BOWLS CLUB NEWS

NIGHT PENNANT TEAM WINS GRAND FINAL

Noble Park’s night pennant team were triumphant over Alma Bowls Club in winning the 2010 Division 3 Night Premiership with a big score of 78 shots for and 42 shots against, this is the second year in a row that they have contested the grand final, runners up in 2009 and PREMIERS in 2010.

In 2011 they will be promoted to Division 2 and possibly be playing all their home games under lights at Noble Park, previously home games were played at Burden Park Bowls Club.

NIGHT PENNANT TEAM TO CONTEST GRAND FINAL

Noble Park’s night pennant team has won its way into another grand final for the second time in two years. After finishing on top of the Division 3 ladder they won the qualifying final after overcoming a gallant opponent in Beaumaris 62 to 54.

The Grand Final will be played at Glen Waverley Bowls Club on Tuesday 30th March at 7.30pm.

RVBA TEAMS FAIL TO MAKE DIVISIONAL GRAND FINALS

After winning the Sectional Grand Finals in both the Division 3 Section 6 and Division 5 Section 6, neither team were successful in reaching the play offs for the Divisional Grand Final, the Division 3 team were beaten by Mulgrave Country Club in the Quarter final by only 2 shots after being down by 19 shots overnight, the Division 5 team overcame Richmond Union by 2 shots in the Quarter Final, but went down to Burwood District in the Semi Final by 15 shots.

Division 3 Quarter Final: Mulgrave Country Club defeated Noble Park 95 to93
Division 5 Quarter Final: Noble Park defeated Richmond Union 87 to 85
Division 5 Semi Final: Burwood District defeated Noble Park 95 to 80

NUMBER 1 & NUMBER 3 TEAMS WIN SECTIONAL FINALS

On Sunday the 28th Feb our number One and number Three teams won their Section Finals, the Number One team had a very close game against Coatesville running out winners by 9 shots, the Number Three team were big winners against Cranbourne RSL with 49 shots up, both teams now go on to contest the Division Finals.   
 
Sectional Semi Final played Sat 27th Feb:
Division 3 Section 6: Number 1 team defeated Dandenong Club 98 to 93
Division 3 Section 7: Number 2 team lost to Mulgrave Country Club 91 to 94
Division 5 Section 6: Number 3 team defeated Narren Warren 96 to 76
Division 6 Section 7: Number 4 team lost to Edithvale 88 to 144
 
Section Final played Sun 28th Feb:
Division 3 Section 6: Number 1 team defeated Coatesville 90 to 81
Division 5 Section 6: Number 3 team defeated Cranbourne 118 to 69
 
Divisional Quarter Final to be played on Sat 6th March:
Division 3 Section 6: Number 1 team to play Mulgrave Country Club 4  at Glen Waverley 
Division 5 Section 6: Number 3 team to play Richmond Union at Black Rock 

Divisional Semi finals to be played on Sunday 7th March:
Division 3 Section 6 to be played at Mitcham
Division 5 Section 6 to be played at  Murrumbeena Park

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THE 2010 "NOBLE FOURS" OPEN TOURNAMENT HELD ON SATURDAY 9, JANUARY 2010:

The 2010 Noble Fours Open Tournament was a great success with twenty four teams from all over Victoria competing for $1200 in prize money, the competition was very close all day with only a few points separating all the teams.

2010 is the sixth year of running this event, the 2005 inaugural tournament struggled to attract many teams but now it has grown to a maximum of 32 competing teams from all over Victoria, making it one of the premier events in the local area, previous winners were from Clayton, Noble Park, Dandenong Club & Waverley Golf Bowls Clubs.

The tournament is open to all registered RVBA affiliated bowlers, and play consists of three games of thirteen ends and a cold lunch is included, teams compete for $1200 in prize money.

Game 1 Winners were: S Miller, N Smith, G Phillipotts and J Hunt.
Game 2 Winners were: J Hammond, J McCallum, M Walker and K Creaber
Game 3 Winners were: C Hartigan, B George, T Hewish and B Stingel.

Runners Up were: Lyall Shailer, Larry Povh, Ray Martin and Eddy Gibb from Noble Park Bowls Club.
Winners were: K Fawkner, D Flemming, K Eastwood and R Landolfo from Clayton Bowling Club.

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INDOOR BIAS CARPET BOWLS REPORT FOR SEASON 2009:

Our Indoor Bias Carpet Bowlers finished off a wonderful season winning Premierships in Divisions 2 and 3, Runners Up in Division 1, South Group Champion of Champions, Men’s Singles, Men’s Triples, Mixed Fours and Australian Ladies Fours Champions.

Division 1 Night Pennant Premiers:	Paul Carstensen, Paul Petersen, Denis Godena and Michael Hopkins
Division 3 Day Pennant Premiers:	Bob Bilic, John Alley, Faith Whitehead and Kath Hassett
Division 1 Day Runners Up:	Betty Hatherley, Jan Alley, Rhonda Spencer and Judy Dennis
2009 South Group
Ladies Singles Champion of Champions:	Betty Hatherley
Men’s Singles Winner:	Russell Spencer
Men’s Triples Winners:	John Alley, Stuart Woodford and Greg Fisher
Mixed Fours Winners:	John Alley, Jan Alley, Rhonda Spencer and Russell Spencer
2008 South Group
Men’s Fours Winners:	John Alley, Phil Coates, Stuart Woodford and Russell Spencer
Ladies Fours Winners:	Rhonda Spencer, Jan Alley, Lyn Goodchild and Judy Dennis
2008 South Group
Men’s Singles Winner:	Dennis Godena
Ladies Singles Winner:	Betty Hatherley
Mixed Pairs Winners:	Betty Hatherley and Les West
Drawn Mixed Pairs Winners:	Lyn Goodchild and Paul Carstensen

Two of our members Judy Dennis (Skip) and Rhonda Spencer (Lead) along with Betty McKay (Third from Reservoir) and Karen Brodie (Second from Springers) represented Victoria at the 2009 Australian Indoor Bowls Championships in Adelaide and went on to become Australian Ladies Fours Champions.

Judy, Rhonda, Betty McKay and Carol Steer (Reservoir) representing Victoria previously won this event in 2008.
Judy Dennis is someone special, arguable the most decorated player in our club winning South Group Ladies Singles Champion of Champions in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006, Australian Champion Ladies Fours Skip 2005, 2008, 2009 and with John and Jan Alley and Russell Spencer won the Elsternwick Park Shield in 2008.

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REPORT ON THE 2008/2009 HOME AND AWAY SEASON:

RVBA – Over all it was a disappointing season for the RVBA Section with our 1st Team (Div 3 Sec 6) finishing 6th, 2nd Team (Div 3 Sec 7) 7th, 3rd Team (Div 5 Sec 6) 8th, on a brighter side for the Club our 4th Team (Div 7 Sec 7) finished on top of their section and have won both their Sectional 1st and 2nd semi finals and now go on to the Division 7 1st semi final against Donvale at Mt Waverley, unfortunately they were defeated 103 to 89.

VLBA – The VLBA Section has had a very successful season with our 1st Team (Div A1 Sec 8) finishing 2nd, 2nd Team (Div B1 Sec 9) 1st, 3rd Team (Div B2 Sec 7) 3rd and the 4th Team (Div B2 Sec 8) 6th. As the 2nd team finished on top of their Section they now go on to contest the finals against sectional winners from other Division B1 sections, unfortunately they were defeated by Sunshine VRI 106 to 89.

SDELBA – We have made it to the SDELBA Division 4 grand final after having a strong preliminary final win (12/68 to 0/52) over Mordialloc at Cheltenham Bowls Club on Thursday night. We now play Middle Park at Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club (Melways 69 B6) next Tuesday night.

We have played Middle Park twice this season with one win each by very narrow margins, we go into the game feeling very confident of a win.

RVBA, VLBA & NOVICE 2008/2009 CLUB SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT:

On a perfect day for bowls and with a good enthusiastic crowd in attendance Paul Petersen was too good for John Bennett in winning the RVBA Club Singles Championship; Sheila Maclean worked hard to overcome Barbara Costello to become the VLBA Club Champion, both Paul and Sheila will now go on too play other Club Champions and possibly go on to be Victorian Club Champions.

The Novice Section produce the match of the day with Ron Ameer hanging on to beat Glendon Vernon by one shot, Glendon after trailing by 8 to 20 shots fought back to 24 all, Ron picked up one shot on the last end to become the Novice Champion for 2008/2009.

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