Category: The Mercury
Gala Week success for Southern Bowlers
Southern bowlers enjoyed success at Bowls Tasmania’s recently completed State Championship Gala Week at the North Launceston Bowls Club.
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Buckingham monstered by Kingborough
Kingborough moves 18 points clear at the top of the ladder following their massive 71-shot, all-rinks win over Buckingham.
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Home green advantage helps in semi-finals
Home green advantage plays big part in the Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Division 1 Semi Finals.
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Bowls North claims overall victory in 2024
Bowls North was crowned the overall winner after topping the table in four sections – Open Men, Senior Men, Senior Women and Junior sections.
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Top teams tumble in Round 16 upsets
Top two sides both suffer losses in the round 16 clash of Bowls South’s Divergence Built Premier Division.
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Rosny survives with Houdini-like effort
The final round of Thursday Women’s Division 1 Pennant has been played with no change to the top four.
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Senior Men stumble, Senior Women succeed
The final two rounds of the SWC saw Senior Men and Women fighting it out at the North Launceston Bowls Club.
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Magpies suffer mauling at Kingborough
Kingborough records a resounding all-rinks 56 shot victory, 107-51, to reclaim top spot on the leader board.
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Howrah regains top spot after Round 17
The volatility of Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Pennant continuing in Round 17 with another leaderboard change.
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BTS Fours and Over 60s completed
Claremont hosted the Women’s Triples, Beltana hosted the Men’s Triples, while the Women’s and Men’s Over 60’s were played at North Hobart.
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Bucks wins the “cellar dweller” clash
Buckingham’s winning effort to avoid relegation in Round 14 of Bowls South’s Divergence Built Premier Division.
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Kingborough survives Rodman challenge
In the clash between first and second, Kingborough consolidated their place at the top of the ladder.
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Preview of final rounds for 2024
A preview of the final rounds of the Divergence Built Premier Division roster season, as well as the last 3 rounds of Thursday Women’s Division 1 Pennant.
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The Seagulls triumph over the Magpies
Kingborough taking advantage of Glenorchy Rodman’s stumble at the hands of Sandy Bay to leapfrog into top spot.
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Brighton takes advantage as Kingborough wobbles
Kingborough’s post-festive season slump continued in the Bowls South’s Divergence Built Premier Division.
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Top three consolidate their ladder positions
The three leading sides in the Thursday Pennant had solid wins to consolidate their ladder positions.
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SWC Open sides were much improved
The South’s Open Statewide Challenge sides much improved in Rounds 3 and 4 contested in Burnie.
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Brighton keeps pressure on top four
Round 13 action in Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Pennant Division 1 resulted in good wins to the top 3 sides.
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Top three too good for opposition
The first of a double-header weekend saw the top three sides have solid wins in the Divergence Built Premier Division.
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Buckingham triumphs against ladder leaders
For the second successive season at Buckingham the home side has accounted for Howrah, this time on all rinks by 19 shots.
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Senior men surge to top of leaderboard
Senior (Over 60’s) Men’s and Women’s sides participated in Rounds 3 and 4 of Bowls Tasmania’s Senior Statewide Challenge at the North Launceston Bowls Club on Tuesday.
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Seagulls get their wings clipped
Round 10 of the Divergence Built Premier Division provided some unlikely results, with a rejuvenated Howrah defeating Sandy Bay.
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Trend for ladder changes continues
The first round of Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Pennant for 2024 continued the trend for changes at the head of the table.
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Kingborough hot prospects for premiership
Bowls action on Saturday 13 January marks the beginning of the second half of the season.
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Bowls action returns after festive season break
Bowls South’s pennant competitions recommence next Thursday with play in Women’s Thursday Pennant.
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Kingborough runaway leaders at halfway mark
In the final round before the festive season break, Kingborough has established a commanding 18 point break over the rest of the competition.
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Tanner heroics win the day for Howrah
Four of the five matches in Round 9 of Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant resulted in all-rinks wins for the visitors.
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Tough initiation for senior sides in new-look SWC
Bowls South’s Senior sides contested the new-look Statewide Challenge at North Launceston Bowls Club against the North, North-West and State sides.
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Cremorne makes it three in a row
After going winless for the first 5 rounds, Cremorne made it 3 wins in a row, sneaking home by 5 shots at Dover on Saturday.
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Glenorchy Rodman remain undefeated
More pain for Claremont with the still undefeated Glenorchy Rodman crushing their hosts by 29 shots.
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Kingborough’s slump continues
Glenorchy Rodman continued Kingborough’s slide down the leader board, inflicting a third straight loss in the Thursday Women’s Pennant.
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South Struggles in opening SWC Round
Bowls Tasmania’s inter-regional competitions – the Statewide Challenge
– commenced on Sunday 26 November.
Glenorchy Rodman topple the Tigers
Glenorchy Rodman made the most of the conditions to end Kingborough’s unbeaten run in Round 6 of Bowls South’s Divergence Built Premier Division.
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Sandy Bay Women Surge in Round 6
In Round 6 of the BTS Women’s Thursday Pennant, in was a train wreck for the home side, Glenorchy Rodman, with Sandy Bay having a massive 52 shot win, 89-37.
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Singles Championships decided
The finals of BTS Women’s and Men’s Singles Championships were played at the Kingborough Bowls Club on Sunday.
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Sandy Bay’s moment of truth arrives
Sandy Bay would have been quite content to take on Kingborough, bolstered by the return of former State player, Josh Mabb.
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Lee Schraner set to star for Dover
In an innovative move, Dover will be fielding Lee Schraner, from Raymond Terrace, NSW (one of Australia’s most accomplished bowlers) for a one-off game against Howrah.
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Kingborough and Rodman dominate their opposition
Top sides, Kingborough and Glenorchy Rodman recorded big winning margins to continue their undefeated run after 4 rounds of BTS Divergence Built Premier Division.
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A sunny day creates ideal conditions
The Claremont Division 1 ladies took on the formidable Glenorchy Rodman’s Division 1 ladies in Round 4 of the BTS Thursday Women’s Pennant.
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Good numbers contest open singles
BTS Championship events for 2023-24 commenced on Sunday with sectional play in Men’s and Women’s Singles being held at Kingborough and Rosny Park.
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Top sides record resounding wins
Round 3 of Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Pennant was highlighted by imposing all-rinks wins to the top sides; Kingborough, Sandy Bay and Howrah.
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Claremont ventures into Tiger’s Den
Round 3 of the Divergence Built Premier Division commences Friday night at 6:30pm in the Kingborough Indoor Bowls Centre.
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Dover’s chance blown away by Matt Breward
The match of the round was played on a tricky green effected by wind at Brighton, with Dover handling the conditions better than the home side.
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Hobbs and Douce win mixed pairs gold
Congratulations to Courtney Hobbs (East Launceston) and Tim Douce (Latrobe) for their Mixed Pairs Gold Medal win at the Nationals.
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Women do battle in strong windy conditions
The second round of the Women’s Thursday Pennant was played on Tuesday this week due to Royal Hobart Show Day holiday on Thursday.
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Dover claims early ladder lead
The opening round of the Divergence Built Premier Division was played under trying conditions but all matches were completed, nonetheless. Dover came out fired up …
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Great start for Howrah’s 3PEAT attempt
Howrah commenced its campaign for a third successive Premiership in Bowls South’s Thursday Women’s Pennant with a convincing 12 shot win against visitors, Glenorchy Rodman.
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Bowls Australia Nationals – Progress Report
Bowls Tasmania’s annual Saturday State Pennant Finals will be played this year on the North-West Coast with the Burnie and South Burnie Bowls Clubs hosting the events.
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BTS Women’s Thursday Pennant Preview
Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Division 1 Pennant commences today with Premiers, Howrah, hosting Glenorchy Rodman.
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Preview of the 2023-24 Premier Division
The BTS Saturday Premier Division pennant competition for 2023-24 commences next Saturday, 21 October, with each of the ten sides in the final throes of preparation for the opening round of matches.
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