Around the grounds

By TANIA PHILLIPS

SHOOTING
Southern Downs Rifle Club
Results Sunday (11 May): Shooting at 400 yards range out of a 126: F Standard Rifle – Barry Russell 115.3, Margaret Taylor 114.3, Carl Reid 107.1, Graham Eagle personal best 122.10. F Open Rifle – Rob Smythe 102.2, Bob Tyllyer 115.4, Dave Taylor 115.9. Target Rifle (possible 105) – Jim Dickenson 105.14, Jamie Marshall 98.3, Merv Bray 88.2. Conditions were close to perfect with only light wind and a warm mild day.
Don’t forget the Darling Downs two-day competition 17-18 May, Warwick.

BOWLS
Warwick Bowls
TWO quarter-finals games were played in the S/S Pairs this week.
Results: B. Black/D. Warr 27 d P. Wagner/C. Johnson 12. T. Seaniger/J. Simpson 21 d D. Neal/H. Gibson 11. This leaves one game to be played in the quarters M. Holder/I. Campbell v M. O’Leary/P. Collis, which will be played this week.
Nominations have been called for the S/S Triples the closing date is yet to be set.
Thanks to our games director and our visiting clubs we had a full green once again for our Monthly Triples on Tuesday.
Results: Round 1: K. Gimm/S. Valentine/T. Owens 11 d L. Tucker/R. Griffith/G. Assay 7. S/C 12 d W. Gibson/N. Wickham/G. Shelley 6. A. Naylor/T. Seaniger/J. Ruhle 11 d K. Cunning’s team 6. The Summit 12 d L. McCosker/M. Holder/E Welsh 6. D. Neal/B. Hansen/D. Maher 11 d M. Thompson/N. Farmer/M. Wagner 7. C. Lawler/C. McCosker/M. Dodson 13 d R. Smith/P. Wagner/C. Johnson 5. K. Blomfield/L. Collie/K. Bryson 12 d G. Kerr/T. Wright/H. Gibson 6. G. Murphy/B. Black/D. Warr 13 d R. Bone/D. Miller/D. Buchbach 5.
Round 2 (skips only): D. Maher 10 d C. Johnson 8. D. Warr 12 d T. Owens 6. G. Assay 9 tied G. Shelley 9. S/C 13 d K. Cunning 5. The Summit 13 d J. Ruhle 5. H. Gibson 12 d M. Dodson 6. E. Welsh 13 d M. Wagner 5.
The Summit won with 25 points on a count-back to runner-up Doug Warr’s team also on 25.
Dad’s Army Results: I. Fordyce/P. Seipelt/D. Warr 38 d L. Tucker/G. Assay/B. Black 8. G. Murphy/H. Gibson 25 d J. McCallum/L. McCosker 10. K. Gimm/D. Christensen 26 d C. McCosker/J. Ruhle 12. Saturday Social Results: I. Fordyce/T. Wright 18 d R. Smith/B. Hansen 14. J. McCallum/K. Gimm 31 d R. Valentine/G. Murphy 14.
Coming Events: Social bowls on Saturday, KFC on Wed 21 May and Friendly Society sponsor day on Sunday 25 May.
The club welcomes ladies and visitors to join in on any of these games, names in by 12.30 play at 1pm. Phone 4661 1516.