Hallmont team takes out the Mount Gambier RSL fours

The Mount Gambier RSl & District Bowling Club held its Invitiation Fours last week in sunny conditions with 12 teams from clubs across the region. The winning team (pictured right) was representing Hallmont – Barb Milstead, Beryl Messenger, Jan Dowdell and Carol Schmidt.

Runners up (pictured below left) were Nell Lucas, Marilye Sutton, Roma Henderson and Jennie Tilley, from Port MacDonnell. The best team in the morning competition was Naracoorte (pictured below centre) represented by Ruth McInnes, Chris Murphy, Colleen Fox and Lynette Williams.

The best team in the afternoon competition, (pictured below right) were Joy Warren, Robin Rolfe, Mac Macdonald and Adriana Ross, representing Millicent.

Summer season kicks off

Mount Gambier Table Tennis Summer 2023 Season launched this week with teams organised into two divisions. The season will once again comprise 10 weeks, with 2] two matches being played in each division every week. Teams are as yet unnamed.

Katrina McPhee starred for her team against Ben Newman’s side in the first of the Division 1 battles. McPhee, Alex McGregor and Kylie Boston all started their season strongly with a clean singles sheet, while Newman fought bravely for the opposition.

Ultimately McPhee’s team had too much firepower, prevailing by a score line of 10 rubbers to 8. A number of the rubbers in this match went the distance to five games, including stirring comebacks from two games down from both Aaron McPhee and Dale Bachmann in their respective singles rubbers. The other Division 1 stoush saw a super team including the likes of Leigh Barry, Sirinat Sweet, Cameron Beal and Justin Hutchesson absolutely dominate and outclass Robin Pellen’s team to the tune of 15 rubbers to three. Nearly the entire team of victors came away undefeated in their singles encounters, whilst Richard Horrigan posted the solitary singles victory for their opponents.

Division 2 results were both quite lopsided, Allan Withers and Marga Steel both posting unbeaten singles efforts to guide their team to a strong 8-4 victory over Youssef Malicdem’s team, despite a strong performance from Joel Schafer. In the other match, both Lenny Van Der Linde’s team and Chris McGregor’s team were a player short, resulting in a compromised 3-on-3 contest. Van Der Linde proved to be the standout, starting his season perfectly to inspire his team to a startling 10-1 victory.