MESSAGE of WELCOME from CBD Chairperson Alison Hall Welcome players and spectators to the Central Bowls Division Saturday Pennant Division 1 and Division 2 Grand Finals 2016/17. Congratulations to the Seymour VRI Bowling Club and Alexandra Bowling Club who once again face‐off in the Division 1 Grand Final, I look forward to a great display of bowling from these two top sides. It is great to see two new combatants for the Division Two Grand Final well done to Wallan Yellow and Kilmore Blue. The CBD thanks Wallan, Eildon, Alexandra and Seymour for hosting this year’s final series; they have presented us with excellent greens, fabulous facilities and generous hospitality. Once again the CBD has run a successful 21 week Saturday Pennant competition and I thank all the Players, Managers and Officials for supporting this competition throughout the long season. The winner today will go on to compete in the Central Goulburn Murray Region Champion of Champion Saturday Pennant on 1/4/17 at Wunghnu Bowling Club and then if successful on to the reintroduced State Champion of Champion Saturday Pennant at Moama in May. It would be great for CBD players from all Clubs to support whichever Club wins today by showing up in force at Wunghnu next Saturday. CBD competitions this year have been further enhanced by using the STG portal to record all our Pennant results. Well done everyone for embracing the technology. A big thank you to our CBD Administration Officer, Stephen McGregor, for overseeing the introduction of online results and helping Clubs trouble shoot when necessary. I have been very impressed by how smoothly the CBD has transitioned to recording Pennant results this way. Recently the CBD Board sent a survey to all Clubs for input regarding the running of next year’s competitions. If you have an opinion on any of the issues then please make your Club aware of your thoughts. Again well done to VRI and Alexandra on reaching the Div 1 Grand Final, I would love to see a CBD team go on to the State Play‐Offs. Good bowling to Wallan Yellow and Kilmore Blue as I know you will be bowling your hearts out for Grand Final honours. Regards Alison Hall
SCHEDULE of EVENTS Master of Ceremonies – Stephen McGregor Official Party CBD Chairperson Alison Hall CBD Deputy Chairperson Bruce Radford Administration Officer Stephen McGregor Garry Bester Umpires – Gladys Burgoyne 12.15pm 12.30pm 12.35pm 12.40pm 11.00pm 13.00pm 13.30pm 15.30pm Team Managers gather for briefing & draw for rinks Players (at rinks) and Officials (on green) assemble for Welcome (CBD Chairperson) and National Anthem Team Photos Managers call the cards prior to roll‐up, players will present their bowls for inspection by umpires after two end roll‐up Play Commences Afternoon Tea Players and Officials will adjourn to the clubhouse where CBD Vice Chairperson will offer thanks or the afternoon tea. Spectators may purchase afternoon tea and raffle tickets Resumption of play and drawing of raffle Presentations at the conclusion of play will take place on the green – Division Two followed by Division One;  CBD will thank the host club for the use of their facilities  Losing side manager address  CBD President (or representative) will present Medallions to the members of the winning side and the Premiership Trophy to their Manager who will speak on behalf of the winning side  Winning side will make themselves available for photographs Top 10 Saturday Division One Pennant Skippers Skipper L Spargo P Skehan G Gilmore G Jones M Simmons G Edmonds T Young G Matthews R Chapman L Scott Club P Pts SD Seymour VRI Kilmore Alexandra Seymour VRI Alexandra Wallan Kilmore Alexandra Broadford Alexandra 11 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 17 17 (32) (29) (28) (28) (27) (22) (22) (20) (20) (18) +195 +118 +179 +163 +130 +165 +165 +161 ‐1 66 +152 Top 10 Saturday Division Two Pennant Skippers P Wood K Malin D Taffe D Malin M Sims W Jarrett D Lappin F Kool N Klein Kilmore Blue Seymour (1) Kilmore Blue Seymour (1) Wallan Yellow Kilmore Blue Wallan Yellow Kilmore White Alexandra maroon 14 16 15 16 19 13 11 14 18 (24) (22) (21) (20) (15) (14) (14) (14) (12) +163 +114 +183 +176 +151 +138 +175 ‐ 132 +126 J Coustley Wallan Yellow 19 (12) +118 15 15 14 15 15 14 12 14 14 19 (27) (24) (23) (22) (20) (19) (18) (17) (16) (14) +124 +158 +199 +116 +167 +130 +173 +165 ‐ 111 +172 Top 10 Midweek Pennant Skippers G Jones W Dawe T Young K. Mayberry R McGowan P Skehan R. Brown L Di Bella G Cowan D Noonan Seymour VRI Seymour VRI Kilmore Kilmore Eildon Kilmore Seymour Eildon Wallan Seymour VRI DIVISION ONE
GRAND FINAL PREVIEW
Saturday 25th March
by The Oracle
The Grand Final today between the divisions top two sides from the home and away season and past two Premiership winners, Seymour VRI and Alexandra is being played on the grass green at the Seymour Bowling Club and is a repeat of last years Grand Final. These two sides met twice during the home and away season and with results shared it was Alexandra who finally gained the upper hand and the momentum by winning the Qualifying Final at Seymour two weeks ago by 12 shots. In the first encounter at their home green in Round 5 it was a dominant performance from Seymour VRI 18‐132 defeating Alexandra 0‐61 by a mammoth 71 shots with all rinks up. Round 5 12 November Seymour VRI 18–132 d Alexandra 0‐61 Daniel Noonan 33 d Graeme Matthews 14 Luke Spargo 26 d Larry Scott 20 Colin Marsh 38 d Greg Gilmore 10 Greg Jones 35 d Mark Simmons 17 In the return match at Alexandra in Round 12 with rink wins split evenly it was Alexandra coming out on top 14‐101 to Seymour VRI 4‐62 by a comfortable 26 shots. Round 12 21 January Alexandra 14‐101 d Seymour VRI 4‐75 Larry Scott 28 d Colin Marsh 19 Graeme Matthews 22 lt Greg Jones 24 Mark Simmons 15 lt Luke Spargo 22 Greg Gilmore 36 d Daniel Noonan 75 With one win each they met again in the Qualifying Final at Seymour where it was Alexandra jumping out of the blocks and Seymour VRI coming home hard but unable to close the gap as Alexandra won 98 to 86 and going straight through to the Grand Final which left Seymour VRI facing a Preliminary Final match against Kilmore to get back to the Grand Final and defend their title form last year. Qualifying Final Played at Seymour Alexandra 98 d Seymour VRI 86 Greg Gilmore 36 d Daniel Noonan 12 Graeme Matthews 12 lt Luke Spargo 32 Mark Simmons 34 d Bill Dawe 10 Larry Scott 16 lt Greg Jones 32 In today’s Grand Final the all important skipper matchups will be absolutely critical as results from the 3 match‐ups over the season show that Seymour VRI have won 8 rinks to Alexandra’s 4 rink wins. On show today, as you would expect with the two top sides playing we will witness six of the divisions top ten skippers in action, four of them from Alexandra and surprisingly only two from Seymour VRI, whilst in a quirk of the draw it is only the G. Matthews v G. Jones match up that has occurred once before this season with a narrow 2 shot win to Jones. G. Gilmore (3) v L. Spargo (1) The skipper G. Matthews (8) v G. Jones (4) Match ups & Ratings L. Scott (10) v W. Dawe (15) M. Simmons (5) v W. Noonan (13) They say that winning form is good form and with Alexandra winning the past two encounters between these sides logic would suggest that they should get over the line in a tight match, however it is a Grand final and with Seymour VRI in scintillating form last weekend in disposing of third placed Kilmore by 40 shots and finding their mojo whilst Alexandra was having the weekend off, which I am not convinced is a good thing, I will stick my neck out and suggest that Seymour VRI will defend their title and get up by the narrowest of margins in what should be an absolute thriller. Let’s hope that the weather does not contribute to the result and we see a green that is free running which will allow these two very even sides to provide the ultimate spectacle that the pinnacle of our Saturday bowls deserves and hopefully it will entice a large crowd along to the Seymour Bowling Club. CBD SATURDAY DIVISION ONE PENNANT RESULTS Team
P
W
1
SEYMOUR VRI
18
15
2
0
557
141.41
267
2
4
ALEXANDRA
KILMORE
BROADFORD
18
18
18
15
12
8
2
5
9
0
0
0
447
422
-69
131.72
129.66
95.83
256
215
153
5
Wallan
18
6
11
0
-181
89.37
133
6
Eildon
18
6
11
0
-286
83.62
123
7
Seymour
17
3
13
0
-453
73.92
72
8
Yea
17
2
14
0
-437
75.27
59
3
L
D
SD
%
*NOTE – Yea v Seymour results from Round 15 NOT recorded Preliminary Final Played at Eildon Seymour VRI 117 d Kilmore 77 Daniel Noonan 36 d John Coates 14 Luke Spargo 26 drew Trevor Young 26 Bill Dawe 27 d Scott Fletcher 19 Greg Jones 28 d Phil Skehan 18 Qualifying Final Played at Seymour Alexandra 98 d Seymour VRI 86 Greg Gilmore 36 d Daniel Noonan 12 Graeme Matthews 12 lt Luke Spargo 32 Mark Simmons 34 d Bill Dawe 10 Larry Scott 16 lt Greg Jones 32 Elimination Final Played at Wallan Kilmore 125 d Broadford 82 Phil Skehan 36 d George Bilton 16 Trevor Young 28 d Robert Chapman 27 Scott Fletcher 37 d Alan Price 22 John Coates 24 d Keith Oliver 17 Pts
CENTRAL BOWLS DIVISION SATURDAY PENNANT DIVISION ONE GRAND FINAL Note: sides as advised & draw for mat, opponents, rinks done on the day ALEXANDRA Rink Manager: Larry Scott 1 2 3 4 Rink Greg Gilmore (s) Bob Benghamy Alan Boyd Terry Harvey 26 Graeme Matthews (s) Dick Gilmore Ken Argent Len Garlick 19 Larry Scott (s) Rex Goulding Brian Gunton Marie Evans 19 Mark Simmons (s) Beau Simmons Jason Cadee Janice Dunstan TOTAL Emergencies: Margaret Legge SEYMOUR VRI 1 Luke Spargo (s) Wayne Noonan Geoff McPherson Shannon Boyd 2 13 Greg Jones (s) Joe Purcell Kevin Lee Robert Hockley 3 26 Bill Dawe (s) Geoff Neal John Spargo Phil Challis 27 Daniel Noonan (s) Colin Marsh 22 Mick Szczykulski Bradley Anderson 17 Manager: Greg Jones 4 TOTAL 81 Emergency: John Crockett 88 CENTRAL BOWLS DIVISION SATURDAY PENNANT DIVISION TWO GRAND FINAL Note: sides as advised & draw for mat, opponents, rinks done on the day W
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W Rink 5 Manager: Geoff Symons 6 John Coustley (s) Steven Doig Carol Wright 7 TOTAL Emergency: Ray Laux 5 22 Des Lappin (s) Erika Kostilain Sandra Bloomfield 24
KILMORE BLUE Rink Manager: Phil Skehan Mark Sims (s) Jason turner Brad Collins Bill Jarrett(s) Douglas Haynes Lesley Hodgson 6 21 Peter Wood (s) Margo Wood Mavis Haynes 31 David Taffe (s) 29 7 Mark Hodgson TOTAL 76 21 William Cattanach Emergency: Colin Hodgson 73 DIVISION TWO
GRAND FINAL PREVIEW
Saturday 25th March
by The Oracle
DIVISION TWO
Meanwhile in division two the Grand Final will see a new winner on the trophy as
Wallan Yellow and Kilmore Blue will do battle at the Seymour bowling club on the
synthetic green.
These two sides again only met twice during the home and away season and with
results shared it was Wallan Yellow who winning the Qualifying Final at Seymour
two weeks ago by 24 shots who advanced to the grand Final via the easy route.
In their first encounter at their home green in Round 4 it was a dominant
performance from Kilmore Blue 14-107 defeating Wallan Yellow 2-52 by a
mammoth 71 shots with all rinks up.
Round 4 29 October
Kilmore Blue 14–107 d Wallan Yellow 2-52
David Taffe 46 d John Coustley 12
Peter Wood 39 d Brad Collins17
Bill Jarrett 22 lt Jason Turner 23
In the return match at Wallan in Round 13 Wallan Yellow with two rinks up came
out on top 14-76 to Kilmore Blue 2-57 by 16 shots.
Round 13 28 January
Wallan Yellow 14-76 d Kilmore Blue 2-50
Mark Sim 33 d Bill Jarrett 11
Des lappin 23 lt David Taffe 24
John Coustley 20 d Peter Wood 15
With one win each they met again in the Qualifying Final at Seymour where it was
Wallan Yellow going straight through to the Grand Final winning on all rinks 81 to
57 and sending Kilmore Blue into a sudden death Preliminary Final against
Seymour 1 where a win would be required to get back to the Grand Final and
another chance at redemption against Wallan Yellow.
Qualifying Final Played at Seymour Wallan Yellow 81 d Kilmore Blue 57 Mark Sims 24 d David Taffe 23 John Coustley 25 d Peter Wood 20 Des Lappin 32 d Bill Jarrett 14 As is the case in most games and especially the Grand Final it may well be the
skipper matchups that will decide the premiership. We will see six of the top 10
skippers in action today with the two top sides playing each other.
M. Sims(5) v W. Jarrett (6)
The skipper Match ups & Ratings J. Coustley (10) v P. Wood (1)
D. Lappin (7) v D. Taffe (3)
With only 2 points separating these two sides on the ladder at the end of the
season they were clearly the two best credentialed sides in Division Two and
deserve their opportunity to be crowned Premiers today.
Wallan Yellow with their outstanding performance having won the last two
encounters between these two sides including their dominant performance over
Kilmore Blue in the Qualifying Final at Seymour two weeks ago should probably
start as favourites however we must remember that Kilmore Blue have been a
force in this division all season and will not lie down.
Kilmore will be searching for their first division two flag since the 2009-10 season
whilst Wallan Yellow are seeking their clubs first division two flag in the CBD.
I will lean towards Wallan Yellow in this one courtesy of their recent excellent
performances over the latter weeks of the season.
CBD SATURDAY DIVISION TWO PENNANT RESULTS 1
Team
P
W
L
D
SD
%
Pts
KILMORE BLUE
18
13
4
0
335
136.22
216
18
14
3
0
260
127.27
214
18
13
4
0
216
121.97
206
4
WALLAN
YELLOW
ALEXANDRA
MAROON
SEYMOUR 1
18
9
8
0
195
118.55
164
5
Seymour VRI
18
10
7
0
38
113.56
164
6
Broadford
18
10
7
0
3
100.28
162
7
Kilmore White
18
8
9
0
-45
82.21
100
8
Seymour 2
18
6
11
1
-208
82.21
100
9
Alexandra Blue
18
2
14
1
-523
58.29
60
10
Wallan White
18
0
18
0
-271
30.51
6
2
3
*NOTE – Wallan White withdrew mid season due to lack of numbers and games were declared forfeits to their opponents Preliminary Final Played at Alexandra Kilmore Blue 72 d Seymour 1 71 Bill Jarrett 22 lt Dorothy Malin 26 David Taffe 24 d Ken Malin 23 Peter Wood 26 d Margaret Flynn 22 Qualifying Final Played at Seymour Wallan Yellow 81 d Kilmore Blue 57 Mark Sims 24 d David Taffe 23 John Coustley 25 d Peter Wood 20 Des Lapin 32 d Bill Jarrett 14 Elimination Final Played at Wallan Seymour 1 76 d Alexandra Maroon 65 Marie Maggs 26 d Ken Ackerman 15 Dorothy Malin 18 lt Margaret Legge 32 Kenneth Malin 32 d Terry Livy 18 CBD MIDWEEK PENNANT RESULTS Team
P
W
L
D
SD
%
4
KILMORE
SEYMOUR VRI
SEYMOUR
EILDON
18
18
18
18
13
17
10
8
2
3
5
7
3
1
3
3
377
415
164
113
142.26
140.97
117.15
111.24
224
223
184
153
5
6
7
8
Wallan
Broadford
Yea
Alexandra
18
18
18
18
5
7
5
0
9
9
11
16
4
2
2
2
-30
-200
-205
-634
96.98
83.32
83.9
53.79
121
121
100
26
1
2
3
Grand Final Played at Seymour Seymour VRI 77 d Kilmore 52 Bill Dawe 26 d Phil Skehan 17 Daniel Noonan 28 d Trevor Young 19 Greg Jones 23 d Kevin Mayberry 16 Preliminary Final Played at Eildon Kilmore 68 d Seymour 57 Philip Skehan 30 d Robert Brown 17 Trevor Young 15 d Gladys Burgoyne 13 Kevin Mayberry 23 lt Dianne Staples 27 Qualifying Final Played at Broadford Seymour VRI 87 d Kilmore 54 Daniel Noonan 29 d Philip Skehan 14 Greg Jones 29 d Trevor Young 19 Bill Dawe 29 d Kevin Mayberry 21 Elimination Final Played at Broadford Seymour 77 d Eildon 69 Robert Brown 28 d Garry Oliver 23 Gladys Burgoyne 25 lt Len Di‐Bella 28 Dianne Staple 24 d Rodney McGowan 18 Pts
SATURDAY PENNANT PREMIERSHIP TABLE 1925‐26 1926‐27 1927‐28 1928‐29 1229‐30 1930‐31 1931‐32 1932‐33 1933‐34 1934‐35 1935‐36 1936‐37 1937‐38 1938‐39 1939‐40 1940‐41 1941‐42 1942‐43 1943‐44 1944‐45 1945‐46 1946‐47 1947‐48 1948‐49 1949‐50 1950‐51 1951‐52 1952‐53 1953‐54 1954‐55 1955‐56 1956‐57 1957‐58 1958‐59 1959‐60 1960‐61 1961‐62 1962‐63 1963‐64 1964‐65 1965‐66 1966‐67 1967‐68 1968‐69 1969‐70 1970‐71 1971‐72 DIVISION DIVISION ONE TWO SEYMOUR NAGAMBIE SEYMOUR KILMORE NAGAMBIE SEYMOUR NAGAMBIE YEA NAGAMBIE KILMORE YEA NAGAMBIE SEYMOUR YEA NAGAMBIE NO PLAY YEAR NAGAMBIE SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR EUROA SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR VRI ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR YEA SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR YEA ALEXANDRA WHITTLESEA ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR SEYMOUR KILMORE BROADFORD KILMORE YEAR 1972‐73 1973‐74 1974‐75 1975‐76 1976‐77 1977‐78 1978‐79 1979‐80 1980‐81 1981‐82 1982‐83 1983‐84 1984‐85 1985‐86 1986‐87 1987‐88 1988‐89 1989‐90 1990‐91 1991‐92
1992‐93 1993‐94 1994‐95 1995‐96 1996‐97 1997‐98 1998‐99 1999‐00 2000‐01 2001‐02 2002‐03 2003‐04 2004‐05 2005‐06 2006‐07 2007‐08 2008‐09 2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14 2014‐15 2015‐16 DIVISION DIVISION DIVISION ONE TWO THREE YEA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR VRI ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR VRI WHITTLESEA BROADFORD WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA BROADFORD WHITTLESEA YEA BROADFORD WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR VRI
SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR VRI WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR SEYMOUR WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR VRI YEA SEYMOUR VRI AKEXANDRA SEYMOUR VRI BROADFORD WALLAN SEYMOUR VRI KILMORE SEYMOUR SEYMOUR VRI ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR VRI EUROA YEA KILMORE SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA EILDON BROADFORD SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR VRI SEYMOUR SEYMOUR BROADFORD SEYMOUR VRI ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SEYMOUR WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR YEA WHITTLESEA ALEXANDRA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA WHITTLESEA KILMORE SEYMOUR SEYMOUR VRI BROADFORD ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA WHITTLESEA SEYMOUR ALEXANDRA SEYMOUR KILMORE SEYMOUR BROADFORD KILMORE CBD STATE EVENT WINNERS 2016/17 *Denotes CGM Bowls Region Winner who will represent the CGM Bowls Region at the BV Champions Week 20 – 26 April at East Bendigo WOMEN MEN Champion of Champion Singles *Alison Hall Mark Simmons Seymour Alexandra Champion of Champion Pairs (not played at BV Champions Week) Alison Hall (s) Margaret Locke Trevor Young (s) Kevin Mayberry Seymour Kilmore State Singles Alison Hall Andrew Payne Seymour Seymour State Pairs *Alison Hall (s) * Helen Flint *Scott Fletcher (s) * Will Hanna Seymour Kilmore State Triples Wilma Atkins (s) Dot Dillon Gail Krzcuik Will Hanna (s) John Coates Colin Hodgson Seymour Kilmore State Fours Alison Hall (s) Joy Marshall Helen Flint Margaret Locke Luke Spargo (s) Greg Jones Daniel Noonan Geoff McPherson Seymour/Wallan Seymour VRI State 60 & Over Singles Denise Hogan Dennis Marshall Seymour Wallan State 60 & Over Pairs Margaret Locke (s) Lois White Trevor Young (s) Kevin Mayberry Seymour Kilmore State Mixed Pairs Graham Edmonds (s) Jenny Cockerill Wallan ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in Nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history’s page, let every stage Advance Australia fair! In joyful strains then let us sing, “Advance Australia fair!”