Thursday, August 24, 2023

Issue:

Mackay and Whitsunday Life

On the Greens At Goosies

With the club championships over, the results are:

Club champion: Chris Banney who also won the title last year.

Club Pairs champions: Neal Blucher and Ian McDonald.

Club Fours champions: Doug Dungavell, Peter Miller, John Stronach Ray McCarthy.

Two Bowl Triples: Ian Beveridge, Dave McKendry, Clint Vassie.

Three Bowl Triples: Alex Cameron, Peter Grant, Clive Wales.

Senior Singles: Bert Hobbs.

B Singles: Ken Lane.

B Pairs: John Stronach, Ray McCarthy.

Mixed Fours Champions: Lorna Bowers, Lois Deguara, Bevan Cooper and Ron Bowers.

An excellent pennants result for our division 2 players who won the division and step up to division 1 next year. The last time we won this division was in 2016, and we stayed in division 1 for only one year. Hopefully we will stay in division 1 for longer this time.

Results of the mixed pairs were not known at this stage.

Ladies Results

Master Triples Champion of Champions was played at Wests on Wednesday August 24, the title went to North Mackay Club ladies, Helen Fleming, Lorna Bowers and Lorraine Lemke.

Zone Fours was played at South’s Suburban club on Saturday August 27, between Mackay and Leichhardt (Emerald) North Mackay club valiantly lost by 1 shot to Leichhardt. North Mackay team: Ann Peet, Maryanne Bartolo, Jean Schmidtke and Lydia McCarthy.

Ladies social games on Wednesday August 24 results: winners was a pairs game of Lesley Baumgarten and Bev McDonald. Runners up was a triples game with Gloria Sam, Fay McCubben and Daphne Offield.

Contributed by Tony Allsop and Suzanne Hazledine

Bert Hobbs won the Senior Singles this year

Neal Blucher, pictured bowling, won the Pairs title with Ian McDonald

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