By West Dubbo Bowls.

Club Championships

Marg Rich and Bev Goss are this year’s Women’s Major Pairs Champions, following a commanding 20–9 victory over Kelly Dart and Tracey Silk last Sunday afternoon. This marks their third title together at the club — an incredible achievement!

In earlier semi-finals, Marg and Bev defeated Anne Findlay and Helen Davis, and Kelly and Tracey downed Jess Gibson and Claire Brown in a nail-biter.

The Men’s Club Singles Championships also began last weekend, with results as follows:

Round One: M Low def S Evans; C Biles def N Goodridge; J Stephenson def A Brown; C Dart def T Speirs; N Collis def J Zeb; D Stanley def A Taylor; T Brown def J Silk; T Wilkinson def N Riley; C Rodis def L Gilholme; D Morris def L Peirce; W Towney def J Fardell; G Dart def L Morrow; R See def P Kirwan; G Gudmunson def M Smith; L Burden def H Barrow; and J Palmer def S Ryan.

Round Two: C Biles def M Low; J Stephenson def C Dart; D Stanley def N Collis; T Wilkinson def T Brown; D Morris def C Rodis; W Towney def G Dart; G Gudmunson defeated R See; L Burden defeated J Palmer.

The quarter and semi-finals of the Singles’ Championship will be played on Saturday, October 25, or beforehand by mutual agreement.

The final of the Men’s Pairs Championship between Daniel Stanley and Jake Ashley, and Brian Fernando and Glenn Morrison, will be played this Sunday afternoon. The Women’s Club Singles Championship is also on this weekend.

Round One, Saturday afternoon: C Brown versus R Gilholme; H Davis versus L Erwin; T Silk versus M Ney.

Round Two, Sunday morning: H Sharpe versus M Wilson; J Gibson versus A Findlay; M Rich versus P Dawson; A Beecroft versus G Morrison.

Round Two, Sunday afternoon: Winner (Brown/Gilholme) versus Winner (Davis/Erwin); Winner (Silk/Ney) versus K Dart; B Goss versus D Wilson; H Bryan versus B Margery.

Nominations for the Mixed Pairs and Fours Championships are still open.

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Mid-West Region

The Mid-West Pairs Championship finals will be held at Club Dubbo this weekend. West Dubbo is represented by Marg Rich and Bev Goss in the Women’s Seniors, and in the Men’s Seniors, by Lloyd Peirce and Greg Collin, and Max Low and Bill Van Der Mey.

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Social Bowls

Hela Bryan, Pam Dawson and Leanne Erwin won last Wednesday’s social bowls from Tony Leonard, John Zeb, and Graham Ross with Gai Morrison and Marg Rich third. On Friday, Dorian Abel and Marg Rich were victorious over Frank Bartlett and Alan Andriske.

Last Sunday, prizes were won by Carmen Hartley, Aileen Beecroft, Hayley Sharpe, James Abel, June Usher, Hayley Sharpe, and Mary Ney.

There will be no social bowls this Sunday morning due to the competitions mentioned above and the “Barefoot Business Bash” competition also continues on Wednesday evenings.

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Club News

The upcoming 2025 Bowls NSW Awards night on October 22 features West Dubbo nominees Cooper Dart (Junior Bowler of the Year) and Anthony Brown (Administrator of the Year), who will be supported by a strong cheer squad on the night!

Thought for the Week – “The prosperity of a country, is in accordance with its treatment of the aged.” (Hasidic proverb)