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Canberra City Bowling Club

10 March 2010 - Tobin Brothers ACT Men's Pennant - teams have now been posted for Round 6 of the Men's Pennant season to be played this Sunday 14th March.  City currently sits third in the 1s, fourth in the 2s, top in the 5s and fifth in the 7s.  Another round of good results should consolidate City's hold on finals places and we are hoping the No 7 grade can also sneak into the final four.

10 March 2010 - ACT Indoor Qualifier - As reported in the Canberra Times today Canberra City's Anne Streeter has won the ACT women's Indoor Qualifier and will represent the ACT at the National Indoor Titles later in the year.  Congratulations to Anne!

2 March 2010 - Scheduled Matches - The following matches have been scheduled for this Saturday 6 March:

  • Men's Minor Pairs - FINAL - Dave Franklin and John Howard vs Larry Larmour and Ben Rushforth
  • Men's Major Pairs - Qtr-Final - Dave Hill and John McDonald vs Tony Barry and Alan Taylor
  • Mixed Pairs - Qtr-Final - Janice Read and Graham Read vs Faye Rawlings and Jeff McCaskill
  • Men's Major Singles - Semi-final - John Bruce vs Ray Dowley (Marker J.Gillespie) 12:30 start
  • Open Singles - R2 - Bob Mullens vs Brian Bailey (Marker J.Clout) 12:30 start
  • Open Singles - R2 - Jim Gillespie s Jenny Clout (Marker will the loser of the earlier game) 2:30pm start

Please confirm on the clubhouse noticeboards in case of any late alterations to this schedule.

NB: No Men's Pennant events scheduled for this weekend (6-7 March) due to the Canberra Day long weekend.

28 February 2010 - Tobin Brothers ACT Men's Pennant Round 5 - Canberra City's resurrection of its Men's Pennant finals hopes continued in all grades today.  The No 1 side had another comfortable victory, this time at Norths where they won two rinks (McDonald and A.Taylor) for an overall score of 68-51.  The No 2s have climbed off the bottom of the ladder and possibly are now in the top four.  They won all three rinks (Gillespie, Trovato and Howse) and won overall 60-54 although it came right down to the last end before the result was certain.  The No 5s won narrowly (56-54) at Belconnen despite only picking up one rink (Frank Hornblower).  The No 7s defeated third placed Yowani 70-63 at home with Graeme Barrow and Brian Bailey recording rink wins. Brian's win was remarkable, having come back from being down 19-1 mid-way through the match!  City only overhauled Yowani in the last few ends.

Next week there are no pennant fixture due to the long weekend.  Round 6 will be played on 14th March with the final round robin matches (round 7) on 21st March.

28 February 2010 - Women's Triples - Janice Read, Ann Streeter and Barbara Parker had a narrow win over Hilary Merritt, Jenny Clout and Ruth Moore in the opening round of the CCBC Women's Triples championship played this morning.

27 February 2010 - Tobin Brothers ACT Men's Pennant Round 3 - The washed out round 3 of the Men's Pennant was played today.  Canberra City teams breathed life into their chances of making the finals in all grades, although the No 5 side which had been equal top went down by 1 shot to third-placed Tuggeranong.  In the No 1s City recorded a big win at Belconnen (77-39) with Alan Taylor and Kevin Deeves winning their rinks.  The 10 points should put them ahead of Belconnen who had been lying in third position. The No 2s finally broke through with a home win against 4th-placed Tuggeranong. Jim Gillespie and Bob Howse had rink wins in the narrow 59-56 win.  The No 5s lost by a solitary shot at Tuggeranong with only Frank Hornblower recording a rink win.  Back at City the No7s came from well behind to win 67-63 with stand-in skip Graeme Barrow recording a rink win and Ben Rushforth getting a tied rink.

Round 5 of the Men's Pennant will be played tomorrow (28th February) with the No2s and No 7s again playing at home against Belconnen and Yowani respectively.  The No 1s travel to neighbours North Canberra while the No 5s play at Belconnen.

27 February 2010 - Women's Major Singles - Ruth Moore defeated Ann Streeter 25-12 in a quarter final of the CCBC Women's Major Singles played today.

27 February 2010 - ACT Women's Singles - After winning a club singles match in the morning (see above) Ruth Moore played a first round ACT Women's Singles match in the afternoon.  Unfortunately for City she was drawn against fellow City player Norma Blunden who lost narrowly to Ruth 22-25.

24 February 2009 - Men's Pennant - Men's Pennant Teams for the double header to be played this weekend (27-28 February) have now been posted.  The deferred Round 3 (washed out) has been rescheduled to this Saturday 27 February.  Round 5 will be played on Sunday 28 February.

21 February 2010 - Men's Pennant - Round 4 of the Men's Pennant didn't bring much joy for the City sides.  There were only three rink wins out of twelve rinks across the four grades, but at least the No 1 Grade salvaged a share of the overall score.

  • No 1s City (1 rink - K.Deeves) tied with Queanbeyan 56-56 HOME
  • No 2s City (No rinks) lost to Weston Creek Blue 45-74 AWAY
  • No 5s City (1 rink - W.Wright) lost to Southern Cross Woden 55-64 HOME
  • No 7s City (1 rink - T.Whitty) lost to Queanbeyan 52-57 AWAY

20 February 2010 - CCBC Open Singles - Results of Round 1 Open Singles matches played today were:

  • D.Franklin def J.Thomson (forfeit)
  • N.Blunden def D.Wolthof 25-21
  • B.Mullens def R.Rooks 25-22
  • B.Bailey def B.Dowrick (forfeit)
  • K.Dowrick def K.Shirey 25-19
  • J.Bruce def J.Freney 25-9
  • B.Brown def K.Deeves 25-21
  • C.Gilbert def P.Hudson 25-11
  • P.Routcliffe def F.Hornblower 25-17
  • G.Brewis def H.Merritt 25-21
  • J.Gerakiteys def I.Armour 25-21
  • R.Hawke def D.Trovato 25-21
  • J.Gillespie def J.McCaskill
  • J.Clout def W.Wright

20 February 2010 - Women's Major Singles - Jenny Clout won her Women's Major Singles Round 2 match against Hilary Merritt 25-19 today.  Jenny will meet Bev Dowrick in one of the quarter-finals.

18 February 2010 - CCBC Open Singles - The draw for the Open Singles has now been posted.  The following is the schedule for Round 1 (compulsory round) to be played Sat 20 February.  Please note that this is correct at time of publishing but might not include any late changes so players should confirm times and marking duties on the club noticeboard:

18 February 2010 - Men's Pennant Teams - Pennant teams and venues for Round 4 (21 Feb) have now been posted.

17 February 2010 - Women's Minor Singles - Betty Tindale has won the Women's Minor Singles Championship defeating Sue Lalor in the final.  Betty had earlier defeated Cynthia Brewis 25-19 in a semi-final last Thursday.  Congratulations to Betty on her win.

16 February 2010 - Rescheduled Matches - The welcome rain over the ACT on the weekend unfortunately meant that all bowls was called off, including the championship matches and the Men's Pennant.  Latest word from Bowls ACT is that Round 3 will be rescheduled for Saturday 27th February (with Round 5 scheduled to be played the following day).  Round 4 will be played this Sunday as originally fixtured. Canberra City expects to play the opening compulsory round of the Open Singles this Saturday 20th February.  Details of the draw for that event will be posted shortly.

11 February 2010 - Open Singles Championship - All players are reminded that the Open Singles Championship commences on Sat 20 February with a compulsory round (play or forfeit). Entries close this weekend so if you are planning to enter, do so soon!

11 February 2010 - Championship Matches Scheduled - There are two championship finals scheduled for this Saturday 13 February.  They are:

Other chanpionship games scheduled for Saturday are an intriguing first round Women's Triples match with H.Merritt, J.Clout & R.Moore playing J.Read, A.Streeter & B.Parker (starts 09:30), and a Men's Major Pairs Quarter-Final with D.Hill & J.McDonald up against A.Barry & A.Taylor.

NB: If there are any late changes or discrepancies between this site and the club noticeboards, the latter are to be considered the correct version.  Players should check club noticeboards to confirm times, dates and events.

10 February 2010 - Member's Green Back in Play - Canberra City's No 1 Green ("The Members Green") came back into play today.  It looks a treat and was running very well first day back.  A credit to our greenkeeper, Peter Wall.

9 February 2010 - Women's Major Singles Championship - Women's Major Singles matches played today resulted in several former Singles Champions going out in the first round.  Bev Dowrick defeated Sheila Middleton, Elaine Hallam defeated Loretta Gillespie, Ruth Moore defeated Wendy Small, Ann Streeter defeated Barbara Parker, Janice Read defeated Lynn Cannings, Norma Blunden defeated June Gordon and Hilary Merritt defeated Lil Watson.

9 February 2010 - Women's Championships - Draws and results to date for the CCBC Women's Major Singles, Minor Singles and Triples Championships have now been posted.

7 February 2010 - Tobin Brothers ACT Men's Pennant - Results of round 2 in the Men's Pennant were much better this week with three of the four sides getting up.  In the No 1 grade City won 66-49 at Yowani with rink wins to Alan Taylor and Kevin Deeves.  The No 2 grade lost in a rematch with Weston Creek who beat us by a solitary shot in last year's grand final.  This time the margin was a decisive 19 shotes (70-51) although Dom Trovato's team got up on the last end to win by a shot after leading most of the day.  The No 5 grade won all three rinks (Frank Hornblower, Bill Wright and Les Blackley) in its 67-46 home win over Weston Creek. The No 7 grade also appreciated being at home, winning 60-49 over Tuggeranong with Tony Whitty and Brian Bailey recording rink wins.  Detailed results are posted on our pennant pages.

7 February 2010 - ACT Women's Triples - The City team of Bev Dowrick, Norma Blunden and Loretta Gillespie lost a thrilling final 22-20 to the Tuggeranong team of Macauley, Potter and Hamilton at City on Sunday.  Trailing by one shot coming to the last end it looked like Loretta had done enough to either take the game to an extra end or even win outright but Pat Hamilton played an on shot that took out the City shot bowl.  Congratulations both to the Tuggeranong team and to Loretta's team on an excellent match and championship.

6 February 2010 - Men's Major Singles - Two quarter-finals were played in the Men's Major Singles on Saturday.  Alan Taylor defeated Cliff Gilbert 25-21 and John Bruce defeated John Gerakiteys 25-14.  John Bruce will meet Ray Dowley in one semi-final while the semi-final opponent for Alan Taylor is yet to be determined.

6 February 2010 - Men's Triples Championship - Ron Taylor, Jim Gillespie and Ian Armour had a comfortable 32-14 win in their Men's Triples semi-final over Kieran Shirey, Bill Wright and Ron Kirk.  They meet Ron Hawke, Ken Dowrick and John Small in the final.

6 February 2010 - Mixed Pairs Championship - Graham Read and Janice Read had a remarkable win in their Mixed Pairs match on Saturday, coming from 13-2 down to win 22-21 over Bob Brown and Ruth Moore. They will play Faye Rawlings and Jeff McCaskill in the quarter-finals.

6 February 2010 - Women's Major Singles Championship - Jenny Clout had a comfortable win over Robyn Banks in the opening round of the Women's Major Singles championship. Further round 1 matches will be played in the coming week.

5 February 2010 - Men's Minor Singles Championship -  Congratulations to Jeff McCaskill on winning the 2009-10 Men's Minor Singles Championship.  In the final he defeated Peter Routcliffe who also had a good run in the Major Singles.

5 February 2010 - Men's Pennant pages - The Men's Pennant pages have now been updated for 2010 with details of the City draw in all grades, City's Pennant results to date and Pennant teams for Round 2.  Bear in mind that late team changes posted by the selectors may not be recorded here (although we'll make every effort to post them as soon as possible) so the offical version is always the one posted at the clubhouse.

31 January 2010 - Men's Pennant Season under way - the Men's Pennant season began this weekend but the results were a little disappointing for City.  At home the No 1 Grade was on terms with Tuggeranong until about half way through the afternoon when the valley players gradually pulled ahead to win 62-50.  Alan Taylor came from behind to win his rink and salvage 2 points for City.  The No 2 Grade led until the 50th end against Queanbeyan and like last year's grand final it once again came down to the last heartbreaking bowl where the Queanbeyan skip (G.Smith) drew a shot to a kitty in the ditch to get them home by two shots overall (58-56).  Bob Howse was the only rink winner for City.  In the No 5 Grade City had a solid 15 shot win at Queanbeyan with Les Blackley recording a 15 shot margin on his rink and Frank Hornblower getting up by a shot.  Bill Wright lost a very tight third rink by only one shot.  The No 7 Grade travelled to Norths but came away with only one rink - Tony Whitty getting up by a shot.  They lost 55-77 overall.

31 January 2010 - Canberra City Four just misses ACT Finals - Loretta Gillespie's team (Loretta, Bev Dowrick, Norma Blunden and Wendy Small) had a solid run in the ACT Women's Fours championships held this weekend.  They lost their semi-final by just one shot.  Full results are on the Bowls ACT website.