The prestigious Western District Bowls Division singles championships start on Sunday. The men will play at Dennington and the women at Koroit, with a 9.15am roll up.

Dennington’s men’s singles final will be played today at 4pm, with Glenn McNaughton facing Ian Quigley. Quigley has won the Dennington singles on a number of occasions and has had the skill to win the title playing right and left handed, also using a bowling arm.

This week’s Saturday pennant round will shape the top four in division one, with second versus third Koroit Blue playing away to City Red. Warrnambool Blue travels to Terang in an attempt to consolidate fourth after a good win at Dennington last week.

In Tuesday pennant, top-placed Warrnambool Gold play away against City Gold, which is in third spot. City will be looking for a win to remain in the top four.

I’d like to bring up etiquette on the greens, which at times may seem to have been lost a bit. Bowls etiquette is mainly a code of behaviour whereby individuals treat each other the way they expect to be treated themselves. Thoughtfulness and commonsense are the keys. There a number of guidelines, but here are a few to remember the next time you’re on the green:

Never applaud lucky shots (barrack for ‘wicks’), never complain about lucky shots and admit a lucky shot with good grace. Do not say thanks for a bad shot that goes your way.

Umpires are hard enough to get and retain, so make their job as easy as possible and treat them with respect.