| Mortlake Bowls Club News |
| News 02-05-2012
Mortlake
has new 100 up handicap
singles
champion after
the semi-finals and final were played last week.
Both semi-finals were keenly contested with Leo
Smith narrowly defeating Bryan
Parker and Colin Goldsworthy defeating
Paul Delaney in a hard fought match. The final
was an epic battle of very high quality with
Colin opening up an early lead before Leo fought
back with some brilliant draw bowling to lead 71
– 67 in the race to 100. On the next end Leo had
4 bowls within 6 inches of the kitty before
Colin’s last bowl removed 2 of those shots. The
momentum from this point favored Colin
who was able to wrest back the lead in the next
two ends and maintain this small lead to emerge
victorious 101 to 97.
A
football themed fun day was held last
Sunday with 2 games of 3 bowl triples and one
game of
novelty events. The premiership
team was St.Kilda (Val & Leo Smith)
while the runners-up were Essendon
(Peter Summerhayes
& Ron Parsons). Wooden Spooners
were Collingwood (Pam Smith &
Desma Haberfield).The Brownlow medal for
best afield went to Ron Parsons.
The first
round of winter pennant was played last Saturday
with Mortlake defeating Cobden at Mortlake.
Results :
Mortlake 87 def Cobden 55
K.O’Shannessy
18 def K.Farquarson 17
D.McNicoll 18
def P.Neal 14
M.Lynam
22 def N.Denny 10
T.Threlfall
29 def A.Scott 14
Teams
for Saturday 5th
May versus Camperdown at Camperdown:
K.O’Shannessy(s),
R.Parsons, G.Kenna
D.McNicoll(s),
D.Robertson, M.Kenna
K.Jervies(s),
D.McRae, R.Pasque
M.Lynam(s),
G.Howlett, L.O’Shannessy
Cars
will be leaving the clubhouse at 10 am |
| News 26-04-2012
Mortlake has
new B grade singles
champion after
the semi-finals and final were played last
Saturday. Both semi-finals were keenly contested
with Darren Grant proving too consistent for
John MacDonald and Kevin O’Shannessy narrowly
defeating David McNicoll after a drawn first
set.
The
final was a high quality match with the
first set going Kevin’s way
6-5. Darren
fought back to win the second set 6-4
forcing a 3 end tie break.
After 2 ends the score was 1 shot all before a
brilliant opening bowl from Kevin set up a nail
biting victory.
The 100 up
handicap singles is at semi-final stage with
Colin Goldsworthy to meet Paul Delaney and Bryan
Parker to play Leo Smith |
| News 18-04-2012
Mortlake has
new Club
Men’s
Fours
champions after the combination of Colin
Goldsworthy(s),David McNicoll, Darren Grant and
Paul Delaney were too strong for Noel
Smith(s),David Caudle, Ton Vermaas and Greg
Howlett in Sunday’s final. The final
score line was 25- 11.
The annual
“End of Season” mixed fours open
tournament was held on Saturday in
beautiful weather with the winners
being the local team of Paul
Delaney(s), Frank Robertson, Dianne Robertson
and Rae Risk. Runners-up from
Terang were Andrew Tailor(s), Kevin Johnson, Max
Saunders and Carol Cardwell.
The
semi finals and final of the B grade singles
will be played this Saturday with Kevin
O’Shannessy meeting David McNicoll and Darren
Grant taking on John MacDonald.Play commences at
9.30 am. |
News 11-04-2012
Mortlake
Bowls Club’s annual Presidents’Day was played on
April 1st with a good field of 32
players participating. The only 3 game
winners on the day were Don
McKinnon(s), Jessie Clarke, Leo Smith and Edwin
Woodhams.
Runners –up on a countback with 2 wins
were Max Heard(s), Desma Haberfield, Frank
Robertson and Michael Kenna.
Winners of a prematch roll to the
ditch were Greg Howlett , Ian MacDonald
, Heather Lynam and Marj Whitson.
This Saturday
at 1pm there is an open mixed fours
tournament at Mortlake, with team and
single entries still available. Members are
asked to bring a plate for afternoon tea. On Sunday at 9.30am the club championship fours will be played between the teams skipped by Noel Smith and Colin Goldsworthy |
| News 28-03-2012
The
semi-final of Mortlake’s club championship fours
was played last Sunday with two very close
contests. In each match scores were level prior
to the last end with Noel Smith drawing shot
with his last bowl to emerge victorious over
George Draffen’s team, and Colin Goldsworthy’s
team prevailing over Mark McDonald’s team by a
shot. The final will be played
on Sunday 15th
April with Colin Goldsworthy(s), David
McNicoll , Darren Grant and Paul Delaney meeting
Noel Smith(s) , Leo Smith , Ton Vermaas and Greg
Howlett.
The B
grade singles are nearing conclusion
with the semi-finals and final to be played on
Saturday 21st
April.
This
Sunday is President’s day with all
members asked to bring a plate for afternoon
tea. Entries required by 12.30pm for a 1pm
start. |
News 14-03-2012
Mortlake
conducted their annual open fours
tournament on Monday 12th March with
64 players from 12 different clubs competing in
ideal conditions. The winning team
with 3 wins and a draw was George Draffen (s),
Paul Delaney , Richard Draffen (all Mortlake)
and Anne Draffen(Ivanhoe).The runners up
after a 5 way countback, on 3 wins , were the
local team of Mark McDonald(s), Tony Threlfall ,
Ken Jervies and
David Caudle.
The
Bryan Parker mixed triples trophy day
was conducted on 4th March with an
excellent field of 30 players. Three teams won
all their games and had a roll to the yardstick
to determine the winners. The victors
, with 4 shots inside a yard of the kitty, were
Noel Smith(s), Richard Van Diemen and Rae Risk.
Runners-up with 2 shots were
Darren Grant(s), Dianne Robertson and Stan
Wareham.
The
club fours are progressing with the
rain delayed 1st round match between
Bryan Parker’s team and Mark McDonald’s team to
be completed this Saturday.
This
Sunday (18th
March) sees the annual RSL day
being played under a new format. The event will
be a mixed fours tournament commencing at 1pm
with team or single entries accepted. Dress is
casual or whites and all proceeds go to the RSL.
All bowlers and non bowlers are welcome. |
|
News 05-03-2012 The Match Committee met this
morning and noted that our fixtures list
Saturday 24 March as a reserve day for the
pennant finals. This will now become the day for
Grand Finals at City Memorial. Next Saturday, 10 March
Division !, 1st
Semi Final, Warrnambool Blue v
Dennington Red will be at Terang 2nd
Semi Final, Warrnambool Gold v City
Memorial Red at Dennington As scheduled last week: Division 3
Warrnambool Orange v Dennington Green at City
Memorial Division 4 Both Semi
Finals at City Memorial If any of these matches are
not completed they will be completed on Monday
12 March.
Preliminary Finals: Saturday 17
March, if not completed finish on Sunday 18th
March.
Grand Finals Saturday 24 March,
if not completed finish on Sunday 25th
March. Graeme Kershaw WDBD Secretary |
| News 26-02-2012 On Friday 24-02-2012 Jessie Clarke was presented with her Super-Veterans badge by District Representative Margaret Sumner. She was supported by several Mortlake Ladies who attended the day. Congratulations to Val Smith who skippered the winning team for the day with Jane Rae(Warrnambool B/C) Margaret Hoy (City Memorial B/C)Sally Halliwell(Koroit B/C). her team. |
| News 25-02-2012 The fact that today has been declared a day of total fire ban in the South Western District means that Saturday Pennant Round 18 becomes an abandoned round under our pennant rule 6 (a). This means that ladder positions after round 17 will carry into the finals. Eligibility rules give no credit for any player named to play in the abandoned round 18.
Semi Finals will be: Division 1: 1st Warrnambool Blue v Dennington Red; 2nd Warrnambool Gold v City Memorial Red Division 2: 1st City Memorial Blue v Warrnambool Red; 2nd Koroit Blue v Warrnambool White Division 3: 1st Koroit White v City Memorial White; 2nd Warrnambool Orange v Dennington Green Division 4: 1st Port Fairy Black v Warrnambool Yellow; 2nd Warrnambool Maroon v Koroit Green
Venues will be decided at a Match Committee meeting on Monday evening.
City Memorial Green, Port Fairy Gold and City Memorial Orange remain in the relegation positions. |
| News 22-02-2012
Mortlake’s 60 and over pennant team is
celebrating after securing back to back
premierships with a hard fought 13 shot win over
Timboon on Tuesday. The match was played in
perfect bowling conditions at Mortlake with Max
Heard’s rink opening up an early break to allow
Mortlake to lead by 12 shots at the lunch break.
With Mortlake’s three skippers all bowling well
the team was able to maintain their slender
advantage to emerge victorious on all rinks.
Mark
McDonald represented Mortlake in the
WDBD Champion of Champions
event, winning his way to the
semi-final before
losing 21 -25
to the eventual winner Ian Quigley of
Dennington.
Mortlake
conducted a very successful
Open
Mixed
Triples
tournament last Friday with 22 teams enjoying
play on both the synthetic and grass greens. The
winning team of V.Leach(s),
J.Ford and D.Seiffert of Inverleigh were the
only 3 game winners. Runners up
after a 3 way countback were the local team of
Kevin O’Shannessy(s), Tony Threlfall and
Lyn O’Shannessy.
Both
divisions of Mortlake’s Saturday pennant
recorded losses last Saturday, although
Mortlake White moved of the bottom of
the ladder by virtue of winning one rink and
drawing another. An overall victory next week
should assure them of staying in
Division 3 next season. |
| News 21-02-2012 Saturday 25 feb. Pennant season break. All Ladies and Man welcome nibbles provided. Start at 6.30 pm and onward. |
| News 17-02-2012 Last Sunday morning Champion of Champions Singles at the City Memorial Bowls Club Marj Whitson defeated Val Massey of Lawn Tennis 25-9. In the afternoon Marj Whitson lost to Di Mugavan (Warrnambool club) 16-25 After he had a bye in the morning, Mark McDonald defeated W.Square (City Memorial ) 25 - 15 in the afternoon. He will play again on next Sunday . |
| News 14-02-2012
Mortlake’s annual
3
bowl triples tournament was played in
overcast and temperate conditions last Thursday.
42 players from 10 different clubs participated
with 2 games of 8 ends in the morning and 2
games of 10 ends in the afternoon. Only one team
was undefeated, with 3 wins and a draw while six
3 game winning teams had to be separated by ends
won and shots up. Prize winners for the day were:
1st
– Ken Phillips(s), Peter Upton and Phil Meek (
2nd
– Noel Smith(s), John Uebergang and Leo Smith
(Mortlake and City Memorial)
3rd
– David Caudle(s), Anne Van Diemen and Ton
Vermaas ( Mortlake)
Consolation prizes :
Mortlake’s
pennant bowlers
both had excellent wins last Saturday.
Mortlake Blue ensured they would remain
in Division 1 next season with a 35 shot win at
home against Port Fairy. Mortlake White
won their second consecutive game with a 12 shot
victory at Port Fairy to keep alive their
chances of avoiding relegation.
The B
Grade singles commenced on Sunday with
7 matches completed in a sets play format.
G.Howlett def
T.Vermaas
2 sets to 1: 6-4, 6-9,
3-1
R.Draffen def
P.Palmer 2 sets to 1 : 7-2, 7-8, 3-2
M.Kenna def
J.Rasmussen 1.5 sets to 0.5 : 5-3, 5-5
R.Van Diemen
def C.Goldsworthy 1.5 sets to 0.5 : 4-4, 12-2
K.O’Shannessy
def P.Hubbard 2 sets to 0 : 7-5, 5-3
J.MacDonald
def D.McKenzie 2 sets to 1 : 2-11, 7-1, 2-1
D.McNicoll
def T.Threlfall 2 sets to 1
Mortlake’s 60 and over pennant team
will contest the Grand Final after a nail biting
win over Camperdown Golf in Tuesday’s semi –
final. |
| News 08-02-2012 Marj Whitson and Mark McDonald playing the Champion of Champions Singles at the City Memorial Bowls Club on Sunday 12-02-2012 9.30a.m start |
| News 07-02-2012
Bryan Parker
and Don McKinnon are the 2011-12 Mortlake
men’s pairs champions after a
nail biting finish to the final on Sunday.
Playing in gale force winds Bryan and Don opened
up a substantial lead over Mark McDonald and
Tony Threlfall before the latter pair rallied.
Going into the last end the lead had been
reduced to one shot. The last end produced
dramatic moments with Mark and Tony holding 2
shots close to the kitty in the ditch before a
brilliant draw shot by
Last Sunday
the Coles Coaches mixed triples
was played in blustery conditions.The
winners were Don Murray(s),Rita Pasque
and Michael Kenna.
The previous
Sunday
31 players participated in Ken
and Dulcie Jervies 2 bowl mixed triples trophy
day. The winners were
David McNicoll(s),David Caudle and Dulcie
Jervies. Runners up were Don
McKinnon(s), Ken Jervies and Rae Risk. |
|
News 03-02-2012
Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Mixed Fours Tournament held at Lawn Tennis.
Winners: with 3 wins
was Leo Dunne's City
Memorial team.
Runners -up : with 2
wins and a draw was the
Mortlake team of Noel &
Pam Smith & Leo & Valerie Smith.
|
| News 02-02-2012 The ladies 100 up Final between Dianne Robertson and Pam Smith is played in windy condition and won by Dianne Robertson at 100-77 |
| News 02-02-2012 The Ladies played their last home game against Dennington at home on Tuesday . Unfortunately they lost the game by 1 shot which meant they finished third on the ladder. The final ladder is Dennington, City Memorial Pink, Mortlake, Warrnambool Green. The ladies will play Warrnambool next Tuesday at Terang. We congratulate the ladies for reaching the finals in this, their first year in their new competition, and we wish them good luck next week |
|
News 01-02-2012
Mortlake’s
60 &
over pennant team recorded a strong win
in the final home and away round to clinch a
spot in the finals, and give themselves a chance
to defend their premiership of last year.
Next week Mortlake hosts the
annual round robin , and the following
week hosts the semi-finals.
The
final of the club championship
pairs to be played this Sunday morning
will see
previous winners Bryan Parker and Don
McKinnon take
on A grade champion
Mark
McDonald and Tony Threlfall. Mark and Tony
narrowly defeated David McNicoll and Justin
Rasmussen to progress to the final.
|
| News 27-01-2012 The Ladies held their Annual Invitation Fours day on January 27 th. President Dulcie welcomed teams from Cobden, Derrinallum, Dennington, Koroit, Port Fairy, Terang, Timboon, City Memorial, Warrnambool, St John's Warrnambool. Winners for the day were the Derrinallum team of E. Sell(s) L. McLachlan, J. French, R. Brunton. The runner-up team from City Memorial were N. Elliss(s) B. Oakley, B. Hart, M. Bagg. Winners of the roll to the ditch were S. Halliwell ( Koroit )and T. Johnson( City Memorial) Winner of the raffle donated by Dianne Robertson was H. Moloney ( Port Fairy) |
| News 26-01-2012 In the Ladies 100-up match played today ( Jan 25th ) Dianne Robertson defeated Terri Parsons and Pam Smith defeated Rita Pasque in close fought games. The final will be played between Pam Smith and Dianne Robertson on Thursday 2st February at 9.30 a.m. It has been good to see the entry of our newer bowlers in this competition. It is a good competition for their development. |
|
News 25-01-2012
The annual
Heard /Grinter mixed fours was
played last Sunday with an excellent field of 31
players. The only three game winners
were the team of Tony Threlfall (s), Ton
Vermaas, Heather Lynam and Betty Vale.
Runners-up were Noel Smith(s), Jon
MacDonald, Rae Risk and Dulcie Jervies.
In other news
the Club
Pairs
continued with Mark McDonald and Tony Threlfall
narrowly defeating Darren Grant and Colin
Goldsworthy, to set up a semi-final clash with
the McNicoll/ Rasmussen combination.
Sixty
and over pennant was cancelled due to
Tuesday’s extreme heat. With only 1 round
remaining Mortlake is third on the ladder but
must defeat Camperdown Two next week to stay in
the finals.
Mortlake’s
pennant bowlers were beaten in
both divisions on Saturday. |
| News
20-01-2012 Congratulations must go to Pam Smith and her team for winning the St John's Ladies Tournament on Thursday. Also to Rae Risk and her team for being runner-up. This day was a single entry day, and teams were made up of players from different clubs. This was an interesting concept, because you didn't know who you were going to play with. A very enjoyable and social day. |
|
In other news
the Club
Pairs
continued with Richard Van Diemen and Peter
Palmer proving too strong for Paul Delaney and
Don McRae in a first round match. In the first
of the 2nd round matches Bryan Parker
and Don McKinnon
outpointed the Van Diemen / Palmer
combination.
The annual Geoff Anders memorial triples
was played last Sunday with the winners decided
after a 3 way roll to the yardstick. The winners
were Merv Lynam(s), Jon MacDonald and Ton
Vermaas from Rita Pasque(s),Stan Wareham and
Mick Kenna. |
|
The Men's A-Grade final
Mark McDonald
is the new men’s singles champion at Mortlake
Bowls Club after an exciting victory over a
gallant Bryan Parker. The match was played in
very warm conditions and appeared to be headed
for a comfortable McDonald victory after a
combination of good drawing and deft conversions
saw Mark lead by 10 shots after 10 ends, then
push on to lead 24-10 after 20 ends in the first
to 25 final. |
|
The
Men's A-Grade
Semi
final
The final of
the A grade singles will be played this Saturday
morning(Dec 31) at 9 am between Mark McDonald,
in his first year at Mortlake after moving from
Hastings, and Bryan Parker, who has been
champion 3 times before in 1999-00,2005-06 and
2009-10.Bryan qualified for the final by
defeating last year’s winner George Draffen
25-19. |
|
As all of
Mortlake’s pennant teams enjoy the Christmas
break it is a good time to update ladder
positions. In Division 1 of Saturday pennant
Mortlake sits 9th with 67 pts,
which is 32 pts ahead of 10th
and only 7 pts behind 6th.
In Division 3
Mortlake is currently in the relegation position
but is only 19pts behind – 2 wins could bridge
that gap.
In 60 and over
pennant Mortlake is third on the ladder
but the top 8 sides are all still in
contention. |
|
The
first round of
club championship pairs
commenced on Sunday
18-Dec.
with three
matches completed in blustery conditions. David
McNicoll(s) and Justin Rasmussen bundled out
last season’s champions George Draffen and Merv
Lynam in a masterful display. Bryan Parker and
Don McKinnon were too strong for Max Heard and
Richard Draffen, while Darren Grant and Colin
Goldsworthy had to battle hard to overcome new
bowlers in Dean McKenzie and Peter Hubbard.
the club pairs
continued with Richard Van Diemen and Peter
Palmer proving too strong for Paul Delaney and
Don McRae in a first round match. |
| In the final of the Ladies A-Grade Marj Whitson defeated Pam Smith 25-23 |
Wednesday 02 May 2012