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New Hamburg lawn bowling greens packed in rained-out jitney
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Jul 02, 2008

Forty-eight lawn bowlers packed the New Hamburg greens on June 22 in a jitney that was sponsored by Home Hardware.

Players from Ayr, Elmira, Preston, Galt, Kitchener, Guelph and the local club enjoyed an afternoon of sun, fun, hail, lightning, thunder and rain.

Prize winners were:

Leads

Phylis Haack of Galt with 28 points and two wins.

Doris Blake of New Hamburg with 23 points and two wins.

Ida Lackey of New Hamburg with 20 points and two wins.

Karen Kirk of Kitchener with 19 points and two wins.

Rena Rourke of Galt with 17 points and two wins.

Lorraine Kido of Elmira, with 27 points and one win.

Gladys Monohan of Kitchener with 21 points and one win.

Vices

Joan McNeil of Kitchener with 30 points and two wins.

Alex Simanski of Kitchener with 26 points and two wins.

Harold Heimpel of Elmira with 21 points and two wins.

Anne Evans of Elmira with 20 points and two wins.

Helen Carr of Kitchener with 20 points and one win.

Pat Smith of Guelph with 18 points and one win.

Isabel Bruce of Kitchener with 17 points and one win.

Skips

Jacob Smith and Roy Blake, both of New Hamburg, each finished with 25 points and two wins.

John Knapp of Kitchener took 21 points and two wins.

Wayne West of New Hamburg took 20 points and two wins.

Maurice Van Busch of Kitchener took 20 points and one win.

Betsey Gudz of New Hamburg took 19 points and one win.

Ruth Cottingham of New Hamburg took 18 points and one win.

Sam Sferrazza and Sheila Minsk (1-2) won the consolation prize in a mixed pairs tournament in Guelph on June 14. Roy and Doris Blake (1-2) along with Robert Shantz and Grace Sferrazza (0-3) also competed in the 16 team event.

Ruth Cottingham and Doris Blake (1-2) won the consolation prize in Elora on June 18 in a ladies pairs tournament.

At the annual strawberry and ice cream jitney in Preston on June 21, Roy Blake, Wayne West, Helen Murray, Ruth Cottingham and Ron Cottingham all won prizes while Tina Toman and Doris Blake enjoyed their dessert.

Recent two game winners at the local greens were Ida Lackey, Ron Cottingham, Amelia Uhrig, Rod Grant, Jean Wright, Winnifred Thompson, Robert Shantz, Sam Sferrazza and Roy Blake.

The third annual ladies pairs Ruth Luckhart Tournament will be hosted by New Hamburg on July 7, starting at 10 a.m. Twenty teams have entered, making it a full house. Erb Transport is sponsoring the event.

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