Kyneton Bowling Club
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Kyneton’s the team to beat!
After plenty of pre-season speculation about Kyneton’s division one bowls prospects this season, the answer came with a convincing all fours up victory over Kyneton Golf on Saturday. The influx of an array of new players, including proven skippers Greg Podesta (ex-Kangaroo Flat) and John O’Donnell, as well as much-travelled Glen Gascoyne and ‘Big G’…
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Deadline on EGMs
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has “signed the death warrant” of Kyneton Bowling Club, its members say. The club will not be permitted to operate electronic gaming machines from its current council-leased site beyond 2037. Last week, the council stipulated a lease renewal for the club required divestment of EGMs within 10 years of the new…
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Influx of quality bowlers
It’s early days yet, but Kyneton Bowling Club’s division 1 premiership prospects this season have just received a major boost with an influx of quality players. Not just one or two, but at least six who will probably walk in to Kyneton’s top side, sending shudders through last season’s pennant premiers Kyneton Golf and runner-up…
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Gambling policy on pause
Kyneton Bowling Club must wait until mid-September for the outcome of Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy, which will determine its future. The policy threatens to shut down KBC’s pokies, raising uncertainty about the club’s future sustainability as it would prevent any form of gambling at council-owned or managed sites. It introduces a…
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Club calls for exemption
Kyneton Bowling Club is calling for an explicit exemption from Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s proposed Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy. The policy threatens to shut down KBC’s pokies, raising uncertainty about the club’s future sustainability as it would prevent any form of gambling at council-owned or managed sites. KBC has been a cornerstone of the local…
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Dice rolled on gambling policy
Legal advice has terminated plans for Macedon Ranges Shire Council to categorically oppose new electronic gaming machines at its owned and managed sites. MRSC’s stance on pokies applications formed part of its draft Gambling Harm and Prevention Policy, which has since undergone changes and been deferred. Legal advice highlighted concerns with having a predetermined position…
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Storm wreaks havoc
Storms that wreaked havoc on Christmas Eve have caused extensive damage to Kyneton Bowling Club, shutting the venue during one of its busiest times of year.
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Kyneton tops in midweek bowls
Kyneton turned the tables on Gisborne in the Highlands division one midweek pennant grand final last Tuesday. The Kyneton Golf green was in great order for the finals to the midweek pennant season. Unbeaten Gisborne was reigning premiers and had hoped to include outstanding club champion Ethan Higgins, but important work commitments took precedence. In…
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Romsey Bowling Club champ emerges
Two very accomplished bowlers contested a high-quality final to decide who would emerge as Romsey’s newest club champion. Cam Austin (at left) and Nathan Tessari have been previous champions with the latter trying to make it two titles in a row. It was something of a family connection – uncle versus and nephew – with…
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From High Street to Jack High
When Kyneton received 75mm of intense rainfall on January 27, the last thing Angie expected when she opened the door to Angie’s Café and Bake Shop on High Street, was to wade into water on her café floor. The CFA’s sandbagging prevented some of the rain that followed over the next two days, but it…
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Triples victors
The Kyneton bowls team of Jimmy Cooper, Terry Kelly and Mark Smoljo (s) were successful in the annual Lancefield Invitation Triples Tournament held on Sunday. Unbeaten after four games, they had to survive a five-ends play-off against the only other four-game winners, namely Gary Dickenson, Aaron Andrews, and Aaron Young (s), who were warmly welcomed…
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Champions named
Kyneton Bowling Club co-hosted the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region Women’s Champion of Champions contest, along with Daylesford Bowling Club. The Kyneton green ran extremely well given the week’s rains; a compliment to the club’s greens volunteers, whereas the Daylesford green was slow given its effect from heavy rains before the tournament. Lancefield’s Ann Shipcott is…