By Jacqui White
May has been a busy month for the Ladies Wall Plaque with three games being played.
Monday June 1: The Canungra Ladies welcomed back Robina Ladies after an absence over the last couple of years. Congratulations to Robina for winning the day on 69 to Canungra’s 38.
Thursday June 4: The Ladies from Rathdowney ( and several men who kindly stepped into make up numbers) visited us on a glorious winters day.
Congratulations to Rathdowney for winning the day on 63 to Canungra’s 44.
Monday June 22: Beenleigh v Canungra. Another beautiful day for playing bowls and the Ladies had an enjoyable day with good company and great food. Congratulations to the Beenleigh ladies for winning the day 58 to Canungra 46.
Saturday and Sunday June 6 and 7: Club Championships – Fours Semi Finals and Finals. What a great weekend of bowls we had. Ladies four’s finalists Val Reiser, Karin Zeike, Kelly Street, Kerri Weston played Jodie-Anne Boulden, Ann Norris, Donna Rixon. It was a hard-fought match but in the end Congratulation goes to Ladies Four’s Cub Champions 2026 Val, Karin, Kelly and Kerri with the winning score being 26 to 8.
Sunday June 7: Finals of the Men’s Four’s Championship. The game was played between Darry Lee, Glenn Robertson, Jon Freeman and Rod Griffiths versus Mykal Prosser, Jim McCartney, Jim Shields and Peter Shoebridge. There were some great bowls by both team which made it a close game with the end score being 25 to 21 in favour of Mykal, Jim, Jim, and Shoey. Congratulations on becoming 2026 Champions.
Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21: Club Championships – Mixed Pairs Semi Finals and Finals. Another weekend of great bowls by our members. All six semi-final games played over the Saturday were very close. In the final on Sunday we had Jean Ball and Bruce Williams against Donna and Geoff Rixon. It was another incredibly close game with Jean and Bruce becoming the Mixed Pairs Club Champions 2026 winning by 1 point, the final score being 23 to 22. We wish all our Champions the best of luck when they travel to the coast to represent Canungra at the District games.
Our Paddle Pops Pairs played each Wednesday 9am for 9.30am start is open to anyone who are interested in learning to play or bowlers preferring a social game during the week. Winners of our weekly Paddle Pop Pairs social games during June were,
Karen Zieke 4+28, Jim Shiels 4+34, Michael Bray 4+33, Geoff Rixon 4+28.
We congratulate all winners. Our sponsor for these games Canungra Hotel generously donates gift vouchers for each winning player.
Games coming up.
Friday 10th July. Ladies Wall Plaque. Broadbeach v Canungra.
Thursday 16th July. Ladies Wall Plaque. Helensvale v Canungra.
Monday 27th July. Ladies Wall Plaque. Paradise Point v Canungra.
The club is usually open (weather permitting) on a Friday afternoon from 4pm for Barefoot Bowls or just a social beverage.
