OPENING DAY 2017:

This winter has certainly been the longest and coldest we’ve experienced for many years, so we are very lucky that our greens have held up so well - particularly for the start of the new season and our official Opening Day on Saturday, Sept. 9

th ......just a pity the weather

didn’t “hold up” too !... and what a cold and damp one! Nevertheless, it didn’t deter a good crowd of bowlers from coming along in good spirits determined to make a great day of it. To kick things off, Shirley and Laurie Etherton - two of of our great club members and bowlers - did the honours by delivering the first jack and bowl of the season. We also gave a warm welcome to Adam Bloem from Elders Real Estate Bairnsdale - sponsors for the day - who later made the presentations to the Opening Day game winners. In fact, the weather held just long enough for our bowlers to complete their two games, followed by lunch, and then the presentations. First up: the overall winners of the August 2 x Bowl Triples, were announced, with Ladies’ President, Val Hardy, standing in on behalf of August’s sponsor - Wood Street Floor Coverings - who were not able to be present on this occasion. Great to see Val back in action again too.

AUGUST 2 X BOWL TRIPLES -

OVERALL RESULTS:

Congratulations & well done !

1st. Lyn Wellington 3 wins + 46

2nd

Ray Holland 3 wins + 34 3

rd Joe Cilauro 3 wins + 19

4th Shirley Bowler 3 wins + 15 on %

5th Shirley Etherton 3 wins + 15

The big news : .... the winner of the winter tournament and the Graeme Hordern Shield : SHIRLEY ETHERTON !! ....with 14 wins +158 .....

Congratulations and well done on a great result .....and nice to have Margaret Hordern present to officially hand over the shield to Shirley.

Results:

1st Shirley Etherton 14 +158 2nd John Lawler 12 + 63 3rd Brian Plumb 11 +125 4th Chris Grimsey 10 + 62 5th Lynne Wellington 9 + 59 6th Stan Irvine 9 + 17 7th Kevin Savage 8 + 62 8th Shirley Bowler 8 + 10 9th Sonya Brown 8 + 3 10th Colleen Such 7 + 44

Thankyou again to all those who participated and helped in any way with our winter tournament ..... we couldn’t have run it without you ...and to our four sponsors: Bendigo Bank, Stephen Baggs Funerals, Opal Specialist Aged Care & Wood Street Floor Coverings..

Lto R: John Lawler, Lyn Wellington, Shirley Etherton ... winner of the Graeme Hordern Shield... Brian Plumb & Chris Grimsey

Margaret Hordern and Shirley admiring the Shield.

Our sincere thanks go to Wood Street Floor Coverings - sponsors of August’s 2 x bowl Triples and to the following sponsors who donated vouchers as prizes for the final ten placegetters : Peels’ Cruises Harvey Norman Dahlsens’ Mitre 10 Bee Balance New Leaf Cafe & Pier 70 Member donations from Joan Oliver & Sandy McDonald ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Determined people working together, can do anything” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SEPTEMBER - 2017

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OPENING DAY RESULTS:

There were five 2 x game winners but victory went to the team of Stan Irvine, Colin Wells & Ken Perkins (2 wins + 22), with Roy Fowden, Mavis Bromfield and Chris Grimsey close behind with 2 wins +10. The Best First Game

was won by Shirley Bowler, Jeanette Temple & Lorraine Clarkson +15. The Best Second Game: by Wilma Fowden, Di Wells & Ron

Unthank +8 ...... and again, thankyou to Elders Real Estate for their great support.

L to R: Adam Bloem, Shirley & Laurie Etherton, Ray Holland, Val Hardy & Peter Beesley .....

L to R: Ladies' President, Val Hardy, Adam Bloem (Elders) & Chairman, Peter Beesley..

...Pauline and Jimmy braving the cold ....

... Bob & Don... our BBQ boys....

Lori, Carmen, Bev, Jan & Cheryl...our dinner ladies on duty....

...our ‘Dynamic Duo’...Bruce & Richard at the helm.....

HOW MANY SAUSAGE ROLLS ????.....

Thanks Richard for giving us all a good laugh when you announced the results of the 2 x Bowl Triples, Sausage Roll guessing competition.

..... Pam, Maz & Max actually made 1638 !! ...... “Holy Hot Food!!” ...... and with his estimate of 1640 - Gerry Cahir was the cleverest and closest to win his prize of 2 dozen sausage rolls !! Bob McKenzie, came in a close 2nd with his estimate of 1650 , winning one dozen sausage rolls....Great stuff people !.. a bit of fun and what a great effort by our catering team.... you just can’t beat a good combination can you.....

Bowls, a Bex... n’ a Hot Sausage Roll !

FROM YOUR PRESIDENTS:

Ladies’ Section - President Val Hardy: First of all, a very big thankyou to all those ladies who attended the pre-season, clubhouse clean-up working bee, completing so many tasks and helping get things spick and span. Also, to my Vice President, Joan Oliver, my thanks for handling Presidential duties in my absence, and I hope Joan has a thoroughly enjoyable and well deserved NT holiday.

Thank you to all members involved in making Opening Day a success. My congratulations to all prize winners on the day and to those winter players who played in all sorts of weather. The overall winner of the winter comp. is Shirley Etherton. Well done! The final of the Ladies’ Club Drawn Triples was played on Tuesday 19th September in very cold (and sometimes wet) conditions. A completely different day to the semi final ! However, the game was played in a friendly, but competitive spirit, with Marge Nathan, Sandy McDonald and Helen Seabourne forging ahead in the last few ends. Their competitors were Pam McCloy, Mary Andrews and Faye Bryan, who battled to the end. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up and all the ladies who played in the competition. The midweek Pennant Practice against Bairnsdale was played on a sunny, warm Monday with Paynesville winning after a hard fought, but friendly game. Our "Girls Night In" is on Wednesday, October 4th at 6.30p.m. Names of those attending should be put on the sheet outside the clubhouse and indicate what food you will bring and how many of your friends. This event raises money for Breast Cancer. Entry is by donation at the door and we would welcome any donations from the male members of the Club. A fun night ... be there! Thank you to those members involved with the new notice boards in the Ladies Room, a job well done. Entries for club and State events are on the Notice Board and I encourage ALL players to enter. The experience gained by playing in these games will improve your play and approach to the game in the future.

..... Cheers, President Val

Men’s Section - President Ray Holland: Hi all: Our Season Opening Day on Saturday 9th September saw a good turn out of approx. 90 Members, with Adam Bloem of Elders Real Estate Bairnsdale - our Sponsor for the day - in attendance. After the Official Opening, Shirley Etherton was asked to roll the first Jack of the Season and Laurie Etherton asked to roll the first Bowl and luckily, the rain held off until near the end of the second game. After lunch, Adam presented the winners of the day with their prizes .

Then the Winners of the Winter 2 x Bowl Triples for August, were announced and received their prizes from the Men’s and Ladies’ Presidents.

The Graeme Horden Shield was presented by Margaret Horden, to the overall Winner: Shirley Etherton ......well done Shirley !... Vouchers generously donated by sponsors and members were also given out to the top Ten placegetters. A very good comp. enjoyed by all ...

The first all day, 2 x Bowl Men’s Special Triples was held on Sept. 21st, Sponsored by Eastwood Retirement, with 28 Teams - 11 from visiting Clubs - a very good turn out, with 4 x 3 game winners. The day was won by, Calvin Connell (S), Tony Shortland and Laurie Etherton.

Thursday Triples: All players are reminded that all Thursday games will now be 2 -bowl Triples ( 2 games x16 ends) until March 22nd 2018, when 3 x bowl triples will resume.

The Men’s Minor Singles is still being played, with the date of the Semi-Finals, and Finals still to be announced, due to cancellation because of rain. Players still in are: Gary Williams v Ray Holland and Joe Wieland v Joe Cilauro.

The Practice Match against Maffra was cancelled. At the Practice Match against Lakes Entrance played on Sunday 24th Sept. - Lakes won overall. This may become an annual event.

The Mixed Drawn Fours - a new Club Championship event - commenced on Sat. 23rd Sept. with 12 teams. The Semi-Final and Final are still to be played.....dates to be announced.

Finally, please get your names in for all our coming competitions

and State events. Good bowling. ........ President Ray.

GREENS REPORT: The Founders’ Green growth is now

evident and rolling well, but it will need a groom soon. The Anderson growth is very strong and also rolling well. The Members’ is coming out of dormancy. However, Dollar spots are showing signs of growth. All greens have been fertilized twice and are now being cut 3 times each week by Trevor. Darren has indicated that he will give the Anderson a light top dress early October and this will mean the green will be out of service for a short time. ...... David Seaborne,

Greens Mgr.

A very big welcome to new full members: Anthony Shortland, Steven Tanner and

Gary Hopman ....and social member: Garry Gardner. Great to have you on-board !

Mid-week Pennant Practice:

Official practice Mondays at 1 pm.

Saturday Pennant Practice:

Every Tuesday at 4 pm. Club Equipment on Loan: Ken Perkins has been updating the equipment loan register, and has discovered that several members who have borrowed bowls or bowling arms over the past few years, either may not have yet returned them, or not had them signed in and marked off the register when the equipment was returned. So, if any of you are currently holding club equipment as mentioned, please advise Ken, or one of our coaches (Ivan Thompson, David McGrath, Calvin Connell) that you are still in possession of it, and return it asap if no longer required. Thank you.

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LADIES DRAWN TRIPLES :

Congratulations to the Winners of the club triples: Marg Nathan (S), Sandy McDonald and Helen Seaborne and well done to the Runners-up: Pam McCloy (S), Mary Andrews and Faye Bryan.

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‘Same Sex

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don’t see what

the big deal is.

Harvey and I

have been having

the same sex for

54years and to

tell you the

truth...it isn’t

worth getting all

upset over.....”

Thank God for Facebook! ....otherwise, I’d have to call

674 people every day to tell them I just went to bowls !

Football and the Blonde : A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked it. "Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents." Dumbfounded, her boyfriend asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was... 'Get the quarterback! Get the quarterback!' I'm like...Helloooooo? It's only 25 cents!!!!"

Wed 4th October 6.30 pm. Girls, round up a few friends to come along for a

guaranteed fun night, with profits going to the Pink Ribbon Cancer Cancel Appeal. Please add names to

the attendance sheet. Donations for the raffle most welcome and anyone willing to do a bit of

entertaining ....please contact Di Wells.

Next Social Committee Activity:

Trivia and Fun Evening: Sunday Oct. 29th 5.30 pm for a 6.00 pm start : If you think you can out chase the Chaser, or love Spicks & Specks or Trivial Pursuit, come along to play for ….. CASH, RAFFLES & PRIZES. Teams of 5 or single entries . Names on attendance sheet please. $5 per player .... Finger Food & Nibbles included......

L to R: Runners-UP: Faye Bryan, Pam McCloy (S) & Mary Andrews

L to R: Winners - Helen Seaborne, Marge Nathan (S) & Sandy McDonald

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SEPTEMBER MEN’S SPECIAL TRIPLES The weather couldn’t have been better for the first of our monthly, Men’s Special Triples ... and congratulations to the Paynesville Winning Team of : Laurie

Etherton, Tony Shortland & Calvin Connell (s) with 3 wins, 33 shots up....and well done to the Runners Up: Ian Hamilton, Nigel

Plunkett & Mick Hogan (s) (Bairnsdale): 3 wins, 26 shots up. 3

rd Place: G.Zomer, Barry Anderson &

Frank Stake (Sale/Heyfield) : 3 wins 14 shots up. Best 1

st Game: Ken Perkins, Ian Roberts, Peter Huntley

18 shots up Best 2

nd Game: Rhys Selleck, Peter Fiske, & Jason McCloy:

16 shots up. Best 3

rd game: John Kool, Kel Brandhoj & John Lewis

(Lakes Entrance) 22 shots up

The Club’s sincere thanks to our sponsors :

- Eastwood Retirement -

Fellas....please make sure you get your team or single entry in as soon as possible for our next one in October.....and if you’re participating in events at other clubs - help boost entries by promoting this monthly event....we’d really like to increase the numbers on last year’s and particularly so, now that we have three grass greens.

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SEPTEMBER IS PROSTATE AWARENESS MONTH

.... are you one of the 40% of men who still fail to book in for an annual check-up ???. Don’t be shy....discuss this with your GP and get screened - early detection remains the top priority for prostate cancer from the age of 50 ...or sooner if you have a family history of this disease ...... For further information visit prostate.org.au

Robin: "Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!" Batman: "True. You owe your life to dental hygiene."

I’m not sure if Vikings ‘bowled’... I know they loved chucking things... but let our Pennant adversaries beware:

“The ground will shake and tyrants tremble when free men take up the sword.” ( .... or bowls! ) An old Norse saying:

L to R: Winners - Tony Shortland, Laurie Etherton & Calvin Connell (S)

ASGARD BOWLING CLUB .... Pennant team enlistment day.....

MEN’S & LADIES BIG TRIPLES EVENT -

APRIL 21ST

2018: We’ve been building up sponsorship

for our big prestige, Men’s & Ladies Triples Event next April and have just about reached our prizemoney target. So, together with Megals - we now welcome three new sponsors for this event - Paynesville Football Netball Club, Coopers Travel and DM Pro Turf - and our sincere thanks to them all for their great support. It’s going to be a great day next April ! So pencil it in OK!

Thinking about doing a bit of travelling ?? and need some good advice ?... then make a date and head off to:

COOPERS TRAVEL - ANNUAL TRAVEL EXPO - Sunday - November 19th - 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Venue: Bairnsdale Sporting & Convention Centre

Coopers Travel Pty Ltd Shop 2/70 Nicholson St Bairnsdale, 3875 Ph: 03 5152 6533 Fax: 03 51522984 admin@cooperstravel.com www.cooperstravel.com To become a Coopers Travel Facebook fan www.facebook.com

Over 60’s State Events: Ken

Perkins won both his rounds 1 and 2 of the EGBD section of Men’s State Over 60 matches. This Friday 29

th Sept at Bairnsdale

Golf he will take on John Lewis (Lakes Entrance) at Bairnsdale Golf. The final will be

played in the afternoon. There were only four entrants in the ladies’ event. Mary Andrews will be playing her semi-final match against R.Watkins, also at Golf on Friday.

Past Presidents´Day at Paynesville: Friday, October 6

th. If you wish to play,

please add your names to attendance sheet at the club. N.B: You do not need to be a member of the Past President’s Association to play. This is a fun relaxed day of social bowling. Also a reminder that members are kindly asked to make some scones for the afternoon tea.

Paynesville Mixed Gala Day:

(Sponsored by Mariner’s Cove). Wednesday 18

th October.

More entries most welcome (male and female), and more donations for raffles are most welcome.

Pennant Commences:

Mid-Week: Tuesday 3rd

October.

Saturday Pennant: Sat 7th

October.

To all our members struggling with ill health at the moment go our VERY BEST WISHES for a speedy recovery.... we hope to see you back on deck soon...!

and if you’re about to celebrate something special.... have a good one! ...and very pleased to hear one person did:

Happy Birthday and Congratulations!

to a very special person ... Judy Martin ...who recently celebrated her ‘Big O’ Birthday with bowling friends on the 15

th at Friday Happy Hour and again, with family and

friends on the 17th

. Well done Judy and we all hope you enjoy many, many more to come.

Luuuuuv ...the socks Don !

At last we’ve come to the end of a very exciting AFL footy season with the big match scheduled for Saturday 30

th

between the

ADELAIDE CROWS &

RICHMOND TIGERS... and may the better team win.... !!.

and lastly, and more importantly.....

Good luck and good bowling to all our

Pennant Sides this coming Season

........ SHOW NO MERCY !!!

......Cheers !