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Wednesday Afternoon Social Bowls

Rex Ritchie Memorial Shield. 4 points - best rink, 3 points - winning rinks, 2 points - tied games, 1 point - losing games.
 

 

Score
Best Rink
Date
H / A
Versus
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M'bark
Opp.
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Lead
Next Week
H / A
5 Sep 2007
A

Blackburn North

L
110
111
R Menser
M Warr
E Clark
D Hargreaves
Ringwood
A

Good start for the year. The number of bowlers should improve over the next weeks. Good luck - Joe Belli.

12 Sep 2007
A
Ringwood
W
222
152
R Lauder
K Adams
R Hurst
H Sharp
Heathmont
H

Eleven rinks from both clubs. Good to see so many bowlers enjoying the good greens and friendly competition. See you all next week - Joe Belli. Also, thanks to Ray Ogle for looking after this day.

19 Sep 2007 H Heathmont W 255 228 E Gamwell K Adams D Hargreaves I Partier Doncaster H

Once again the number of our bowlers taking part in this great Wednesday social bowls is up with two full greens occupied. Great day, weather overcast but no rain. No. 2 green in great shape. Thanks to our Greenkeeper for setting 14 rinks for us. See you all next Wednesday - Joe.

26 Sep 2007 H Doncaster W 220 196 R Lauder R Hurst T Harris K Murray Mitcham H

Rex Ritchie Memorial Shield points after four games: K Adams 14, E Clark 13, R Lauder 12, R Hurst 11, R Menser 11.
Thanks to the ladies for looking after us every Wednesday at home - Joe

3 Oct 2007 H Mitcham W 110 93 E Slinger B Jones R Lawn T Fenwick Box Hill A

Mitcham had 5 rinks. Next Wednesday against Box Hill we need 24 bowlers. Good luck everyone for the new pennant season - Joe

10 Oct 2007 A Box Hill W 65 55 R Menser No third R Ogle J Michael Heatherdale H

Only 12 bowlers were needed at Box Hill. The remainder bowled at home. Our numbers are still very strong. Looking forward to this coming Wednesday when we bowl against "Heatherdale at Home" - Joe

17 Oct 2007 H Heatherdale W 201 174 J Baker R Hurst E Collins B Richards Ringwood H
Both grass greens full, great atmosphere, great weather.
Next Wed. we host Ringwood & look forward to a good number of bowlers from both clubs - Joe
24 Oct 2007 H Ringwood W 174 105 F Knee A Bell N Harman J Shaw Blackburn North H

Well done fellows. Great attendance each week. Thanks to Ray Ogle for his assistance and to the ladies.
K Adams is leading in the points for the Rex Ritchie Memorial Shield with a very close group behind Kevin's 24 points - Joe

31 Oct 2007 H Blackburn North W 115 93 G Kronk R Brown P Walker D Richens Box Hill A

At home versus Blackburn North BC - two full greens looked very spectacular. Everyone enjoyed the weather and our grass greens. Next Wednesday we are at Box Hill - Joe

7 Nov 2007 Played amongst ourselves as Box Hill had only 11 bowlers F Hargreaves No third B Medhurst T McDonald Heathmont H

Box Hill had only 11 bowlers on the day so we played at home amongst ourselves with 48 bowlers enjoying the good weather. Next week we should have a good number of bowlers from Heathmont coming over & we look forward to a big day - Joe

14 Nov 2007 H Heathmont L 137 160 J Belli No third R Morse K Heinze Doncaster H
Two greens full, first loss for this year, won more rinks, but had two bad losses. Our numbers are growing and more ladies are joining us - good to see. Doncaster at home next week - Joe
21 Nov 2007 H Doncaster Wash out            
28 Nov 2007 H Mitcham W 113 105 P Peterson No third B Welch D Richens Heathmont A

Rex Ritchie Memorial Shield points after 13 weeks - I Partier leads with 29 points followed by E Clark, K Adams & F Knee on 28 points then P Peterson & T McDonald on 27 points and 20 members within 9 points from the lead. Well done bowlers - very close to pick the winner - Joe

5 Dec 2007 A Heathmont W 203 182 K Adams No third J Brown J Wilcock Heatherdale A
Great day of bowling on two first class grass greens. Good to see equal number of bowlers from both clubs - Joe
12 Dec 2007 A Heatherdale W 170 168 D Bosman R Ogle E Collins J Shaw Next game 9 Jan 2008 @ Ringwood  
10 full rinks by both clubs. Good atmosphere, very close competition.
Points after 14 games - I Partier 35 points, P Petersen 33 points, K Adams & F Knee 32 points, D Bosman & T McDonald 31 points. Full list on Tournament Board.
Next official game - away to Ringwood on the 9th January 2008.
Have a Merry Christmas and great New Year - Joe
9 Jan 2008 A Ringwood   Cancelled due to heat
16 Jan 2008 Bye                    
23 Jan 2008 H Ringwood W 155 81 T Wood D Everitt J Hoxley E Hewitt Heathmont H

Our numbers are still growing, good to see new members taking part. Thanks to Ray Ogle for looking after things while I was away. Ten more games to go. Points are very close with K Adams leading but a dozen or more bowlers are very close behind him - Joe

30 Jan 2008 H Heathmont L 126 148 T Wood R Brown E Hewitt J Shaw Doncaster A
8 rinks bowled under very hot and humid conditions. Some very close games, ne bad result, otherwise a good day as usual when we play Heathmont.
Doncaster next Wednesday - Joe
6 Feb 2008 A Doncaster W 154 127 D Bosman T Pearce R Brown A Bell Mitcham A
Very enjoyable day. Good conditions. 7 rinks full by both clubs. Nine more Wednesdays to go - Joe
13 Feb 2008 A Mitcham W 150 129 K Knee F Knee C Whitechurch I Martinez Box Hill H

Only seven rinks, numbers down from previous weeks. Rex Ritchie Memorial Trophy points, getting close to the end. Only six more games left. Very close between the top dozen bowlers. Well done - Joe

 
20 Feb 208 H Box Hill Cancelled due to rain
27 Feb 2008 A Heatherdale W 171 160 B Closter A Grundy B Medhurst I Maartensz Ringwood H
Only seven rinks were available for us & a few of our bowlers had to play at home - thanks fellows. Green very fast but we all enjoyed playing on it. Next week is at HOME (Book says away). Four more games to go - Joe
5 Mar 2008 H Ringwood W 151 137 J Belli No third B Jones B Kloet Heatherdale H
Another great win by our bowlers. Numbers still good. Only three more games to play before we try and win back the Reg Royle Trophy to be played on 2 April at Blackburn North. Two teams of four have been selected - Joe
12 Mar 2008 H Heatherdale W 179 165 K Adams H Newton A Bell G Davison Box Hill A
This week we played at home between ourselves then one more game before the end of this season's Wednesday Social Bowls. The two teams to represent Mooroolbark for the Reg Royle Trophy have been picked - check the board - Joe
19 Mar 2008 A Box Hill - cancelled.
26 Mar 2008 H Heathmont - unfortunately we had to stop play after five ends due to heavy rain. This was the last game for this season 2007-08 Wednesday Social Bowls.
Thank you to all of our bowlers who bowled this year. Also, thank you to the ladies who looked after us at afternoon tea - Joe
Next week's game is the Reg Royle Trophy Day, away at Blackburn North.
4 Apr 2008 A The Reg Royle Trophy Day was cancelled this season due to bad weather.

After playing five ends our two rinks were doing well.
This year we had a very successful year. Numbers were around 48 each week.
We must thank all those ladies who looked after us with the afternoon teas. Thanks very much.
Our Rex Ritchie Memorial Trophy was very close all year & very few points separated the top ten players after 25 games.
Ivor Maartensz finished on top with 56 points, Kevin Adams was second with 55 points followed by Ernie Gamwell & Peter Peterson equal third on 53 points.
Well done to everyone.
Next year's program has been drawn up - we play 16 games at home and 9 away.
See you next season & have a good winter - Joe

     
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