Sport
9 October, 2026
Gilgandra Bowls News
Noel Raines, Trevor Briese and Andrew Townsend had good wins in the A-grade singles.
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Championships
Championships are getting very close to the final few left standing. Latest results in A-grade singles included Noel Raines showing his prowess on the green by defeating me (Stacey Reynolds) without me scoring a point.
Trevor Breise defeated Jayden Doran 25-15, while Andrew Townsend defeated Andrew Allport who has just returned to bowls after several year absence 25-11. Well done both of you.
In B-grade singles, David Jones played Maxine Elsom. David lead 12-2 but you need a never give-up attitude as Maxine reached deeply to display one, coming back to win 25-12. Well done Maxine.
Tracey Riley had two wins in two days firstly to defeat Andrew Townsend 25-15 and then had a 26-14 win over Stacey Reynolds well played Tracey as you move on through both grades.
Social Bowls
Wednesday social bowls on September 30 had 10 players participate. Winners on the day were David Stockings, Jill Hankins and Mal Altmann with the highest winning margin over Wilbur (Force) Stacey Reynolds and Garry Garbutt 17-7.
Dave Jones and Barry Johnson defeated Mike Newstead and Larry Clarke 17-15.
For Sunday social bowls (October 4) we had 10 players Jayden Doran, Shaun Marchant and Danial Riley defeated Andrew Townsend, Leroy Gregory and Wenden Riley 12 ends to four.
The second game was Mal Altmann and son-in-law Graham losing 16-13 (eight ends each) to David Stocking and Maxine Elsom.
The sheet is now up for anyone wanting to participate in the consistency games of 150 and 21 please put your names down if you wish to play before it gets too hot.
