Mid West Veterans' Day was held at Gilgandra on Tuesday when 56 bowlers participated in a happy and relaxed morning of bowls.
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The following bowlers were presented with badges: 80 years: Marjory Cosgrove, Hope Perry (Narromine), Fay Reberger, Nola Haynes (Wellington), Valda Ferguson, Rac (Una) Dalton (City), Beryl Crawford, Ethel (Maxine) Cruickshank (Macquarie), Belly Wilson, Nita Prout, Mavis L'Homme (Gilgandra).
Super Veterans: Waveney Dawes (Narromine). Flo Charmen (Gilgandra).
100-years: Eileen Palmer (Gilgandra).
Winning bowlers were N Downes (Macquarie), K Holswich (Gilgandra), S Walker (City) and D Rich (Wellington) and runners-up were H Perry (Narromine), J Lockhart (Gilgandra), B Crawford (Macquarie) and M Lee (Wellington).
Spider trophies went to S Hallewell and F Reberger (Wellington); rester winners were V Ferguson (City), D Heath (Wellington), J Klintworth (Narromine), M L'Homme (Gilgandra), E Druce (Macquarie), Y Sheerwood (Narromine), R Condon (City) and J Pilon (City).
In other district bowls, Tottenham has won a thrilling final against Dubbo Railway to claim the Mid West No.5 Pennant.
It has and will be a busy period for district bowlers with various championships and competitions on.
Forty-two teams contested the District Pairs Championship at Dubbo Railway however the final was postponed until Thursday because of rain.
This final will feature Gai Elliot and Val Satchell from Dubbo City against the Railway pair of Ruth Shanks and Shirley Honeyman.
The two semi-finals were closely contested with S Honeyman and R Shanks defeating F Wallace and R McAnally (Trangie) and G Elliot and V Satchell defeating J Anderson and R Stockings (City).