Echuca Moama and district sports notes

The best one game went to Kevin McCreevy/Col Berryman (+16).

A share of $20 went to jackpot winners Kevin Bursill, Steve Campion, Craig Beck and John Battye.

Jackpot next week: $20.

Friday, September 18

Scroungers, sponsored by Roma Pizza, attracted just nine bowlers.

Runner-up: Cec Moss.

Winner: Alan Hopson.

Saturday, September 19

Social bowls with 16 participants. sponsored by Pastoral Hotel.

Runner-up: Jim Ferrier/Ricky Phyland 3+76, and winner: Ivan Hicks/John Blair 3+80.

Tuesday, September 22

Fourth week of the five-week Essen Sponsored 5-a-side played on a lovely sunny day.

The Wallabies came out winners, the team comprising Ivan Hicks, Belinda Chong, Bernie Johns, Keith Robertson and Jill Young.

The ladder is close coming into the 5th and final week where anyone could win the overall event.

Congratulations to all our winners, and again many thanks to everyone who participated during the week, to the event organisers, to the visitors who continue to support our club and a special shout out to all of our event sponsors.

Events

The event sheet is up for all club games in the clubhouse. Please register your interest.

‘Come and Try’ is once again with us and scheduled for every Monday in October commencing 5.30pm on October 5.

This initiative is open to all and we encourage those interested in a fun night who wish to learn the fundamentals of lawn bowls to contact Danial Vella on 0418 495 448

Already a bowler? Bring along family and friends.

Social night

Once again our Friday night social gathering at the club was a great success.

We welcomed representatives from the Echuca/Moama Rotary Club who generously donated $2000 to our fundraising cause who then went on to auction their meat tray, won in the raffle, which raised a further $50.

A huge thank you from all our members.

The member draw went unclaimed, unlucky Matt Liverton, you left just a little too early, and jackpots to $70 this Friday the 25th.

There were no winners in Mini Bingo, so this week’s jackpot is $1777.00, get those bingo entries in.

See you this Friday — friends and visitors are always most welcome.

Moama RSL

Indoor Bowls- Monday, September 21

26 players played three games of nine ends.

The winners on 48 points were Val Gaylor (Skip), Janine Wolfe (3rd), Jean Shelley (Lead).

The runners-up with 47.5 points were Peter Broom (Skip), Shirley McKinnon (3rd), Sue Underwood (2nd ) and Liz Portwine (Lead).

Third place with 35 points were Denise Lee (Skip), Judy Vise (3rd) and Mary Kain (Lead).

New members are welcome.

Rich River Bowls Club

The weather is heating up leading into the 2026-2027 Bowls season.

With weekend pennant starting on Saturday October 3 and Midweek Pennant commencing on Tuesday, October 6.

It is a busy time for all clubs in the playing area, with pennant, club events and tournaments.

Wishing all teams a fun and successful season.

A reminder that we will be having “Friday Night Live” Bowls and BBQ each Friday night starting Friday October 9, 6pm-8pm.

New bowlers welcome. Contact club for more information.

Results from last three weeks.

Tuesday Mixed Social, September 1

Winners: Moira Thomas/Barb Dashwood, two wins 53 pts.

Runners Up: Marg Young/Di Brown/John Hart, two wins 48 pts.

Wednesday Men’s Jackpot, Sept 2

Winners: Keith Hewitt/Bill Prendergast, two wins 57pts 12 shots.

Runners Up: Keith Geisler/Leon Sharp, two wins 57 pts 8 shots.

Thursday Ladies Social, September 3

Winners: Liz Easther/Cheryl Cargill/Dianne Symons.

Tuesday Open Social, September 8

Winners: Moira Thomas/Adrian Daly, two wins 52pts.

Runners Up: Rob Thomas/Di Brown/Norma McCormack, one win 1 draw 40pts

Wednesday Men’s Jackpot pairs

Winners: Bev Trengove/Graeme Moffat, three wins 81pts

Runners Up: Peter Whitlock/Scott Alexander, three wins 77pts

Wednesday, September 16

Winners: Ian Craigie/Gerry Devlin, three wins 77pts.

Runners Up: Brian Trengove/Peter Moon, 2.5 wins 66pts.

Thursday Ladies Social, September 17

Winners: Ben Trengove/Carol Hannah/Heather Sheldon, one win 1 draw 35pts 9 shots.

Runner Up: Barb Dashwood/Di Brown/Deb Haynes, one win 1 draw 35pts 3 shots.

Coaching

Coaching is available on Tuesday mornings at 10am with Bev Trengrove

For beginners and members just needing to fine tune their game.

Call Bev on 0418 591 980

Check out our Facebook Page Rich River Bowls Club for latest club results, information and upcoming events.

Have a great week and good bowling.

Rochester Bowls Club

Friday social/jackpot bowls

On Friday, September 18, 18 bowlers enjoyed bowling in beautiful conditions.

Teams consisted of triples, playing two games of eight ends.

There were two teams who won both of their games, with Francis Keech, Yvonne Smolenaars and David Burdett finishing with +14 shots.

The overall winning team, ‘The Triple Bs’ won with +18 shots – Bert Smolenaars, Beryl Elliott and Brenda Wilkin.

The jackpot went off with the winners being Francis, Yvonne and David. Congratulations to the winners who shared $117.

Bowlers wishing to play are reminded to ring the club 8.45–9.15am to enter their name.

Play will commence at 10am, with entrants asked to be in attendance by 9.45am ready for announcements and instructions.

$10 entry fee covers both play and jackpot draw.

Ladies match committee

The committee invites all lady bowlers to enter the Ladies Championship event.

Entries close on Sunday, September 27 and the first round to be played by Saturday, October 10.

If you can’t get into the club house to enter, contact a match committee member – Kathy Williams, Joan Limbrick, Bev Hetherington, Glenda Bancell or Roz Keech.

Pennant training

All bowlers playing pennant this season are invited to attend Pennant Training each Thursday – 10 am.

Coaching

Thursday at 10am, contact Marg Knight if interested – 0407 093 848

Pennant practice

The weekend selection committee have nominated Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, from 4pm as their pennant practice time.

60 and Over

This week, Rochester hosted the event with the winners being Ivan Hicks’ team from Echuca and in second place, Garry Solomon’s team from Kyabram.

This Wednesday, September 23, play will be at Mathoura with an 11am start.

Skippers, ring before Sunday evening to enter teams – Phil Mace 0428 290 351 or Alan Gerrish 0427 461 448.

Pennant practice match

On Saturday, September 19, the Rochester Bowls Club hosted White Hills Bowls Club in a practice pennant event.

It was an opportunity to have Elmore and Stanhope bowlers participate also.

The day was very successful and thanks go to everyone from the club who made a contribution – bowlers, selectors, kitchen and bar staff, BBQ chefs, raffle organisers, those who prepared the greens and those who assisted in the setting up and clearing up.

Pennant

The Campaspe Region weekend pennant competition commences on Saturday, October 3 and mid-week pennant competition – Tuesday, October 6.

Currently, the draw can be found on the Rochester Bowls Club Facebook site.

There is an ‘unavailable to play’ list for both competitions in the foyer.

If you are unable to play on any particular date, please enter your name on the applicable date.

Umpires

If you are at all keen to undertake your umpire’s accreditation, please contact Leigh Milgate.

The club will take the responsibility of payment for the course.

Bar duty

Monday – Thursday: 5 – 6.30pm

21 – 24- P. Stack and G. Willis.

28 – 1 Oct- R. Dennis and Octavia.

5 – 8- M. Ellis and K. McCormack.

Lockington Bowls Club

Plenty of action on the greens during the past week with good numbers at the Tuesday Social bowls then the club practice match on Saturday.

On Tuesday, three rinks challenged for the social bowls in ideal conditions.

At the completion of the Scrounge event, the individual rink winners were - rink one to Pos Andrea 45 points ahead of Annette Brereton 30 followed by Lorraine Appleby 22 and Donna Hart on 20 points.

Next door Terrill Westwood was in supreme control to amass 49 points while Kathy Maddison tallied 32 points.

Pauline Humbert managed 25 points ahead of Mary Thomas who had 22 points.

On the final rink, John Andrea was in startling form to tally 47 points to take the chocolates from Denise Gilmore 42 and Margaret Dowie 34.

A pleasant day of bowls.

On Saturday, the club held a full-scale practice as an alternative to the cancelled match against Gunbower Bowling Club.

A fine roll up had three rinks in operation with close games on all rinks.

On rink one, the game went down to the wire where skipper Leanne McInnes led her team, consisting of Ashley Dobell, Jim Harris and Pos Andrea to a narrow one shot victory over the Dave Thomas skipped rink including John Andrea, Denise Gilmore and Ray Hanson with a 16-15 result.

Rink two produced another close two-shot victory 12-10 to Sharon Smith, Mary Thomas, Steve McKee and Owen Mc Phee (s) over Geoff Pilgrim, Allen Sharpe, Lorraine Appleby and Kalvin Stout (s).

The final rink was a fine display of bowling from all players.

The team of Mel Freeman, Leon Laffy, John Fisher and John van den Bosch (s) scraped home from the star-studded rink including Russell Shawcross, Clinton McKee, Shane Felmingham and skipper Phillip Cunnington in a 12-10 scoreline.

A group of players who missed the bus played a game of Scrounge and once again the scoring was close.

Neil Haines was the winner on 39 points while Rod Fiedler finished second with 33 points closely followed by father and son, Ian Haines 32 and Keifer Haines 30.

A really good workout.

The club will play another practice match on the Friday, September 25 grand final holiday with a 1pm start.

Selectors will select the teams when names are available.

There were no winning results from our members in the latest round of 60 and Over held at the Rochester Bowls Club on Wednesday.

One team lost the final game by one shot which really stung.

The local Campaspe Pennant season will commence on Saturday, October 3 (Weekend) while the Midweek Pennant will start on Tuesday, October 6.

The club will open the season on Friday, October 2 with Pennant practice followed by tea at 6.30pm.

Members are requested to bring a shared Casserole.

The club Champions will be invited to roll the first Kitty and deliver the first bowl.

All are welcome.

The club will hold the time-honoured Waterwheel Classic Fours on Sunday, October 18, starting at 9.30pm.

This prestigious Gold Letter tournament is sponsored by Connor/Case at Sturt Street, Echuca.

The club is truly thankful for this continuing support.

60 and over

The Campaspe and District 60 and over bowls Group held their weekly bowls at Mathoura on a mild Spring day.

There were 28 teams of four, that’s 112 bowlers competing for a chook.

There were three three-game winners.

Ivan Hicks team from Echuca just missed out with three bowls near the Jack.

The runners-up were Garry Salomons team from Kyabram with three bowls in the head and the closest bowl near the jack.

The Kyabram team consisted of Garry Salomon lead, Murray Bosulood second, Colin Hayes third and Murray Tenace was their Skipper.

Noel West’s team from Tongala were the winners with five bowls near the jack.

The team consisted of Geoff Tinning lead, Noel West second, Lindsay Vallance from Mathoura a fill in third and Barry Tinning was their Skipper.

Both teams players won a chook each.

Next Wednesday is at Moama starting at 11am.

The contacts for next week are Brian Kirk on 5482 2526 or John Ryan on 0488 005 333

Good bowling to all.

Rich River Golf Club

Results

September 17– Men’s Stroke Max East: A – M Langenbacher 69 c/b, B – S Edwards 70 c/b, C – W Brodribb 70 c/b, D – B Hart 69, Hole in One G Rogers 16th.

September 18– Men’s Vets S/Ford West: A – J Finn 39pts, B – G Needs 37pts.

Women’s Vets S/Ford West A – K Bookham 37pts c/b, B – R Freestone 37pts.

September 19– Men’s Par East: A – M Lizza +3, B – M Howell +4, C – A Potts +3 c/b, D – S Bessell +4.

Women’s Par East 1st – C Barnes +4 c/b, 2nd – S Morgan +4, 3rd – K Evans +3.

September 20– WE Stokes 36 Hole Foursomes gross West: 1st – L Kelly/S Byrne 163, 2nd – T Flinn/M De Jager 167, 3rd – K Mose/G Mose 171.

WE Stokes 36 Hole Foursomes nett West 1st – J Moyle/J Moyle 147 c/b, 2nd – F Douglas/M Langenbacher 147, 3rd – K Mose/G Mose 148.

September 21– 18 Hole Medley Par East: 1st – D Williams +2, 2nd – M Napier +1 c/b, 3rd – A McPherson +1.

9 Hole Women’s Par East 1st – W Williams +2, 2nd – L Healey +1 c/b, 3rd – W Roberts +1 c/b.

September 22– Medley S/Ford West: A – S Plumridge 40pts, B – H Morenhout 44pts, C – T Morgan 38pts c/b, D – T Cargill 39pts c/b.

September 23– Women’s S/Ford East: A – C Fleming 41pts, B – L Connick 40pts, C – A Worsnop 41pts.

Rochester Golf Club

Saturday's Men's golf was played in perfect golfing weather, and with the recently cut fairways and drier conditions, no wonder half the field broke their handicaps or played close to their best rounds for the season.

Low handicappers were to the fore, with Shane Bywaters posting a great score and winning the monthly medal 72-6 net 66, followed by new member Andrew Cassin with 74-7 (67).

Ball winners were Troy McInnes and Brendan McCarty, both on net (68), Robert Vise, Greg Watkins, Andy Purdy and David Gebbie, all on net 69.

Cassin was nearest to the pin on 3, David Harris (5), Bywaters (8), Brent Sweeney (16) and McInnes for his 2nd shot to the 18th hole.

Wednesday's 9-hole social golf was played on the front nine.

Last week's ball winner, Robert Vise, continued his great form by shooting a remarkable 27 Stableford points.

Vise put this down to his very generous "King Richards" handicapping system and just good luck.

Once again, David Gebbie thought his 23 points were enough to take home the chocolates; however, he wasn't accounting for Vise having such a great round.

Next best were Alex McQuibban and Peter Anderson with 21 points. Nearest-the-pin on the 3rd went to Mike Austin.

Friday, the ladies played stroke and count the putts.

Louise Eeles won with a net 71, followed by Barbara McCarty (72) on a countback from Jenny Major.

Major also won the putts with 27. Bree Cox won the 9-hole with 58-22-36 from Janet Sinclair.

Nearest-the-pin winners were Julie Leahy on 3 and 8 and McCarty on 12 and 16.

With the course in perfect condition, great golf and big crowds are expected next Friday for the annual MND Charity 4-person Ambrose event (any combination).

Assembly is at 10am. Members are requested to bring along a plate.

Lockington Golf Club

September 17 – Joy Bickford Rose Bowl Teams Event

Golfers enjoyed wonderful weather for the 2026 Bowl, contested by 10 teams, with eight clubs represented on the day – Axedale, Belvoir Park, Elmore, Marong, Neangar Park (2 teams), Rich River (2) and Rochester (2).

The Elmore team of Tanya Niven (41), Denise Pappin (40) and Sherryn Pedersen (35) combined brilliantly to score 116 points to win the Bowl with a massive 12-point margin over the runners up Rochester 2 (104), with Belvoir Park and Neangar Park 1 tied for 3rd on 100.

The Bowl was first competed in 1978 and this year’s victory was the 4th for Elmore, who last won it back in 2015.

Tanya was in that winning team, while this year’s win was the first for both Denise and Sherryn.

Leisa Evans (Rochester 2) won Division 1 with 39, ahead of Joan James (Belvoir Park) on 38 and Marcia Spiers (Rich River 1) was third with 36.

Division 2 was won by Jenny Major (Rochester 1) with 39, ahead of Maureen Fleiner (Neangar Park 1) who scored 38, with Di Mazzarella (Marong) third on 35.

Locky Ladies Event winner: Angela Bacon 38.

Ball comp: 35 - Helen Leech (Neangar Park 2), Jenny Holt; 34 – Michele Mustey (Rich River 1); 33 – Ruth Iser (Axedale), Muriel Pitts (Axedale); 32 – Maureen Connelly (Axedale), Jenny Donaldson (Neangar Park 1), Annette Brereton.

Nearest the pins: 7th – Ruth Iser; 2nd shot 9th – Barbara McCarty; 2nd shot 13th – Denise Pappin; 17th – Kathy Hutchings (Belvoir Park).

Nearest the line 18th – Michele Mustey.

A big thank you to Bulla Foods for their generous sponsorship, and well done to all Locky members who contributed to the day’s success.

September 18 – 3 person Ambrose

Another terrific day’s weather was enjoyed by the 15 teams who played in this year’s Ambrose, generously sponsored by Echuca Mazda, Echuca Mitsubishi and Echuca MG.

It was great to have players from Rochester, Bamawm, Pyramid Hill, Mitiamo, Maldon, Valley View and Murray Downs, and the visitors certainly cleaned up on the day, taking home the bulk of the prizes.

Winners: the Pyramid Hill team of Andy Freemantle, Steve Gibson and Don Stewart 61-5-56 (their round was also the equal best scratch on the day).

Runners-up: the Mitiamo team of Dale Anderson, Robbie Lawry, Jamie Lister (Mitiamo) 67-9.67-57.33.

Third: Mitiamo players Brad Duncan and Rod Ellis, teamed up with Grant Humbert 63-5.17-57.83.

Ball comp: Rochester players Bruce Bryant and David Gebbie teamed up with Ray Brereton 67-8-59; and the sponsors team of Lachie Wilson, Matt Hoare and Todd Louttit (Bamawm) 63-3.67-59.33.

Nearest the pins: 3rd and 7th – Bruce Bryant; 16th – Chris Trewin (Rochester); 17th – Darren Carnie; 2nd shot 18th – Rod Ellis. Long Drive: Under 60 – Grant Humbert; 60+ - John Fitzpatrick (Maldon).

September 19 – Stroke

Money Day began with a beautiful fresh morning before a warmish afternoon, and it was one of those hitting off early, Kevin Humbert, who played some great golf to score 76-11-65 to win the Lockington Foodworks Player of the Day.

Andy Freemantle made it two profitable days of golf, finishing runner-up with 84-16-68, while Terry Thomas (80-8-72) finished 3rd.

Next best was Grant Humbert (74-1-73 who was 4th, on a countback from Ian Maddison.

The Monthly Medallists Final was a close finish, with victory to Ian Maddison (86-13-73), by just one shot from Ron Dixon (95-21-74).

Nearest the pins: 7th – Kevin Humbert; 2nd shot 13th – Stuart Newton, Darren Carnie, Ron Dixon; 2nd shot 18th for the 6-pack smack – Kevin Humbert.

Spike’s Longest Drive on the 8th, sponsored by Hot ‘n’ Cold Plumbing – Ash Portwine, Ian Maddison, Ron Dixon.

Jason Wakefield won the Echuca Hip Pocket Eagles Nest on the 3rd with a super shot (and he got the birdie), but Captain Grant’s yardstick prize on the 16th wasn’t won.

Terry Thomas eagled the 2nd with three terrific shots, while JD Wright parred the 2nd for the 4th week in a row.

Upcoming events

Thursday, September 24 – Stableford – Mary Robins Perpetual Trophy.

Saturday, September 26 – Last Saturday comp for the season – 3 person Ambrose, early hit off available.

Echuca Moama Croquet Club

Friday, September 18

A quiet day today with only nine members and our captain present.

No one won three games however three members won two with the winner being Lyn Keillor followed closely by John Alstin and John Graham.

It was a busy day for jump shots with John Alstin managing five, Lyn Keillor two and John Graham one.

Monday, September 21

Nearly doubled our numbers today with 15 members playing.

The day ended with three members winning three games each.

A draw for 1st place went to Maria Gomez and Sid Gomez, followed by Lyn Keillor only two hoops behind them.

One hoop in one today by Peter van der Zande and two Jump shots by Lyn Keillor.

Rich River Croquet Club

Association Pennant- Wednesday, September 16

An emphatic win to Ky/Shep over Quarry Hill 5-91 to 1-63, while Rich River came close to their first win but it was not to be, the Hybrids won 3-75 to 3-59.

A big thank you to Claire, Trish and Tim for filling in and Bev for scoring.

This week's ladder shows that the top three teams are very close.

GVCA Golf Spring Pennant- Thursday, September 17

Mooroopna v Rich River Kangas

The first Singles games played saw both sides win two games each with Rich River Kanga’s taking the lead by three hoops.

The reverse singles games saw Rich River Kanga’s increase their lead by winning three of the four games, Kanga’s three games +23 hoops to Mooroopna’s one game 18 hoops.

It was then onto the doubles matches where the Rich River Kangas played well and won all four games.

Kangas team players, Sandra Retallick, Michael Hawkens, Russell Clarke and Helen Brierley were very competitive against the Mooroopna team of Richard Finch, Denise Boldision, Amanda Threlfall and Annie Hempenstall.

The final score saw the Kangas win nine games 75 hoops against Mooroopna’s three games 57 hoops.

Golf Croquet – Thursday, September 17

Nine members played doubles croquet this morning.

Congratulations to the winner, Steve Potter, the only player to win all three games scoring three games +11 hoops.

Four players won two games each with the runner-up being Cheryl Lees scoring two games +7 hoops.

The Vincent Shield – Tuesday, September 22

The Vincent Shield is held annually thanks to the Vincent Family.

Roy and Mae Vincent were both great advocates of croquet and held a range of positions on the RRCC committee over their many years of playing.

Both won divisional championships across Association and Golf Croquet and supported this event over many years.

Today, their sons continue to sponsor the Shield and Rich River Croquet Club remembers and recognises the contribution the Vincent family made to the sport.

Twenty players competed in the Shield with partners drawn on the day of play.

Three games are played and the partnership stays the same for all three games, with the opposition changing each match.

The weather was lovely for the Shield with a cool breeze early stilling to warm sunshine afterwards, perfect conditions for croquet.

After the first two games, only two teams had won both games but competition was fierce and there were many close matches.

After the third and final match four teams had won two games each, but only one team won all three games.

Some seriously good jump shots were made throughout the matches by Pat Rice, Sid Gomes-Vieira and Steve Potter.

Congratulations to this year’s winners Steve Potter and Anne Canfield, whose final score was three games +9 hoops and to the runner’s-Up Pat and Carmel Rice scoring two games +7 hoops.

After the games were finished it was off to the club for the annual luncheon with the presentation by Greg and John Vincent.

Sandra Retallick the Croquet Club President thanked the Vincent’s sincerely for their continued support and recognised the contribution that their parents had made over many years and their love of the game.

Kyabram Pigeon Club

Kyabram Racing Pigeon Club continues to test its bird’s range, heading out north to just south of Wilcannia for its latest race on Saturday.

For some trainers, the location meant an almost 500km journey for their pigeons back to their home loft.

As always, the competition was judged by the birds’ average velocity on the return journey, measured as distance over time.

The trainer at the furthest distance, Kyabram East’s Gary Beavis, took out the race, his birds ticking just over the 500km mark to reach home and travelling at 1327.19 metres per minute.

Fellow Kyabramite Shannon Goode finished narrowly in second (1326.74) while Echuca East’s Troy Schwenke (1323.25) rounded out the top three.

Concurrently, the club also ran a breeder’s plate from the same location, with trainers entitled to multiple entries each.

In this event, Ky’s Peter White scored the winning time, his birds logging 1305.50, followed by Gary Beavis (1301.18) and Moama’s M and P Racing (1251.93).