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Millicent Bowls Club Veterans’ Singles played 4^th March 2025

This year both the Ladies’ and Men’s Veteran Singles were played on the same day.  Games started at 8-30am and by mid-afternoon the fields had been reduced to the Grand Finals in both genders.
The Ladies’ Grand Final was contested between Heather Carthew and Mary Campbell.  All games including the Grand Final were played with the first bowler to reach 21 shots up.
At the 5^th end both girls were sitting on 5 shots each but then by the 14^th end Mary was sitting on 19 and only requiring 2 shots to take out the game.  Heather was on 12shots. Heather was able to fight back and by the 18^th end Mary was sitting on 20 shots to Heather 18 but on the 19^th end Mary Campbell became the Veterans’ Ladies’ Singles Champion by scoring the 1 shot required to get her over the line.
The Men’s Grand Final was played between Rod Gibbs and Peter Scanlon. This game was very similar to the Ladies.  By the 17^th end Rod was holding the lead sitting on 18 shots to Peter’s 9 shots but then Peter was also able to fight his way back into the game and by the 25^th end the score was sitting at Peter 20 shots to Rod 19.  On the final end Rod was able to score 2 shots to give him the 21shots required to win the title of Veteran’s Singles Champion for 2025.     

Millicent Bowls Club Mixed Pairs

Thei Millicent Bowls Club ,on Sunday 23^rd February, held their annual Mixed Pairs, in very windy conditions which is becoming normal for the South- East.  All games, including the Grand Final, were played over 15 ends, with all players playing 3 bowls straight before changing over.
9 pairs took part in the competition and the two teams winning their way into the Grand Final, were Peter Hyland and Lorraine Hyland and Aaron Emonson and Joy Warren.
Aaron and Joy got away to a very strong start winning  the first 6 ends. Peter and Lorrane fought back in the 7^th end to score a 5 with the score sitting at 13 to 5.  By the 12^th end the score was 19 to 7 Aaron and  Joy’s way.  At the 14^th end the Emonson team scored  another 2 shots with the score finishing at 21to 9 giving Aaron and Joy the title of Mixed Pairs Champions for 2025.  

Millicent Bowls Club Handicap Singles

On Saturday 8^th February, both the Ladies and Men’s Handicap Singles Grand Finals  were played, with both gender Gand Finals being  played over 21 ends in very windy, blustery  conditions.
In the Ladies’ the Grand Final was contested between Jean Smith and Heather Carthew. Heather having to give Jean a 12 shot start and by the 12th end the score was all square.  At the 16^th end there was only a 1 shot difference  with Heather on 22 and Jean on 21. Heather was able to win the next 4 ends  with the score finishing  Heather 29 to Jean 23, giving Heather Carthew the title of Ladies’ Handicap Singles Champion for 2025.
In the Men’s Grand Final also played over 21 ends.  This was contested between Iain Campbell and Eddie Hann.  Both players started on Zero and by the 10^th end there was only a one shot difference in the score with Eddie on 7 shots and Iain on 8.  At the 12^th end Iain was able to gain a maximum 4 shots taking the score to Iain 15 to Eddie 7. Eddie was then able to win the next 6 ends to bring the score back to only a two- shot difference with Iain 16 to Eddie 14.  Iain won the next 2 ends to take out the game and give him the title of Men’s Handicap Singles Champion for  2025.

Millicent Ladies’  Championship Pairs  2025

On Wednesday, 5^th of February, the Millicent Bowls Club held their Ladies’ Championship Pairs, in very windy conditions.  Starting at 8-30am, each game up until the Grand Final was played over12 ends.  The Grand Final played over 15 ends.

The two teams working their way to the Grand Final were Adriana Ross and Macmacdonald, against Elaine Goode and Joy Warren.  By the 6^th end the Goode Team was 7 shots to the Ross team 3 shots but on the next end that lead was reduced to a one shot lead to the Goode team.  This one shot lead continued right up to the 13^th end, then Elaine Goode and Joy Warren’s team was able to win the last 2 ends.  The final score being 13 to 10, giving Elaine and Joy the title of Ladies’ Pairs Champions for 2025

Millicent Bowls Club Annual Australia Day Herb Henderson
Memorial Men’s Fours

On the 26^th January the Millicent Bowls Club held their Annual Herb Henderson Memorial Men’s Fours. 28 teams took part in the games with the first game before lunch played over 15 ends and after a lovely catered lunch the players came out and played another 2 games over 12 ends.
Teams travelled from as far away as Adelaide to take part in the competition.  Before going out to play Kym Stewart welcomed all players and then asked long time Millicent member John Buhlmann to lead all in the singing the Australian Anthem .

Best team winning for the first game went to a Mt Gambier RSL team of Gary Feast, Rex Heinze, Dean Burgoyne and Harrold Manton with a score of 34 points.  Best second game winners went to a made up team of Wayne Ross, Derrick Lindh, Brad Errock and David Taylor with a score of 31points and best third game winner went to a Millicent team of John Buhlmann, David Crase, Steve Skeer and Alan Correll, with a score of 29.5 points.
Over-all winners for the day was a team form Mount Gambier RSL with a score of 88.5 points in Tony Bowditch, Daniel Langdon, Ben Masters and Les James.  Runners- up was a mixed team made up of Neil Blakey, John Scudds, Iain Campbell and Brian Vorwerk 85.5 points and in third place was a team from Port MacDonnell, Garry Walters, Brenton Wittwer, Garry Fox and David Beaman 85.0 points.

At the completion of all games players then retired to the club room to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea, with the ladies of the club doing a fabulous job catering for the full day.  What a great effort.

Millicent Bowls Club Championship Single 2025

On Saturday 11^th January the Men’s Championship Singles were played over 2 days running into Sunday 12^th.  Each game up to the Gand Final were played to the first to reach 21 shots.  The Grand Final played to the first to reach 25 shots.
The two players in the men’s section reaching the Grand Final were, Jim Campbell and John Scudds.  Throughout the game the scores were neck and neck and by the 26^th end the scores were John 23 to Jim 22.  On the final end John Scudds was able to score two shots to give him25 shots and the title of Singles Champion of the Millicent Bowls Club for 2025 Season.

In the ladies, the competition was played on the 12^th January due to the smaller number of entries.  The ladies rules for the Championship were the same as the Men’s with the games leading up to the Grand Final played to the first to reach 21 shots and the Grand Final to 25 shots.
Winning their way into the Grand Final were Lyn Scudds and Heather Carthew.  Unfortunately, the game ended after 6 ends with Heather having to forfeit  due to a very bad knee problem.  This gave Lyn Scudds the title of Ladies Singles Champion for 2025 season.

Millicent Bowls Club Ladies’ and Men’s Championship Fours 2025

On Saturday the 4^th January the Millicent Bowls Club held their Championship Fours in rather warm conditions.  The games leading up to the Grand Finals were played over 12 ends.
The ladies didn’t have quite as many entries as the men and were able to complete their competition in one day.  The men’s Grand Final ran into Sunday.

The ladies the Grand Final saw the teams of Lyn Scudds, Elaine Goode, Judy Lowe and Ros Varcoe taking on, Lorraine Hyland, Merle Stevens, Margaret Johnson and Joy Warren. Due to very unfortunate circumstances, with Margaret Johnson having to be taken by ambulance to hospital and with the score sitting at 16 to 2, Lyn Scudds team were declared the winners and Champions for 2025 season.

In the men’s, Grand Final, the game was played over 15 ends.  The teams of Rod Gibbs, Neil Whelan, David Taylor and Peter Hyland played, Peter Varcoe, Frank Cooper, Steve Skeer and Malcolm Wright.  On the fourth end the Varcoe team were able to pick up 6 shots to give them a lead of 7 shots, by the 10^th end the score was sitting at, the Varcoe team 13 to the Gibbs team 7.  The Gibbs team was able to work their way back into the game and finished going down by 2 shots which give the Varcoe team the 2025 Men’s C.hampionship, finishing with a score of 15 shots to the Gibbs team 13 shots   

Millicent Bowls Club Men’s  Championship Pairs  2024-25

The Men’s Championship Pairs was played on 24^th of November but because of personal reasons, the Grand Final for the competition was not played until the 8th of December. 36 players took part in the competitions, with all games leading up to the Grand Final played over 12 ends.
The Preliminary Final was played on 8^th December between Rod Gibbs and Iain Campbell and Kym Stewart and Steve Skeer with Kym Stewart and Steve Skeer winning their way into the Grand Final to be played against Glen Jones and Aaron Emonson.
The Grand Final was played over 15 ends and by the 8^th end the Jones/ Emonson pair were12 shots to 4 up.  The Stewart/Skeer pair won the next three ends and with only one end to play and only 4 bowls left in the game the Jones team were holding shot to give them the game.  Kym Stewart then had a full-blooded drive and killed the end with the Jack going out of bounds.  This meant another end had to be played with the Jones team winning and giving them the title of Championship Pairs for 2024/25 Season.

Millicent Bowls Club Ladies Invitation Fours
 Tuesday 3^rd December

The Millicent ladies hosted their Invitation Fours with players to dress in Christmas theme. Players travelled from as far as Bordertown to play.
Teams came from Bordertown, Beachport, Kingston, Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier RSL, Lucindale, Port MacDonnell, Rob, Naracoorte, Naracoorte RSL and Penola.
The format of the day was before lunch one game of 12 ends then after a catered lunch the girls the went out and played 2 games of 10 ends.  The players then retired to the clubrooms to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea before the results of the day were announced by Ladies Tournament Chairperson, Mary Campbell.
The over-all winners for the day was a team from Robe, being the only team to finish with 3 wins and a total of 83 points.  This team also won the prize for the Best Dressed. Runners-up for the day was a team from Port MacDonnell with 77 points and in third place was a team from Naracoorte RSL with 60 points.

Millicent Bowls Club Somerset Pairs and Fours
 3^rd November 2024

On Sunday 3^rd of November the Millicent Bowls Club hosted the Somerset Pairs and Fours, starting at 9-00am.  Teams travelled from Naracoorte, Port MacDonnell, Robe and Beachport, it was great to see so many visiting players. The first game in the morning was played over 15 ends, then the players separated to make up two teams of pairs with one team going for lunch while the other team played their game of pairs over 10 ends.  The second team played their game also over ten ends.  Once the pairs had been played the teams then came together again and played their fourth game over 12 ends to complete the day, players then went into the club rooms to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea before the results were announced.

Prizes were  given for first, second , third and fourth game winners before announcing the over-all winners for the day.
 The first game winners team went to, Adriana Ross, Ian Ross, Mary Clifford and Denis Clifford.  Second game prize went to David Beaman and Leon Fox.  Third game winners were,  Derek Bowering and Rob Chambers and with the teams coming back as fours the fourth game winners went to Wayne Ross, Sarah Ross, Brian Roper and Derrick Lindh.

The over-all winners for the day was a team from Naracoorte, Wayne Fox, Roger Farley, Wayne Tanner and Ron Garton, with 89 points. Second place after a count back went to a team from Millicent, Bob Baxter, Neil Whelan, Steve Carnellor and Aaron Emonson  with 87+15 shots up and in third place with a score of 87+10 shots up went to another Millicent team, Peter Varcoe, Ros Varcoe, John Scudds and Lyn Scudds.    

Millicent Bowls Club Men’s Triples Championship
2024/25 Season

On Sunday 27^th October, the Grand Final of the Men’s Triples was played over 18 ends between Iain Campbell, Rod Gibbs and John Buhlmann and Kym Stewart, John Scudds and Jim Campbell.
The game was played in perfect conditions and by the 4^th end Iain Campbell’s team were up by 4 shots but Kym Stewart’s side were able to narrow the gap and by the 8^th end there was only 2 shots difference.  That 2 shot margin continued through to 13^th end but then Iain, Rod and John were able to win the next 4 ends with the final 18^th end not being played as the score finished with Iain Campbell, Rod Gibbs 22 shots to Kym Stewart, John Scudds and Jim Campbell 11 shots, giving Iain , Rod and John the title of Triples Champions for 2024/25 season.

Millicent Bowls Club 2024/25 Championship Triple
 Ladies and Men

On Sunday the 20^th October, the Millicent Bowl Club ran the Annual Championship Triples for male and female members.  All games started at 8-30am, with all games up to the Grand Final, played over 15 ends and the Grand Finals over 18 ends.
In the Ladies competition the grand final came down to the teams of Faye Hill, Judy Lowe and Mac Macdonald against Merle  Stevens, Esther Scudds and Heather Carthew.  The game turned out to be a very closely contested match and by the 7^th end the scores were tied at 6 shots each, by the 14^th end once again the scores were tied at 14 shots each, by the 17^th end with only one end to play the Carthew team were holding the lead by one shot and by the 18th and final end they were able to score two more shots to give Merle Stevens, Esther Scudds and Heather Carthew the title of Ladies’  Triples Champions for 2024/25 season.  Well done girls what a great game it was.
In the Men’s the Grand final is yet to be played but the two teams to contest for the Championship has come down to, Iain Campbell, Rod Gibbs and John Buhlmann taking on, Kym Stewart, John Scudds and Jim Campbell.  Due to the late time the games finished, the Grand Final has been scheduled to be played next Sunday, 27^th of October.  Good luck to both teams .

Making it to the Grand Final: Kym Stewart, John Scudds, Jim Campbell

Making it to the Grand Final: Iain Campbell, Rod Gibbs, John Buhlmann

Millicent Bowls Club Scudds Earl Shield for 2024/25 Season

On September 15^th the Millicent Bowls Club hosted the Scudds/Earl Shield competition between MT Gambier RSL Bowls Club and the Millicent Bowls Club. This competition has been running for the past 19 years, commencing in 2006, as a lead- up to the LSEBA Pennant’s Season.  The competition was started by the late Robert Scudds and late Reg Earl and is a great competition.
Prior to going out onto the greens the players enjoyed a BBQ.  The games started at 1.00pm with 80 players taking part in the competition which was played over 25 ends with a 2 end roll-up before scoring started.  All teams shots are combined for each club whether a rink wins or loses, to give an over-all total score.
This year for the third time since the competition commenced, Millicent came out victors with an overall score of 242 shots to Mount Gambier RSL 211 shots, thus Milicent winning by 31shots.
The best rink for Millicent went to the team of Strawb Masters, Rod Gibbs, Andre Reinders and Eddie Hann with a score of 38 shots to 16 shots. Mount Gambier RSL best rink went to Michael Fox, Brian Roper, Les James and Graham Dent with a score of 25 shots to 19.
After the game all players enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea during which the presentation of winners took place and  Graeme Smith from Mt. Gambier RSL handed to shield to Millicent President Aaron Emerson.     

General Meeting
on Thursday September 19th after 2-4-2

PARA STATE LAWN BOWL SINGLES AND PAIRS

Aaron Emerson, President of the Millicent Bowls Club, and his bowls partner Chis Flavel from Lockleys Bowls Club went to Port Noarlunga to compete in the Para State Pairs Bowling Competition.  The competition was played over two days which saw them have a  convincing section win with 3 wins and 35 shots up.  The next day they had a tough first game  but won 16-7 taking them through to the Grand Final.  In a low scoring grand final, starting shot by shot, Aaron and his partner Chris won 11-4 to be State Para Pairs Champions.
Aaron then went on to Victor Harbour for a trial for State selection with 20 para bowlers trying for 8 spots, 2 women and 6 men, who will go to Broadbeach, Queensland in October. Aaron was lucky enough to be selected and will compete in the Singles and team up with his partner Chris again to try and take one step further and win a National title.

Millicent Bowls Club 2024/25 Season Opening

On Sunday 8^th of September the Millicent Bowls Club held their Season Opening. President Aaron Emonson asked all member to move outside to “A” Green for the official opening to be officiated by Wattle Range Mayor, Des Noll.
In Mayor Noll’s opening address he praised the club in the manner in which it is run, bringing people together to enjoy the sport and also running a great Night Bowls competition which gets many non-bowlers into the sport and also bringing bowlers from away into the town for tournaments the club runs through the year. Mayor Des then declared the Season for 2024/25 open.  President Aaron thanked Mayor Des and  invited Ladies Singles Champion, Sarah Ross, to roll the Jack and for Men’s Singles Champion Wayne Ross, Sarah’s husband, to roll the first bowl for the season.

Once all the official part had been completed, members enjoyed one game of bowls played over 16 ends before going back into the clubrooms to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea.