During the week two teams from our club were involved in the Bowls NSW State Finals at Ballina.
Jonathon Watson, Damien Miller and David Quigley played in Section 2 of the State Men’s Triples.
Their results from the three sectional rounds were: Young 22 defeated Tuncurry Beach 14, Young 20 lost to Yamba 23, Young 25 defeated Kurri Kurri 17.
This placed them at the top of their section and they lost the semi–final against Merrylands 30 shots to 10.
Jane Madden who was playing as a substitute for Jenny Holt, Lisa Boyd and Kate Cooper played in the State Women’s Triples.
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Their results from the three sectional rounds were: Young 20 lost to Forster 24, Young 14 lost to Wallerawang 23, Young 32 defeated Maclean 20.
The team was placed second in their section with Wallerawang winning all three games.
Well done to both teams on their results in this event.
There were 12 players involved on Thursday afternoon with two close games and one big win.
Albert Carter and Chris Wright won their game 22–7, Jim McQuade and Cliff Traynor won their game 18–16 and Brian Christie and Aldo Malvicino were 15–14 winners in their game.
Saturday afternoon saw 22 players on the green in quite windy conditions.
The vouchers for the afternoon went to Ivor Watkiss and Brian Madden who won their game 30–7.
Other winners and their scores were Darryle Miller and Jono Watson 27–12, Max Penfold and Glen Seward 32–13, Jarrod Schiller and Cliff Traynor 23–18 and Tom Preston, Mark Brownlie and Greg Woods 22–10.
Lachlan Street were the winners for Wednesday night’s games in the Guy Pickering Charity Challenge and the No Names team were the winners on Thursday night.
CLIFF TRAYNOR
