Singles competitions get Narrabri Sporties’ men’s bowls action underway for 2021

Narrabri Sporties’ 2021 men’s bowls season got underway on Saturday, May 15, and continued at the weekend.

The Major Singles competition got underway with a thrilling contest which was contested across 42 ends on Saturday, May 15, when Larry Scott defeated Bill Rosewarn by just one shot.

The score was 8-all on the ninth end and 15-all on the 20th end.

Rosewarn led 21-17 on the 24th end, then after 38 ends, Scott led 30-26.

Rosewarn scored 4 shots across the next two ends which left the score 30-all on the 40th end. Requiring one shot to win, both players had a bowl very close to the jack on the 41st end and an umpire was required to determine the winner. Scott was declared the winner by a very narrow margin.

Four Senior Singles matches were also contested that day.

Terry Wilson defeated Anthony Welchman 32-7, Laurie Gilbert downed Ian Macmillan 31-13, Graham Rose outscored Larry Scott 31-21 and Bill Rosewarn beat Rob Wolters 32-25.

In Minor Singles, Rob Wolters received a forfeit from Ron Ryan.

On Saturday, May 22, the Major Singles competition continued and produced some very close results.

Dave Dewar and Rob Wolters met and contested a match that was close from start to finish.

The score was 14-all after 16 ends, 22-all after 25 ends, 27-all on the 29th end and 30-all after 34 ends.

Dewar had the last shot on the 35th end and moved one of his short bowls forward to get the shot and win the game 31-30.

Another close contest saw Len Ryan defeat Scott Dewar by five shots.

Dewar led 19-10 after 18 ends, but Ryan rallied to score 10 shots to 1 across the next seven ends to even the score at 20-all.

Dewar was leading 26-24 on the 30th end but Ryan scored seven unanswered shots across the next two ends to win the game 31-26 after 32 ends.

In an even closer contest, Kevin Baguley defeated Larry Scott by two shots.

Baguley established a large lead early in the contest and was winning the game 28-10 after 23 ends.

Scott then scored 19 shots to 3 across the next nine ends, but that three was all Baguley needed as he held on to win 31-29.

In another Major Singles match, Stewart Coleman defeated Ian Macmillan 31-13 while Graham Rose received a forfeit from Paul Crutcher and Norm Wolford received a forfeit from Nick Scott.

A Minor Singles match saw Bruce Tomlinson defeat Leo Hall 32-16.

In Senior Singles, Tony Redman beat Anthony Welchman by five shots.

Welchman got off to a great start and was leading 22 shots to 8 after 17 ends.

Redman then found the right weight and produced a remarkable comeback. He scored 21 shots to 2 to take a 29 shots to 24 lead, then went on to win 31 shots to 26 after 31 ends.

Matches to be played on Saturday, May 29, at 1pm are as follows:

Minor Singles: Rob Wolters v Col Armstrong (marker – Anthony Welchman).

Senior Singles: David Briggs v Steve Daskey (marker – Graham Rose), Bruce Tomlinson v Len Ryan (marker – Ron Ryan), Terry Wilson v Bill Rosewarn (marker – Laurie Gilbert).