Category: State Event
Region State Events
On the final day of the Goulburn Murray Region State Events held at Strathmerton, two of the four events were won by the Murray Playing Area representatives. The Champion of Champions Pairs was played between the Barooga Sports pair of Ian Smethurst and Geoff Mitchell, and the Seymour VRI pair of Jet Wyatt and Michael…
READ MOREMixed Success for Murray at Region State Finals
The first day of the Goulburn Murray Region State Finals saw mixed success for the Murray Playing Area representatives. Murray came out winners in all the individual events, but only one of the teams, the Men’s triples, managed to better the Goulburn Valley teams. In the Women’s State Singles Kerry Baldacchino of Cobram dug in…
READ MOREChampion of Champion Pairs
The Murray Playing Area Champion of Champion Pairs have been decided. In the Ladies final Ann Milkins and Jennifer O’Connor from the Numurkah Bowls Club played Ruth Burnett and Heather Crosthwaite from Barooga Sports Bowling Club. The scores were neck and neck throughout the game, with Ann & Jennifer edging ahead to claim victory 13-10….
READ MOREMurray Playing Area Champion of Champions
Over the past two Sundays the Cobram Bowls Club have hosted the Club Champions from each Murray Playing Area club as they competed for the title of Champion of Champions. The spectators were treated to some wonderful bowls over the two days. The Ladies final was a repeat of the match played two weeks ago…
READ MOREState Finals Decided
The State Singles were played over three Sundays. The first two weeks were played at the Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club and saw the completion of the Ladies finals. However, due to the pleasing number of entries the Men needed an extra week to complete the draw. This was played at the Cobram Bowls Club…
READ MOREMixed Pairs Finally Decided
It was great to see so many entries in the Murray Playing Area State Mixed Pairs this season. After two Sundays of competitive bowls at Berrigan in October, the final was still to be played. Due to other State Events this was not able to be scheduled until today. In the semi-finals Ian Smethurst and…
READ MOREState Pairs Winners
The finals of the Ladies State Pairs were played on the well prepared Numurkah greens last Sunday. In an entertaining final Nan Smith of Finley Bowls Club and Fiona Rourke of Nathalia Bowls Club, fought back against Lidija Patching and Maree Luci of Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club, with Nan saving numerous shots. The scores…
READ MOREState Triples Decided
Both the Men’s and Women’s State Triples finals were played today. In the Men’s final played at Strathmerton, the Katandra team of Peter Lawer, Warren Snow and Greg Barr were too strong for the Strathmerton team of Wayne McGregor, Greg Sutton and Colin Matthes, finishing with a 17/10 win. In the semi-finals Katandra had defeated…
READ MOREState Fours wins to Barooga & Finley
The finals of the Murray playing area State Fours were played on the newly laid synthetic turf at Barooga Sports Bowls Club. The Barooga ladies of Fran Thatcher, Liz Ewing, Ruth Burnett and Cheryl Merrett were too good on the day for the Numurkah Golf & Bowls team of Maree Luci, Jenny Connelly, Robyn Hodgkin…
READ MOREState Events for 2023-24
The Match Committee have released the timetable for the 2023-24 State Events. As per last year all entries must be entered through BowlsLink. However, this year the entry fee must also be paid at the time of entering the competition. This is paid through BowlsLink using a credit/debit card. Every event has a cost of…
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