NEWS
18.4.2011 Championship Singles draw shock.
There will be no repeat of last years finalist line up following the draw for Camp Hill Mens Championship singles that has 2010 Winner Colin Edwards fronting up against 2 time champion and 2010 Runner up Scott Walton in round 1. Former winners Steve Godwin, Ken Hill , Clint Lewis and Kevin Melican are also contenders . First round matches are scheduled for Saturday 30 April. (markers required)
16.4.2011 Hills combo on the bit.
Camp Hills Ken Hill skipped his new fours combination to a decisive win in the Club Championship fours final. For Ken this was his 7th win in Club fours ( first as skip) . His first win was in 1993. Runners up were Keith Cox, Tony Rudd, Doug Donaldson and Steve Godwin.
Mick Flanagan, Ken Hosking, Ken Hill, Les Walker
9.4.2011. Pinkowski duo double up
Jill and John Pinkowski took out the Club Championship Mixed Pairs for the second consecutive year with a hard fought win against Betty and Doug Donaldson in a thriller encounter on Saturday. 
26.3.2011 Graded and Drawn Mens Pairs
Camp Hill Bowls club held it's Graded / drawn pairs tournament on the 26/03/11. The tournament is a 4 set / 2 game match. With 2 points per set win and for and against counting. Players are graded on ability by the selectors and teams are formated , so that all teams are as equal as possible, which makes for interesting games. A testiment to this is that all teams won at least one set, with most teams winning two sets and only on team winning 4 sets. The champions were Kevin Melican and Paul Gannon, with 8 points and a plus 36 score. The runners up were Callum Melican and Col Breckenridge, with 6 points and a plus 7. The Tournament was very successful for the club, as nearly the entire Mens club attended the event. 
Kevin Melican & Paul Gannon
27.11.2010 Bignall gets home in epic final
Steve Bignall won the clubs Novice Singles final for 2010 with a hard fought win over Mick Flanagan by a margin of 26 shots to 23 shots. The result hung in the balance throughout the entire match with neither player able to make a decisive break with the margin never exceeding more than 3 shots. With most ends being a one shot score the match took a massive 38 ends to complete. Congratulations to Steve and Mick on a terrific match.
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13.11.2010. Summer Shield Draw
Camp Hill has been placed in Division A for the 2011 Gateway Summer Shield with Round 1 commencing on 29 January. This events consists of a 5 weeks round robin competition followed by a final between the top 2 teams. Teams consist of 1 pairs, 2 triples and 1 fours team. See events for the draw.
25.09.2010. Pennant team goes down in final
Camp Hill were defeated in the final of the division 5 pennants played at Belmont today again falling short of capturing that elusive pennant win. On the positive side, the club has for the second year running earned promotion and will contest Division 4 of the Gateway Pennants in the 2011 competition.
19.09.2010. Flags in sight as Camp Hill rebounds
Camp Hill returned to the winners circle and a place in the Grand -Final with a confidence building win against Sapphire Gardens at Wynnum Green today. With Sapphire Gardens and rain threatening early on the outcomes for the day was 'up in the air'. As the game progressed, the sky cleared and Camp Hill took control of the match and finished with decisive 21 shot win across the 3 rinks highlighted by John Pinkowski's four performing a 30 shot reversal on their rink compared to the previous day.
18.09.2010. Camp Hill struggles at Lynndon
Mt. Gravatt and Camp Hill faced of for the second time in 3 weeks for a place in the Grand Final today. Once again Mt. Gravatt played the stronger bowls taking all 3 rinks and a 23 shot margin at close of play to qualify for the Grand Final next Saturday. For the losers its a trip to Wynnum on Sunday to play the preliminary final against Sapphire Gardens who came from behind to defeat Cleveland.
11.09.2010. Camp Hill secures top spot
The last round of Pennants before Finals was played at Springwood with the visitiors taking 2 of the 3 rinks and an overall win by 17 shots. After 9 rounds of competition Camp Hill had 7 wins and a positive shot margin of 123 to retain top spot before finals.
The Divisions semi finals will be played at Lynndon next Saturday with Camp Hill to play Mt. Gravatt for a place in the final while Sapphire Gardens meets Cleveland in the first semi final.
28.08.2010. Slow start, fast finish as run continues.
Playing away to Logan City , the pennant team crawled out of the blocks to be down and almost out, at 6 to 25 after 15 ends. However , the never give in attitude was to the fore again as the team lifted their performance across all rinks and continued their undefeated run to 6 matches and retain top spot on the table. Final Score was Camp Hill 71 (2 rinks) to Logan City 59 (1 rink)
21.08.2010. Close call for Pennant Team.
A close match was played at home today against a spirited Cleveland outfit. Camp Hill took an early lead as players adjusted to the blustery conditions before Cleveland began a comeback. At the half way mark ,Camp Hill required a substitute player to complete the match and mid week specialist, Umpire Peter Mathieson answered the call, not only taking on the vacant position but also borrowing the bowls and shirt of the absentee player. The end result was a win for Peter's rink by a single shot and an overall 58-52 win for the team. After 6 of the 9 rounds completed , Camp Hill holds outright first place on the ladder with 5 wins.
08.08.2010. Next Saturdays top of the table clash
Camp Hill, holding down second place on the pennant ladder, hosts Division leaders Sapphire Gardens next Saturday. Sapphire Gardens have been in dominant form at home this season on the carpet with wins of 30, 27 and a whopping 59 shots but lost their only away match to Mt. Gravatt.
07.08.2010 Pennant team takes all rinks
The pennant team played away at Caplaba on Saturday in a replay of last years Div 6 final. With a fairly slick green to adjust to, the visitors found themeleves behind early in the match. Gradually Camp Hill closed the gap to be level pegging at the half way mark with stand in skip Scott Walton making a number of great saves to keep his rink within striking distance. Meanwhile the rinks skipped by Ken Hill and John Pinkowski were getting well on top in their contests with Johns four eventually winning by 18 shots. Ken Hills rink held on for a 4 shot margin after leading by up 10 in the home straight. The rink of Bob Burns, Mick Flanagan , Steve Casey and Scott Walton battled hard all afternoon and hit the front for the first time on the very last end for a 1 shot win. 3 rinks , 3 wins, well played team.
24.07.2010 Men's Pennant team find their touch
After a disappointing first round going down to Wellington Point the Camp Hill Men's Pennant team have hit back hard to claim their first points of the season. Camp Hill were too strong for a determined Redlands outfit who had also lost their opening game. "The Hill" won all 3 rinks on the day. Mick Carroll's team of Scott Walton, Steve Casey and Clint Lewis were the biggest winners on the day, 29-14. Other rink wins included Ken Hill 27-16 and John Pinkowski 24-19. The win lifted the team to 3rd place on the ladder after 2 rounds of competition.
20.07.2010 Monthly Mid- Week Combined Club Social Pairs
At a recent meeting held between representatives of Camp Hill and Coorparoo Bowls Clubs it was agreed to extend an open invitation to members of the participating clubs to play in a once a month - combined clubs Social Pairs. The hosting of the day would rotate each month.
11.07.2010 All Schools Challenge Cup - Zone playoff
Today the Gateway District representative team of Amelia Melican (Lourdes Hill College - Camp Hill Ladies Bowls Club), Callum Melican (Villanova College - Camp Hill Bowls Club) and Angela Earle (Brisbane Bayside State College - Wynnum Manly Leagues Bowls Club) competed in the Districts Zone playoff off against the Brisbane District representative team from Mitchelton State High School. The Brisbane District Rep team are members of the Everton Park Bowls Club. The match format was set play 2 bowls triples and was held at the Everton Park bowls Club.
The first set resulted in a narrow 7-6 win to Gateway District. The second set was won convincingly by Brisbane 13 - 3. The match then went to tie-breaker decided by the number of shots over 3 ends. Gateway took a single on the first end, Brisbane a single on the second. At one all with one to play the 'heat was on'. Great pressure bowls by Amelia, Callum and Angela on the last end resulted in them holding two shots to take out the match. They now progress to compete in the All Schools Cup Challenge State Finals to be held in September against teams from throughout Queensland. Well done team .
10.07.2010 Mens Championship Graded and Drawn Pairs.
Following the shock withdrawal of Messers Casey and Lewis from their semi-final bout the final of this competition was held on Saturday. Combatents were Presidents new and old Walker and Muller against the clubs latest star on the rise, Callum Melican leading for Tony (on the runway) Rudd. It was a contented duo of Melican and Rudd that saluted the judge with a 24-10 win and will look to take their form into Round 1 of Pennants next Saturday
03.07.2010 Life Members Day
A very successful 2010 Life Members day optional triples was held today in fine conditions on a magnificient green. Attending on the day were life members Dave Maxwell, Keith Cox, Nev Howard, Mac MacDonald, Jim Donnan and new ladies life member Betty Martin. With 12 Teams contesting the day there was plenty of competition to take home prizemoney or a consolation quick pick for a toucher. First place went to Casey, Lewis and Carroll. Runners Up were Edwards and the Pinkowski's.
26.06.2010 Bulimba Cup Finals
On a perfect Brisbane Winters Day Camp Hill hosted the 2010 Bulimba Cup Finals.
The early games had Balmoral and Norman Park in a close tussle on the David Knox Green in the Elimination Final. Balmoral won the contest 57 to 47. On the Charles Theaker Green, Camp Hill played Cannon Hill in a repeat of the 2009 Qualifying final. Camp Hill made their own piece of Bulimba Cup History with a 69 to 41 margin and a place in their first final after 10 years of competition.
The afternoon matches saw Cannon Hill play Balmoral for 3rd place with Cannon Hill having a win by a margin of 73 to 42.
The final of the Bulimba Cup had periennal winners Bulimba taking on the home club Camp Hill. Bulimba shot away to any early lead which they maintained throughout the afternoon . The final margin in Bulimba's favour was 84-39. Congratulations to Bulimba and all participating Clubs. Special thanks to the sponsor Di Farmer and events Coordinator Howard Thompson and those tireless volunteers at Camp Hill who made the day run so smoothly .
10.06.2010. Ladies triumph at Home
Camp Hill ladies took out both rinks against Logan City to continue their good in their first home game for the season . The team for the day were; Betty Donaldson, Elwin Falk, Betty Martin, Jenny King, Jean Payne, Jean MacDonald, Di Tucker and Angie Godwin.
02.06.2010. 2010 Gateway Pennants Draw
The Camp Hill mens pennant team will contest Divsion 5 in 2010 after being promoted from Division 6 last season. Round 1 will be played at home against Wellington Point on 17 July. See 'Events' for the draw
01.06.2010. Ladies make a winning start
Backing up from a successful 2009 Division 5 win, the Camp Hill ladies made a successful start to competition at Belmont today in Division 4. They achieved an overall result of plus four shots while sharing the rinks 1 each with Belmont Services. Camp Hill took 5 points for the match (4 for the overall win and 1 for a rink win with Belmont claiming 1 point for the rink win). Camp Hill were represented by Betty Donaldson, Elwin Falk, Betty Martin, Jenny King, Jean Payne, Jean MacDonald, Val Pohlmann and Angie Godwin.
29.05.2010 Bulimba Cup Team tops table in close fought competition.
After matches were completed for Round 2 of the Bulimba Cup, Camp Hill find themselves holding outright lead with Balmoral, Cannon Hill and Bulimba sharing equal 2nd just 2 point behind.
15.05.2010 History eludes Walton
On a perfect sunny day C.H.B.C. has crowned a new A Singles champion. Two times defending champion, Seven Hills, Scott Walton gave his all in an attempt to equal the legendary G.D. Lee’s hat trick of wins but fell short to Camp Hill’s own Colin Edwards. Although going in as a slight underdog, Edwards opened well claiming single shots on the first 4 ends. It took until the 10th end for Edwards to claim the first multiple score of the match and take an 8 to 3 lead. Walton showed signs of the form he’d shown in his semi final against John Pinkowski but Edwards continued to apply the pressure and after 2 hours of play and 24 ends shocked the defending champion and took the crown a 25 to 9 winner.
Well done to both men for a spectacular game of tight and consistent bowls and to President Mike Muller for marking the game. We hope to see many more battles between the two in years to come.
08.05.2010 Mens Championship Singles Semi-Finals 2010
Scott Walton advanced to his third consecutive final in this event after a closely fought match with last years B Singles winner John Pinkowski. Scott will play Colin Edwards who will be playing his first open singles final after defeating 2007 Champion Kevin Melican. Both semi- finals were won by a margin of 25 to 20 in this keenly fought out event.
The Final will be held on Saturday 15 May with play to commence from 10.30 a.m. Social play in preparation for the 2010 Bulimba Cup will start at the conclusion of the final.
08.05.2010 Mens B Grade Singles Final
The final of this event was played on Saturday in perfect conditions. With some 55 years age difference between the competitors it made for an interesting battle with both players determined to take out their first Camp Hill singles title. Veteran Les Walker and his opponent club junior Callum Melican were evenly matched in the early stages going bowl for bowl with the scores tied up at 8 all after 11 ends. However Callum played a bit more consistently over the journey than Les who could not rediscover the form that had seen him defeat Tony Rudd during their mid week semi. At the bell Callum saluted the judge with a 25-10 win. Well done to both Les and Callum on making the final and confirming bowls is the game for everyone not matter what your age or stage !
01.05.2010 Mens Open Singles Quarter Final Day
The Quarter Finals of the Singles saw old rivals compete and new ones formed. Wednesday regulars John Pinkowski and Les Walker went shot for shot but John proved the stronger and ran out a 25 to 11 winner. Scott Walton continued his A singles winning streak (now at 10) at the cost of former champion Ken Hill. Despite our pennant captains best efforts Scott prevailed 25 to 12. On the next rink former pairs partners Kevin Melican and Tony Rudd locked horns in what was to be a back and forth battle. When ever one seemed to be gaining momentum the other would claw his way back. However Kevin proved to good and came out on top and will now play in his 4th straight Club Championship Semi Final.
Rink 14 saw the match of the day as last year's finalist Mick Carroll faced off against the in form Col Edwards. Mick drew very consistently throughout the match however Col's best shots proved the difference. Edwards is now just 1 game away from his first A Singles Final. Many thanks to our markers on the day - Angie Godwin, Steve Godwin and Col Breckenridge and best of luck to our 4 Semi Finalists in their upcoming games.
Semi Finals: (To be played Saturday, May 8th)
Col Edwards vs Kevin Melican Scott Walton vs John Pinkowski
24.04.2010 Mens Open Singles Club Championship Round of 16
The opening matches in the mens Blue Ribboned event were held on Saturday. Reigning Club Champion Scott Walton defeated Steve Godwin to remain on track for a 3rd straight win in this event however he will have his work cut out progressing with his next match against against 2005 Winner Ken Hill who defeated Adam Clarke in Week 1. The closest match of the first round was played out between Ray Raines and Les Walker with Les sneaking home by a single shot 25 to 24. The quarter finals will be played on Saturday 1 May with plenty of 'old scores' to be settled.
28.03.2010 Mixed Pairs Club Championship
The Final of the 2009 Mixed Pairs Championship was played on Sunday. The finalist were 2008 Champions Scott Walton and Angie Godwin who defeated Di Tucker and Colin Edwards earlier in the day up against Jill and John Pinkowski.
The match was a most worthy final with all 4 players performing to a very high standard. After 21 ends the Pinkowskis were crowned champions in a climatic conclusion to the days proceedings by a margin of 3 shots (21-18). Congratulations to all participants
20.03.2010 Gateway Summer Shield Rd 6 (rescheduled match)
The Summer Shield concluded with a tight match against Logan City at home. The rinks were split 2 each with the overall result being decided on the last end of the match with Camp Hill taking the end after a close measure. Final shot score was 90 to 88. Team for the day was C. Edwards, C. Melican, S. Casey, K. Hill, T. Rudd, C. Lewis, S. Godwin, K. Melican, J. Pinkowski, S. Walton & M. Carroll.
Camp Hill finished the competition in 5th place (of 8 teams) which was a very good effort. Overall winner of the competition was Capalaba with 18 rink wins while Camp Hill won 16.
13.03.2010 Gateway Summer Shield Rd 7
The Camp Hill mens team played Springwood in Division A of the Gateway Summer Shield at Springwood. The team put up a good performance to take out 3 of the 4 rinks on the day. Team for the day was C. Breckenridge, R. Burns, S. Casey, D. Rogers, T. Rudd, C. Melican, K. Hill, K. Melican, J. Pinkowski, S. Walton & M. Carroll.
The 'washed out' match against Logan City has been scheduled for 20 March. This will be the final match of the Summer Shield.
30.08.2009 Mens 2009 Novice Singles Final
The 2009 Novice Singles Club Championship final was played out in fantastic conditions at the Club today. The event was the first time the club has combined both the ladies and men Novice Singles into one competition. After some keenly fought out preliminary events the final was again contested by pennant team mates.
Steve Casey held a narrow lead thru most of the match with Tony Rudd never far away. Many close measures had umpire A. Godwin racing out with an array of mechanical devices to determine who was closest to 'jack'. After 36 ends and over 3 1/2 hours of play the score was locked at 22 all with Tony holding shot and Steve having one to play. The crowd was hushed as Steve took aim. And the rest as they say is history - a little trailer of the jack towards a clutch of Caseys pumpkins and the crown was his. Well played gents - a great game
Steve Casey (right) 25 def Tony Rudd 22 (left)
03.08.2009. Ladies Gateway District Pennants Final.
The undefeated Camp Hill Ladies Pennant team took on second placed
In early proceedings the Islanders shot away to a 15 to Nil lead and the pre match favourites had the jitters.
As play continued across the 2 rinks, leads Jean Payne and Betty Donaldson both became key players by consistently holding shots early. The most improved ladies bowler of recent times, Cheryl Mathieson then added her mark to the game with some excellent draws and conversions. At the half way mark Camp Hill had narrowed the margin to 8 but with plenty of work to do with thirds and Skips from both teams finding the conditions and all those bowls in the heads difficult to negotiate.
Down the home stretch Betty Martins four hit their straps as a team to hold rink leads of up to 7 shots while Mary Donnans four were neck and neck or behind until a 6 on end 17 broke the deadlock and provided the impetus to go on with the job. It was with a mixture of relief and satisfaction that the team extended their undefeated run to win the final by taking out both rinks and with an overall margin of 8 shots.
Well played Ladies . A very good day was had by all.
