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Millicent Bowls Club Handicap Pairs
Played  18^th April

On Saturday the 18^th April the Millicent Bowls Club held their Annual Handicap Pairs for ladies and men.  All games were played over 15 ends.
In the ladies, the Grand Final was played between, Lyn Scudds and Mary Campbell and Sarah Ross and Joy Warren.  With only 1 shot the difference, going into the first end, the game was neck and neck  until the 9^th end with Sarah Ross and Joy Warren only in front by their 1 shot handicap.  They were then able to break away, winning the final 5 of the last 6 ends taking out the honour of Ladies’ Handicap Pairs winners  for Season 2026/27.

In the Men’s Handicap Pairs, the Grand Final could not be played until Wednesday April 22^nd due to player commitments.
The Grand Final which was played over 15 ends saw Peter Varcoe and Eddie Hann compete against Ian Ross and Peter Hyland with  Peter Varcoe and Eddie Hann having to give Peter Hyland and Ian Ross a 3 shot start.
By the 4^th end the score saw both teams sitting on 9 shots each but then, the Hann/ Varcoe team on the 11^th end, had a lead of 8 shots and by the 15^th end they were able to hold on to the lead thus winning the Men’s Handicap Pairs for Season 2026/27.

Millicent Bowls Club Royal Flying Doctor
Fund Raising Social Day

On Sunday the 12^th April the Millicent Club held their annual bowls day raising funds to assist the Royal  Flying Doctors Group which is a fantastic organisation and services the South East with Millicent receiving 26 so far this year.
The competition this year was very well attended. 74 players took part in the game with night bowlers and Millicent’s regular bowlers.  The format consisted of 1 game of 12 ends due to the very cold conditions.Tthe total amount raised for the day was $2105.00 with the President of the Millicent Flying Doctor Group Angus Mac Donald  accepting the funds from Vice President of the Bowls Club, Peter Hyland.

One of the systems that is used to raise money is the wrong bias tin where a bowler, if they roll their bowl to the Jack on the wrong bias the bowl runs away from the Jack.  The player is expected to put a gold coin in the tin and ring the Wrong Bias Bell in the club room.  This fund raiser this year has raised a total of  $900.00.  What a great fund raiser this is.
The winning teams for the day were, first place was the team of Pat Sullivan, Keith Fletcher, Bill Chapman and Des King with a score of 30+28.  Runners-up was the team of Chris Earl, Scott Lonergan, Terry Lonergan and Bob Reilly with a score of 29+16.

After all presentations players enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea,  

Millicent Bowls Club Project

The Millicent Bowls Club is now assisting Bedford Learning Hub Mount Gambier on a Tuesday morning at 10am with a small group of clients each week who are travelling from Mont Gambier.  
Millicent Bowls Club members host a morning of social sport and exercise teaching the group new skills and enjoying their company.   

Champion of Champion Veterans Singles 2025-26 Season

Well Done Rod

(Rod Gibbs)

What a great week Rod has had, skipping one of the premiership rinks in the Division 2 Pennants and on Tuesday, Rod travelled to Penola to play in the Champion of Champion Veterans Singles, where all club Champions came together to decide who could become Champion of Champion for the Lower South East Bowls Association.

The games were all played with the first player in all game to reach 21 shots. Rod won his way to the Grand Final and played against Jeff England, Singles Champion from Mount Gambier Bowls Club. Rod won the game and also  the title of Champion of Champions Veterans for 2025-26.  

Millicent Bowls Club Veterans Singles
Played 3^rd March

The Millicent Bowls Club held their Annual Veterans Singles Tuesday 3^rd March with the first player to reach 21 shots in each game.  The ladies Grand Final was played between Heather Carthew and Joy Warren.  This was a very close game all through, with Heather on 6 shots and Joy on 14, but then Heather started to work her way back and by the 19^th end Heather was one shot up on Joy Warren but then Joy was able to win the final end by scoring 3 shots and taking her score to 21shots and giving her the title of Ladies Veteran Singles Champion for 2025/26 season.  Well done to both girls for winning their way into the Grand Final.
In the Men’s games, the Grand Final came down to Rod Gibbs, the current Veterans Champion, and Peter Scanlon.  This was also a great game, taking 21ends to reach the target of 21 shots, with great bowling by both players. Rod Gibbs won back- to- back Veteran Singles Champion for 2025/26 season.
Well done to all who took part in the competition and  also the Tournament Committee who organized the day

Runner-up and Winner 2025/2026 Men’s Handicap Singles

Millicent Bowls Club Open Mixed Pairs

On Sunday the 15^th February, 12 couples took part in the Annual Mixed Pairs competition.  Each game, including the Grand Final, was played over 15 ends, with all players playing 3 bowls straight per end, including the Grand Final.

The two teams making the Grand Final were, Aaron Emonson and Joy Warren and Peter and Ros Varcoe.  At the 5^th end the score was, the Varcoe team 6 shots to the Emonson team 1shot but then things picked up for the Emonson side and by the 10^th end the scores were 7 shots each.  At the 15th and final end Peter and Ros held on to win by 1 shot  with the final score Peter and Ros 11 shots to Aaron and Joy 10 shots.

Ladies’ Handicap Singles. Winner Heather Carthew [right]. Runner-up Mary Campbell [left].

Millicent Bowls Club Herb Henderson Memorial Men’s Fours

The Millicent Bowls Club on Australia Day, held their annual Herb Henderson Memorial Men’s Fours.  The day consisted of 2 games of 10 ends in the morning and 2 games of 10 ends in the afternoon but due to the heat the last game was reduced to 8 ends.
96 Players came from all over the South- East to participate.
The over-all winning team for the day went to a mixed team from Mount Gambier and Millicent winning all four games, with 107.5 points, Ian Vonstanke, Brian Vorwerk, Iain Campbell, Brian Goode.  Second place, also winning their 4 games, was a team form Port MacDonnell, David Beaman, Garry Fox, Leon Fox and Brenton Wittwer with a score of 105 points also winning all 4 games.  Third position was a team from Millicent, Peter Scanlon, Peter Varcoe, Peter Bateman, John Silis with a score of 103.5 points also winning their 4 games.  Fourth was the team of Andy Ashby, Peter Roachock, Strawb Masters, Peter Gregory with a score of 86.5 points and in 5^th place was a team from Millicent Glen Tilley, Malcolm Wright, Denis Clifford , Chris Earl also winning 3 of the 4 games with 84points.

Prizes were also given to the best first, second, third and fourth game winners.  Best first game winners were Tony Bowditch’s team with 28 points, best second game winners went to Dale Little’s team with 28points, best third game team went to Kym Stewarts team also with 28points and best fourth game team went to Andrew Ogilvie’s team with 62.5 points.

At the end of the day all players enjoyed a very nice afternoon tea.  Thank you to all the ladies how worked very hard all day, supplying morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.  What a great effort.    

Congratulations to Sarah Ross and Adriana Ross

Congratulations Sarah and Adriana for winning the Champion of Champion pairs played Sunday 25thJanuary 2026 at Naracoorte. Well done girls we are very proud of you. What a great effort.

Millicent Bowls Club Singles Championship for 2026

On Saturday the 10^th of January the Millicent Bowls Club held their Annual  Men’s Singles Championship.  The format  was the first to reach 21 shots won the game and in the Grand Final it was the first to reach 25 shots.  All games started at 8-30am and due to some players having to play in State events the games continued to the Grand Final, which was completed by 8-00pm.

The Grand Final was contested between Glen Jones and Paul Williamson. At the 7^th end Glen Jones was up by one shot, then by the 15^th end Paul had taken the lead by 3 shots with the score sitting at 15 to 12.  By end  21  Paul was able score 3 shots taking the score to Paul 22, Glen 16. Glen was then able to score 1 shot taking him to 17 shots to Paul 22.  Paul then scored another 3 shots to take him to 25 shots thus giving him the title of Men’s Champion Singles played for 2025/26 Season.

Ladies Championship Singles for 2026

The Ladies held their Singles Championship on Sunday11th January. Winning their way into the Grand final were Lyn Scudds, present Singles Ladies’ Champion and Joy Warren. By the 11^th end the score sat at  Lyn Scudds 9 shots to Joy Warren 6 shots and although the standard of bowls was very high Lyn continued on to win the game and become back- to- back Ladies’ Singles Champion for 2025/26.  Well done to both players on reaching the Grand Final.

Millicent Bowls Club Ladies Championship Fours

On Sunday the 4^th of January the Millicent Bowls Club held their Ladies’ Championship Fours, starting at 10-00am with all games leading up to the Grand Final played over 12 ends and the Grand final played over 15 ends.
The two teams winning their way to the Grand Final were the existing Ladies’ Champion team for 2024/25, Lyn Scudds, Elaine Goode, Ros Varcoe and Judy Lowe, going up against, Sarah Ross, Mary Campbell, Carol Gibbs and Faye Hill.
By the 5^th end of the game the scores were sitting at 5 shots each.  There was a very high standard of bowling by all players and by the 11th end the scores were still tied  at 9 shots all, by the completion of the 13^th end with only 2 ends to play the score was still tied at 10 shots.  The Ross team was able to win the last 2 ends with the scores finishing at the Ross team 12 shots to the Scudds team 10 shots, giving Sarah Ross, Mary Campbell, Carol Gibbs and Faye Hill the title of Ladies’ Championship Fours winners for 2025/26 Season.  

Men’s Championship Fours for 2025/26

The Millicent Bowls Club held their annual Men’s Championship Fours, with all games starting at 8-30am on Saturday the 3^rd January 2026.  The games leading up to the Grand Final were all played over 12 ends with the Grand Final played over 15 ends.
Working their way into the Grand Final were the teams of Peter Varcoe, Malcolm Wright, Steve Skeer and Frank Cooper competing against Peter Scanlon, John Buhlmann, Peter Dunnicliff and Chris Earl.
By the 5^th end the score was sitting at the Scanlon team 5 shots to the Varcoe team 2 shots by the 9^th end the Scanlon team were 14 shots to the Varcoe team still sitting on 2 shots.  Then but then things changed with the Varcoe team winning the next 6 ends and at the completion of the 15th end both teams were 14 shots each which meant there had the be an extra end played.  The Varcoe won this end by 2 shots giving the Varcoe team back to back title of Champion Fours team for 2025/26 Season.

Millicent Bowls Club Men’s Championship Pairs
Played on 23^rd December

The Millicent Bowls Club Championship Pairs were played on 9^th November with 24 players taking part in the competition.  All games up the Grand Final were played over 12 ends with the Grand Final played over 18 ends.

Due to work commitments by one member of the winning teams making it to the Grand Final,  the competition could not be completed until the 23rd of December. Peter Scanlon and John Buhlmann contested Wayne Ross and Ben Masters.

The Ross/Masters combination started off by winning the first 2 ends but then Scanlon and Buhlmann came back winning the next 2 ends and at the 8^th end there was only a one shot difference with the Ross /Masters combination being ahead 5 shots to 4.  At the 16^th end, once again there was only one shot between the teams with the Ross/Masters team11 shots to the Scanlon/Buhlmann team 10 shots.  The Ross/Masters team won the next 2 ends taking the final score to Ross/Masters 14 shots to Scanlon/Buhlmann 10 shots.  This gave the title of Men’s Champion Pairs to Wayne Ross and Ben Masters for 2025/26 Season.

Millicent Ladies Invitation Fours
Played on 2nd December

The standard of bowling throughout was extremely high, in fact you would not see it any better on Jack High or on any bowls show on television.  Well done boy’s it was a great game.

The Millicent Bowling Club ladies held their Annual Invitation Day on the 2^nd of December, with players coming from Beachport, Kingston, Mount Gambier, Mt Gambier RSL, Lucindale, Naracoorte, Penola, Port MacDonnell and Robe. The day was fully catered and Millicent also set up a clothing stall with all items being sold for$5.00 each.  The money raised is being donated to the Local Cancer Group in Millicent.
Opening  the day, all players rolled  1 bowl to get the prize for the bowl closest to the ditch. There were 2 prizes given and they went to Lyn Evans and Joy Warren.

The format for the day was one game of 12 ends before lunch and 2 games of 10 ends after lunch.  The winning team for the day went to Port MacDonnell, Carol Schmidt, Jennie Tilly, Dell Parson and Heather Richards.  Second place went to a team from Naracoorte, Sue Drogemuller, Ann Baker, Pauline May and Chris Murphy.  Third place was a team from Kingston, Clair Acres, Nerilie Martin, Julie Clarke and Uria Jacobs.
A prize was also given to the best dressed team which went to a team from Mount Gambier, Robyn Jones, Deanna Farren-field, Barb Milstead and Beryl Messenger. 

The best dressed player went to Cheryl Ferguson from Lucindale.

Millicent Bowls Club Championship Pairs

On Sunday 9^th November, the Millicent Bowls Club held their Ladies’ and Men’s Championship Pairs for 2025/26 season.  Due to the number of teams taking part in the pairs the men’s final has not been finalized.
The Ladies’ Grand Final was played over 15 ends and was contested between Sarah Ross and Adriana Ross going up against Faye Hill and Mary Campbell.
The Ross team got off to a very strong start and by the third end they had a 10 shot lead  and by the 7^th end the score was 6 shots to Campbell/Hill and13 shots  to the Ross team.
The Ross combination then won the next 6 ends with the score finishing at 25 to 6, giving Sarah Ross and Adriana Ross the title of Ladies’ Champion’s for 2025/26 season.

Millicent Bowling Somerset Hotel Open Pairs and Fours
Played Sunday, 2^nd November

On Sunday, 2 November 2025, the Millicent Bowling held their Annual Somerset Hotel Pairs and Fours.  The format was one game of fours in the morning played over 12 ends, then while one pair in each team went for lunch the other pair played one game of 10 ends, then the second pair played their 10 ends while the first pair had lunch.  After the pairs was completed the teams came together and played a final game of 12 ends. Afternoon tea was served at the end of the day.
Teams travelled from, Lucindale, Port MacDonnell, Robe, Beachport, Mount Gambier RSL and Mount Gambier Bowls Clubs.
First game winners was a Millicent team, R Chamber, D Reichelt, N Whelan and D Burgoyne from Robe. Second game winners were, I Campbell and J Campbell. Third game winners were G Wright, T Wrightson. Fourth Game winners were, E Hann, B Smith, M Wright, M Clifford.
Overall winners for the day were:1st John Buhlmann, Derek Bowering, Steve Skeer and Rod Gibbs from Millicent. Second place went to Sylvie Werchon, Sue Young, Adrian Young and Ian Werchon from Beachport. Third place went to Strawb Masters, Jason Kuriny, Ben Masters and Tony Bowditch. 

Millicent Bowls Club Championship Triples

On Sunday the 19^th October the Millicent Bowls Club held their Annual Championship Triples starting at 8-30am for Men and Ladies.  All games leading up to the Grand Final were played over 12 ends and the Grand Final over 18 ends.
In the Ladies, winning their way to the Grand Final, were the teams of
Lyn Scudds, Mary Campbell and Ros Varcoe and  Sarah Ross, Elaine Goode and Joy Warren.  The Scudds team, won 12 of the 18 ends and the  title of Triples Champions for 2025/26 Season.
In the Mens, the Grand Final came down to the teams of Kym Stewart, Jim Campbell and John Scudds against the reigning Triples Champions, Iain Campbell, Rod Gibbs and John Buhlmann.  This game was a very close until the 11^th end then the reigning champions broke away to win back to back titles of Triples Champions for 2025/26 Season.

Millicent/Mount Gambier RSL Bowls Clubs
Scudds/Earl Memorial Shield

On the 14^th September the Millicent Bowls Club hosted the Scudds/Earl Shield Day which is played annually between Millicent and Mt. Gambier RSL with games being played over 21 ends.  This competition has been running since 2006 with the Mount Gambier RSL winning 17 of the 20 years and Millicent 3 times. Mount Gambier took the honours  again this year with a final score from the 12 teams playing,  Mount Gambier RSL 234 shots to Millicent 216
The best winning team for Mount Gambier RSL was Alby McIntyre, Noel Miller, Veonica Opie and John Whitley and for Millicent the best winning team was Malcolm Wright, John Drew, Denis Clifford and John Buhlmann.