Weather causes mayhem in bowls. Three grades involved in the Central Mountains District section of the Zone 4 pennants had to relinquish their chances of playing on both Saturday and Sunday. Only No 7 sides got to play Gulgong at Gulgong. The result were not exactly what was wanted. On the face of it, an 8-2 loss is a heavy defeat, but when the seven points for winning the aggregate is taken into account the defeat is not as bad as it seems. Gulgong won the aggregate by only two shots after the required 63 ends, also taking the ends won by 32-31. City took two of the three rinks by a total of eight shots, however it was the 23-13 loss by Davie Hunter that was costly. Ian Birk skipped his players in Jim Bannerman, Don Kipp and Scott Van Der Draay to a 25-21 win while Ian Northey, Angus MacKinnon, Brian Norris and Greg Quinn got up 22-18. Losing seven shots in the last two ends by the team of Davie Hunter, Iggy Vadkerti, Bruce Gibbons and Richard Forbes was the decider in City returning to Lithgow without an overall victory.
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This weekend’s teams and they are: No 2s v Dubbo at Dubbo, Saturday at noon: Kerry Clarke, Allan Piggott, Graham Pitt and Darrell Campbell; Al Kenniff, Frank Mierczak, Jim Lahache and Gary Sutherland; Jeff Madden, Bob Brown, Gil Mendoza and Michael Hughes.
Grade 6 v Bathurst City at Lithgow on Sunday: Warren Kennedy, Bob Edgar, Bob Ritchie and Athol Roach; Barry Perry, Dave Robson, Wayne Allan and Ritchie Bilby; Peter Kearney, Jim Kelly, Stan Campbell and Mick Wholohan.
Grade 7 v Mudgee at Mudgee, Saturday at 12.30pm: Ian Northey, John Perry, Brian Norris and Greg Quinn; Davie Hunter, Iggy Vadkerti, Bruce Gibbons and Richard Forbes; Ian Birk, Jim Bannerman, Angus MacKinnon and Don Kipp.
Social bowls: Only the Wednesday men’s went ahead. Top prize went to Ian Birk, Tim Breen and Kevin Hailstone with 10+10. Runners up: Stan Campbell and Barry Pattison with 9+4.
Coming events: Bowlers will be travelling to Windang on the South Coast. This annual exchange visit will be the weekend of June 30, July 1 and 2. Full details, including costs, are on the noticeboard. Calling of nominations for the club’s minor singles event, closes April 9.