We were lucky again with the weather and sunshine was the order of both days for our Internal Competition Finals.

There were 13 games with 21 different competitors and 3 making their first appearance at finals weekend, they were Trevor Puttick, Adrian Jackson & Jamie Bull.

There were mixed fortunes for those finalists that were in more than 1 final.

Saturday matches started with Nick Eager beating Amber Logan in the Handicap singles in a close match, Amber faired better in the afternoon Aussie Pairs when she won with John Schools against Phil Saunders and Mike Belton

John Bailey & Ray Baker won the handicap pairs against David Fairs & Adrian Jackson, they did not however win in the afternoon 2 Wood pairs against Derek Meechan & Mal Spier. Adrian faired better in the afternoon J D Smith singles where he beat Trevor Puttick. The only other result on Saturday was the 2 wood singles which was won by Ian Robertson who defeated Derek Meechan

 

Sunday started with the Championship Pairs between Alan Messer & Derek Meechan against Chris Ide & Adrian Jackson. This was a very close and well played game going to the last end with the scores 10 each. Chris & Adrian managed to get 1 on the final end to take the title. Chris followed this up in the afternoon with a win in the Set Singles against John Schools. The two wood Triples was won by Keith Brinsmead, Amber Logan and Jamie Bull, against John Bailey, Phil Saunders & Linda Harwood. Two of the losing triples team went on to fair better in the afternoon Linda went on to beat Amber (who had won the tile the last 2 years) in the Ladies Championship singles and John Bailey beat Derek Meechan in the Veterans Final (Over 70’s). The men’s championship singles was between Stuart Logan & Ian Robertson with Stuart coming out as this years Champion winning his second Championship singles title in 5 years. The Phoenix & Ashes Trophy game, which is a skills discipline for new bowlers, was won by Mark Deacon defeating Hugh Rowlings.

 

A very well done to all finalists, be they winners or runners up