Arnie and team make men’s fours final
On Friday afternoon, Dennis Gericke and his team won by two shots against Steve Van Rooyen’s team.
WITH not a lot happening at the club during a wet and windy week, the highlight was the playing of the men’s fours.
On Friday afternoon, Dennis Gericke and his team won by two shots against Steve Van Rooyen’s team, then on Saturday, Chris Pozyn and his team despatched Ronnie Jackson’s side to now face Dennis and co for a spot in the final.
Already there, however, is the team of Arnie Harper, Bob Hayward, Errol Pienaar and Johan Nel who beat Lofty Cawthorne, Greg McGuinness, Dave Matthews and Les Prinsloo 20-13 and await a finals opponent.
Last Friday the snowball of R500 was not won as Derek Atkinson was not present.
Clive Symons predicted the exact winning score 33-19 to scoop the large pool of monies taken by the majority of members to win the rugby ‘guess the score’.
In the monthly bowls draw, R750 went to Andy Andraschko, R500 to Brian Craig and R250 to Eric Redman.
The various meat pack winners were: Lamb pack, Henry Hamilton; rump steak, Chris Fourie; chicken pack, Lorraine du Preez; pork ribs, Buks Swanepoel; chicken, Dan Paruk.
Next Friday, 1 November, there will be live music from everyone’s favourite entertainer Sharon from 6pm until 10.30pm.
Snippet: When measuring, there are a number of important points to bear in mind. First is that where possible the jack and any leaning bowls should be propped. The measurer’s head should be above and directly over the centre of the work, and both hands should rest on the ground for additional stability. Note that the ‘heavy end’ of the measure when it’s a string type (bullet or pedestal) or telescopic is first placed carefully up against the jack, and the string or telescope pulled out from there to the nearest point of the bowl being measured. For fine adjustments, leave the heavy end in place and move the flexible end out of line with the bowl. When the pointer touches the bowl, it should be scribed up and down and from side to side to ensure that the nearest point of the bowl has indeed been reached. No bowls should be moved during the process, as the other party may wish to call an umpire. Note that when an umpire is officially on duty, players should not use their own telescopic measure. The only time the ‘heavy end’ of the measure goes up against the bowl is when measuring from a jack in the ditch, as the flexible end needs to be drawn across the lip of the ditch and down to the centre of the jack.
