MENS BOWLS NEWS 11/05/2026
South Tamworth Ladies Crowned 2026 NSW Women's State Carnival Champions
South Tamworth Bowling Club is ecstatic after Carol White, Linda O'Reilly, Cathy Verdich and Christine Myers produced a brilliant unbeaten run to win the 2026 Bowls NSW Women’s State Carnival Championship at Forster.
The South Tamworth combination dominated Section 15 with six straight wins before carrying that form through to the Final Series knockout rounds, recording victories over strong opponents from Forster, Queanbeyan RSL, Yamba and St Johns Park. Displaying skill, composure and tremendous teamwork throughout the carnival, the South Tamworth ladies proudly brought the NSW State title home to the club.
Congratulations ladies on a fantastic performance.
A wonderful achievement and a proud moment for South Tamworth Bowling Club.
Following developments in the Men’s Pennants over the weekend, the Division 3 and Division 4 Regional playoffs have been postponed to 30 and 31 May. As a result, the teams listed on the noticeboard will be reviewed by the selectors. Please note that the Men’s Division 3 and 4 selection sheet has been removed and will be reviewed closer to the Regional Finals.
All the very best to our Open Pennant Sides in the Regional Playoffs this coming weekend.
The 6’s have the bye in the 1st round and play the loser of North and Narrabri on Saturday afternoon at West Tamworth. The 7’s play Armidale City at 8:45am, Tamworth City is the venue.
Bottom of Form
If Teams in Veterans Pairs can pre-arrange drawn games, please let me know and I will ensure we have green space and inform our greenkeepers. Thank you.
Veterans Pairs Championship Draw:
Sunday 17th of May – 1:00PM
G. Whackett, D. Herbert Vs T. Preston, S. Sweeney
Social Bowls Open Pairs, Mufti dress.
Wednesday and Friday Commencing at 1:00PM names in by 12:00PM on the day of play.
For nominations Call 6762 1003 or Nomination Sheets are on the Noticeboard.
Wednesday Social Bowls
Winners: L. Truman, P. O’Reilly
Runners-Up: G. Smith, V. Tudman
Vouchers: S. O’Connor, E. Erich, T. Crough
Friday Social Bowls
Winners: D. Artis, J. Holloway
Runners-Up: J. Vella, B. Parker
Vouchers: P. King, G. Crocker, J. Pizzutti
Upcoming at South Bowlo:
May 14th Autumn Pairs
Veterans Pairs Various Dates
Ladies Bowls News 11/05/2026
WINNERS OF WOMENS STATE CARNIVAL.
THE CHAMPION TEAM OF CAROL WHITE, LINDA O'REILLY, CATH VERDICH and CHRIS MYERS
were the winners of this very large competition with 23 sections and 1160 lady bowlers held at Forster and eleven other surrounding clubs over five days.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday every one played six games of 18 ends, at a different club each day.
All winning sectional teams with six wins went into the squad of 32 teams for the Knock out round played on Thursday,
Di Halcroft Kerryn Kay, Sue Musgrave and Sue Ninness were successful in having five wins and a one shot loss to be included in the knock out round.
They played a St John's Park team on the Rink that was Livestreamed, a very nervous experience over 12 ends, losing 12 points to nine.
A good enjoyable game with six ends won by both teams.
Three games were played that day with the weather changing to cold and blustery conditions.
Carol Linda Cath and Chris played extremely well all day to get three wins putting them into the semi Finals the next day.
Day five the weather returned to a sunny day with the ever present coastal breeze.
The Semi Final our girls played Karen McKay, Karen Jones, Sarah McKay and Chelsea McKay a composite team from St Johns Park with a convincing win of 21 shots to 15.
After ten games, 172 ends the FINALGAME was played on Friday afternoon.
Elaine Seidler, Jennifer Palmer, Kate Wingrove and Jenny Hepburn from Neutral bay up against our South Tamworth Champions.
The standard of play was outstanding by Carol Linda Cath and Chris, WITH A VERY IMPRESSIVE WIN OF 14 SHOTS TO 8.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.