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Get your own Free Home PageThe second round of the South-West zone Country Challenge will be contested at the Dubbo Bowl this weekend, with the two Orange teams well placed after opening round action in Canberra last month.
The points table going into this round is as follows:
Men
Canberra 229, Orange 223, Wagga 221, Dubbo 207, Bathurst 205 and Mudgee 173
Women
Bathurst 220, Canberra 203, Orange 200, Wagga 195, Dubbo 180 and Mudgee 157
The following bowlers will be representing the centre in this round:
Men
Henry Phillips, Alan Collins, Wally Price, David Hayward, David Rosser, Ken Wiseman
Women
Gwen Britt, Dianne Gee, Bonnea Wiseman, Lyn Handel, Judy Streatfeild, Marilyn Schwenke
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After his Country Challenge commitments this weekend, David Hayward heads to the Canberra International Bowl in Tuggeranong over the Easter break to compete in the 17th annual National Deaf Championships from 2-6 April.
Hayward has had great success at the Deaf Nationals over the past four or five years, arguably stamping himself as Australia's best deaf player.
This year he will be hunting for titles in singles, doubles and teams events as well as the Individual Championship and Masters both of which he has won before.
Hayward bowled well on his previous outing at the new Tuggeranong Bowl, averaging 197 in the first round of the Country Challenge, so will go into the championships with great confidence.
The Easter weekend also sees the conclusion of the New South Wales Junior State Championships at the Bankstown Bowl where Orange will be well represented. The Championships start this weekend and wind up with the staging of the Challenge Shield next Sunday and the State Junior Masters on the Monday.
The 1999 New South wales Country Tenpin Open is the other major event coming up and will be held in Orange on 10-11 April with a number of local bowlers expected to perform strongly.
Entry forms are now out for the Anzac day Singles Fun Day tournament to be held a day after Anzac Day, on 26 April.
The event will be bowled over eight games using four different formats - seven no-tap, eight no-tap, 3-6-9 frames and 11th frame games.
Alcoholic prizes are up for grabs this year with the winner taking home a carton of beer, bottle of bourbon and bottle of wine.
The annual Gutterstopper Championships were held at the Bowl last Sunday with victory going to Amanda Harvey and Mathew Cox.
Amanda Harvey rolled 292 scratch for the three games which converted to a handicap total of 667 which saw her comfortably hold off the challenge from Nicky Meyers who shot 638.
Just behind Meyers in third spot was Jessi Channon with 635 while behind them in a tight bunch were Sandy Meyers (630), Tania Caltabiano 628, Natasha Lijic, Leigha Aurisch and a number of others. Aurisch finished second in last year's event.
In the boys' division, Mathew Cox bowled 346 scratch or 682 with handicap to just edge Rod Qummou on 677. Not far behind that pair were Joseph Fedele while the next ten players finished with a couple of spares of each other in a very close finish.
Rounding out the top ten were Jeremy Mason, Jason Shield, Adam Liu, Bryan Clements, Brendan Cox, Zac Bell and Adam Jones.
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This week's star bowler was Mick Moorby from the Sunday restricted Singles. Moorby broke loose with games of 266-208-211 for a sizzling 685 personal best series but then crashed back to earth in the final game with a 155 but it still game him a personal best four game series of 840.
Jason Belmonte unleashed a huge 731 series in the Friday Triples with games of 247-250-234.
Lane conditions in that league must be just too easy with a number of other players also doing very well. It's no surprise to see Mark Lijic one of the star performers and he also shot a 700 series with games of 226-248-233 for a 707 block that saw his average stand at a nice 207 for 99 games.
Reigning City Champion John Cooney bounced back to form with a hot 659 series after games of 246-215 while David Hayward shot 248-205 for a 633 series. Also cracking 600 were June Reil 223-203 (605) and Mario Mastronardi 245 (613).
Other good games on the night included Aldo Belmonte 201, Rebecca Belmonte 204, Des Britt 208 and Tim Irwin 214.
Allan Kinghorne fired a 206 in the Friday 6:30 league while Steve Leonard had a 208 in the Monday 6:30 league and Tennille Smith shot 216 in the Tuesday 6:30 league.
Rhearne Trudgett shot a 248 high in the Tuesday Ladies Singles ahead of Lyn Handel 219, Marilyn Schwenke 212, Naurelle Smith 200, Karen Sharp 201 and Dianne Gee 214.
Pat Cass bowled 222 in the Thursday Adult-Junior league while Bonnea Wiseman bowled a 202. In the Singles later that night high games were bowled by Jason Brown 255, Greg Perry 19, Peter Chilcott 203, Ken Wiseman 213-206 and Melanie Brown 201.
Jonathon Thatcher bowled a nice 237 in the Wednesday 10am league ahead of David Rosser with 212 and Marie Rosser with 207.
In the Wednesday Doubles Chris Tyack shot a 245 game on the way to a 615 series while other good games were bowled by Dianne Gee 215, Henry Phillips 217, David Hayward 207, Jason Brown 200, Clare Hodgson 211, Glenn Robinson 202 and Wally Price 201.
In the Wednesday 7:30 league high games were shot by Tim Irwin 236-213 (619/3), William Harvey 205, Alan Collins 204 and Trevor Connerty 213.
June Reil shone bright again in the Monday Scratch Singles, rolling 228-201-204 (633) at the start and powering home with 265-209 (654) for a nice 1287 six game effort.
Mark Lijic went even further in front in the league with his 1241/6 series pulling him 60 points clear of his nearest rival. Lijic rolled games of 208-200-216-203-215.
Wally Price also averaged over 200 with games of 228-204-237 (1233/6) and so did Chris Collins with 1239/6 after games of 226-03-203-224.
Other good games came from Jason Belmonte 223-201-211 (635/3), Steve Reil 235-200, James Dubbelde 213-200, Jim Dullaway 213-210-247 (831/4), Tim Irwin 203-214-206 (623/3) and Bindy Irwin 215.
Personal best games this week were bowled by Glen Roddenby 185, Zac Bell 132, Ryan Offner 132, Samuel Cahill 119, Doreen Thurtell 194, Nicole Stewart 134, Kiel Trudgett 171, Thomas Stewart 117, Joshua I'Anson 140 and Alisha Cantrill 106.
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