Airlie Beach Bowls Club Weekly News

The winning team of Mark Mawson, Patron Alison Holmes, skipper Betty Nicole, and lead Sue Dakin. Photo supplied

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With school holidays coming to an end, our Men's and Women's competitions are in full progress. We also had a very productive week of great bowling, starting off on Tuesday afternoon with the Alison Holmes Memorial Day, an annual event sponsored by Alison, who is a life member of our club and the Patron of the Ladies division.

Before the bowling tournament started, Alison proudly presented Sandra Argo, Betty Nicole, and Maureen Barnard with their Veteran Badges. Then the 24 bowlers started the tournament, with many spectators in attendance, including Mae Secomb, looking very sprightly—another life member of our club.

The winning team, skippered by Betty Nicole, who was in brilliant form, with lead Sue Dakin and second Mark Mawson, secured a thrilling victory and is this week's photo, being presented their prize by Alison Holmes.

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Wednesday afternoon, besides having Men's and Women's club matches in progress, we still managed 22 bowlers. The highest winning score of the day went to skipper Arthur McManus, who, with lead Mervyn Stewart, achieved an outstanding 33–14 victory over skipper Ted Cullen and lead Barry Wainwright.

Friday morning saw the Endeavour Foundation staff and underprivileged children arrive for lawn bowls lessons. John is improving every visit, as is Deon, whilst Michael, Jett, and Kathy show great potential and could easily represent Airlie Beach in the disability games next year.

Saturday continued Senior Singles, with A Division and B Division singles quarter-finals in progress.

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Sunday afternoon saw nineteen bowlers participate, with two games of pairs and two games of triples. Club Manager Fiona Greener prepared a wonderful afternoon tea and refreshments. She also threw the dice to determine the winning team, with the highest score going to the team of Tony (“take the money”) Whitehorn as skipper, with Alan Pershouse as lead, winning 36–18 over Arthur and Liz McManus in a match that was close until the final ends.

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Next week we shall see the return of Business House Bowls and also prepare for the arrival of the Christian College students, who will hopefully provide a team to make Airlie Beach and its constituents proud, representing our area with distinction.

Contributed with thanks to Mark Mawson