Warwick Bowls Club

It was great to have 16 teams competing in the $150 Jackpot Bowls last Wednesday. Results 1st round: K. Hayes, S. Tyter def. P. Seipelt, T. Seaniger +6-6; B & D Christensen def. B. Hansen, H. Gibson +4-4; H & J Lasak def. R. Valentine, J. Cutmore +17-17; M. Balfour, T. Wright tied with D. Neal, E. Welsh on 9 each; L. Collie, J. Simpson def. C. Johnson, P. Wagner +10-10; G & J Niven def. R. Forbes, B. Maunder +25-25; D. Warr, B. Black def. K. Bloomfield, S. Valentine +4-4; D. Phillips, D. Busch def. L. Meiklejohn, R. Bean +1-1.

Results 2nd round: P. Seipelt, T. Seaniger tied with B & D Christensen on 9 each; M. Balfour, T. Wright def. R. Valentine, J. Cutmore +21-21; L. Collie, J. Simpson def. D. Neal, E. Welsh +11-11; H & J Lasak def. B. Hansen, H. Gibson +11-11; D. Warr, B. Black def. R. Forbes, B. Maunder +19-19. Congratulations to Helena & Joe Lasak on winning the Jackpot of $150 which went off on the 6th call, well done.

The Domino Pizza vouchers were won by Doug Warr and Brian Black.

Our sincere thanks to Domino's Pizza for their very valued sponsorship of the Jackpot bowls.

Your sponsorship during the whole year is very much appreciated by the club and also by the lucky winners.

Friday night our Bowls Christmas Party was held with 52 people attending and with everyone thoroughly enjoying dancing and singing to the music played by the Grumpies.

Our thanks to the lady members and Fay and Delcie, for the wonderful Christmas spread they provided.

Also, our thanks to Ann-Maree, Sam, Kathy, Alicia and Teigan for their assistance in the kitchen, which allowed our ladies more time out of the kitchen and able to enjoy the party.

There were 15 raffle prizes with the beautiful big hams going to John Ruhle, Don from the band and Steve Tyter.

Thank you to the members who also supplied prizes. Chairman Max Holder and lady president Trish Owens presented badges to the winners of the competitions played during the year, and a Super Veteran's Badge was presented to Joy Niven. Congratulations to everyone.

Also, a big thank you to barman Ken Hayes and to the male members for their help.

Last Sunday, Ken O'Dea's sponsored bowls afternoon was held.

We sincerely thank Ken for sponsoring this day. We also thank him for the excellent floor coverings throughout the club which look great.

Results of play with 1 for an End plus 4 for a win: B. Buckel, S. Valentine, I. Gambrill def. A. Naylor, H. Gibson, J. Ruhle 14-8; B. Maunder, M. Balfour, S. Tyter def. R. Valentine, P. Seipelt, M. Holder 17-5; C. Johnson, R. Bean, K. Hayes def. T. Seaniger, R. Smith, E. Welsh 15-7.

Congratulations to the winners: B. Maunder, M. Balfour, S. Tyter also to the Runner-up C. Johnson, R. Bean, K. Hayes and to third place B. Buckel, S. Valentine, I. Gambrill.

Coming Events: Wed, 22nd: KFC sponsored bowls afternoon. Sat, 25th: Social. Sun, 26th: Patroness Elsie Clear and Patron Hewan Gibson will be holding their sponsored bowls afternoon.

It would be wonderful to have all members and visitors attending this special day in honour of two very special bowlers.

Wed, 29th: Christensens and Valentines sponsored bowls. Dec 2nd: Social. Dec 5th: Monthly Triples. Dec 6th: Social. Dec 9th: Social. Dec 10th: Last day of bowls - Break up bowls at 3pm. Names in by 2:30pm. Great Raffles & BBQ. Dec 11th & 12th: Renovations of the Green at 6am.

Warwick East Bowls Club

On Sunday, we held a very successful open fours carnival, with a full green.

The weather was kind and the green ran beautifully, thanks to the hard work of our volunteers.

The results are as follows. Round 1: B Sinnamon, R Muir, P Herbohn, S Sinnamon 15 d. J Cooke and team 9; T Banditt, A McKinney, W Nerney, S Butz 17 d. P Dipplesman, D Weir, D Hughes, B Lee 7; F Gallo, W Hurnall, J Liddy, R Geard 18 d. N Donaldson, R Delaney, M Donaldson, T Phillips 6; P Collis, D Callaghan, E Scott, R Newlands 15 d. C Davidson, G Davis, P Gamey, P Klowss 9; L Callaghan and team 16 d. M Mills, F Taylor, B Brown, D Alcock 8; R Philps, M O'Leary, M Shepard, B Walsh 15 d. B Black, D Warr, D Christensen, B Christensen 9; B Cathro, B Carter, K Shea, C Carter 15 d. The Summit 9. Round 2 (skips only): P Dipplesman 16 d. N Donaldson 8; C Davidson 15 d. B Sinnamon 9; P Collis 19 d. J Cooke 5; T Banditt 19 d. F Gallo 5; B Black 20 d. B Cathro 4; Summit 17 d. M Mills 7; L Callaghan 17 d. R Philps 7. Round 3 (skips only): C Davidson 18 d. J Liddy 6; P Collis 16 d. N Donaldson 8; T Banditt 13 d. B Sinnamon 11; P Dipplesman 17 d. J Cooke 7; R Philps 16 d. Summit 8; L Callaghan 19 d. B Cathro 5; M Mills 17 d. B Black 7.

The overall winners were L Callaghans's team on 52 points and the runners-up were P Collis's team on 50 points.

The three round winners were J Liddy's team, B Black's team and C Davidson's team.

The club wishes to thank our sponsors, Warwick RSL and Warwick Credit Union, for their continued support.

Our thanks also go to the members who helped with the catering and manning the bar.

The "Cash for Christmas” raffle was drawn on the day. The first prize winner of $500 was K Rogers from Innisfail.

The second prize winner of $200 was M Riddle from Inglewood. The club wishes to thank all those who supported the raffle, as well as the members who sold tickets in the shopping centre.

On Saturday, there will be mixed social bowls as usual. Play starts at 3pm with names to be in by phoning 46619050 between 2pm and 2.30pm.

Trophies and a chance to win the jackpot will be available.

Next Thursday will be our monthly Red Rooster mixed triples day. Play starts at noon, with names to be in between 10am and 11.30am.

Southern Cross Bowls Club

The Southern Cross welcomed the RSL Downs Diggers for a visit-in last Sunday for bowls and lunch.

Many thanks to Prickles for keeping an eye on the barbecue.

Winners on the day were V Brun, J Marriott and B Steven on lowest winning score.

The runners-up were M Steven, A Downey and D Busch. I can't give you the other results as the score cards went with the Diggers, but it was lovely to see the eight rinks being used.

This coming Sunday Nov 26 is the Southern Cross open Carnival which is being sponsored by the Warwick RSL and Warwick Hotel with starting time at 9am.

Results of play from last Thursday's social games: B O'Brien, L Butler, V Gray def R Lawson, L Hartley, J Marriott 20-15; D Cross, B Donovan, K Mooney def B Lee, T Hagley, C Weier 19-14. B grade singles - C Wickham def L Marriott 26-11.

Tomorrow Thursday Nov 23 will be one B Grade call-up - V O'Keefe v L Hartley with social bowls as well starting at 1pm.

The next Management Committee meeting will also be on Thursday at 4.30pm.

Results of our twilight bowls last Friday evening are as follows: R Lawson, T Francis, C Wickham def P Gainey, V Gray, C Davidson 27-7; B O'Brien, Q Hamer, B Lee def P Klowss, J Lewardorn, Y Reid 20-11; J Ryan, R Francis, D Scotney def L Hartley, G Davis, V Hemmings 15-11.

The members draw was won by Pat Gainey.

Allora Golf

Last Friday's Percy's Fruit sponsored Duckrun winner on 25 pts was "Rolling” Ray O'Leary from Doreen Duffy on 22 pts.

Pin winners 17th, John Sparksman Approach 12th Kev Harrison, Rundown Kev Harrison, Wayne McKewan, John Sparksman congratulations to the winners and all players.

Last Sunday was for the Allora Open and Ken Wilson Cup.

Over 85 players from clubs from across the region attended we had a brilliant Open carnival combined with some fantastic golf.

Men's A-grade gross Jason Webb 67, best nett Merv Morris 66, nett runner-up Q Croker. B grade best gross Wayne McKewan 75, best nett Rod Simpson 60, nett runner-up John Millard 61. C-grade best gross Gene McMillan 86, best nett 'Rolling' Ray O'Leary 66, nett runner-up B Gibson 70. Ladies best gross all the way from Goombungee A Cass 88, best nett D Bowe 75, nett runner-up Bonnie Edwards 76.

Long drive A-grade Matt May, B-grade Tim Gleeson, C-grade M Dwan. Approach A-grade 2/11 R Gardiner, B-grade 4/13 John Millard, - grade 3/12 E Hartman. Ladies Approach 6/15 Bonnie Edwards. NTP Men's A-grade Matt May, B-grade D Nevin, C-grade Gene McMillan, Ladies NTP D Bowe.

Winner of the 2017 Ken Wilson cup for best Stableford points: Wayne McKewan with 47 pts.

The Allora 2017 Open Champion is Jason Webb from City Golf Club with 67.

Congratulations to all players and thank you to everyone from participating clubs for attending.

To our sponsors for the day City Golf Club, Denny Engineering, Eziali Excavations, Darwalla Milling, the Rural Maintenance guy and Sam Eaves Golf for the raffle prizes thank you.

Thank you to all the ladies for keeping the players and visitors well fed, the bar staff and workers thank you.

This Friday teeing from 2pm is the Percy's Fruit Duckrun then Sunday while a group heads to Toowoomba for the Open at City we will be playing for the Allora Pharmacy Monthly Medal, all welcome to attend but don't forget your sand buckets and great golfing to you all

Clifton Bowls Club

Results: Thursday 16 November - Night Bowls: Tennis Club 19 def Riff Raffs 11; Clifton News 20 def Bowling Stones 12; Split Ends 11 def Contractors 8; Tom Cats 14 def Holy Rollers 13; Daley's Rural Services 22 def JD Mechanical 4. Winners Tom Cats, runners-up Riff Raffs. Sunday 19th November - Marion and Keith's Presidents Day: Round 1 - C Keary, M Missen and T Blinco def K Morwood, M Skaines and K Weier 15 - 12; A Larkin, G Knights and K Morris def L Ryatt, R Debnam and G Green 14 - 8; L Wissemann. P Ryatt and N Postle def M Lyall, R Kehl and A Imhoff 18 - 7; D Kehl, R Glare and J K Keleher def L Buchanan, N Brosnan and S Eady 16 - 9; N O'Sullivan, J Cochrane and I Jackson def L Doepel, P Iffland and L Smith 16 - 14. Round 2 - N Postle def S Eady 11 - 8; J K Keleher def L Smith 12 - 9; I Jackson def K Weier 19 - 5; T Blinco def K Morris 16 - 11; A Imhoff def G Green 14 - 9. Winners - I Jackson, runners-up - N Postle.

Coming Events: Thursday 23 November - Night Bowls sponsored by R & A Motors: Riff Raffs vs Daley's Rural Services; Tennis Club vs Split Ends; Contractors vs Bowling Stones; Holy Rollers vs JD Mechanical; Tom Cats vs G & K Fencing; Clifton News bye. Saturday 25th November - Veteran Singles at 1pm: K Morris v I Jackson. Sunday 26th November - Veteran Singles Final at 1pm.

Carnivals: Saturday 25th November: Southern Cross Open Fours starting at 9am - nominated team - M Skaines, J Cochrane, A Imhoff and S Eady. Anyone wanting a name badge please contact me.

Cost will be about $8-10 depending on the style. I will order them in the next week or so.

We will be raffling a Christmas Hamper this year. Members are asked to donate items for the hamper. If you want tickets see Marion.

Langham Slashers Golf

On Sunday a small field of players teed off on the front nine to play for the Warwick Hotel sponsored day, Doug Mcbeth was our winner posting a great round of nett 18 two shots in front of runner-up Danny Lyons on nett 20.

Dan played some great golf to also have the best gross for the day with a fine 41 off the stick, Greg Owens has worked out how to putt on the temporary greens only needing 11 putts in his round to have the least putts for the day, Brett Donovon and Peter Balfour shared the pins Laurie King hit the longest drive on the tough third hole and Dave Speedy was our Bradman ball winner for the day.

Next week we will play the back nine come along and have a fun morning of golf, see you all next week.

Warwick Women's Golf

Last Wednesday, November 15, we played in our monthly Style Shoes single stableford off the white markers.

There were two fantastic scores of 39 points on the day which saw Jan Aspinall beat Mary Young on a countback. Great playing Jan and I'm sure Mary wouldn't have been too worried being runner-up as her score assured her a start in the shootout.

The approach on the 7th was won by sponsor, Melanie and the graded pins went to Janine Stewart, Janet Davis and Patricia Eastwell.

The balls in the run down went to Patsy McIntosh 35, Vicki Bennett 34 and the 33's Annice Payne and Gwen Porter.

The remainder of the field was as follows: Melanie McLennan, Jill Barnes 32, Judy Lester, Karen Mackie, Patricia Eastwell, Zel Crook, Anna Cox, Judy Stiff 31, Tub Ingall 29, Shann O'Connell, Janine Stewart, Jean Fysh 28, Helen Olsen, Ann Tomkins, Gill Young 27, Di Evans 26, Marge Burley, Jan Maher 25, Joan Burt 24, Janet Davis and Ellie Casey 21.

We had 22 players in the drizzly conditions on Saturday.

The winner with a great 69 nett was Joy Bowles, closely followed by Gwen Mills on 70.

The All-In pin on the 7th went to Ellie Casey and the graded on the 13th went to Janine Stewart, Joy Bowles and Anne Lyons.

There were 4 balls in the rundown, Joan Burt and Yvonne Pinington 71, Pam Kerr 72 and Tub Ingall 74. Other scores were, Janine Stewart, Di Evans 75, Anna Cox 76, Patsy McIntosh 77, Helen Olsen, Judy Lester, Marge Burley 78, Jan Maher 80, Anne Lyons 81, Marg Adcock 82, Janet Davis 83, Mary Young, Donna Keogh 85, Jan Aspinall 99, Jill Barnes and Ellie Casey. Today we play our last Mid-Week Brooch for the year sponsored by the RSL and on Saturday we will play a KFC sponsored single stableford.

We have raffle tickets for the ladies shoot out available again which are $5 per ticket.

This is a bit of fun and who knows, you may draw the winner or runner-up of the shoot out and win.

The more tickets we sell, the higher the prize value.

A reminder that the Ladies AGM is on this Sunday the 26th at 1.30pm.

Please come along and show your support with regards to our golfing year ahead.

Then on Monday night at 7pm the Warwick Golf Club AGM will be held and everyone is invited to attend this meeting also.