UNDER 200s FABULOUS WEATHER AMAZING CONTEST

This weekend the Under 200s, sponsored by the Metropole Hotel, Proserpine Bowls Club and Cane Country Tyres, was held in absolutely perfect weather conditions. Players from Marian, Souths Suburban, Northern Beaches, Airlie Beach, Giru, Ingham and Proserpine came to put in their best games of competitive bowls in the quest to win this event and have their names etched into the trophy.

Before I get on to the results, we'd like to thank all those people who made this event possible and such a success.

Our loyal sponsors: Metropole Hotel, Proserpine Bowls Club and Cane Country Tyres. The players who nominate and travel for this event every year. We were a little down on previous years in numbers, but we are sure that some who didn't take up their invitations this year will have others who will jump at the opportunity to maybe get an invitation in 2026.

We thank Andrew Bell and David Ling and all who assist them in the maintenance and preparation of the green. A lot of work has gone into the surface over the last couple of years to bring it up to the condition that it is in, in terms of running speed and trueness of line. This is being consistently worked on, and the results of all the knowledge, effort and improvement plans are beginning to show.

We thank Bruce Uhe for having all the catering plans in place for the weekend and those who offered to assist and then stepped up to put plans into place when Bruce was ill. Thank you Ken Watts, Henny Tattam, Lee King, Arthur Griffith, Alen Sanderson, Philip Brown. Also, thanks to Betty Petersen and Jo Inch who were visiting with players and, as always, assisted. We thank Trevor Parsons who cooked the BBQ on Saturday and Dale Haack who stocked the bar and cooked Sunday morning breakfast.

We thank Maryann Harrigan who once again gave up time to assist in the bar when needed and sold a mountain of raffle tickets for us. Also, Tammy our bar staff for the weekend, and all who jumped in to assist when needed and who did the late hours and closing up.

Thank you to all of our Board Committee who worked behind the scenes to plan and make this event the success that it was.

Winners of this year's Under 200s were the Airlie Beach team of John Matterson, Peter Barrett, John Fielding and Warren Mills with 5 Wins plus 47. Warren also won the Major Raffle, taking home a $750 Bowlers Paradise Gift Voucher. Runners-up were a Proserpine team of Kendall Watts, David Ling, Dale Haack and Shane Kinnear with 5 Wins plus 41. Third place was a Souths Suburban/Proserpine team of David Peet, Sam Lurton, Grahame Kinnear and Peter Blackburn. Fourth was a Proserpine/Bowen/Sydney team of Gus Munro, Nathan Dodds, Jonathan Bye and Scott Hamilton. Round winners were Manny Isgro, Chubby Leather, Peter Blackburn, Shane Spann and Barry Saroglia.

Social bowls from Wednesday: Alen Sanderson and Heather Brown defeated Arthur Griffith and Mike Harrison 28–27; Henny Tattam and Philip Brown defeated John Anderson and Sandy Daffara 24–21.

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Under 200s Winners John Matterson, Peter Barrett, John Fielding and Warren Mills from Airlie Beach with Proserpine President Scott Hamilton.

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