Thirty bowlers took to the grass green on Thursday with large margins being the trend for the day and the players could not blame the weather this time. Winners on the day were Rob Heininger, Jim Whittaker, Charlie Faulkner def Gary Spokes, Phil Walls, Robbie Bowden 30-11. Runners up with another big margin were Lu Urby, Peter Sansom, Clive Redman def Andrew Henderson, James Davison, Jim McIntosh 28-11. Kevin Burley, Nico Duynhoven, Col Beattie showed the opponents how to play the game winning over Bruce Wilson, Graham Turnbull, Don Mehieloff 26-14. Tony Tersteeg, Wayne (tiger bowls) Groves, John West belted their rivals Kevin Everett, George Wisemantel, Chris Pritchard 30-12. Terry Higgins, Barry Peacock, Alec Laurie def Mike Sheely, Neville Atkins, Paul Sheridan 26-13. Saturday bowls saw a shift in positions in horrid weather conditions with Don Mehieloff being promoted to super skip his team of Judy Sheely, George Wisemantel who failed to follow skip's instructions and were def by Jean Holstein, Clive Redman, Chris Pritchard 19-15. Winners on the day were John Andrews and the Di girls, Lockwood and Pritchard, who did follow their skip's orders def Graham Turnbull, Del Buckton, Terry Davies 22-14. Thursday and Saturday bowls will commence at 1.30pm in future. The first round of the men's fours were played on Sunday with Col Hebblewhite, Bruce Wilson, Vic Hebblewhite (playing injured) Kevin Baker proving too strong and appeared to control the game throughout def Col Linton, Mark Tull, Jason Collins, Peter Jones 20-12. The other game was a much closer encounter with skip Kevin Burley playing consistent draw bowls ably supported by Terry Higgins, Clive Redman, Bob Jones def John Andrews, Steven Higgins, Tony Tersteeg, Jamie Andrews 20-16. Other matches were delayed due to players participating in district events and may be played Thursday if players are available. The nominations are on the board for the mixed pairs and close on 15 August with the first round on 24 August. There are still five vacancies for ladies to play in the blind solo bowls on 25 August but the men's board is full for this popular event. The grade three pennant teams are challenging Taree Leagues Saturday 20 July for their last hit out before the State titles in Tamworth on 27-28 July.