The first games of the Club Triples Championship were completed on Saturday afternoon in quite cool conditions.

In one game Steve Walsh, Les Fanning and Denis Rosen played Albert Carter, Geoff Holt and Peter Watts.

Denis’s team led 6–0 after three ends but Peter’s team won six of the next seven ends to lead 16–7.

After 18 ends Peter’s team had increased their lead to 28–12 and they went on to win 30–19.

The game that saw Geoff DeBritt, Ron Rosengreen and George Somerville playing Steve Joliffe, Rod Cummings and Graeme Edgerton had a very even start with the score at 9–all after 11 ends.

The scores were close for most of the game.

After 17 ends Graeme’s team led 15–14 and 2 ends later it was 16–15 in the favour.

They went further ahead on the next two ends to lead 20–15 before George’s team won three consecutive ends to trail 19–20 with one end to play.

A score of 1 on the final end gave Graeme’s team a 21–19 win.

The third game was played between Darryle Miller, Glen Benson and Damien Miller and Ted Loader, Tom Glover and Brian Madden.

Damien’s team got away to a good start and led 10–1 after seven ends.

After 16 ends they were in front 15–9 but Brian’s team scored on each of the next three ends to lead 16–15.

The scores were level at 17–all after 21 ends and 19–all after 23 ends with Brian’s team scoring seven shots on the final two ends to win 26–19.

There were also two games of pairs played on Saturday with contrasting results.

Brian McNair and Greg Woods won their game 19–18 on an extra end after the scores were level at 18–all after 21 ends.

In the other game Harold Anderson and Joe Read dominated the scoring to win 32–11.

There was no play on Thursday due to the very welcome rain.

There are two games of Club Triples scheduled to be played on Saturday with Albert Carter, Geoff Holt and Peter Watts to play Joe Bargwanna, Ivor Watkiss and Cliff Traynor and Harold Anderson, Glen Seward and Joe Read to play Brian McNair, Jono Watson and David Quigley.

In the Men’s Senior Inter–Region Championships played during the week the Riverina Murray side won one of their three sectional games.

They defeated Illawarra by 11 shots, lost to Mid–West by 1 shot and lost to Metro North–West by two shots.

They did not qualify for the knock–out rounds but were the only side to beat the Illawarra side that went on to win the competition.

The Riverina Murray side in the Men’s competition did not qualify for the knock–out rounds.

They lost their first sectional game to Manning–Great Lakes by 28 shots then lost to Mid North–Coast by one shot before defeating Greater Newcastle by 13 shots.

In the latest results the Greater Newcastle won their quarter–final but lost their semi–final.

In the Women’s competition the Riverina Murray side lost both their sectional games.

They lost to the very strong Metro South–West side by 73 shots and lost to Hunter Valley by eight shots.

In the latest results the Metro South–West side has won their quarter–final and semi–final and will play Metro North–West in the final.

Players are advised that there are details on the notice board concerning the Club Fours Championship.

There are also details for the Riverina Murray Fours Championships for 2025–26.

CLIFF TRAYNOR