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WA STATE OPEN SINGLES
30th May - 1st June 2026 There were 16 players hoping for the honour of being WA's no 1. Conditions were forecasted to be wet and windy. Two blocks of 8 had a single round robin and the top 4 of each block conntinued in the knockout and the bottom 8 would play the plate. There were some very tight best of three and it was interesting to note that the top 2 from both blocks actually ended up playing for 5th to 8th. The final between Colin Stewart and Carl Robertson was one of
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Jun 121 min read
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MANDURAH GC C GRADE DOUBLES
2nd -3rd May 2026 Four of our members participated in this event. Barbara Dunnet and Ellen Sprigg and Julie Dewar and Robin Beer. There was a good field of eight pairs and some close games. Barbara and Ellen finished 4th with 4 wins and Julie and Robin had 2 wins. It is great to see some members venturing beyond Busselton
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Jun 121 min read
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WA STATE LADIES SINGLES
25th - 26th April 2026 This event was held at Moorabinda with 6 ladies playing a double round robin. Joyce Carbone won from Dawn Robinson and Robyn Dart came 3rd.
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Jun 121 min read
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AC EIRE CUP
15th - 19th April 2026. This year the Eire cup was held in Perth and the WA State Team was keen too do well in front of a home crowd. The State team had 6 players from the South West and 4 from Perth area. There was a lot of media coverage to promote this event and the welcome event was held at Council House. Megan Reynolds and Robyn Dart from Busselton. Dianne Bower, Judith Nicholls Gary Phipps and David Squires from Moorabinda. Alan Sands, Tim Barkes Ian Dumergue and M
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Jun 121 min read
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WA STATE RICOCHET OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
2nd - 3rd March 2026 8 players took part in this event with Max Kewish representing Busselton. The first 4 players all ended up with 5 wins and only hoop difference between them. Max had 3 wins against stiff competition.
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Jun 121 min read
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YORK OVER 65
14th-15th March 2026 Three members of our club made the journey to York to play in this fun doubles event. Partners were rotated throughout the competition. Julie Dewar, Robin Beer and Bruce Goodall enjoyed the days. With great food that York always supply, good company and great play the weekend was a success.
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Jun 121 min read
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AC MEN'S SINGLES
11th -14th April 2026 There were 8 players from WA in the men's singles out of 32 players. These players had differing degrees of success. Kim Reynolds from Busselton came up against the no 1 seed in the first round of the knockout and then played in the plate. He had 3 wins against some of the State players.
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Jun 121 min read
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AC WOMENS SINGLES
10th April - 14th April 2026 The Woman's singles were held in Perth this year and had a good local contingent mainly from the South West. Games were on a best of 3 knockout. The first 16 continued on the knockout and the bottom 10 entered the plate. Megan Reynolds and Judith Nicholls were in the top half. The competition was. very tough and games were at a premium. In the plate were Dianne Bower, Robyn Dart, Dawn Robinson and Megan Fardon. This was a more even contest
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Jun 111 min read
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SA NORWOOD AC OPEN
11th-15th March 2026 Dianne continued on to Norwood after Victor Harbor to play in the Open Doubles and Singles. While Kim and Megan only played the singles. Dianne had the same partner from Victor Harbor but was not so successful and came in 3rd in her block. Kim Reynolds was unlucky to be at the bottom of his block so had a tough time playing against Simon Hockey and Dwayne McCormick both formidable AC players. Megan Reynolds came in 4th in the 2nd block with a solid per
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Mar 161 min read
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VICTOR HARBOR AC SINGLES
2nd -6th March 2026. Once again in the singles Kim and Megan Reynolds were in the same block. Kim came in 3rd with 4 wins & 3 losses as did Megan but Kim had the better net hoop. Great effort. Marcus McGavock played in B block and came in 5th. Judith Nicholls played really well with only 6 wins & 1 loss winning her block. Dianne Bower had 4 wins and 2 losses to come in 3rd in her block.
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Mar 161 min read
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VICTOR HARBOR AC DOUBLES
1st March 2026 Five players from Busselton and Bunbury ventured to SA for the doubles and singles. The doubles partners were random draw within the players division. There were 4 blocks. Megan and Kim Reynolds played against each other in the A block coming 3rd and 4th. Marcus McGavock played in the B block coming 3rd. Judith Nicholls played in the C block and came 1st. Dianne Bower played in the D block and also came first came 1st. Well done to everyone.
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Mar 161 min read
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COUNTRY SINGLES
28th Feb & 1st March 2026 Although the name suggests this is a country event any one can enter. It is just held in Bunbury, at Moorabinda and Bunbury Central if needed. There was A, B & C block with some new faces in the mix. It was 19 point timed games and some very tight games ensured. There was strong winds on Saturday which added to the difficulty. Graham Edwards playing in the C Grade had some good games and was happy to come down in his handicap. Robyn Dart played in
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Mar 21 min read
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NARROGIN VALENTINE DOUBLES
14th -15th February 2026 Narrogin took over the Valentine Doubles from Albany who had held it for many years previous. There was a very good field with 17 pairs, which was divided into 2 blocks. The bowling club allowed Narrogin the use of a spare lawn green which gave them 4 courts. Ellen Sprigg played with Sue Lupton from Narrogin and the had a couple of wins and lots of fun
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Mar 21 min read
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AC STATE MIXED DOUBLES
14th -15th February 2026 There was 6 pairs for this event played at Como. It was a very tight competition going down to the last game to pick a winner which was Judith Nicholls and Alan Sands going through undefeated. Dawn Robinson and David Squires where runner-up. The other pairs where Tim Barkes & Megan Fardon, Robyn Dart & Gary Phipps, Jeff Newcombe & Jen Brand and Dianne Bower and Marcus McGavock.
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Mar 21 min read
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CA PRESIDENT'S 8
6th -8th February 2026. Seven players from WA ventured over to Melbourne for this prestigious event. There is 4 blocks of 8. Block A wins the event but there is a winner and runner-up for each block. The WA contingent was spread over the 4 blocks Brett Mc Hardy Block A, Janine McHardy & Robyn Dart Block B, Joyce Carbone & Jen Brand Block C and Dianne Bower & Jenifer Rechter Block D. The matches was the best of 3 so potentially that was 21 games over 3 days and a lot of the
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Mar 21 min read
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FORREST PARK SUMMER NIGHTS
1st Febuary 2026 Julie Dewar was out an about playing in the Forrest Park C Grade Summer nights and had a very successful venture by winning the event.
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Mar 21 min read
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SW AC SINGLES BUSSELTON
26th January 2026 This inaugural event was well received by players of the South West. We had 8 players in the singles knockout competition. The blocks were named after the famous Macpherson Robertson who instigated the first MacRobertson shield in 1925 between England and Australia, The main block was Old Gold won by Ian Dumergue with Kim Reynolds runner-up Snack block for 3rd & 4th was won by David Squires from Mick Wood. Cherry Ripe was the plate won by Megan Reynolds fr
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Feb 11 min read
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STATE AC WOMEN & MEN SINGLES
17th & 18th January 2026 There were 6 players in each group which allowed 5 games to be played over the weekend. Players predominately from Moorabinda and Busselton. Most of the State team played giving a lead up to the Eire Cup in April. Dianne Bower was called to fill in at the last moment and played really well to win 2 games. By the 4 round on Sunday, 3 players were in contention for the winning place with Dawn Robinson playing Megan Reynolds so who ever won would tak
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Jan 251 min read
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BUSSELTON COMMUNITY CROQUET
6th Nov to 11th Dec 2025 This was an inaugural event for Busselton Croquet. It consisted of 8 pairs who had not played croquet before, coming in Thursday evenings for 6 week to learn enough about the game of Croquet to participate in a mini competition followed by a Hamburger to round out the night. The eventual winners of Dianna and Murray Hammond had to break a tie to win against Antony Cook and John Dunnet with Lyn Rowe and David Pilpel third. The gift packages were su
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Jan 61 min read
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AC State Doubles
Busselton hosted the AC state doubles on the weekend, for the third year. With 7 teams entered, it made for a tight draw, with all teams playing each other. 4 games on Saturday saw play going well into the early evening. Winners Gary Phipps (Moorabinda) and Marty Clarke (Pinjarra) went through undefeated, from runners up Megan Fardon (East Fremantle) and Tim Barkes (Gosnells).
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Dec 11, 20251 min read
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