Last week, in hot temperatures – again – the second round of the Ladies Singles Championships was played. There were four matches, of which one was worthy of a final and that was between Lorraine Ratcliffe and Kerrie Green. At 24-all one more end had to be played, with Lorraine finally defeating Kerrie. In the other matches, Judy Sheely defeated Del Buckton, Joan Ridgeway defeated Jill Everett and Vera Whatmore defeated Jan Jones. There was just one social game of triples played as everyone else was involved with the singles. On Wednesday, the semi-finals will take place between Judy Sheely and Lorraine Ratcliffe and Vera Whatmore and Joan Ridgeway. Hopefully, the weather will have cooled somewhat.

Men’s Club Championship Pairs 1st Round

Rob Heininger and Kev Burley def. Bob Charman and Tony Tersteeg. Bruce Wilson and Colin Hebblewhite def. John West and Lu Urby. Dick Baker and Gary Moss def. Alec Laurie and Andrew Henderson. Mike Sheely and Kevin Everett def. Col Beattie and George Wisemantel. Phil and Mark Groves def. Steve and Mathew Higgins. Jamie and John Andrews def. Vic Hebblewhite and Niko Duynhoven. Thanks to umpires Graham Turnbull and Gordon Pritchard. Well done gentleman with the next round scheduled for 9.30am Sunday, 3rd March.

Pennant Trial: Bulahdelah visited our Club on Saturday for another trial with our Div. 3s winning on all 3 rinks and a Gloucester play Gloucester Div. 6 ‘Challenge’ which was also won by Gloucester (fancy that).

In Visit: by Lemon Tree Passage on Saturday the 2nd and Sunday 3rd of March so get your names in for some fun.

Men’s Bowls: Thursday: (No bowls played due to being washed out)

Mixed Bowls: Saturday: Winners were Bev Murray and Joan Ridgeway (14+3) and runners up were Jenny Burley, Judy Sheely and Cheryl West. (11+2)

General: Special General Meeting: 9am, 24th February 2019 was well attended by over 100 members who comprehensively supported the Board of Management's ‘proposed’ renovations to be completed in 3 stages.