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Broken Hill Men’s Indoor Bowls Association

ROUND One of the Broken Hill open Singles championships was held on Tuesday night, August 5, with the results as follows:

Group 1

Milton Hawke jnr defeated Aaron Hawke 20 to 5

Rob Butler defeated Rodney White 39 to 3

Aaron Hawke defeated C. Francis 24 to 6

Group 2

Pail Dettorre defeated Adrian Barron 25 to 7

Tyrone English defeated Milton Hawke Snr 14 to 9

Adrian Barron defeated Ray Grenfell 14 to 11

Week 2 (played on Tuesday, August 12)

Rod White v Milton Hawke jnr

Rob Butler v Aaron Hawke

C. Francis v Milton Hawke jnr

Group 2

Paul Dettorre verses Milton Hawke snr

Tyrone English verses Ray Grenfell

Adrian Barron verses Milton Hawke snr


Broken Hill Mixed Indoor Bowls Association

WE started our spring/summer section of our 2025 season with the following results:

Thursday, August 7

Sturt Rebels defeated BHBC 1 14 to 9

Demo defeated Muso Oldies 14 to 5

BHBC 2 defeated Flags 24 to 7

The ladder stands after Round 15

Sturt Rebels 22pts +89

Demo 21pts +81

Muso Oldies 19pts +37

BHBC 2 12pts +40

Flags 6pts

Muso 3 0pts

Next week’s games at the Musicians Club Hall:

Round 16, August 14

Sturt Rebels v Flags

BHBC 2 v Demo

Muso Oldies v Muso 3

BHBC 1 have the bye

If the Muso Club hall is unavailable due to function or booking clash, all games will be played at the Sturt Club Hall.

For more information contact secretary Milton Hawke on 0418 858 388.


North Broken Hill Bowling Club

SATURDAY social bowls, August 9, 2025

Dull and increasingly overcast conditions saw 18 social bowlers play two games of triples.

The winning team comprised lead Justin Field, second Greg Chapple and their skip Graham Riley.

Rain prevented an official bowls on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

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