnedah team of B. Sheppard, J. Palmer, D. O’Callaghan and W. Clay defeated South Tamworth’s N. Wise, S. Thornijng, P. Whitton and D. Eather in the final. The pairs will be played on 27 and 28 July at Quirindi and in the state division Jake and Glen Graham will play Rod Dixon and Doug Newton while Geoff Reeves and John Jackson play
A. Sheppard and P. Williams from North West in the seniors. Walcha’s Mick Hamel and Brian Lockyer are up against Central Northern’s G. Sharman and D. Shorter in the Reserve division. All winners will progress to the state finals at East Maitland.
