Waroona 5000 Carnival results
Well they came from everywhere to attend the Waroona 5000 open split fours. Played last Wednesday and Thursday September 26th & 27th, 28 teams came with players from Halls Head, Port Bouvard, Kojonup, Mandurah, Yunderup, Pinjarra, Boddington, Cambridge, Cockburn, Osborne Park, Dalkeith, Warnbro, Dudley Park, Busselton and Eaton with a couple of local Waroona teams made it a great field.
The weather was perfect and the synthetic greens at this great little country club were running 15-16.5secs over 2 days, the fastest on the chilly Thursday morning where quite a few of the boys ended up in the ditch such was the slick pace, congratulations to Mark Hiller club captain, Dennis Tyler, president and all the club helpers, including the ladies for putting on such a great fun carnival with wonderful lunches and snacks.
There are some big names in the results with only two teams were undefeated, and a team of bolters took out the main prize, with one lucky punter securing them in the Calcutta, he who dares wins.
Full results as follows
1st Place. 6 wins + 59… Composite side local Mandurah bowlers in Dean Higgon, Brian Miller, Brian Robb, Allan George
2nd Place. 6 wins + 54… Composite side, Halls Head, Warnbro, – Bernie Hett, Dennis Nagle, Willie Tan, Bob Platter
3rd Place.. S. Perica, M Marovic, H. Christensen, J Terrell
4th Place.. M Krajancic, J Ricci, M.Sokol, N Sokol,
1st Day Winners.. D. McCarthy, G. Farmer, L. Cronin, D. Armstrong
2nd Day Winners S. Srhoy M. Abonnel I. Mateljak O. Dawson
Waroona really is a relaxing and peaceful place to bowl and hangout for a couple of days, and I encourage anyone wanting to experience bowls on a holistic level to venture down to one of their next carnivals, they have an open fours day on Sunday the 11th of November, and an open triples day on Wednesday the 28th of November to enter a team phone Mark Hiller on 0428933616.
The best value accommodation in town has to be the renovated historic old Waroona hotel, with clean single rooms from only $30 per night, $50 with an ensuite, and doubles available, the boys loved it. a young lady by the name of Toni has recently taken it over, and is a delight to deal with, Waroona hotel phone no 9733 1232. Also the Drakesbrook Motel for twin share motel style, both have great food.
These bowls carnivals are a great boost to these little towns economy, even for just two days and I urge all bowlers to keep supporting them, with the motel and hotel booked out, then there is an overflow onto the cafes, bakeries and petrol stations, the bowling club pumped by day, and the hotels, motels served drinks and food all night, it really is a win-win for everyone.
Photo: Waroona 5000 winners Dean Higgon, Brian Miller, Brian Robb, Allan George
