First a quick update on Round Nine Pennants - The first three grades appear to have been decided with a round to spare. Park Beach, Nambucca Heads, and Coffs Ex Services have reportedly taken out grades One, Two and Three respectively. Full report to come later...
The first of the pairs titles to be decided for 2012 was the Presidents Reserve Pairs with Coffs Ex Services duo G Tindal and J Bishop proving too strong in the final for Nambucca's T Stokes and A Gittoes, winning in a thriller 16-15.
The CEX combination will prove hard to beat in the zone final, and credit to young Gittoes. I'm sure this won't be his last final.
The Open Pairs hosted by Scotts Head produced some high class bowls and close matches. The tightest of the quarter finals involved mostly Sawtell sides. Firstly Neil Davidson and Graeme Green held on by one against brothers Peter and P.T Clarke. Sawtells David Miles and Greg Cridge fell one shot short against Nambuca's Ken Rostron and Geoff Beattie.
The semi finals saw the Nambucca entrant prove too strong for Bellingen members G Haskew and Steve Alford taking the honours 23-13. Park Beach duo John Bain and Ric Southam had suffered a one shot loss in the 2011 semi final and were not going to be denied again, dominating their clash with Davidson and Green, taking a 27-9 victory to advance to the final.
The final lived up to all expectations with the match literally coming down to the last bowl, with Southam playing the perfect on shot to turn two down into one up to claim a narrow victory for himself and Bain and give them the distinction of taking out both the district fours and pairs crowns in the one year.
The Senior Pairs was dominated by Park Beach, with the club removing the final two host club entries (being Sawtell) in the quarter finals. The first semi final saw Alan Watkins and Don Wood get the better of Peter Woodsell and Laurie Morris 21-15. The second semi was a very tight affair, with John Hurrell and Aden Pike toughing out a win over Phil Toy and Dennis Brown.
The final again saw some scintillating bowls played, and when the dust had settled it was Hurrell and Pike who were the victors taking the crown 24-15.
Apologies for the delay with the posting of these results, better late then never!
Chippy.
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