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18 Advertising & Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 Find us on Facebook 7 November 2019 TALK OF THE TOW N BOWLS BANTER Port Alfred Bowling Club The finals of the mixed fours were played last Tuesday afternoon. Congratulations to Ron Orford, Emile Jurgensen, Mo Goff and Studley Clarke who were the winners. The handicap singles, which is our last competition for the year, is ongoing. Good bowling to the winners of the Wharf Street vouchers last Tuesday afternoon. They were Dallas Cowie, Richard Henshaw and Jim Haswell. Thank you to Wharf Street Brewery for their continued support. We spent a really enjoyable weekend at Kenton this weekend playing the Buco trips. Kowie, Albany, Grahamstown and an invitation side from Buco all participated. The bowls was very competitive and enjoyed by all. The Port Alfred men’s A team won the Buco vouchers. They were Trevor Frost, Hein Strombeck and John Hodges. They also were the winners of the men’s A side. The overall winners were Kenton – well played, Kenton. The hospitality and the greens were great. Next year the Buco competition will revert to Port Alfred This coming weekend is our Triangular competition, which also promises to be weekend of very good bowling. Our president who is also our green keeper has been working very hard to get our greens up to standard for the forthcoming competitions and our visitors who will be playing from East London. Please indicate your availability to play in the Vroom and Timm cup on Wednesday November 13. The list is on the board. Duties for the week ending November 12 – 16: Tab Duty - David Freeme and Garnett Westley, Bar Duty - Refer to the list on the bar. Kenton Bowling Club A very good week of bowls at Kenton with the gusting winds making bowling very challenging last Wednesday. but good weather and warm sunshine making a welcome return in time for three great days of competition bowls. We hosted our friends from Kowie on Thursday for the second round of the President’s Chair competition played between these two clubs twice a year. This is a fairly new but very enjoyable competition introduced some years ago which gives all keen bowlers a chance to represent their clubs at a competitive level. Once again this was a closely contested affair with both clubs winning three games each but Kenton coming out on top due to a better shot profit and retaining the President’s Chair. Well done to all players and thank you to Kowie once again for a wonderful day. The BUCO Trips competition hit town over the weekend with Kenton hosting this popular tournament for the first time. Five rounds of bowls over two days between Albany, Grahamstown, Kenton, Kowie, Port Alfred and the BUCO Invitation team showcased some superb bowls with many of the games producing extremely close finishes. The Albany and Kowie ladies finished level on points at the top of their section with Albany being declared the winners of the Ladies’ Section due to a superior shot profit. The Port Alfred A team put in a strong final round performance to edge Kenton by a single point and win the Men’sA Section, while our very own Dave West, Rodney Austin and Bill Bedford from Kenton were convincing winners of the Men’sB Section. The battle for overall honours went down to the wire with the competition being decided in the last round of play but our Kenton teams ensured that they picked up enough points in their last games to win the BUCO Trips competition for 2019, Albany finishing in second place and Kowie coming in third. Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to the visiting clubs and to our sponsors BUCO for a super tournament and a great weekend. Neville Green was on hand on Friday evening, staging a “hair ra i s i n g ” entrance and pocketing the winnings in the weekly attendance draw. Mo Marsay wa s n ’t quite as fortunate when she won the chance to pick out the Joker but judging from her excitement and impromptu dance routine we are sure she will be back this week to try again. Another good Friday was had by all and thank you to our barmen Richard and Ken for looking after us during the week. It’s Social Saturday Tabs-in at the club once again this Saturday with a Bring ‘n Braai planned for the evening straight after bowls. This is a new innovation and BIG WIN: Kenton Bowling Club won the BUCO Trips for 2019. The winning team were. back row from left, Bill Bedford, Mike Palmer, Dave West, Brian Aldag, Ivan Pachonik, Rodney Austin, with, front row, Leonie de Villiers, Bryony Shone, Pippa Swift and Bresby du Preez from sponsors BUCO, and Kenton Bowling Club president Anthony Copeman judging from last month we should be in for a good evening, there’s no rugby on either so bring your cool boxes and come and join us for an evening of fun. Club duties (November 4 - 10): Tabs - Cecily Massart, Bar - Brian Aldag and Peter Levey. Dates to remember (November 4 - 10): 9th - Social Saturday Tabs-in and bring ‘n braai at Kenton. Kowie Bowling Club Last Tuesday brought more proof of a phenomenon which has plagued your scribe for some time, ie, how the weather influences the different categories of bowlers when they have to decide whether or not to go to b ow l s . Our grading system shows 10 categories with the no 1 and 2s being those normally assigned to the leads and 8,9, and 10 those entrusted with the task of being in charge of the team as skips. The 3 to 7 grades fill the middle positions. With the preponderance of newer bowlers at the club, the 1 and 2 grades dominate the gradings with the result that when you get the sort of weather that it would be sacrilege to stay indoors we could easily see the 1s and 2s outnumber the 8,9 and 10's by quite a margin and some 1s and 2s have to play in the second positions while you have to fill some of the skip positions with Grade 7s. When the weather leaves you looking longingly at the comforts of your lounge and the thought of playing bowls in a howling gale seems less attractive the 1s and 2s just do not pitch and yet the 8, 9, and 10s appear to relish the challenge of an afternoon coping with the elements. Perhaps the novices feel they already have enough trouble finding the right grass without having to re-adjust their line every time there is an extra gust of wind... Eventually when the bug really bites they become inured to the vagaries of the weather and happily put in their Tab. Last Tuesday was a case in point. With the howling westerly causing floods in town we still had a good turnout - close to a full house - but only one grade 1 and 14 grades 8, 9,and 10. The Grade 3 and 4s were coerced into reaccustom themselves to the delivery of the jack. Although some of the jacks were delivered to different corners of the green they acquitted themselves well. When the cat's away the mice will p l ay. With 24 players involved with the Presidents Chair fixture at Kenton there was only a limited turn-out at Tabs-in but did they have a ball? With a limited number of back-rankers we even had to call on some Grade 1 and 2s to skip. Bryan Burger, Jean Churchley, and Rose Bartlett came up with the winning score. In the meantime at Kenton honours were shared in games won but Kenton had the edge on shot profit. What a pleasure to see Mike Beaumont back at the club on Friday after his extended sojourn with the doctors in Cape Town. On Saturday the Buco Trips at Kenton drew our best players while the rugby and the celebrations which followed restricted the turnout for the tabsin at the club. Although there was no competition we still had a “snowball draw” won by Pat Joseph and Dave Slater. The Buco Trips is always a physically daunting proposition. In spite of the fact that our one team lost all their matches. The other teams did enough for us to come third ove ra l l . Having spent all mys rugby life playing prop, nothing could give me more pleasure than seeing the England scrum being pushed backwards by the lighter Springbok pack. Demonstrating elation in winning is a luxury which comes to few but graciousness in the acceptance of defeat does not include the rejection of a medal. Duties for next week: Roll – Pieter Stegman, Mark – Don Kelly / Mike Beaumont, Tabs – Jo n i n e McFarlane, Bar – Dave Tyrell.
TALK OF THE TOWN 7 November 2019 Advertising & Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 Find us on Facebook 19 GOLF W E E K LY Wednesday October 30: Sibuya Game Reserve/Arabella Wine Individual Stableford, with 71 players. Results: 1st: George Howard - 35 2nd: Terry Counihan - 34 3rd: Andries Small - 34 4th: Leon Nell – 34 5th: Roly Clayton - 34 Two Clubs: 6th: I Moncur 11th: N Fox, T Taylor 13th: R Coates Best Gross: 77 – Ian Moncur Best Nett: 73 – George Howard Nearest The Pins: Fishaways – 6th: Peter Longhurst Rise Cafe – 8th: Jonathan B ra d f i e l d The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Nick Fox Thymes 2 Catering – 13th: Roger Coates Wimpy Longest Drive - #14th: Nick Fox Kingsley Beverages - Nearest the Pin for 2 on the 1st: Neil Loundar Saturday November 2: Viv Jordan golf day, a 2 Ball Alliance with 52 players. Results: 1st: Ian Moncur, WollieWolmarans - 52 2nd: Norman Smith, Arnold Morey - 51 3rd: Arjan Sap, Darryl Hooper - 50 4th: Rob Hoar, Dennis White - 49 Two Clubs: 8th: QFick, KHeny, A Schultz 11th: D White, WWolmarans Best Gross: 73 – Ian Moncur Best Nett: 65 – Arnold Morey Nearest The Pins: Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Earl Tsolikile Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th: Quinton Fick Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th: Dennis White The Whart Street Brew Pub – 13th: Roger Coates Wimpy Longest Drive - #14th: Mike Gidana Royal St Andrews: Nearest the pin for 2 on the 1st: Earl Tsolikile 1820s GOLF Monday October 28: 20 players in windy conditions. Winners on 42: Mike Stadler, Ted Baines, Stan Weyer, Dallas Cowie Moosehead on 47: Cecil Jones Phillipson, Windsor Bagley, Eugene Erasmus, John Dell. Good Scores: None. Two Clubs: None. Thursday October 31: 20 players in overcast conditions and raining. Winners on 41: Trevor Stötter, Ted Baines, Roy Pople, Dallas Cowie. Moosehead on: By dafault not finishing in the rain Dave Page, Ron Ruiters, Juan Southey, John Heather. Good Scores: 49 - Rick Hill, Ted Baines. Two Clubs: None. FISHAWAYS PORT ALFRED MIXED November 2 With a Rugby World Cup TV transmission due to be played concurrently in the middle of Saturday's morning mixed golf, only a small group turned up to tee off, too small to warrant a newspaper report. LADIES’ R E S U LT S October 29 A cold westerly wind blew ferociously over the course on Tuesday afternoon, making play extremely difficult for the 26 brave players who turned out to play a better-ball Stableford with the Gardner Trophy at stake. Shirley Heny and GabyHausman- Tarpani ignored the intimidating gale to tame the course and card a winning 44 points and become the new recipients of the Gardner Trophy. They were all of five points to the fore of runners-up Ronel Hough and Yvonne Hill’s 39 points. Ronel Hough sank the only 2-club of the afternoon (6th). Wendy Bradfield’s drive ended closest to the pin on Top Carpets’ 6th as did Shirley Heny’s on Rosehill Driving Range’s8th. Nobody hit the green on Wimpy's11th. Prue Peacock was “n e a r e s t - f o r- t wo ” on Kekkel and K ra a i ’s13th. The longest drive competitions were held on the first hole and struck by Debbie Ford and Wendy Bradfield in the lower and higher handicap sections respectively. There were no notable individual nett rounds, not surprising considering the difficult conditions. The competition on November 12 will be the monthly medal sponsored by Pick n Pay. Monthly Thursday morning competition on October 31: Thursday morning saw 11 players turn out for the Ladies’ monthly morning competition. The field was drawn into 3-balls to play a 2- to-count Stableford alliance. The wind dropped slightly for the morning which remained partly overcast and chilly. Trish Barwick, Jill Lake and DonnéPiguet carded 79 points to win the competition. Sandy Fryer, Theresa Loundar and Sue Roll came home second with 72 points. The next Thursday morning competition is scheduled for November 28. KGB RESULTS Tuesday October 29: Forecasts of high winds and cooler conditions saw a slightly smaller field than usual of 29 players report to be drawn in three 3-balls and four 4- balls to play to play a 2-to-count Stableford Alliance. No doubt a number of regular players decided the conditions were better served by a late lie-in. Battling the elements to post a respectable 84 points Len Bohnen, Matt Chadwick, Andy Manson and John Dell took first place ahead of Eugene Erasmus, James Weisters, Russell Warren and Paul Fryer in second on 81 points. Not as successful the Hamer en Sukkel was shared on 76 points by Bob Shaw, Gavin Richards and Arnie Schultz as well as Peter Longhurst, Chris Niebieszczanski, Martin Lambrechts and Cliff Roberts who were hoping that they had done enough to avoid the trophy. Indicative of the testing weather conditions no exceptional individual scores were recorded and no birdies were achieved on the par three’s to see a further carryover of the 2-club pool. Friday November 1: No respite from a week of wind except a change from a westerly to an extreme easterly had a brave 30 players report to be drawn in ten 3-balls to play a 1-to-count Medal competition. Running out comfortable winners, after review of their scoring system, were GabiHausmannTarpani, Danny Tarpani and Russell Warren with a score of 61. Martin Lambrechts, Dale Wisener and George Lake on 63 were second. Sadly, unable to conquer the wind, Dave Curran, Gerald Churchley and Cecil Grobler took 74 blows as they battled to finish ending with the Hamer en Sukkel residing with them at prize giving. Once again no exceptional individual scores were recorded. Cecil had the only par three birdie on the 13th claiming the twice carried over 2-club pool for his covey making some amends for their day of difficulty. CROQUET CORNER The wind has kept a few players off the lawns recently but thanks to our regulars some good games have been played. We think of Phyl Russell who has had a shoulder op recently. Get well soon, you are missed. And we also think of other members who have not been well recently. We have quite a few new players learning the game at the moment. Anybody who would like to try and play, come on a Wednesday at 9am when Janet Thatcher gives free lessons. Birthdays: new members Nova Lakin on the 6th and Lynn Crawford on the 8th. GARDNER TROPHY: The winners of last week’s ladies’ golf competition, GabyHausman-Tarpani, left, and Shirley Heny flanking Gardner Trophy presenter Gift Wa l l a c e VOLO VIKINGS Time Trial: October 31 3.8km 1. Iviwe Matyunu 20:45 2. Siphosethu Magwaxaz 20:46 3. Jared Penny 21:15 4. Thabo Klaas 26:52 5. Mandelakhe Nelo 29:41 6. Miyolo Tshukwalana 30:19 7. Owen Putzier 30:30 5km 1. Lindokuhle Mpambani 26:04 2. Aphelele Fourpenny 38:44 8km 1. Athinkhosi James 34:16 2. Uthimna Tana 42:28 3. Siyamthanda Koloshe 43:57 4. Valentino Hoyi 44:53 5. Ongama Gule 48:05 PORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUB Results for Thursday, 31 October 2019 Red Section (7 tables) N-S 1st J Tagg & E Jurgensen 55.7% 2nd D Newson & M Newport 54.8% E-W 1st K Botha & N Wood 56.9% 2nd H Webber & E Segers 55.1% Green Section (7 tables) N-S 1st W Jurgensen & M Andrews 65.8% 2nd S Coleman & D Boyd 57.1% E-W 1st M Smith & L Inglis 59.8% 2nd L Butler & J Weisters 58.9% Board 4 Dealer W, both vulnerable The dealing computer must have suffered from electrical indigestion to produce this deal, which caught a number of our contestants, including this writer, in its electronic trap. West has a perfectly reasonable opening bid of 3S; what do you bid as North? With 16 points you need to bid, and the choice is between a double and 3NT. A double has the merit of being prepared for a heart response from partner and your ‘spade stop’ against 3NT is marginal to say the least; so double it is. East with a spade void, but 13 points, will surely pass; leaving the hapless South with a nasty choice. I bid 4C, hoping for further bidding from someone, but ended up by being declarer and going 6 down (thankfully undoubled). Astonishingly this was not a bottom as the result was only slightly below average in a field of pluses and minuses spread across both sections. What can we do to prevent this sort of mayhem from happening again? I have no idea, except to buy a more-friendly computer!! Red Section Results 3NT= (E); 4C-7; 4C-6; 4S-1 (3); 4S= Green Section Results 2NT-1 (E); 3S= 3S*+1; 3NT*-4 (N); 3NT-1 (E); 4H-3; 4S-1 Full results at: www.pabridge.co.za, including details of all the hands. Results for Monday, 4 November 2019 Red Section (7tables) N-S 1st G Wansell & K Botha 55.7% 2nd D Ellender & L Kolesky 53.9% E-W 1st A Ridderhof & T Paterson 52.4% 2nd M Wesselo & E Clayton 51.8% Green Section (8 tables) N-S 1st Patricia & David Towsend 67.3% 1st D McCarthy & M Hobbs 59.8% E-W 1st A Corrans & C Hill 54.8% 2nd A Paling & R Wicks 53.9 % Board 24 Dealer W; love all While using up some bidding space, weak jump overcalls have a significant disadvantage in that they advertise both their strength and shape to an opposing declarer. In the deal shown here South is not really justified in bidding 2S: However one’s natural combative instinct rebels against allowing a weak hand to steal an auction, which belongs to N-S. West has passed and East is weak, so there is likely to be a contract that N-S can play. North with a 14 count and four spades, bids game expecting partner to have about 10 points and five spades. South swallows guiltily, happy that his/her hand is concealed from partner and considers prospects; which are not good. The opening lead of the heart Jack is won with the Ace; the spade Ace is cashed, followed by the King; then declarer, knowing that East should be weak and has already shown up with five points in hearts and two in spades cashes the diamond Ace, hoping that East holds one of the two missing honours. He/she is rewarded when the diamond Queen is felled: now the diamond 9 is run, the spade 10 finessed successfully and a club discarded on the diamond King; thus restricting losers to a spade, a heart and a club. If East had ruffed a diamond with the last trump, then declarer would have had to rely on the (almost certain) knowledge (East had already shown possession of 9 points) that West held the club Ace to make the contract. Red Results 2H-1; 2S=; 2S+1; 3S-1; 3S+1 (2); 4S= Green Section 2S= (2); 2S+2; 3H-2; 3S-1; 4D-2 (N); 4S-1; 4S-2
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