Group 3 Winners:  Mona Thornton,  Kay Mcmillan, Jenny Mitchell, Jan Fitzsimmons. Lyn Eggleton, Cheryl Darcy, Carole Freeman, Anne Leonard.  

Group 4 Winners:   Tracie Browne, Jan Wilson, Margaret Hounsell, Trish Iirilli, Leonie Maher, Barbara Cotterill, Joan Stair, Lyn Carrol

Club Drawn Major Pairs 2nd Round:   Jan Wilson, Trish Iirilli  Def  Tracie Browne, Jenny Mitchell. Leone Maher, Elaine Larkin  Def  K Mcmillan, Nola Post. Mona Thornton, Cheryl Darcy  Def  June Chappelow, Joan Stair

Social Bowls Winners: Kay Reid, Elsie Mccrum, Bev Robinson  Def  Fran Mahon, L Woolbank, Alice Bower. Kay Morley, Joan Serhan , Pat Macdonald  Def  Marg Hounsell, Marian Henderson, Anne Leonard. Barbara Cotterill, Verna Quigley. I Crouch Def  Verna Burkinshaw, Marie Williams, Helen Tyrell.

Social Bowls, August 11             

Winners: B Cotterill, M Telford, I Crouch Def S Lucas, P Macdonald, Bev Robinson, K Mcmillan, N Gay, V Quigley  Def  E Mccrum, J Serhan, A Bower.  Semi fianls of the club drawn Major Pairs: Jan Wilson, Trish Iirilli  Def  Mona Thornton, Cheryl Darcy. K Morley, L Woolbank  Def  Leonie Maher, Elaine Larkin.

Please note: The finals of the club drawn major pairs will be played on Sunday, August 21 from 10am at The Rules Club. 

What a disappointment Gerhard turns up at Billy’s last week and he is the only one with a bike.  The rest of the crew there were only interested in tea and talk and  the last anyone saw of Gerhard he was tucking in to one of  Annette’s Big Boy Breakfasts in readiness for the journey back to Ladysmith.

What a terrific weekend weather wise, ideal for riding and although we didn’t have a ride scheduled quite a few took advantage of the sunny skies and ventured out.  The meet and mreet at Billy’s  was well attended on Saturday morning and the usual topics discussed at great length.

The monthly branch meeting was held last night with a reasonable attendance.  The main topic of discussion was the venue for the Christmas party and we will let you know the result next week.

The next Wagga Branch ride is on August  21 and will be a ride out to Bribbaree for lunch.  Rides coming up are the next get-together with MIA and Albury/Wodonga and this will be will be the Tri Branch weekend, in September, which will be held at Griffith on September 9-11.  Sort out who you want to share camping with and make your booking at the Griffith Caravan Village on 02 6962 3785, tell them you are with Ulysses when you call.   The next ride in September will be to Rutherglen on the 18th.  There will be a ride on the 1st of October but the destination has yet to be decided and on the 16th it will be the Pink Ribbon ride.  November 6th destination is Walwa and November 20 Talbingo. The Christmas function is set down for November 28 and the grand finale for the year will be the 2016 Toy Run on December 3. 

This weekend was an 800 Yard shoot at Lockhart.  The weather was fine and a very enjoyable day on the range.  The preparation for our prize meeting was completed in the morning and all is in readiness.  The range looks a picture although still damp it can be driven on.  Except where John Owens went…. Which required a few of us to push him out!

Once again Ben Goodwin dominated with a top F Open score of 120.11.  Chris and Phil both put in good scores as well. Jeremy topped Target Rifle with an excellent 99.11.

We welcomed some visitors to the range.  Ian, Josh and Josh who all had a good time.

Results as follows:

Wednesday blind draw Pairs winners : Paul Fenwick, Doug Murray, Barry Ingram 26 points; runners - up Bob Wright, Alan Jacobson 25 points; 3 rd place Barry Belt, Bill Wilson, Richie Munro 24 points.

Friday nominated Pairs winners : Gary Williams, Doug Kinder 26 points; runners -up Nathan Kemp, Jeff Post 20 points; 3 rd place Chris Leonard, Ron Myers 19 points.

Sunday mixed bowls winners : Kaye McMillan, Owen Cotterill, Tiny Bower 21 points; runners - up Barry Metcalf, Alice Bower, Ken Chappelow, Bev Robinson 20 points; 3 rd place Jeff Post, Elaine Larkin, Ken Tyrrell 19 points.

Nomination sheet on Board for the last Friday in the month which  will see a new format Single entry Pairs with the Skip to draw for Partner.

Two games of 14 ends, 3 bowls, will be played with a different format of Pairs played each Month.

First prizemoney wil be $ 100 ; runners - up $ 60; winners of  Games 1 or  2 $20 per game. Entry is $10 which includes jackpot entry and BBQ.

Coming Events: Wednesday Blind Draw Triples, Friday Nominated Pairs, Saturday Blind draw, Sunday Mixed Blind Draw – all names in by noon for 1pm start

Although recent heavy rain has impacted on a number of competitions, it has prepared the course well for the upcoming warmer months. Once again, the greenkeeping staff  have done a top job in keeping the course in top condition during what turned out to be an extremely wet winter.

In Vets news, Keith Withers started the week well by winning last Monday’s nine-hole stroke event with a score of 27 nett, followed by Bill O’Rourke 29, Bob Moore and Grahame Winson 30, and Ron Culgan, Peter Biscaya and Peter Briggs, each on 32 nett. Keith backed up Monday’s effort by getting pipped on a c/b by Don Thorne with 29 nett in Thursday’s comp, with Bob Martin running third on 31 nett, followed by Tony Pollard, Russell Parr, Dennis Adams and Ron Culgan on 32 nett.

The ladies played another nine-hole Bowen Challenge stroke event last Tuesday, and in Division 1 Cassie Gill scored 36 nett for a win, while Sue Oakman played well in the heavy conditions for a score of 32 nett to win Division 2, from Gloria Vonarx 34 nett. Janene Fitzgerald won Division 3 with 35 nett, from Sandra Donohue 38 nett on a c/b. NTP’s to Cassie Gill in Division 1, Glad Leitch in Division 2, and Pat Grieve in Division 3.The girls finally got to play in an 18 hole comp on Friday, and the winners of the three-person ambrose event were Sue Matthews, Val Brunskill and Trish Gray, with a score of 69½ nett, while the NTP’s went to Kitty Howe in Division 1, Gloria Vonarx in Division 2 and Janene Fitzgerald in Division 3.

Last Wednesday’s stableford saw Kerry Smith score 36 pts for a win in the

A Grade event from John Dare 34 pts. Gary Chamberlain carded 34 pts to claim the B Grade voucher, from Daryl Dickinson 33 pts, while the NTP’s went to Tony Merrigan, Eddie Wall and John Dare. Ball comp to 33 pts.

Members returned for a 4BBB Par event on Saturday, and the team of Michael Prilick and Greg McMahon ran hot with a plus 9 total, to easily beat Max Horsnell and Peter Biscaya, plus 6 on a c/b from Ian Hitchman and Bruce Yeatman. Single winners on the day were Peter Treharne in A Grade with plus 1; Shaun Malone plus 2, and Rowan Laurent plus 2. NTP’s to Peter Austin, Warren Lynch and Tony Luff.

A week of very enjoyable golf wound up with Tim’s nine-hole Sunday stableford event, which was won by Tony Merrigan with 20 pts, from Peter Treharne 18 pts on a c/b. Ball comp to 18 pts.

Rob Baird topped rimfire field on Sunday with 371.03 from a possible 400.  He was followed by Carlo Zuliani (360.04) and David Wade (346.01).

In silhouette it was a tie between Paul Passlow and Rob Baird both with 18 down. Then came Clayton Hogno (17); David Wade (16); and another tie between John Buik and Rob Cheetham both on 14.

On Saturday the 20th the SSAA vs ADA shotgun challenge is on again, all welcome.

Saturday the 20th is black powder from 1.30 and Sunday 300m centrefire fly.

For more information contact Don EWIN on 69263757 or donbruce8@bigpond.com