Bowled over by success in Cootamundra

The tournament attracted teams from NSW and ACT with Newcastle taking the top prize. Lead: Joe Featherstone, 2nd Adam New (Coota Ex-services) and skip Mike Gibbons. Mike and Joe have been regulars and their win was a popular one. They finished with 5 wins plus 37. 

Runners up, regular visitors from the Woonona Club also on 5 wins with plus 34 shots are Kevin Cartwright, Neville Bywater and Ted Wilkinson.

Third prize with 41/2 wins +29 shots went to the composite team of Lead John Cowper and skip Patrick Heffernan (ex Coota) now playing at Fairy Meadow, with local Rod Crowe playing 2nd. 

Fourth prize went to Terry Ledger (ex Coota) and his Mount Lewis team, Bobby Kelly and Kevin Lipscombe with 41/2 wins +23.

Fifth prize went to a composite team of John Cooper (Young) Mick Barber (Coota CC) and Ross Johnson (Old Bar).

The best score in each game:

Game winners   Game 1    G Toole         Campbelltown      +18

                         Game 2    G Davidson    Coota C C            +16

                         Game 3    T Ricketts       Harden                 +18

                         Game 4    R Rosengreen Coota C C           +20

                         Game 5    J Harriott        Coota Ex/s            +19

Tournament organiser Don Manwaring said, “We’d like to thank all our members for their fantastic effort over the weekend to ensure the success of our now famous annual event, The Classics.” He also expressed gratitude to their major sponsors, SWS Credit Union, Cootamundra Ex-services Club, Dunks Insurance Brokers and a host of minor sponsors.