Local bowler Graham Murray has taken out the Final of Cootamundra Ex-Services Minor Singles, with an easy win over Coota Ex-Services bowler, Rod Bradley. Graham got away to a great start to lead Rod 16/0 after a few ends. Rod picked up a few shots in the middle stages of the match, but was never going to run Graham down, with Graham going on to a 31/12 victory. The Major Final went to Jim Deacon of the Coota Ex-Services Club, who defeated club mate Bob New 31/17.
The first round of Pennants was played Sunday, with the No. 4 Teams home to the very strong Young Club and the No. 6 Teams away at Boorowa Ex-Services club. Results were as follows: No. 4 at Home to Young – Tom Apps, David Cassidy, Rod Cooper & Shane McKellar lost to Tom Preston, Bruce Gillies, Les Fanning & Justin Nowlan 18/22; Neil Solomon, Tony Fisher, Chris Hocking, & Doug Hawkins lost to Cliff Traynor, Vic Brown, Bill Maloney & James Maloney 9/37; Terry Ricketts, John Curtis, John Peterson & Mark Parker defeated Frank O’Brian, Phillip Taylor, Alex Watson & Rod Cummins 22/16. Aggregate Harden 49, Young 75. Points Harden 1, Young 5.
No. 6 versus Boorowa Ex-Services at Boorowa – Barney Heywood, Maurice Muller, Derek Heywood & Terry Hocking lost to Tony Beadman, Mick O’Dea, Tony Walters John Snelling 14/26; Peter Burns, Warren Chesworth, Rueben Rycroft & Garry Quinn lost to Bill Luxford, Craig Dwyer, Gerald Dunn & Brett Stanford 16/23; Wally Paulsen, Anthony Burns, David Walker & John Balcomb lost to Bob Proser, Dennis Watson, Richard Manning & Neville Thurtell 13/21. Aggregate Harden 43, Boorowa Ex-Services 70. Points Harden 0, Boorowa Ex-Services 6.
Next Sunday the No. 4 team will travel to Quandialla and the following teams were selected: Tom Apps, Rod Cooper, David Cassidy & Shane McKellar; Terry Ricketts, John Curtis, John Peterson & Chris Hocking; Neil Solomon, Tony Fisher, Graham Murray & Doug Hawkins.
No. 6 at Home to Young – Wally Paulsen, John Balcomb, David Walker & Anthony Burns; Barney Heywood, Maurice Muller, Derek Heywood & Terry Hocking; Peter Burns, Warren Chesworth, Rueben Rycroft & Garry Quinn.
Ladies Pennant Bowls at Grenfell Tuesday last week – Robyn Apps, Joan Clark, Dianne DeBritt & Pauline Maynard lost to Elaine Hocking, Pat Reid, Judy MacAlister & June Wood 20/29; Jenny Ricketts, Donna Chesworth, Chris Hancock & Heather Martin lost to Coral Percival, Pat Brus, Dale Scott & Sue Gault 19/24. Aggregate Harden 39, Grenfell 53. Points Harden 0, Grenfell 5.
Versus Coota Country Club last Saturday – Robyn Apps, Joan Clark, Dianne Debritt & Chris Hancock defeated Nita Manwaring, Dianne Buchanan, Mona Ward & Marie Craythorn 20/13; Jenny Ricketts, Kelly Daley, Carol Turner & Ann Marie Phillis defeated Jan Slavin, Ellenor Armstrong, Judy Smith & Pat Francis 15/20. Aggregate Harden 35, Coota Country Club 33. Points Harden 4, Coota Country Club 1.
Ladies next match will be Saturday morning at Harden against Coota Ex-Services Club, and then Sunday morning they will play the washed-out match against the leaders Young Yellow.
Business House results from last Wednesday night – Telstra defeated Sweet & Sour 14/10; Smash Repairs defeated Fuel Supplies 16/2; Gun Club defeated Outdoor Store 13/11; Country Club defeated Commonwealth Bank 21/5.
Mufti Bowls Sunday morning – Wayne Walker & Les Monaghan defeated Brian Raath & Brian Gibson 21/17.
The draw has been done for the Major and Minor Club Singles Championship and is on the notice board. The following matches have been set down for play on Thursday and Friday nights:
Thursday Night – Graham Murray v Tony Fisher (m) Terry Rickets; David Bodell v David Cassidy (m) Rod Cooper; Doug Hawkins v Neil Solomon (m) Ann Marie Phillis; Tony Zervos v Warren Chesworth (m) Anthony Burns; John Peterson v Brian Raath (m) Peter Burns; Craig Phillis v John Curtis (m) Maurice Muller.
Friday Night – Terry Hocking v Rod Cooper (m) Warren Chesworth; Neil Solomon v Terry Ricketts (m) Graham Murray; Peter Burns v Wally Paulsen (m) John Curtis; Derek Heywood v Chris Hocking (m) Doug Hawkins; Maurice Muller v Tom Apps (m) Mark Parker; David Walker v Shane McKellar (m) Rueben Rycroft.