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15 years ago, Miles and Jacinta Craighead, Meg MacCallum, Rev Father John Woods, Sharee and Peter Jackson, Liza Mar ni and Mike Kennedy set off for the first Broulee Run. Robyn Kennedy was there, of course, keeping the records. It was a struggle ini ally and it wasn’t ll 14 March 2007 that we had a respectable number of 11 starters, one of whom was Annie Johnsen. One Christmas, visitors swelled the numbers and the record of 120 starters competed. The Tomakin Sports and Social Club assisted in purchasing a Seiko Mul Timer to manage the me recording and Judy and Damien Kennedy sponsored the Broulee Runners Shirts. These are given to anyone reaching 30 runs and so far, 186 people wear the shirt with pride. We welcomed Amelia Wilks, Kehlie Cowan and Amy Coulton to their first run with the group. Personal best mes in the 2-kilometres were recorded by Kira Pendlebury, Archie Gilligan, and Violet Kerr.

Broulee Runners Deb Connaughton, Mike Kennedy and Robyn Kennedy

The Eurobodalla Thursday Ladies Compe on (ETLC) began again today! It was hot. It was windy. One set was abandoned due to a lady suffering from the heat. But it was great to be back compe ng in our favourite sport!

A warm welcome to our new players: Janine Hush, Jo Morgan, Jenny Edwards, Claire Leachman Maree Coffey Roslyn Marrion and Bronwyn Davies. this! We hope you have a wonderful year and enjoy being part of the teams. Please bear with us if you feel you are in the wrong division and if you would like to go up or down next comp let the comp coordinators know. Remember you can always reserve up a division so let us know if you are interested. And the results are:

Div 1 Bay Larks 5 sets 33 games defeated Bay Plus 1set 14 games Tuross 4 sets 33 games defeated Narooma 2 sets 28 games Tomakin Bye Div 2 Narooma Gold 5 sets 44 games defeated Bay Breakers 3 sets 34 games Broulee Flamingoes 5 sets 42 games defeated Tomakin 3 sets 32 games Moruya Blues 6 sets 39 games defeated Tomkatz 2 sets 25 games

Div 3 Broulee Brolgas 5 sets 37 games defeated Moruya Swans 3 sets 28 games Bay Breeze 5 sets 41 games defeated Bay Seagirls 3 sets 31 games

Div 3 girls a er their match Margaret de Smet, Mel Hyam, Marina Imbraio, Ellen Kill and Liz Barrington

sports Low Scores at Tuross Veterans Golf

With the course remaining wet in places following recent rains, low scores were the order of the day on 9 February 2022 when a good field of 62 players completed their round. Winner on the day was visitor Luke Downie with a fine score of 22 points. Luke beat home another visitor in Greg Haywood who scored a very respectable 20. Locals Bruce Mar n and Anne e Manton rounded out the winners circle with scores of 17.

Minor prizes went to Sandra Hanlon, David Williams, Allen Lee, Ann Ware, Tony Crook and Derek Hoare all on 16, Ian Manton, Paul Coffey, Jennifer Gray and Gail Rogers on 15, and finally Bruce Ware, Richard Wharton and Chris Wra en with 14. Mike Birks survived a count back to win the Bradman award, whilst nearest the pins went to Steve Collins on the 4th, Ken Brown on the 6th, and Leonie Snodgrass and Frank Pomfret on the 7th. Herb Muriwai took out the Accuracy compe on.

Winner Luke Downie (L) celebra ng with his father Noel

Moruya Women's Golf results

Wednesday, 9 February Returning to golf a er the long Christmas break, many of the 28 Moruya Women Golfer’s who registered to play found the 18 hole 1st Medal round, on a beau ful but hot and extremely humid day, somewhat challenging to say the least. Congratula ons to the winner’s who seemingly were undeterred by condi ons: A-1: Robyn Hawkins (photo) 78 ne C/B A-2 Noelene Cowdroy 78 ne B-1: Caroline Booth 75 ne B-2 Barbara Roberts 77 ne

The remaining four games in round two of the Consistency Singles have been completed despite the threat of rain! While not all of the four games where close, all of the players on the day acqui ed themselves well. In the only game to go the full distance, Doug Williams was able to hold off a strong finish from Bruce Magilton to move into the third round. This was a ght game from the start with very li le separa ng the two players. Magilton held a small advantage for the first 10 ends leading 52 – 48. Williams had the be er of the next sec on of play and by the 20th end he had moved to the lead by 106 to 94. He pressed on and looked the winner at 134 – 116. Magilton then fought back strongly and with one end to play he trailed by 148 – 142. It was anyone’s game! An unfortunate ‘wrong bias’ with his second last bowl was a costly error. Williams won this end 6 – 4 which gave him a 154 – 146 victory.

Jonathan Green and Marcel Kors also had a very ght tussle. A er 10 ends Green led 54 – 46. Some good scores on the next three ends meant he was able to extend the lead to 76 – 54. Kors then grabbed the momentum and by the 19th end the scores were locked at 95 all. The scores remained close for the next period of play – 110 all and then 115 all – and with three ends to play only two points separated the two players with Green ahead 136 – 134. Green then played two strong ends to pick up 8 points then a further 9 to win the game 153 – 137. 2021 major Singles Champion, Peter Macdonald, once again showed his skills in this format of the game with a master class in consistent draw bowling. His consistency proved too much for John Fahey who, while pu ng in his share of good bowls, could not manage the big scores needed to win in this game. Macdonald led throughout and moved into the next round with a strong 150 – 90 win. In the final game veteran Jim Macklan was also too consistent for his opponent Chris Codington. Macklan’s ability to draw has been the mainstay of his game and this format of play suits him well. Codington’s work commitments restricts the amount of me he can spend playing bowls but he finished well and showed the quality of bowls that he can play. Macklan won 151 – 99. In the quarter-finals Peter Macdonald plays Jim Macklan; Doug Williams plays John Monks; Ivan Balentovic plays Jonathan Green and Col Fletcher plays Bill Burch.

Jonathan Green - a winner in the Consistency Singles

The Tomakin Sports and Social Club hosted the Elite Energy Triathlon last weekend with an excellent turnout of compe tors from near and far. Tomakin Sports and Social Club Opera ons manager, Shane Cairney, said that the weekend was a fantas c drawcard for the town and region and that it ran seamlessly via the commitment of volunteers across all aspects of the event. Tri Batemans Bay in it’s new home at Tomakin is designed for speed. From the wind protected swim in the Tomaga River, the fast straights of George Bass Drive to the pancake flat run through Tomakin the loca on is perfect.