Trio wins annual ‘Fun Day’

Poverty Bay Bowling Club's Melbourne Cup Fun Day Tournament winners (from left) Marion Jones and Margaret Parsons with sponsor Olivia Scott (right). Absent: Dayvinia Mills. Picture supplied

Poverty Bay Bowling Club members held their annual Melbourne Cup Fun Day Tournament on Tuesday.

The winners, with three wins and 15 ends won, were Dayvinia Mills (skip), Marion Jones (director) and Margaret Parsons (lead).

The runners-up — Bruce Ball (s), Bruce Gledhill (d) and Oona Manning (l) — also had three wins, but only 14 ends won.

In third place were Karen Pinn (s), Ellen Valentine (d) and Win Baker (l), with two wins.

It was good to have two relatively new players, Parsons and Manning, in the top two teams.

Three games of one hour were played with alternate ends having a twist, such as the jack being delivered after the bowls and all bowls delivered in front of the jack being removed.

The tournament was sponsored by Olivia Scott’s business, East Coast Property Enhancement.

Olivia presented the tournament prizes then added several spot prizes — for the “best hat in the show”, the player with “best bowls etiquette”, “front runner”, “fighting spirit” and “MVP — most

valuable player”.

Bruce Ball ran a sweepstake, with help from Win Baker, and club members shared nibbles before watching the Melbourne Cup race.