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Glassy Bowls
Contributed by David Hayes
Wednesday 01.10.25
9.00am Social Bowls
Annette Capern and John Palte def Dennis Hume and John Annakin 24 - 11.
Joss Evans, Graham Meyers and Marilyn Podmore def Joy Reason, Geoff Edmonds and Noelene Annakin 19 - 12.
Jonathan Orr, Susan Jeffery (Visitor) and Jill Kirchheiner def Jo Sparks, Carol Lewis and Rob Scullion 23 - 15.
Frank Scadding, Mark Whittam and Mick Clark def Bill Bloomfield, Viv James and Sally Squires 27 - 14.
Winners of the day were Marilyn Podmore’s team. R/ Up were John Palte’s team.
Range Croquet Club
Contributed by David Kerr
Recent Regional Ricochet
Results have been firstRate for the Range! In the regional competition for Ricochet croquet (division 2) our club once again did well.
Thursday 02.10.25
12.30pm Social Bowls
Bit of a warm day for October with 32 players taking the green
Winners of the day on count back with 2 wins and a score of 38 were Jeff Clayton, Mark Whittam and Mick Clark just edging out Norm Pashby and Mac Townson.
R/Up on count back were Garry Renshaw and John Palte with a score of 26 just beating Shane Kirstenfeldt and David Booth.
The lucky draw was won by Dave Walters, Scott Bedwell and Allan Owen.
The raffle winners were Annette Capern, Gary Renshaw, John Palte, Norm Pashby and Russ Turner.
Maleny Bowls Club
Contributed by Brett Gillis
On Saturday Club
Patriarch Don Ginns, his lovely wife Margaret and their families held a combined family reunion with birthday celebrations that has become an annual event. They enjoyed social lawn bowls, a delicious lunch as well as refreshments from the bar. This is a reminder that Maleny Bowls Club is the ideal venue for parties for all ages including corporate events and Christmas celebrations. Contact the club for details.
by Maleny Paint Supplies is being held on Friday 24th October from 5:30pm with a Barbeque followed by Triples Teams 15 ends of lawn bowls. Cost is $17 per adult with children free. This is a terrific celebration of sport played under lights at the friendliest hinterland club. Bring a group, enter a team or come on your own with no previous experience required. We would love to see you there.
email gamesdirector@ malenybowlsclub.com.au.
Our annual Scotty Fawkes Memorial Day supported
Nominate by 5pm Friday 17th October for catering purposes by leaving a voice message 07 5494 2335 or
fought tussle for outright winner. After each won two games against other players, they then played each other in the decider. It was only after the final bell that Sarah narrowly sealed the result. Our other representatives also faired well with Donna Manning taking out third
All champions have to start at the grass roots and recently we saw a possible future champion joining in Thursday afternoon social play. It is always a pleasure to welcome people who would like to come and try the game of croquet, and we hope to see Georgia on the lawn again soon!
This coming Wednesday 8th October at 11am we welcome the first of four bus tour groups from Holiday Vacations America with other dates being 22 & 29 October and 12 November 2025. These annual visitors come from all across the
USA and have never seen let alone played a game of lawn bowls before. Our volunteers make them feel welcome and give them tips on how to play and they always have a terrific time. Getting first hand feedback about Donald Trump always makes it interesting for our members.
Lucky draw went to Mick Clark’s team
Holiday Vacations America tour groups experiencing lawn bowls for the very first time.
