THE Robe Bowling Club held its women’s singles championships last Wednesday.
At the end of the day it was Robbie Dahler who claimed her first singles title.
In the semi final Tracey Gray defeated Bronwyn Matthews 21-11, while Dahler accounted for Valma Jennings 21-19 in a tightly contested game.
Dahler started well, winning the first three ends, before Jennings gradually pulled back to get in front.
The lead changed regularly until Dahler scored a three on the final end to claim the win and a place in the grand final.
In the decider Dahler had a comfortable win over Gray 25-12, yet the scoreline did not reflect the quality of the game.
CORPORATE BOWLS
Also on Wednesday, the Robe Community Bank Corporate Bowls wrapped up for the season.
Touchers for the night were won by Antony, Allan, Jim, Kane, Darren, Rene and Trent.
The winners for week four were Holy Guacamole from the Union Cafe, while runners-up were The Pharmers from Robe Pharmacy.
After his heroics last week Sam Huebner came down to earth and had to buy his teammates a chocolate for trailing the jack.
The Foodland meat tray was won by Luke Wise, the chicken by Jan Fisk, the Musician wine by Warren Tucker, chocolates by Taylor Edwards and beer by Stuart Hunt.
Overall the winner for the four week-series was Mat’s Plumbing with a total of 55 points, followed by Robe Primary School (53) and The Pharmers (51).
Thanks went out to all volunteers for making the competition a reality.
SOCIAL BOWLS
Thursday social bowls saw 22 players take to the greens for two games of 2-4-2.
Winners for the day were Deane Nankivell and Paul Truelove on 50+9, while runners-up were Errol Jennings and Jim Gray with 50+8.
Raffle winners were Terry Reidy for the chicken and Jennings claimed the wine.
PENNANTS
The weekend’s round of Pennant competition opened with the Friday competition, where Robe’s Division 2 side hosted Mount Gambier for a win.
Robbie Dahler, Maria Cooper, Barbara Brown and Tracey Gray defeated Jane Calleja’s team 29-19, while Kerry Peglar, Pam Robinson, Helen Dawson and Judy Bermingham won 27-24 over Beryl Versluis’s rink.
The final score was 56/8 to Mount Gambier’s 43/0.
Robe’s Division 3 side suffered a loss to Millicent 59/8pts to 31/0.
Judy Phillips, Ross Dening, Lorraine Dening and Bronwyn Matthews were defeated by Lorraine Hyland’s team in a close 29-26 shot game.
However, a 33-12 loss to Carolyn McCusker, Doug Baker, Valma Jennings and Helen Lynch against Merle Stevens ensured the hosts prevailed.
The Open Pennant competition was met by perfect summer conditions at Robe on Saturday.
Division 1 claimed a solid 82/10 to 71/2 win over a visiting Port MacDonnell.
Pat Lynch, David Robinson, Harold Manton and Steve Farrell had a close call defeating Tim Wrightson’s team 20-19, while Errol Jennings, Dean Woodward, Dean Burgoyne and Stephen Kennett had a big win against Chris Richard’s team 42-20.
Josh Waddell, Peter Gregory, Peter Roachock and Glenn Wright suffered a 20-32 shot loss to Adam Wilson’s team.
Another win was had by Division 2 over Naracoorte.
Trevor Wagner, Ross Dening, Gordon Brown and Deane Nankivell had a close 22-20 shot win over Wayne Tanner, while Rob Lawrie, Mark Murphy, Ali Douglas and Adrian Bermingham also had a tight 20-19 shot victory over Rob Kirkland’s rink.
The final game was won 27-21 by Vic Dawson, Paul Truelove, Jo Sykes and Ken Smith over David Parker’s four.
Looking ahead and the mixed pairs championships will be held on Wednesday, December 14.
