Hennie and co steal breakfast trips honours

AN almost full complement of players enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast at Wanderers Bowling Club on Sunday, 10 August followed by the two-session bowls match in glorious sunshine.

Hennie Geldenhuys, Ernie Lochner and novice Thomas Simpkins had a runaway win of 18-2 in the first session, and then managed to ‘just’ squeak in by a single shot in the second session to give them a 4+17. This was enough to scoop the title and first prize.

Close behind them in second spot were the team of Greg McGuinness, Rob Philogene and Neville Horner on 4+16. First session went the way of Richard Hendicott, Chris Klopper and Anthony Carr on 2+11. Robin Grobler, Lorraine Du Preez and Barbara Neill just needed to win their first session by a single shot to steal the whole show, as they had a seriously good score of 2+18 to take the second session. The sportsman’s prize on 0-23 went the way of visitors John and Dot Ferguson and Buck Boetger. Three money boards were filled and drawn. The major winners were Chantal and Denis Hearnshaw (shared), Dave le Roux and Thomas Simpkins (R40 each), while Jeff Bolt, Bill Addinall and Lorraine Du Preez had to settle for the R20 consolation prizes. Henry Hamilton chose the right number in the pork raffle and choccies went to Rina Harper and Andy Andraschko (skips), Dave Gardner and Terry Brown (seconds) and Shaun McAlister and Yvonne Rich (leads) in the guise of drawn prizes.

Three competitions were contested in the women’s handicap singles. Chantal Hearnshaw won 21-5 against Barbara Neill, Mary Rust won 21-10 against Jackie Freeman and Joan Bruce won 21-9 against Cynthia Addinall.

The men also played an assortment of club comps. In the novice singles, Shaun McAlister won 21-17 in a game against Thomas Simpkins. In the handicap singles, Henry Hamilton won 21-16 against Greg McGuinness and in the senior section, Phil Pieterse won 21-11 against Jimmy Neill.

Next weekend, a hefty number of players will be away in Empangeni for the annual tournament, but the competition secretaries encourages those available players who have outstanding games to make every effort to get them played.

Upcoming events: Roadrunner’s open pairs on Wednesday, 14 August; fours skins on Sunday, 18 August. Call Ronnie Jackson on 076-034-1055 and Bob Hayward on 076-403-2265 respectively for either of these competitions.

Be at the club early this Friday to watch the Sharks play the Lions live on both TVs at 5pm with sound, followed by the snowball and raffle at 7pm. Afterwards Jeff Sausage will play his mixture of dance music for the rest of the evening

Last week’s snowball of R900 was not won as Marge McGuinness was not present. Winners in the meat draw were, lamb pack Graham Jeffs, chicken fillets Jeff Bolt and Ranga; rump steak Carole Lauderdale; pork ribs Eric and Anne Smit; chicken Lara Kruger.

Snippet: Possession of the rink: Quoting directly from the Law Book, rule 45 (a) to (d) applies. “(a) Possession of the rink shall belong to the team whose bowl is being played. (b) As soon as each bowl shall have come to rest, possession of the rink shall be transferred to the other team, time being allowed for marking a “toucher” as well as noting the position of jack and/or “toucher” in the ditch. (c) The players in possession of the rink for the time being shall not be disturbed by their opponents. (d) Should a player infringe this Law, the umpire shall give the player’s skip a warning, this constitutes a first warning to the player. Should the player again infringe the Law in the same game, the umpire shall invoke the penalty under Law 70 (a). Law 70 is titled penalties and 70(a) “Deliberate Unfair Action” reads: The Umpire shall forward a written report within 24 hours to the Controlling Body on any action taken in terms of this Law. If upon an appeal by a side manager or captain, the opposing skip, or by observation, an umpire decides that a breach of law or an action by a player has been deliberately intended to provide an unfair advantage: (i) Any end in progress shall be declared as completed and the opponent of the offender shall score as many shots as there are bowls being played by the offending player in singles, or by the offending team in a team game.” (Scribe’s Note: in other words four, eight or nine shots awarded depending on the format of play). “(ii) If a player again commits the same offence in the same game after having been penalised as per above clause, the game shall be stopped by the umpire and awarded to the opponent.

In a team game a warning to one member of a team shall be considered as a warning to all members of the team. In a sides game the warning to a member of the side shall only apply to the members of that team”.

Scribe’s Note: Somebody recently asked me when it was that a team could claim 8 shots for some infringement or the other. The above explains it. Especially Law 70 (a) (i). Deliberate unfair action. Avoid it at all costs.