South Coogee Seagulls Lawn Bowling

Our Easter Members & Guests Luncheon took place on Friday 27th March. Our luncheon was supported by 60+ guests who enjoyed their luncheon in Bistro on the Greens and a big thank you to Gary and his staff. Michelle worked hard behind the bar and is always a great support to us. Thank you to our members and also Steve Murray and our club suppliers for your donations to our raffles resulting in 60 odd prizes. To my Team, Joan Love, Di Halliday, Helen Freudenreich and of course Hans Freudenreich and Bill Halliday thank you all you are “simply the best”. Happy Easter to you all and if travelling over Easter please stay safe on the roads. Thank you everyone for your support and we hope to see you again at our Xmas Luncheon on Friday 27th November ( a date for your diaries). Happy Easter x

Metro South East Pennants - Round 4

Grade 4 played neighbours Hillsdale in a must win match, with the Bye next week.

Stuart Jackson returned to pennants, playing Jason Powell. This was a match of two halves with Hillsdale eading 9-2 after the first 7 ends. Thinks improved slightly in the next seven (helped by a four) to narrow the gap to 14-8 after 14 ends.
The Seagiulls then hit their straps winning 5 of the last 7 end to run out 19-16 victors.

Team Bob Grant jumped out of the blocks to lead 8-4 after the first 7 ends. Hillsdale hit back with a couple of multiples to narrow the margin to 1, 16-15 after 14 ends.
Unfortunately a 6 on the 16 end put a big dent in the game amd the Gulls could just not fight back, going down 25-19 in the end.

Team Mick Bruce had a day they would rather forget, they were only down 4-8 after the first 7 ends, the next stanza was just not to be as they trailed 21-6 after 14 ends.
In the end it was a disappointing loss 33-7 in the end.
Overall The Gulls went down 45-74 (1-9)

Grade Six hosted the sode from Clovelly looking to build on last weeks victory.

Team Kevin Goodwin had the better of the early ends, leading 9-4 after 7 ends. This was further extended in the next section with the lead stretching to 19-7 after 14 ends.
Clovelly then fought back over the closing ends, picking up a few multiples, but not just enough, as the Seagulls ran out 22-19 victors.

Team Sue Rothery jumped out of the blocks to lead 7-3 after 7 ends. The pressure continued in the next stanza as the lead increased to 17-9 after 14 ends.
A pair of 4's in the closing stanza saw the lead blow out to 26-13 by the end of the game.

Like the rest of the side, Team Bill Fitzgibbon jumped out to an early 11-1 lead in the forst 7 ends (heled by a 5). Things were a little tighter in the next stanza, as the the lead narrowed to 17-8 after 14 ends.
Only dropping a single in the closing stages demonstrated to dominance in this game as they ran out 27-9 victors.

In the end it was a 75-41 (10-0) voctory to the Seagulls.

Metro South East Pennants - Round 3

Grade 4 - Looking to build on last weeks win The Seagulls travalled to neighbouring Waverley for Match of the Round.

Team Mick Bruce had an interesting start to their match, dropping a 5 on the first end, then picking up consequtive 4's to lead 8-5 after only 3 ends.
The match was pretty even over the next half of the gamewith Waverley leading 13-11 after 12 ends. Then a massive 6 saw them jump back into the lead which they maintained till the end, winning 23-18.

Team Bob Grant had a whirl wind start, wining 5 of the first 7 ends to lead 16-2. Waverley then fought back to wrestle the lead back 16-17 after 14 ends.
However the Gulls were not finished and had the better of the remaining ends, especially with a 4 on the last, to run out 27-20 victors.

Team Connor Duncan had a tight game on their hand early and were only 7-4 behind after 7 ends. Dropping a couple of 4's in the next stanza did not help as they slipped to 18-9 behind after 16 ends.
However a 4 of their own and winning most of the remaining ends improved the position a little, going down eventually 25-16.

That left The Seagulls with their second overall win in a row, 66-63 (9-1).

Grade 9 - Hosted the ladies from Western Suburbs at Seagulls areana on what turned into a great afternoon.

Team Sue Rotherty was again the stand out, taking the early ends to lead 6-3after 7. This was followed by the majority of the next stanza which saw the lead increase to 12-7 after 14 ends.
However winning all but one of the last ens was the nail in the coffin, running out 25-9 victors.

Team Kevin Goodwin started their game out of sorts, only winning one end to trail 1-11 after 7 ends. Things improved alittle in the next stanza narrowing the gap to 7-16 after 14 ends.
Again they had the better of the remaining ends, but it was just not to be going down 15-20 in the end.

Team Bill Fitzgibbon had a great start to their game taking the first 5 ends of the game, to lead 7-3 after 7 ends. Wests struck back in the second stanza taking 5 of the ends to lead 11-14 after 14 ends.
The Gulls then hit back taking four ends in a row to lead by 2 with 2 ends remaining. Unfortunately West won both of the remaining ends, by a single shot each time to tie the game 18 All.

Therefore The Seagulls ran out 58-47 (8.5-1.5) victors.

Anothe great weekend of Pennants for our Club.

Go The Seagulls.

Metro South East Pennants - Round 2

Grade 4 - Played Bront at Seagulls Arena, looking to atone for last weeks loss.

Team Mick Bruce were the stand out side this week, winning 9 out of 10 of the first ends to lead 20-2. Running out eventual 25-18 victors.
Team Bobby Grant, started by dropping a 3 on the first end, then it was end for end until the 9th when they picked up a 5. From there they were never headed running out 24-13 victors.
Special note to the last end, with only 3 bowls to play Bob was down a few and converted to hold shot. Bronte then drove at the head and ended up holding 6, Bob 'Granite' Grant then drew the absolute to hold shot. A massive result in light of the masterboard.
Team Connor Duncan held a strong Shane Dollar led squad for the first half of the game, trailing 8-12 after 11 ends. Bronte had the better running from there to lead 26-13 on the last end and needing a 5 to tie or 6 to win the master board. Tight bowls by our boys saw only a single concededfor a 13-27 loss.

Overall a 62-58 (9-1) victory to the Seagulls

Grade 6 - Travel to EBP Sports, aging looking to atone for a first round loss.

Team Bill Fitzgibbon had a tight fight on their hands going down narrowly 20-24 in the end.

Team Kevin Goodwin, had the exact same result, also going down to a tight 20-24 loss in the end.

Team Sue Rothery were the stand outs for the Seagulls, dominating their opponents for the duration for a great 28-12

The Seagulls ended up 68-60 (8-2) victors

Go The Seagulls

Attn Seagulls
Please see below for 2025/26 Open Gender Pennant Grading.

Please make sure that you express your interest to play on the sheet in the Bowls Office.

2025/26 OPEN PENNANT

The State Match Committee have reviewed our Open Pennant Submission and have returned it with their approved gradings & formats for our 2025/26 Grades 1 - 7 Competitions.

An email has been sent to all clubs with details and links to pay entry fee for all approved sides.

See Image for appproved grades & formats or a downloadable version can be found on our Open Pennant page of our website:
https://metrosoutheastbowls.com.au/open-pennant/

Draws for each grade are expected to be completed & released by mid-January.

Ladies 2025 Championships Winners and Runners Up

Major Singles Winner Sue Rothery, Runner Up Joan Dunn

Minor Singles Winner Robyn Yates, Runner Up Silvia Lee

Pairs Winners Sue Rothery & Jenni Kilby, Runners Up Chris Shean & Janette Cadogan

Triples Winners Skip Janette Cadogan, Second Di Stevens, Lead Helen Freudenreich. Runners Up Skip Kerri Hamer, Second Robyn Yates, Lead Margaret Judge.

Congratulations to all our Winners and Runners Up on a mighty effort, well done to you all.

Our South Coogee Committee Ladies held a Members and Guests Xmas Luncheon at South Coogee Bowling Clubs Bistro on the Greens on Friday 28th November with some 72 People in attendance. It was also our monster Xmas Raffle Draw with 60 plus prizes on offer. The day was a huge success for our Ladies Committee.

As usual, at our annual luncheon events, our Members and Guests had a great time enjoying each other’s company, enjoying great food from the Bistro and a drink or two to add to the happy occasion.

We thank our Members, sponsors and suppliers for their donations of raffle prizes, we could not organise these special days without your support. We are all looking forward to our Easter Luncheon and Raffle Draw next year.