Walk into Broulee’s landscape at the Bas

Painter Ken Searle records a decade of his explora ons along the coastal strip between Guerilla Bay and Broulee.

As he walked the landscape, he would stop and sketch what he discovered – some mes in oil paint, some mes in pencil or charcoal.

“In 2022, I realised to my surprise that these works added up to a show,” Searle said.

His exhibi on named, Broulee: A Walk, will show at the Bas from Saturday 29 July to Sunday 27 August.

Sounds and smells seep into Searle’s work, as well as interpreta ons he picked up from locals passing-by.

“While si ng for three consecu ve days pain ng Mossy Point, I had conversa ons with locals of all ages, from sur oard riders to re rees,” Searle said.

“Other discoveries happen by chance - one day, a sudden downpour caused me to seek refuge in a cave. The rocks gave me the composi on for ‘Underworld’.

Searle took sketches back to his Sydney studio to complete larger pain ngs. He looks forward to the exhibi on opening and ar st talk.

“While I was making these ini al explora ons, I had no inten on of ever showing the images,” he said.

“I hope that south coast locals enjoy walking around these images as much as I enjoyed walking into this landscape.”

The exhibi on opening night is on Friday 28 July, 5.307pm. Meet Ken Searle at the Ar st Talk event on Saturday 29 July, 11am-12pm. The Bas is open seven days a week from 10am - 4pm.

Ken Searle’s exhibi on, Broulee: A Walk, shows at the Bas from Saturday 29 July to Sunday 27 August.

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Narooma Women’s golf results

A small field of 18 entrants competed on Monday 24th July in a medley stableford event.

One division - the overall winner was Marita Harriss with a score of 36 off her handicap of 45. It is great to have Marita back to golf. Runner-up was Jan Boxsell with a score of 35 C/B off her handicap of 28. Balls to 29 C/B.

Wednesday, 26th July we had a great field of 35 entrants competing in a Par (3) event.

Two divisions: Div 1; 0-29 Div 2; 30-45

Division 1 winner was Dorelle Monteith with +3 off her handicap of 17

Runner up was Leonie Malcolm with +1 off her handicap of 21

The division 2 winner was Ris Cheale with +2 off handicap of 31

Runner up was Tania Burr with -1 off handicap of 35

Balls to -3 C/B

Nearest to pin:

Hole 3, Div 3 Marea Clarke

Hole 14, Div 1 Dorelle Monteith

Hole 17, Div 2 Maddie Robinson

Narooma Men’s Bowls Social Bowls Winners’ Circle

On Wednesday we had a turnout of bowlers with several visitors and a group of our friends from Bermagui. Winners, decided by Highest Winning Margin, were Mick Cavic, Tony Gors and Greg Ryan (skip) who had a good win in their match. Second place went to Glenn Brown, Rod Holman and Peter Jones (skip) who raced out to a 20 to seven lead after 10 ends and they continued that form to take their match 34 to 15 against Frank Hicks, Sue Wales and their skip. Garry Burke had the first resting toucher at 14. 28 on a day where the slick greens made things quite difficult. Well done Garry. Thank you to Rapley and Sons for their continued support.

On Saturday there were quite a few keen bowlers playing pairs and triples. Winners, decided by Lucky Rinks, were Russell Smith, Peter Murton and Terry Lewis (skip) who were behind for most of the match, only leading briefly on end 10, and then trailed again throughout the second half before picking up three shots on the last end to take their match 20 to 19 against Jim Taylor, Peter Dillon and Greg Ryan (skip).

On Sunday we had two games of triples and a game of pairs with winners decided by Highest Winning Margin, were Al Randall/Rob McIntyre, Sue Wales and John Downie (skip) who were in top form all day as they led from go to whoa against Kaye Whiffen, Warren Bender and Jan Rapkins (skip) for a 28 to 10 win

Club Triples Championship

Two matches were played this week. Warren Bender, Neville Cork and John Downie (skip) played Col Armstrong, Dennis Maggs and Les Waldock (skip) with Les and his team getting away to a great start to lead 10 to one after six ends. John and his team fought back and by end 13 the score was 11 all and from there on they hit the front and after leading 19 to 18 after 22 ends they drew clear to take their match 25 to 18. The other match was played on Sunday between Peter Hattam, Rob Coulson and Dave Herman (skip) and Garry Burke, Kevvy Callaway and Sandra Breust (skip). Dave and his team were down one to five after five ends but after picking up four shots on the next end to be five all they took the lead and after 16 ends they were in front 17 to 11. They remained in the lead, even though Sandra and her team were coming back strongly taking five of the next seven ends and after 23 ends the lead had reduced to 18 to 19. Sandra and her team kept their momentum going and they took the last two ends to win the exciting match, 21 to 19.

Club Malua

Women’s Bowls Report

At the moment members are representing Club Malua in State Championship Finals so good bowling to all Olga Geshwend, Noleen Taylor and Yvonne Huddleston bowled last week in Wollongong in Senior Triples.

Well done on your win against St.John’s Park, then a close game against Taren Point losing by 3 shots, 23/20. Congratulations ladies on reaching the State Finals and meeting some very worthy opponents.

Murray O’Bryan, Peter Hutchinson, Peter Guthrie in Open Reserve Triples.

Murray O’Bryan, Peter Hutchinson, Darren White , Peter Guthrie in Open Reserve Fours.

Congratulations to Robyn Butcher, Rae Fayle and Sue Beavan winning the Silver Section in Narooma Triples. The unification of our men’s and women’s clubs will take place soon when we will all bowl under the banner Of Club Malua Stingrays .

The men and women will still have their own social bowls days as well as Pennant Competitions, all other days will be open gender, so lots happening in bowls at present.

Broulee Runners Wed 26th July 2023

An excellent turnout of 39 starters for this evening’s run. We welcomed Robyn Halkett and London Burke to their first run with the group. There were 8 personal best times. In the 2kilometres Bella and Alison Fleming and Charlie Shannon showed great improvements. In the 4-kilometres the improvers were Brad Turner, Gary Ashton, Anthony Snowball, Sam Robinson, and Meg Edenborough.

It was a special day for Meg Edenborough as she was awarded her 30-run shirt. She was supported at the event by her husband Matt. He regularly pushes a pram at a rapid rate with their two children Harry and Jo. As is our custom the children are recorded in the records as participants. The event has a long history of babies being carried or pushed to record times. Many of those children now run regularly in the event. Harry and Jo will probably follow their parent’s example and become athletes in their own right.

Image: The Edenborough family of Meg, Matt and babies Harry and Jo in the racing pram

Moruya Women’s Golf

Wednesday 26th July

The second and final round of the Foursomes Championships was played this week with a reduced field of 16 competitors.

Daily Winners

1st Place: Noelene Cowdroy & Judi Hebbard with 74.5 nett

2nd Place: Jenny Ellis & Barbara Roberts with 81 nett

Place Getters

Vicki Goodwin & Joan Hosking – 82 nett

Cindy Becker & Leonie Doolan – 82.5 nett

Barbara Kennedy and Jan Lumsden – 83 nett

2023 Ladies Foursomes Championships (held over 36 holes)

Congratulations to the Champions Robyn Hawkins & Melinda Asbury on their win for the second consecutive year.

Division 1

• Gross Winners: Robyn Hawkins & Melinda Asbury

191

• Nett Winners: Noelene Cowdroy & Judi Hebbard 154

Division 2

• Gross Winners: Joan Hosking & Vicki Goodwin 231

• Nett Winners: Marilyn Bingham & Joanne Dixon 159

ETLC tennis results 27th July 2023

A brisk morning with a light breeze and lots of sunshine made for a beau ful day of tennis compe on today.

A number of teams across the compe on had both Division 1 & 2 playing at the same venue giving club players a chance to support both levels of play.

Both Tomakin 1 and Tomakin (Div 2) played off Tuross and Broulee Brolgas (Div 2) at Tomakin courts.

Division 1 results:

Tomakin 1 won 8 sets (41 games) to Tuross 2 sets ( 29 games)

Narooma won 9 sets(45 games) to 1 set ( 17 games)

Bay Babes had a BYE.

Division 2 results:

Tomakin won 8 sets (48 games) to Broulee Brolgas nil sets (16 games).

Tomkatz won 6 sets (48 games) to Bay Breeze 2 sets (26 games)

Narooma Gold won 8 sets (48 games) to nil sets (19 games)

Narooma Social Bowls 17 July 2023

There was a game of triples and a game of pairs on Tuesday with numbers down after a very busy weekend with the Mixed Pairs and Triples Tournaments.

The winning team for the day, decided by Lucky Rink, was Leila Gosper, Olwyn Mayer and Susan Wales (skip) who got the better of Sue Sansom, Sue/Warren Bender and Dawn Kenny (skip).

All was not lost for Dawn who took out the first Resting Toucher (at 11.26) prize.

The pairs game between Heather McGourty and Clare Cork (skip) and Alison Maloney and Denise Holman (skip) was a great game that saw Alison and Denise lead 15 to eight after 12 ends before Heather and Clare finished strongly to draw the match 18 all, ends up.

Sue Sansom won the Rapley’s Meat raffle. Thank you to Rapley and Sons for their continued, valued, support.

Major Pairs

There were three matches, on Friday, in the Major Pairs Championship. The results were – Carol Harraway and Vicki Herman (skip) led throughout in their victory over Susan Wales and Cindy Newell (skip). Suzanne Dainer and Gail Howe (skip) were down 11 to 14 after 13 ends before finishing strongly for a 27 to 18 win against Pam Grant and Margie Naylor (skip).

In a semifinal match Alison Maloney and Sandra Breust (skip) played Leila Gosper and Dawn Kenny (skip) and in a tight first half Sandra and Alison led 10 to eight after 14 ends and 15 to 14 after 17 ends. From there they started to draw clear to take the match 22 to 14.

Moruya River.

Late July sees the river much like the town itself, sleepy and quiet. The fishing ac vity is slow to say the least.

The bream are mostly holed up in the deeper sec ons of the river, making lures that can reach the depths the be er op on. Give blading a go, as the small and rela vely heavy profile allows the lure to be fished deep quickly. Slow hops, and pauses are the go at the moment.

A burley trail for those that want to fish with baits is always a good idea, while live nippers are always a great op on any me of the year.

The main town bridge has a few nice holes that can be easily accessed from the bridge itself, with the northern bank holding the deeper water. Fish your baits or lures around the northern side for the best chance of success.

Tuross River.

Much like Moruya, the Tuross system is in a cold, slow state. Fishing deep and slow is also the best chance of success, in even our premier system. Luckily the Tuross system has many areas where the water is deep, and lots of areas that offer shelter to both the fish and anglers this me of year.

Look towards areas like the boat shed, four-ways, the stretch around the Bodalla bridge and even up as far as snake flat.

Bladed style lures or so plas cs fished deep and slow as well as live nippers fished light will all offer anglers a chance at finding a fish or two.

Rock and Beach.

During this me of year, this is where most of the ac on is. With good numbers of solid healthy salmon working our beaches and headlands. Pilchards on paternoster rigs or metals cast and retrieved are the best ways to tangle with some hard pulling winter salmon. The drummer also enjoy this me of the year, with good numbers available to anyone who wants to fish the stones for them. Take only what you need for a feed, and leave them bi ng. This will ensure they are there next me you want a feed.

Offshore.

The Yellowfin have been around this last week, with several crews fishing out of the Bay finding a few nice fish to around the 70kg mark. For those not wan ng a long day of travel, the snapper and flathead are available in close also. Look around the 20m mark for the snapper and flathead.

The bait freezer is s ll missing mullet in any form, but is stocked with nearly all other baits.

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