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Get your own Free Home PageOrange played Dubbo in last weekend's third round of the Central West Pennants series, winning all six divisions at the Orange Tenpin Bowl but snaring just one win in Dubbo.
In Orange, the men's number one team scored a 19 point win with veteran John Rapley and Henry Phillips both averaging 194 for the eight games. Phillips won six matches and shot games of 204-213-246-217 while Rapley fired 234-233 back-to-back in claiming five matches.
Allan Collins and Orange Masters champion David Rosser also did well, averaging 187 and 183 respectively. Collins had five wins and rolled high games of 200-215-200. Rosser's best games were 215-225. The team shot an excellent team high game of 876.
For the Dubbo side, George Knight was in sparkling form, tossing games of 211-232-221-234-220 for a 208 average. His 234 was a losing effort, going down to Henry Phillips' 246.
The men's twos came home brilliantly, snatching a narrow 1 pint win after eight of the last ten points on offer. For Orange, Les Gunner averaged 175; just shading teammate Trevor Auliff on 173. Colin Edwards and Allan Priest averaged 160 and 154 respectively.
Auliff was the most successful player, winning six times with a high of 205 while Edwards fired a 203.
The juniors boys scored a comprehensive 27 point win, aided by a 194 average from Jason Belmonte while Tim Irwin (186) and Greg Perry (183) also bowled well. The improving Joel Wiseman gave strong support with a 167 average. Perry had the best winning percentage, claiming six matches and drawing another.
High games included Irwin 225-203, Perry 210-224-212 and Belmonte 225-212-204.
The ladies ones bowled solidly to win by nine points with Marilyn Schwenke topping the averages on 180, shooting a 225 high game. Masters champion Sharon Trudgett did well as always, averaging 173 ahead of Maree Brown (170) and Dianne Gee (169).
High games from that trio were Brown 213, Trudgett 229 and Gee 223. The latter won six of her eight games, best for the team.
Tennille Smith won six matches and averaged a solid 168 for the ladies twos as they trounced Dubbo by 32 points. Clare Hodgson averaged 160 while Niki Stones and Leanne McKell finished the day on 154 and 153 respectively.
The junior girls won clearly by 28 points with Melanie Brown shooting a great 196 average, best for Orange on the day. Brown won seven games and shot high scores of 222-244-224-243.
Renae Caltabiano averaged 177 ahead of Rebecca Belmonte (160) and Amanda Connell (128). Caltabiano won her first seven games and drew the last with high games of 204-203 while Belmonte shot a 202.
In Dubbo, the only successful Orange side was the men's fours who got up by 3 points, led by a 168 average from Will Harvey. His high game was a 225. Gary Johnson averaged 165 while Leo McKay averaged 152.
The men's threes lost by eight points with Anthony Knudsen averaging 155 from Trevor Rowney (150) and Allan Kinghorne (145).
Marie Rosser averaged 148 fro the ladies threes who lost by 21 points against a hot Dubbo outfit. Tammy Lennard averaged 138 for Orange while Jan Peters was well below her best on 127.
The ladies fours also did it tough, going down by 22 points with Brigitte Eden's 146 average best for Orange ahead of Kathy Aurisch (122) and Vivienne Chaston (122).
Andrew Lennard shot a 156 mark for the Mixed Adult team who lost by 18 points. Murray Smith averaged 124 and Anne Currall 104.
The Mixed Junior team lost by six points with Jeff Hunt averaging 122 ahead of Kristin Byrnes (119) and Craig Priest (115).
The next Pennants round will be on June 27 when Orange clashes with Bathurst.
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Junior star Jason Belmonte was the star performer at the Bowl this week, shooting a 647 series in the Friday Triples after games of 221-234 which was best for the night, then blitzing the field in the Monday Scratch Singles with a big 1364 six game effort.
Belmonte started 231-233 before going to sleep in the third game with a 167. He bounced back with a closing trio of 242-54-237 (733/3).
The only other player to average over 200 in the Singles was leader Mark Lijic with 1209/6 that included games of 228-225. Lijic also did well in the Triples, tossing 207-227 for a 618 series that saw his average sitting a 221 for 18 games, best in the centre.
Other notable efforts in the Triples league were turned in by Tony Richards 231 (612), Melanie Brown 212, Ross Caltabiano 221, Maree Caltabiano 209, Chris Collins 212, Warren Handel 237, Mario Mastronardi 211 and Marilyn Schwenke 203.
After her nice effort in the Pennants, Melanie Brown shot a top 859/4 series in the Tuesday Ladies Singles with games of 207-203-239 (649/3) and 210. Others to do well were Belinda Irwin 201-213-203, Sharon Trudgett 234, Rhearne Trudgett 210 and Lyn Handel 202.
John Rapley unleashed a 632 in the Monday 10am Triples with games of 229-213, Mark Lennard scored a 213 in the Monday 6:30 league and in the Monday 7:30 Singles Melissa Johnston rolled a great 252 personal best game.
The Tuesday 6:30 league saw high games from Carl Bishop 223, Elsie Nairn 209 and Restricted Masters champion Chris Fuller 204.
Turning back to the Monday Scratch Singles, other high games were bowled by Steve Reil 203, Melanie Brown 201-200-223 (624/3), Jason Brown 217-245, James Dubbelde 210, Les Gunner 224-205 (616/3), Tim Irwin 201-203 and Belinda Irwin 2230210 (600/3).
In the Wednesday Doubles Ian Hazzard shot 250-234 (680/3) while others also doing well were Jim Dullaway 244-201 (628), Marilyn Schwenke 224-202 (617), Ray Tyquin 221-203-224 (648), David Hayward 201-221, Brian Dinsmore 211, Glenn Robinson 248, Jason Belmonte 235, Leo McKay 202 and Sharon Trudgett 245.
There was also a stack of high games in the following 7:30 league including Jason Osborne 238, Derek Courtney 207, Cindy Clements 215, Bruce Clements 238, Ian Carr 200, Tim Irwin 220, Tony Knudsen 211, Trevor Connerty 202, Joe Werner 202 and Will Harvey 210.
Personal best games during the week were bowled by Janice Heere 178, Elizabeth Forbes 121, Doug Southwell 172, Wade Selwood 117, Caitlin Hanley 120, Karen Crowhurst 175 and Hamish Motley 112.
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A sad week for bowlers with the news that Allen Jones passed away on Wednesday night. Allen was a true gentleman and at the age of 88 was unchallenged as Australia's oldest league bowler, playing three times a week, as he had done for 16 years since the centre opened. He held an excellent 160 average and was a ten-year president of the centre's Golden Oldies senior league. Allen will be sadly missed and condolences to his family and friends from all bowlers at the Orange Tenpin Bowl.
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