Buchanan and Reissig make it three in a row
The first grand final of Bowls Tasmania’s Gala Week of State Championships was decided in the Bowling Arm Pairs where Trevallyn’s Geoff Buchanan and Joe Reissig made it three State Bowling Arm Pairs Championship in a row with a hard fought two shot win over West Launceston’s Lynne Hill and Invermay’s Jeremy Bracken.
Hill and Bracken raced away to a seven shot lead after six ends in the grand final and an upset was on the cards before Buchanan and Reissig won five ends in a row to hit the front. Scores were level after 12 ends before Buchannan and Reissig steadied to win a great grand final by two shots.
In the semi-finals, Buchanan and Reissig defeated Heather Jones and Rodney O’Halloran by ten shots and Hill and Bracken comfortably defeated Shaz Hyland and Gena Short by 15 shots
The Open Mixed Pairs Championship was reduced to just four pairs after the round of sixteen and quarter-finals were played at Trevallyn. In some really tight games in the quarter finals, Jack Ellis and Michelle Moate defeated Allan and Carol Bannister by six shots, Chris and Debbie Lee beat Taelyn Male and Bronwyn King by two shots, Denise Middap and Grant Wakefield upset last year’s winners Josh Walker-Davis and Rae Simpson by one shot and Tim Douce and Courtney Hobbs finished three shots in front of David Minns and Alison Venn
Gala Week continues on Monday with semi-finals and the grand final in the Open Mixed Pairs and sectional play in the Bowling Arm Singles at Trevallyn. Sectional play in the Boys and Girls Junior Singles will be played at Longford.
Bowls Tasmania will be live streaming the Open Mixed Pairs Championship grand final on its Facebook page on Monday afternoon.
Pictured are Geoff Buchanan, Joe Reissig and Bowls Tasmania President Bernard Knight.
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