Weekly Member Update 

Friday 27 February 2026

Graded Gross (Club) Matchplay

The finals of the Graded Gross (Club) Matchplay were contested last Saturday at the Endeavour Hills course.  In A Grade, John Tham recorded a 5/4 win over Rohan McDowell (pictured below left).  In B Grade, Matthew Kloc was victorious over Anthony Monaghan in a close contest with a 1 up victory (pictured below middle).  In C Grade, Gary Malishev prevailed against Michael Rice 4/3 (pictured below right).  Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our Champions.  

Matchplay Results  

Bowls News - Semi Final

Last Saturday our club’s members travelled to Willow Lodge to play against the competitions top side on their fast, tightly woven synthetic surface. It was going to be a tough game.

We won the toss and batted.

At the half-way mark the team of Graeme Hattwell (skip), John Hewitt, (third), Jackie Jeffery (second) and Yvonne Davis (lead), were playing well but were down 7 shots to 9.

Ken Hargreaves team of Colin Jeffery, Geoff Walker and Colin Jones were holding their opponent at 7 shots apiece while Gary Billing’s team of Tom Brennan, Thomas Burton and Elaine Stow were also containing their opponents to be 8 shots to 9. Jim Scoular’s team of Daryl Leask, Els Hogan and Lance Britt were having a bit of trouble and were being headed 6 shots to 10.

All teams were often holding shot only to see their good work being undone by the opposition skips’ good bowls.

After each team had bowled 15 ends the overall score was 48 to their 52. It was close with Graeme 1 shot up, Ken had just lost a couple to be 10 to 16, Jim’s team had crept in front to be 12 to 10 shots while Gary was only the one shot adrift 13 to 14.

This semi-final match was really close.

Graeme’s team played their final, 21st end confidently and won their match 17 shots to 14.

Ken’s team was unable to contain their opponents in the last couple of ends and went down by 4 shots 19 to 23.

Gary’s team had played well all afternoon but lost a single shot on the last end to go down 16 shots to 17.

Three teams had finished with Jim’s team still playing. Our overall score at this stage was 52 shots to our opponents 54.

The last bowl of the day was in Jim’s hand . At the head Els had a bowl four inches in front of the jack, Daryl had a bowl 4 inches to the left of the jack while an opponent’s bowl was 6 inches out front left. We were holding 2 shots which if retained would level the overall scores. The umpire said that if the teams tied our opponent club would win because of a count-back on ends won.

Jim therefore decided to bowl the final bowl of the day trying to make a third shot to enable our club to win the day. It bumped the opponent bowl hard enough to make it career between our two close bowls - it nudged them both out and scored an additional shot for our opponents. The day finished with our club losing 69 shots to 72.

This coming Saturday Churchill-Waverley plays Hampton Park at home in the Preliminary Final.

Good luck to all players.

Daryl Leask - Bowls 

Eastern Suburbs Seniors Pennant

The gold team reversed fortunes of last week with a 6 to 2 victory over Heritage.

Leigh Simons and Steve Plunkett squared their matches. Alex Dean 7/5 and Geoff Chamings 6/5 both had big wins. The green team also did well defeating Heritage 5 to 3. This group also had two squared matches. David Fraser the only big winner 6/4.

Tony Moran had a day to forget going down 6/5.

Tim, Jude, Felicity, Abbie and Mitch did a great job preparing meals and serving drinks for the 100 golfers. 

All winners on the day congratulations to you.

David Waters - Seniors Pennant

Pennant Hosting - Sunday 15 March

Churchill-Waverley will host round one of Men's Golf Australia Pennant - Division 6 on Sunday 15 March at Endeavour Hills.  Churchill-Waverley will kick off their campaign against Werribee Park with a 1st tee start at 11.15 am.  To accommodate the afternoon format, morning times will be limited.  In past years, members have kindly volunteered with starting and scoring.  If this is something you are available to assist with, please contact manager@waverleygolfclub.com.au    

Rakes in Bunkers

Thank you for recent member enquiries about the best procedure for rakes (in or out of bunkers).  The Golf Operations and Match Committee has discussed and considered with the outcome to continue with rakes in bunkers.  Below is a quick video to explain with a demonstration of best practice.

Extreme Weather Policy

The Golf Operations and Match Committee would like to kindly refresh members with the Extreme Weather Policy.  Last Tuesday, we experienced lightning that triggered the suspension of play.  In situations such as these, staff will endeavour to alert players with the siren and a text message.  Members assistance to respect this advice for your safety is appreciated.  While staff will make best efforts, we encourage members to also utlise their judgment when they feel conditions may become unsafe.  Please CLICK HERE for Club Rules, Information and Policies.  Thank you.  

Bowlers End of Pennant Season Lunch

This is an advance notice for the End of Pennant Season Lunch to be held Wednesday 11 March at 12.00 pm. Spouses and partners are very welcome.

The menu selection and booking sheet will be available on the Spikes Bar noticeboard shortly.

Payment at the office will be due by Wednesday 4^th March.

Cecilia Mann

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