Smith and Daly handled the heat to bag a big bowls win

Bian Smith, Jason Howell, Randall Hall and John Daly were among the big field of
bowlers on the Golfie greens on Australia Day. Daly and Smith (playing double lead) finished as the overall winners of the day.

A group of 32 keen bowlers were out early on the Golfie greens on Australia Day in an effort to beat the sweltering weather.

John ‘Shark’ Daly and double lead Bian Smith handled the heat on Sunday with ease and finished as outright winners.

They ended the match with a whopping +16 advantage over Smith and Jason Howell!

For the first 10 ends it appeared everything went Howell’s way until a protest from Shark turned the game around!

It’s not easy being a Double Lead but Smith and Shark went on to win the remaining eight ends.

The runners-up also won by a large margin of +13 with Jim Goonrey, Mick McManus and Ian Prendergast taking the game from their opposition, Jimmy May (Blacktown visitor), Darryl Jermyn and Jay McKeller.

The scorecard card shows that Team Prendy held mat for 14 out of 18 ends!

Team Ooze (David Knight, Rory Dunlop and Alec Fraser) finished the day with a +8 win over Doug Hudson, Daryn Lord and Will Lawton.

Two games ended on +5: Tony Polack and Randall Hall had a win against Mark Fraser and David Thomas while David Schofield, Narelle Kriz and David Kershaw finished as winners against Michael Sargent, Marlene Wynd and Allan Gardoll.

In the other match, Don Roberts, David Kershaw and Greg Clark had a +4 victory over Dean ‘Bogger’ McLeod, Karen Daly and Cole Bunting…Full report in this week’s edition out now!