The open inter-zone championships were recently held at Wagga Wagga, and while the zone 11 team did not win any of its three matches, the players were certainly competitive.
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In the first game against zone 4 we managed only one rink win and lost, the overall score 45-74.
We competed at a much better level in the next game against zone 1.
In this match we won on two of the three rinks, but again lost the main board 62-64.
In our last game we managed a win on one rink and again lost 62-64.
In these last two games, we trailed by just the one shot playing the last end, but sadly could not get over the line.
So, in the final wash-up we did not win a game, but the last two games both came down to the final bowl of the match, and with a bit of luck we could have come away with two wins out of three.
The State championships have just been completed at Ettalong, returning some good results from our local bowlers without actually winning any of the events
Our best finish was from Wayne Wright and Kevin Robinson from Tuncurry Beach, who were beaten in the final of the senior pairs.
They beat Wagga Rules 27-8, Harbord 19-9, and Narooma 19-9 before succumbing to the pair from Engadine in the final, 9-20.
Another good effort was seen in the fours.
Our representatives were Lewis Williams, Rex Johnston, Steve Harris and Kevin Robinson from Tuncurry Beach, who beat Terrigal 18-16, and Penrith 25-21 before being defeated in the semi-final 23-26 by a team from Belrose.
Other results are as follows:
In the triples, Peter Woolley, Warren Cocksedge and Bill Brett from Leagues lost 12-20 to Lightning Ridge.
In the pairs, Brett English and Jason Aurisch from Blackhead lost 14-27 to Raymond Terrace
In singles,Steve Harris from Tuncurry Beach won over Port City 31-14 but lost in the quarter final to Temora 17-31.
In the senior singles, Rex Johnston from Tuncurry Beach had a win over Beresfield 31-15 but lost the quarter final to the eventual winner from Lightning Ridge 23-31.
In the presidents reserve singles, Jarrod Small from Tuncurry Beach won against Catherine Hill Bay 31-25 but again lost in the quarter final to the eventual winner from Gilgandra 16-31.
In the presidents reserve pairs, Mick Stanbury and Wayne O’Neill from Lansdowne were another team who made it to the quarters with a 25-16 win over Cabramatta before losing to Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL 13-21.
