A new event at the club during October, catering specifically for those bowlers aged 60 and over. Called The Golden Oldies, the format will be five games of two-bowl triples over two days on Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20. When first proposed the event had a prize pool of nearly $4000, but this has grown substantially since then. The popularity of such a format has paid dividends with the nomination sheet attracting strong interest from clubs throughout the Lithgow area.
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With a limit of 28 teams, those interested are to indicate their willingness to play by either nominating their team on the sheet in the clubroom or by contacting the club for further information.
The Golden Oldies event is sandwiched between the annual Men’s Spring Pairs on the weekend of September 30 and October 1 and the JB Kelly Versatility Sixes event on October 29. The 2017 Spring Pairs event carries a prize pool of $5000. Entries close on Monday, September 25 at 5pm and lists are available at the clubhouse.
The Mixed Versatility Sixes carries $1500 in prize money and lists for all events are available at the clubhouse.
Nominations are also open for the club triples and fours championships. The triples close on September 24, the fours on October 10 and entry lists are available in the respective club areas.
Social bowls: Last weeks men’s event on August 30 attracted one of the biggest fields since last summer where Mick Wholohan showed his versatility playing as a skip for Jack Bennett and Kevin Hailstone to take top money with 14+14, beating out the 13+15 turned in by Dave Robson and Herman Kozell.
September 1 mixed event brought a score of 13+10 by Col Wotton and Beryl Baker which gave them the top prize from Mick Wholohan (once again playing as skip) and Don Kipp’s 10+6.
The men’s event the next day went to Peter Rutherford, Graham Johnson and Barry Achurch with a mammoth 16+28, with 12+8 for second spot for Al Kenniff and Greg Quinn. Davie Hunter, Kevin Thomas and Rod King combined for a 10+9 score on Sunday September 3 for the top spot, narrowly ahead of the 10+2 result for Col Wotton, Ritchie Bilby and Gloria Clarke.
