Allora Bowls Notes Gunsynd Celebration

ROUND 10 - Beanies and coats were the attire of the night with a chill to the air, at least there was no rain in sight. There were some big scoring games this week and one draw with both teams having played 7 ends each so a cut of the cards was necessary to determine a winner/loser for the rattle of the tin.

RINK 1: Peaky Blinders 19 d. Stone Cutters 7; RINK 2: Do It Again 10 d. Pig Lures 9; RINK 3: Doesn’t Matter 17 d. Generation Gap 4; RINK 4: Gina’s Babies 13 draw with Phoenix Rising 13; RINK 5: Fire Ants 29 d. The Three Stooges 5; RINK 6: Railway Hotel 25 d. The Gecko’s 3; RINK 7: Beers, Bowls & Bitches 23 d. What A Show 4.

Our lucky raffle winners were John E, Hethe, Jackson, Slug, Lynn P x 2 and Dave Sparksman. Michelle’s number was drawn out for the $40 Jackpot but not won. $60 next week.

Toucher chocolates were won by Nat, Gary, Greg, Beetle, Robyn, Chris and Lachie and toucher easter eggs won by Michelle and Rusty. Thank you to Ashleigh the toucher keeper and bell ringer, many of us get a toucher but not in the allotted time. Thank you to Lachie who is here on holidays with his grandparents, he filled in as a sub and won a chocolate.

Winners on the night Rink 1 – Peaky Blinders and Losers on Rink 5 – Phoenix Rising.

The Leaderboard as it appears after this round with Fire Ants 19; Gina’s Babies 16; Phoenix Rising 16; Peaky Blinders 13; Pig Lures 12; Railway Hotel 12; Do It Again 11; The Three Stooges 10; Beers Bowls & Bitches 8; Generation Gap 6; Stone Cutters 6; What A Show 6; Doesn’t Matter 4; The Gecko’s 2

Thank you as always to our sponsors, Allora Butchery, Allora Sports Club, Railway Hotel, Right 1st Time Cleaning and Paul Parker Painting and to all our helpers.

DATE CLAIMER –Saturday 27th May Golf/ Bowls day fundraising for Prostate Cancer organised by Komatzu, always a great day. Get a team together.

The racehorse that put the border town of Goondiwindi on the map will be remembered at a special double celebration at the end of this month.

GUNSYND, known throughout Australia as the Goondiwindi Grey, was owned by four local businessmen but racegoers nation-wide took the horse to their hearts as much for his antics as his imposing record.

GUNSYND often stopped in front of course patrons so they could take his photo, and jockeys recounted he often tried to enter the winner’s stall even though he may not have won the race.

Friday the 28th of April is 50 years to the date of GUNSYND’S last race, and to mark the occasion a gala dinner is planned at Goondiwindi’s Royal Hotel where the special guest is retired racecaller John Tapp.

The following day Saturday the 29th of April marks 40 years since GUNSYND’S passing, and the Goondiwindi Cup will be run at the local course which is naturally named GUNSYND PARK.

In his career in the 1970’s GUNSYND amassed $280,000 in prizemoney which in today’s terms equates to $16.8 million.