President: Betty Skinner
Secretary: Sue Snape
Major Singles
Winner: Carmel Sowden
Runner Up: Barb Bahagiar
Minor Singles
Winner: Dianna Lovegrove
Runner Up: Maria Ryan
Club Pairs
Winners: Lead, Sandra Starrett, Skip, Sue Snape
Club Triples
Winners: Lead, Maria Ryan, 2nd, Joan Atkins, Skip, Betty Skinner
Consistency
Winner: Louise Baldwin
Runner Up: Betty Skinner
Sandra Starrett and Sue Snape won 17-11 on the new slower green which had them thinking for a while. The conditions were hard with lots of smoke haze affecting eyes and throats. Carmel Sowden and Gina O’Reily started strongly 7-1 up after 6 ends but Sandra and Sue came back and finished on top in a tough hard fought game. A great contest all round!
Sue, Sandra, Carmel and Gina.
Congratulations to Louise Baldwin for her magnificent effort in winning the 2019 Consistency comp. Runner Up Betty Skinner give her a run for her money!
What a great time we had at our Christmas Party on 10th December! The food was amazing and considering it was made at the last minute when our caterer let us down it was the best early Christmas pressie would could have wished for!
A fun time was had by all! See you here next year!
It is a rare thing to survive to the final of the Clovelly Club Open Singles competition. To work your way up through six games is a huge feat! It was with utter pride and admiration that we gathered to watch our own Carmel Sowden fight it out for top place on Sunday 24th November. The match was against Rick Roper, a highly awarded player and we all knew it would be a nail-biter.
For two hours the pair positioned their bowls by the jack – with their opponent sneaking in and getting just a little bit closer. Point by painful point was fought over in one of the best games ever seen at our club.
Ultimately Rick won the honour of champ but in our eyes, our beautiful Carmel will always be number one! Well done to both of them and thank you Bendigo Bank and their representative, Karen Tayor, for 18 years of sponsorship of the competition.
The Presentation Day followed the match and after a delicious lunch the Men’s competition winners were awarded their trophies. It was an uplifting day full of laughter and friendship!
Below: Presentation Day awards and fun!
The Minor Singles Final was a riveting match played between Diana Lovegrove and Maria Ryan. The title went to Diana with a final score of 25 to 19. Well done ladies!
Maria and Diana in the Club.
Our wonderful, washed out 50th Seaside Carnival was a happy day full of quiz games, a roast raffle, the Grid, a magnificent lunch and the best looking Charity table yet! We presented our sponsor, Sydney Credit Union (SCU)’s Glen Warner, BDM, with a Certificate of Appreciation for their wonderful support for over thirty years. We also presented our charity, the Deaf and Blind Children, with a cheque to support their meaningful and caring work.
The rain was almost cyclonic and not a lawn bowl was to be seen, but the sound of laughter and happy chatter made the day a huge success! The friendships we have formed and the wonderful sense of belonging is such a vital part of our sport and we should all be thankful for one another! Thank you to all our friends from our District clubs and beyond who battled the weather to join in!
Our new club champ is Carmel Sowden who played Barbara Buhagiar in her first Singles final (without a doubt a future champion!) in an extremely tight match on Sunday 24th March in very hot conditions. The game, which included one Dead End, was a constant battle for the front and just when it looked like Barbara may have the advantage Carmel’s focus, determination and persistence earned her the win. Well done to Carmel who has scored her second Championship in 3 years and we wish her luck as she heads to the Champion of Champion competition once again! The game was expertly marked by our wonderful Sandra Starrett who did a fantastic job as always! The final score was 18-25. Congratulations to both the winner and the runner up – it was a marvelous spectacle!
