The Nationals 2022
Written by Chris Lee
2022 was the first opportunity Bowls Australia has had to showcase their new initiative of conducting all the national events in this format. Congratulations BA on a great event and I’m sure all in Tassie will be looking forward to the 2023 edition
Once again our bowlers from Bowls Tasmaniahave excelled at this level and again demonstrated the strength of the sport on the apple isle. Below is a summary of the 2022 National highlights for our Bowls Tasmania bowlers. Special mention to our GOLD medallists
Overall Boys shield: Bailey Bellchambers, Lachie Thurley, Jonty Hayes, Ollie Morrison, Codi Marshall (Pictured).
Boys 4’s: Ollie Morrison, Jonty Hayes, Lachie Thurley, Codi Marshall
B7/8 Ladies singles: Debbie Maher
Open men’s singles champion: Robert McMullen
UNDER 18’s:
What a performance from our boys. This was a best ever performance for our under 18 side
GOLD
Overall Boys shield: Bailey Bellchambers, Lachie Thurley, Jonty Hayes, Ollie Morrison, Codi Marshall
Boys 4’s: Ollie Morrison, Jonty Hayes, Lachie Thurley, Codi Marshall
SILVER
Boys Triples: Jonty Hayes, Lachie Thurley, Bailey Bellchambers
Boys singles; Bailey Bellchambers
CHAMPION OF CHAMPION SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Outstanding play from Mark Nitz saw him win 6 from his 7 games and finished equal on wins and only 1 shot off the winner for the overall title. Congratulations on SILVER Mark.
MULTI DISABILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The Tassie team performed extremely well over the 6 days and had a number of medalists in the various disciplines. Huge congratulations to Debbie Maher on GOLD
GOLD
B7/8 Ladies singles: Debbie Maher
SILVER
B7/8 Ladies singles: Marijke Raine
B5/8 Open triples: Colleen Fellows, Alan Ryman, David Minns
B7/8 Men’s pairs: Alan Ryman, David Minns
BRONZE
B5/6 Ladies singles: Colleen Fellows
B7/8 Ladies singles: Shannon Hyland
OVER 60’S SIDES:
Ladies finished in 5th spot with 2 wins and 5 losses
Ladies top rink: Denise Middap, Peri Buckley, Debbie Lee, Kim Saunders with 5 wins
Ladies player of the series: Debbie Lee
Men finished in 6th spot with 3 wins and 4 losses
Men’s top rink: David Heron, Steve Graf, Shane Young, Tony Vince with 5 wins
Men’s player of the series: David Heron
OPEN SIDES:
Ladies finished in 5th spot with 3 wins, 3 losses and a draw
Ladies top rink: Bronny King, Candice Ayton, Lauren Banks, Bec Van Asch with 5 wins
Ladies player of the series: Makayla Gibson
Men finished in 5th spot with 3 wins, 3 losses and a draw. 2 close games on last day cost us 2nd place
Men’s top rink: Lachie Sims, Robert McMullen, Josh Appleyard, Mark Nitz with 5 wins
Men’s player of the series: Mark Nitz
Congratulations to Lachie Sims and Taelyn Male on reaching 50 games for Tasmania. Also special mention of Mark Strochnetter who has now gone into outright 2nd spot on the all-time games record list for the state.
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Playing other states and territories champions we again (as we did in April for the 2021 champs), performed above expectations with a number of great performances medalling in 5 of the 9 disciplines
GOLD
Congratulations Robert McMullen on becoming the Australian singles GOLD medalist
SILVER
Men’s Triples: Grant Allford, Jacko Ellis, Luke Turner
BRONZE
Ladies triples: Kim Saunders, Debbie Lee, Bec Van Asch
Ladies pairs: Debbie Lee, Kim Saunders
Men’s fours Ryan Guy, William Coad, Mark Nitz, Taelyn Male
All representatives have done themselves, their club and their State proud, and we cannot wait for the next edition of The Nationals in 2023!
