Airlie Beach Bowls Report

The time just goes by so quickly and with the Australian Open on in Brisbane, we wish all our member’s good luck.

On Saturday the Club hosted the annual Dick Todd Memorial Bowls Day with proceeds going to the Leukaemia Foundation and also to Andy McLiesh, his wife Tammy and Family.

A fun day was had by all on the green with a fair bit of competitiveness.

There was a huge raffle with many donated prizes.

The Club put on a sausage sizzle for their lunch.

Thank you to everyone who attended on the day and helped raise much needed funds for 2 very worthy causes.

See you all next year.

The winners for the Sunday Social bowls were David Micklejohn, John Brown and Ladda Purdie with the highest winning score which was 35.

The winner of the Health Hub voucher was a visitor Greg Easil.

We had 24 players, 4 games of triples.

John Matterson defeated Col Morris 26 - 24 in the men’s singles game.

Mark Mawson defeated the much improved Duncan Smith who is now using a bowling arm with great effect and lost 25-19 in a seesawing game.

Friday afternoon saw the finals being played for Whitsunday Christian College to see who would represent the school in the Schools championship and some exciting games were played.

We saw great new talent with Mabel, Paige, Kyla and Lexie all playing strong, however the final bowl of the competition saw Demika and her partner whom have been practicing under the watchful eyes of Col Morris and winning on the last bowl of their tournament.

The weekend also saw John Fielding's team go to the Mackay Club's B Grade 4s competition and finish a credible 6th out of 16 teams.

Contributed with thanks to Mark Mawson.

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