D-grade cricket – COL Dec 22

Round 4 - Collie vs Colts

Captain Jarved Dallywater winning the toss for the first game, he sent his boys into bat against Colts. Dallywater pushed for singles while his partner Anthony Hutt was striking the ball well, until Dallywater dragged one off of his pads onto the wicket for 11. Ryan Campbell came in and scored quickly for 13. John Shepherd followed suit for 6. Ayden Parkin came to the crease taking control of the strike and hitting boundaries with the support of Hutt. The pair put together a 56-run partnership before Hutt was bowled for 20. Wayne Underdown pushed singles to keep Parkin on strike who cruised past his 50. Underdown went for 4 and Nigel Irvine hit a handy 14 before being bowled. Billy Bebbington followed suit for 0 three balls later . Jacob Denholm ran hard with Parkin to be not out for 2 and Parkin 81 not out , hitting seven 4’s and four 6’s. Collie finished 7/158. 

The opening bowlers Kim Rush and Denholm bowled tight keeping the Colts openers from scoring freely before Denholm made the breakthrough on his last ball of his third over. Steve Fraser took over from Rush and took two wickets in two overs bringing Marist to 3/41. The middle order batsmen knuckled down with a 66-run partnership before Underdown broke it with quick hands behind the stumps from Irvine. Shepherd joined in bowling the other partner. Underdown kept it tight, dismissing two wickets with good hands by Shepherd catching two and Dallywater taking two catches and with a run-out. Colts finished 9/134. 

Underdown 3/18, Fraser 2/25, Denholm 1/18, J. Shepherd 1/8. 

Kleenheat D-grade T20 Man of the Match - Ayden Parkin; 81 points.

Round 6 - Collie vs Marist Blue

Marist Blue won the toss and sent Collie into bat. Josh Fraser and Nigel Irvine opened the batting but Marist struck in the second over claiming Fraser for five. Irvine and Ryan Chappell batted well together before Irvine was bowled for 21. Ayden Parkin was unable to continue his form from the previous game and went for five. Jarved Dallywater and Chappell put on a good partnership until Chappell hit one straight back to local boy Cane Kelly to go for 41. Billy Bebbington batted solid for 20 whilst Dallywater brought up his 50 with his second six, but got caught behind with the next ball for 55. Jacob Denholm made one and Kim Rush a Golden Duck trying to hit out of the park. Wayne Underdown came into face one ball and hit it for a four and Steve Fraser finished not out for seven. Collie 8/174. 

Rush struck in his first over but Marists opener Cain Kelly enjoyed Denholms bowling making 38 (seven 4’s, one 6) before Steve Fraser took his wicket. With superb bowling by S. Fraser and Underdown, Marist were in trouble. Both bowlers at one stage had hat trick opportunities (Fraser in his first over and Underdown in his last). Bebbington took the well-deserved last wicket and Parkin had a lot of heat on the ball and he took two catches. A run-out by Dallywater and two stumping’s by Irvine, Marist fell in the last over for 113.

S. Fraser 3/11, Underdown 3/22, Rush 1/14, Parkin 1/14, Bebbington 1/16.

Kleenheat D-grade T20 Man of the Match - Steve Fraser; 67 points.

Round 8 - Marist White vs Collie 

Collie won the toss and batted first. Anthony Hutt enjoyed the conditions where his partner Nigel Irvine got caught in the second over for a duck. The ducks continued with the next ball taking Jamie Pitchers and two overs later Rory Bebbington. Jarved Dallywater came to the crease and pushed singles to keep Hutt on strike who was hitting the ball well. Dallywater was bowled for 17 while Hutt was still going strong. Ayden Parkin joined Hutt to put on a 78-run partnership before running out of deliveries. Hutt finished with 91 not out (fifteen 4’s) and Parkin with 35 not out. Collie 4/144. 

Steve Fraser and Jacob Denholm opened the bowling strongly giving the batsmen nothing. S. Fraser struck in his second over and in the same over Dallywater had a direct hit for a run out. Marist 2/6. Denholm had a great battle with Marists young opener and it was great cricket to watch. Denholm was unable to get his man with his bowling but took his scalp with nice fielding to run him out. R. Bebbington came on to take a vital wicket of the Marist captain and with a classic catch moment from John Shepherd in the gully. Parkin bowled well with great pace and took one wicket. Pitchers rolled his arm over for the first time in at least a year and had something to prove from his batting. He struck in his first over with quick hands behind the stump from Irvine. Pitchers bowled tight and took another two wickets. Denholm got back into it with another run out and Marist fell short with 9/106. 

J. Pitchers  3/19, S. Fraser 1/11, R. Bebbington 1/18, A. Parkin 1/20. 

Kleenheat D-grade T20 Man of the Match - Anthony Hutt; 91 points.

Round 9 - Marist vs Collie

Collie won the toss and went into bat first. Steve Fraser and Nigel Irvine opened and got off to a quick start, 24 runs off two overs. Collie thought they were heading for a big score but Marist tightened up their bowling. S. Fraser batted well finding boundaries and a six before getting run out on 45. Irvine struck the ball well but was unable to find the gaps and struggled to get his first four until he was in his 40’s. With a lot of singles rotating the strike with Jacob Denholm they brought up 100 for Collie in the 16th over. Denholm got caught for 14 trying to hit a boundary. John Shepherd went in for the swing with only a couple of overs left and finished 8 not out. Irvine knocked up his first 50 for Collie, but was stumped on the last ball of Collie's Innings. Collie finished 3/133. 

Marist got off to a flyer and by the third over they were 30, until Denholm took two wickets. It bought Collie back  into the game as wickets flowed from father son duo Steve and Josh Fraser, and a run out by Shepherd. Marist were 5/44. Marist dug deep with their middle order until Wayne Underdown broke through. Ayden Parkin joined in as Marist were chasing down the runs. With an over to go, Collie needed two wickets and Marist needed seven runs to win. The first ball went for a four and the pressure was on. Next ball was a dot and then Underdown took the next man with a magical caught and bowled. Marist were then able to pick with two runs with byes to draw the game. The next two balls were no runs, and then a run out from Irvine put the teams into a super-over situation.  Marist got 1/14 runs off Parkin. Dallywater and Parkin were only able to knock up five off their over, handing Marist the win. 

W. Underdown 2/22, S. Fraser 2/25, J. Fraser 1/15, A. Parkin 1/16, J. Denholm 1/35. 

Kleenheat D-grade T20 Man of the Match - Steve Fraser; 85 points.

IT WAS a good news week for Collie Golf Club member Rod ‘Rocket’ Miller last week.

Midweek Miller received confirmation that he was cancer free, after months of treatment, and on Saturday he celebrated with an easy win in an 18-hole stableford event contested by 66 golfers. Miller, who has for many years been one of the club’s low markers, had his handicap blow out to double figures as he battled cancer. Last Saturday’s form was reminiscent of old times as Miller scored plus seven to record the easiest of wins.

Second placed Ken Wood maintained his recent good form for plus three, while pars on holes 17 and 18 enabled Joe Italiano to get the better of Greg Hales, Colin Giblett and Geoff Lee after all four had finished with plus two. Jim Hine and Darren O’Brien had plus one, while all square were Brett Smith, Bruce Jackson and Garry Beard, as was the associates’ best scorer, Betty White. John Williamson had the flat stick working well, winning both longest putt novelties, on No’s 6 and 18. Nearest the pins were won by Garry Beard (4), Neil Motion (7) and Rod Miller (14), with longest drive going to Chris Shannon (15).

PHIL Eldridge made the most of the odds and evens nine-hole scroungers event last Thursday with 35 off-the-stick giving him the best gross and a big win in the nett.

Eldridge’s 26 points was three better than the 23 returned by Ray Cooper and Trevor Graham. Kim Metcalfe and Keith Godfrey finished with 22, while also in the vouchers on 21 were Steve Gianola, Ed Riley and Bruce Jackson. Vicki Graham, who had the best associates’ score of 18, won the novelty on hole No. 4, with the others going to Fred Bronickis (1), Greg White (6), Phil Eldridge (7) and Eric Annandale (9).

GRAHAM Williams had his putter running hot in last week’s Chris Shea sponsored Tuesday leisure day stableford. Williams sunk a long birdie putt on his last hole to post 39 for a one point win over Pat Coll, Chris Shea and Phil Warburton, on 38. Harvey visitor Kevin Burton had 37, while Roger Hunter finished one further back on 36. Finishing with 35 each were Charlie Buemi, Colin Giblett, Ray Cooper, Alan Kent, Terry Reeves and Jim Larsen. Novelty winners were Colin Naysmith (No. 4), Phil Warburton (7), Graham Williams (9), Kevin Burton (14) and Doug Crowe (18).

THE third of the club’s Nine & Dine events was held last Sunday and again proved popular with many visitors enjoying golf in fine weather and a meal in the clubhouse. The success of this event is due to the tireless efforts of club secretary Redgie Old.  It has exposed the club to many people who would normally not be involved in club activities. Members are asked to assist with forthcoming Nine & Dine events by adding their names to the list of workers on the clubhouse noticeboard.

THIS week’s events: today (Thursday), nine-hole scroungers; Saturday, 18-hole stableford; Tuesday, 18-hole leisure day event.

Harrison Memorial Mixed Pairs – December 11: THE Collie Bowling Club held the Harrison Memorial Mixed Pairs on Sunday, December 11. The bowls were in memory of Bob and Edie Harrison who were  players of the club and prominent members. Twenty five players enjoyed the day and very good bowls played. The winners were Vicki Daniel and George Saggers, pictured above. The runners-up were Jeff Crowe and Kath McElroy. 

1st round winners: Kerry Scott and Rose Colgan. 2nd round winners: Phil Warburton and Syd Riley. 

A big thank you to our sponsors the Harrison and Italiano families, our match and play, and ladies for their input.

Championship Singles – Dec 13: The ladies have finished laying their championship singles sponsored by Edie Harrison Memorial. Edie was a well respected player and won numerous championships over the years. It came down to the last game to see who would be the winner. Winner: Vicki Daniel; Runner-up: Glenice Kaurin.

​Fairview Fun Night – Dec 15: The staff and partners enjoyed themselves at the Collie Bowling club on Thursday night with bowls and prizes and to start the game a spider. It was then followed by a meal catered for by the ladies and the men who were the cooks and bowlers who helped the visitors at the club to play bowls. A good time was had by all and the night was a success. No winners given.

Inter League – Dec 16: Selected into the South West League team for the round robin to be held in Bunbury on January 7-8 were Gary Keep, Ron White, Tom Edwards, and Ross White. 

Saturday Pennants – Dec 17: Division 1: Collie 1 point 56 aggregate lost to Eaton 5 points 83 aggregate; A. Collins, J. McElroy, R. Garner, Ron White won 21 to 20; J. Parker, P. Fettes, R. Ferris, R. Colgan lost 21 to 33; Ross White, B. Bass, G. Carter, W. Stocks lost 14 to 30; Div. 3: Collie 4 points defeated Brunswick 2 points 50; W. Mitchell, H. Wiggers, M. Mellor, J. Bell won 29 to 12; K. McKenzie, S. Riley, P. Kaurin, J. Crowe lost 18 to 21; R. Guilfoyle, R. Searle, J. Godfrey, L. McCamish lost 12 to 17.

Scroungers – Dec 18: A good field of bowlers attended Sunday scroungers and enjoyed the morning. Into the final went B. Bass, P. Fettes, G. Riley, S. Riley, G. Saggers. They had to play an extra end to see who won. Winner: B. Bass; 2nd: P. Fettes; 3rd: S. Riley; 4th: G. Riley; 5th: G. Saggers. Highest score: B. Bass and G. Riley. Consolation: L. McCamish.