Airlie Beach Bowls Club

Tuesday: Airlie Beach Bowls Club hosted Kev Mezzina from Kawana Thunder Bowls Club on the Sunshine Coast travelling with wife Fiona.

Mr Mezzina snapped up the prestigious Health Hub award, showing the club what a wonderful bowler he was.

But he was second best on the day, losing out to skipper Mark Mawson with lead Juanita Matterson and Robin Brown who played outstanding consistent bowls winning all the prizes on the day.

Wednesday: Skipper John Brown with Alan Pershouse played some outstanding bowls and ran away with the prizes, while club favourite Rick Galea won the Health Hub award.

Northern Beaches Ladies Cup Invitational Fours was being held in Mackay, with the travelling Airlie Beach team winning five games with 50 points.

Ladda Purdie as skipper with talented Elaine Hadlow at third, and Jill Spencer at second with Sue Swift from Northern Beaches at lead were convincing winners over the two day carnival.

The club’s other team of Betty Nicole as skipper with Margo Stanley at third, Betty Whitehorn at second with Marie Duck from North Mackay at lead also won five games and finished on 35 points to come second in the carnival.

Wednesday night saw Business House Bowls resume its final spring competition for the year, welcoming back Ian and Debbie Whittaker from Battery World, who had Rob Turner also making a return.

Saturday: The club resumed Scroungers and first round winners were Andy McDougall, Margo Stanley, Russell Jackson, Graham Cowling, Garry Tiff, and Neil Moore.

However, it was the final was played between Andy McDougall and Margo Stanley which served as the most inspiring game of the weekend, with Andy the eventual winner. Tony Whitehorn won the Group B for the second time.

Sunday: The club welcomed new bowlers in the morning and Sunday afternoon saw Mark Mason with skipper Nik Fernbach the winners of the day.

Contributed with thanks to Mark Mawson

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The club’s oldest members at the recent Annual General Meeting, Paul Osborne and Herb Secomb