THERE is Wednesday morning mixed bowls at Park Drive, tabs in 9am. Visitors welcome.
Other Park Drive playing sessions are: Tuesday 1.30pm, Saturday 1.30pm, Sunday 9.15am, and public holidays 9am.
The Park Drive 100 Club draw will take place on Friday (6.30pm).
The next round of the Park Drive Black & White pairs will be played on Saturday. Inquiries: Richard Shepheard (082-979-3205). Players to report by 8.30am.
The next two rounds of the Park Drive men’s club trips will be played on Saturday (1.30pm) and Sunday (9.15am).
Park Drive have adopted a winter starting time of 1.30pm for Tuesday and Saturday afternoon bowls. This will apply until the end of August.
THE teams below have reached the finals of the EP men’s and women’s pairs to be played on Saturday and Sunday. The draw for the finals will be released once the Eastern Areas and Midlands winners are known.
The starting times are 9am on each day.
Men: G Gowar, T Milligan (W)
Women: R Tunstead, I Forbes (W); R Forbes, J Rodrigues (W); J Rossi, M Wrankmore (Wv); A Galpin, B Otto (Wds); D Rosenblatt, S Booysens (MP); E Kent, H Davis (PE); J Giles, D Ahrens (WCC); P Spriggs, J Meyer (MP); B Treadway, S Richardson (Wds)
THE mini-regional teams to represent PE in Queenstown in August are: H Bannister, K Korkie, H Dorflingh, J Hollis, J Cawood, W Mclachlan, S Smart, Y Arndt, P March, I Forbes, A Jarmaine, Y Rens
THE Westview men’s Classic fours will be held on September 15-16. There is prize-money of R15000. To enter, contact Merrick Gray (076-468-1937).
Westview have cut-throat bowls every Friday (9.30am). Contact: Pieter (083-650-0645).
ALL development bowls need to be returned to Mill Park by the weekend as there is a large youth group starting classes. The bowls should be left in the women’s changing room with information on who has returned which sets. Inquiries: Dix (082-220-3707).
All 2012 women’s Inter-Districts players who have not yet returned the black two-bowl bags to Mill Park must do so by the weekend.
VICTORIA Park will hold their annual meeting today (6pm).
The club has twilight bowls every Wednesday (4pm), followed by a bring and braai, and Friday (4pm).
VP are holding their VP Legends women’s Classic on August 8 to honour those players who have helped to make Victoria Park the place we enjoy today. Inquiries (entries close on July 31): Sue Bennett (084-805-3072) or Sarah Zdanow (083-261-4440).
THE winners of the King Cars Thursday morning men’s pairs competition played on July 19 at Western Suburbs were Pieter Jansen van Rensburg and John Steyn, and Paul Robinson and Gerrit Lombaard.
THE skips accepted into the PEBC SA Breweries Classic on August 18-19 are: J Bernstein, A Brown, T Cawood, H Cherry, G Els, C Fischer, T Frost, S Gobey, G Gowar, O Hollis, J Inkin, E Kent, W Kilian, B Kommel, A la Trobe, B Lawrie, E Louw, J Mattheyse, D Nel, O Nel, G Newcombe, K O’Kennedy, S Parker, P Reed, M Sandwick, E Schroeder, P Slabbert, G Smith, J Smith, P Sprigg, S Steele, H Steyn, M Vaghmaria, B van Wyk, F Visser, T Woodward.
PEBC have social bowls on Tuesdays and Thursdays, tabs in 1.45pm, and Black & White men’s drawn pairs on Fridays, tabs in 8.55am.
THE skips to report at 8.30am for The Woods Continental Cars women’s Classic tomorrow are: Madelein Barry, Corrie Botha, Pam Brooks, Pat Cullin, Margaret Dingley, Elizabeth Du Toit, Ilda Forbes, Jane Freeman, Jenny Giles, Wilna Gouws, Shirley Grogan, Estelle Hamblin, Annette Kritzinger, Elmarie le Gras, Marnie Message, Mavis Morgan, Elaine Paris, Mavis Smith, Rosa Tunstead, Joy van Hamert, Ansie van Niekerk, Susan van Rensburg, Des Vermaak, Colleen Wolff. Inquiries: Pat, (041)583-3294 or 082-655-3329.
SPRINGBOK bowler Gerry Baker, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will be the guest speaker at PEBC’s annual President’s dinner on August 14. This date represents the 130th anniversary of the founding of PEBC, the oldest bowling club in South Africa.
Tickets at R100 a person are available from Chris Moller, (041)374-0531 or 083-472-3000. It is open to all bowlers and their guests.
THE Mill Park men’s Oddy’s pairs restart today (2pm). The draw is:
Section 1: D Vosloo v J Bernstein, J Steffens bye
Section 2: J Coetzer v B Kommel, E Ferreira v G Russell, J Maher bye
Section 3: T Harwood/J Strombeck v C Nel (new date to be arranged by Nel); D Kolnick v B Gorman, P Wildman v S Hattingh, G Lodge bye
Section 4: G Newton v F Smit, B Kelly v H Steyn, M Hanson v C Melmed, T van Rensburg bye.
The next round will be played on August 8. Inquiries: Lionel Weetman, 083-955-2839 or (041)364-2706.