Gloucester grade seven one pennant teams travelled to Taree Leagues Club on Sunday for a play off against Pacific Palms grade seven two winners to determine a chance to win a state title.
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Gloucester were in trouble early being well behind on the master board at the halfway mark but lifted their performance in the second stage of the match to finish with a comfortable 66-50 victory on the master board.
The team of Kevin Burley, Gordon Pritchard, Robert Hayes and George Wisemantel had a 27-14 win over their opponents and Kevin Everett, Rob Heininger, Michael Sheely and Nico Duynhoven came from behind to have a 19-13 victory but Mark Groves, Graham Turnbull, Brian Holstein and Peter Jones were narrowly defeated 23-20 by the Palms side.
Player of the series was Kevin Burley, who led his side to victory in every game throughout the season and played great bowls under pressure situations.
The three sides will now travel to Warilla on July 17 and 18 to compete against other clubs in the NSW for a state title. Many thanks to team manager Ken Bryant who controlled the scoring and results every week.
Thursday social bowls resulted in a win for Peter Sansom and Ken Bryant defeating Brian Holstein and Tom Allardice (having his first game) 28-9. Col Beattie and Jim Whittaker defeated Don Meheiloff and Jim McIntosh 28-17. Vic Hebblewhite, Graham Turnbull and Alex Laurie defeated Bruce Wilson, Terry Higgins and Neville Holstein 23-19. In a close tussle Kevin Everett, Tony Tersteeg and Neville Atkins had a 19-18 win over Kevin Burley, Lu Urby and Robbie Bowden. And in another close game Allen Rose, Gordon Pritchard and George Wisemantel defeated John Andrews, Robert Hayes and Andrew Henderson 18-17.
Mixed bowls winners on Saturday were Joan Ridgeway, Jill Everett and Julie Kriss having a comfortable win over Kevin Everett, Di Pritchard and Steve Kriss 29-14 and Judy Sheely guided George Wisemantel to a win over Mike Sheely and Chriss Pritchard 28-16.
The quarter finals of the pairs championships were contested on Saturday with Nico Duynhoven and Neville Atkins defeating Bob Jones and Clive Redman 28-8. Lu Urby and Vic Hebblewhite defeated John Andrews and Alex Laurie (sub for Jamie Andrews) 23-14. Michael Butler combined with Tony Tersteeg to defeat Mark and Phillip Groves 28-1. The bowls whisperers Steven Hurworth and Ken Bryant were defeated by the club crier's Jason Cassidy and Aaron Kelly 25-16. The entry form is on the board for the triples championship and entries are also being taken for the Jason Collins triples tournament on June 12 and 13 but teams must have a combined grading of 12 or more.
