Clun Fours Championships – Semi-Final.

Joyce Middleton, Betty Jenkins, Colleen Crump and Gwen Haydon defeated Linda Miller, Bobbie Turner, Sheryn O’Malveney and Heather Hoad 21-14.

There were two social games one pairs and one triples.  

Joice McNaught and Libby Balcombe defeated Ellen Petty and Deanna Noble 27-18.

Diane Slattery, Jill Messenger and Margaret Gosper defeated Shirley Robson, Moyna Rue and Jo Davies 21-12.

The Lucky Draw was won by Shirley Robson with No. 1.

The  Club has great news we have a President and a Secretary, Betty Jenkins as President and Ellen as Secretary. 

On behalf of all the members, I would like to thank Betty and Ellen for filling these much needed positions.

All our positions are now filled.

The June Points Score were won by Joice McNaught, Moyna Rue, Sheryn O’Malveney and Deanna Noble with 10 points each.

Joice McNaught, Sheryn O’Malveney and Deanna Noble and Daph Bryant. 

Betty Jenkins and Gwen Haydon were to represent our club at the Gala Day to be held at Forbes on July 20 did not go due to the weather conditions and the possibility of not getting home due to flooding.

A very wise decision.

Our Triples Carnival held on Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24 resulted in the following winners.

1st Narrabri, 2nd Canowindra - Heather Hoad, Nancy Morrow and Jan Keiraniki (Cowra), 3rd Lake Cargelligo, 4th Leisa Burton (Forbes) Jo Davies and Colleen Crump (Canowindra).

The round winners were-

1st Nada Kurta’s team (Cowra), 2nd Rhona Wendt’s team (Parkes), 3rd Deanna Noble’s team (Canowindra),  4th Libby Balcombe’s team (Canowindra), 5th Jan Waugh’s team (Forbes).

The raffles were won by Nada Kurta (Cowra) Opal Necklace, Eva Sadler (Narrabri)  Hamper and Dap Bryant (Canowindra) Hamper.

Special thanks to the Triples Carnival Committee, to the ladies who set up on Friday afternoon, the ladies who worked in the kitchen both days supplying the meals, to Sparky for doing the greens, to Ellen Petty as an excellent Umpire, to David Beath for doing the cards, to the friendly and efficient Bar Staff and a special thank you for all the visitors, some teams travelling a very long distance and we wish you all a very safe trip home.

The Triples Carnival was a great success.

Canowindra Pony Club is gearing up for its annual fundraiser, its ever-popular Swap Meet.

The Swap Meet keeps getting biger and better every year and this year it will be held on Sunday, August 7 at the Canowindra Showground.

Anyone can have a stall and you can sell pretty much anything.

From kids toys and kitchen utensils, to cars and furniture.

If you come along you are sure to find something that takes your eye, or that piece you've always been looking for.

Stall sites are $10, undercover sites are available and site holders can set up from Friday at 4pm.

Entry on the Sunday is just $2 and gates open at 5.30am.

Full canteen facilities will be available throughout the day.

For more information on the swap meet, contact Bill Watson on 02 6344 1886.

No championship games were played last weekend due to the ladies running their triples tournament which proved to be very successful.

Thanks to Dool and Sparky who helped the ladies out at the last minute by filling in for a team who could not be there last Sunday.

Saturday, July 30- Mixed mufti bowls with names in by 1.30pm for 2.00pm start.

Sunday, July 31- Major triples semi finals- J Preston, B and C Webb V K Walker, D Byrne and G Wilson.

T Mooney, B Lees and V Mirto V M Baldwin, M Wright and I Nelder.

Mixed mufti bowls will continue on Thursday, July 28 with names in by 1.30pm for 2pm start.

All welcome. Bring a friend.

Mens bowls wood raffle was a great success.

Winner of the trailer load of wood was Barry Rue.

Would like to thank our volunteers who sold tickets, Terry and Kevin, Ron and Max, Bob Robson and Bob Bates.

Thanks to Nancy for organising the date for the raffle.

Thanks also to Tracy Bates for the work of cutting the load of wood and use of his trailer.

Much appreciated.

Next time would like a few more volunteers from men’s bowls to do some work.

Saturday, July 30- Working bee commencing 9.30am.

Remember more hands make light work.

Coming Event- Trivia and curry night Saturday, August 20. 6pm for 6.30pm. $25 per head. Call the club to book your table. Phone 63441605. RSVP August 15.

Wednesday badge draw $1150.

Friday badge draw $500.

Bingo this Thursday 11am.

This Saturday’s Southern Division GrainCorp Cup clash between Canowindra and West Wyalong will likely decide which club progresses to the finals.

Both sides boast 22 competition points with Canowindra holding a slight advantage thanks to for and against, but it’s unlikely that will be a factor following the final two regular round games.

Canowindra finish their campaign away to defending premiers Blayney while West Wyalong make the trek to Cootamundra, who have been strong throughout the entire season.

The Pythons’ confidence of strengthening their grip on a finals berth should be high after knocking the Weavels over at the same venue last year.

Formerly trained in Cowra by Darryl Davis, four-year-old pacer Dot Ayou secured her third win of a 29-start career on Sunday.

Dot Ayou, now under the care of Nathan Turnbull, won the Sue Townsend Ladyship Pace (1600m) at Parkes keeping race favourite Gubbata (Robert Anderson, $2.60) at bay.

Dot Ayou launched from the front row and maintained a lead throughout the journey completing a winner’s mile rate of 2.01:7s.

She’s still owned by Darryl Davis who’s been in the gig for 17 of her starts.