Johnny Bain has become the first ever local to take out the Park beach Open Singles with a clinical display on the final two days of the event.
The first three days saw the field whittled from One Hundred and Twenty players to just a final Thirty Two. Local bowlers stepped up in the qualifying with Johnny Bain, Jim Swan, Cory Daley and Brett Sinnott from Park Beach joined by Sawtell's Greg Cridge in the final thirty two.
Former winners of this event such as Brodie Pitham, Kelvin Kerkow, Sam Laguzza and Jeremy Henry also made the cut as well as big guns Shane Garvey, Dave Fergusson, Nathan Wise, Paul Girdler, Ian Taylor and Ben Twist.
After a blind draw to determine the sections, the bowlers squared off for a place in the final eight. Julio Posadas was beaten in his final match to allow Sam Laguzza to win section one. Paul Girdler had three tough wins to take section two. Johnny Bain caused the first big surprise, defeating Kelvin Kerkow in round one, then winning a tough match against Glen Raymond to claim section three.
Matt Sargeant played off for section four against Phil Westcott, Sargeant winning by one. Section five saw Kempsey Heights bowler Peter Taylor come from behind on three occasions to advance tot the finals whilst in section six Queenslander Peter Leon managed two big wins to sneak through on for and against ahead of David Ferguson. Cory Daley used the home green advantage to advance in section seven and in section eight Shane Garvey battled through to give himself another shot at one of the few titles to have eluded him.
The quarter finals saw Laguzza against Girdler, Bain vs Sargeant, Taylor facing off against Leon and Garvey playing Daley.
Shane Garvey reeled off fifteen unanswered shots to ensure a ten shot victory over Daley to move into the semis. He would play Leon who held off Taylor to win by five. Bain was methodical in his disposal of Sargeant whilst Laguzza won a nail biter against Girdler.
The semi finals almost saw an amazing comeback after Leon opened up a 21-3 lead over Garvey, who then fought back to get to twenty three shots before Leon finally closed the match out. Bain and Laguzza went toe to toe in a marathon match. Bain scored an unlikely four to steal the match and a place in his second final.
The final between Bain and Leon saw the ascendancy change numerous times with both players looking like they would charge away with the match only to see the other fight back with some great conversion shots. With both players on the spring board, it was Bain who held his nerve to claim his maiden Aero Open Singles crown, much to the delight of the home crowd.
That's all for now however a new post will be up soon with some local club championship results.
Chippy
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