A Dubbo bowls team that has consistently contested the Bathurst City Panthers Bowling Club's Carillon City Fours tournament won again on Sunday and collected a $4000 purse.
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The team of David Ferguson (skip), Josh Andriske, John Ferguson and Henry Gordon won their four matches to finish with a margin of plus 78 to win the tournament from 55 other teams.
John Ferguson and Andriske play for Dubbo West, Gordon at Dubbo Railway Bowling Club and David Ferguson at Engadine.
They have followed in the tradition of a team that John Ferguson played in to win Carillon fours in 1994.
On that occasion he played with Ted Cassidy, Ken Marks and Peter Johnson.
Henry Gordon is also a previous winner, playing with Allan Andriske, Robert Gordon and Edward Burke to carry off the biggest trophy event on the Bathurst City bowls calendar in 1996.
This year they had a comfortable margin of 24 from the second-placed four, after winning by margins of 7, 15, 18 and 38 in three games over 21 and one match of 18 ends.
Greg Dumbleton, Dave Roberts, and Chris Macauley (Fairy Meadow) and Craig Scott (Engadine) had four wins in their matches, by margins of 28, 9, 12 and 5 to finish with a score of plus 54 to collect second prize, worth $1800.
The third four, Steve Harris, Bruce Adcock, Ross Antram and Peter Foster of St John's Park, won four matches by margins of 2, 8, 40 and 3 to finish one behind Dumbleton's team, collecting a $1200 cheque.
Two former Bathurst bowlers Bob Young and Geoff Fenton were part of the fourth-placed team from Ettalong led by Danny Nealy and including Colin Brooks.
They won four games by margins of 6, 15, 8 and 3, for plus 32 and $1000.
Panthers City Bowling Club president Bryan Bromfield announced the winners of the tournament that dates back to 1982 when it was won by a team from Blayney.
Two of the biggest names in Australian bowls, Rex Johnston and Steve Anderson, who were part of the winning four in 2003 with Michael Clark and Trent Craigie, were back again this year. Anderson's team was running hot early in the tournament with winning margins of 24, 15 and 29, 18 ahead of the next four until the final round when they lost by seven to a team led by Peter Hammond.
Hammond's team had amazingly lost all three rounds by 13, 8 and 14 until it lowered the colours of the defending champions and tournament favourites.
