Borg and Gilbert win State Bowling Arm Pairs Championships
The first grand final of Bowls Tasmania’s Gala Week of State Championships was decided at the Kings Meadows Bowls Club today.
Kings Meadows John Borg and Ian Gilbert narrowly won their section yesterday and in doing so defeated reigning champions Trevallyn’s Geoff Buchanan and Joe Reissig. However, they came out firing today and convincingly defeated Penguin’s Peter Thow and Devonport Country Club’s Les Reynolds 12-3 in their semi-final and followed it up with a solid win against Wynyard’s Paul Bugg and Railton’s Noel Purton 17-10 in the grand final. Bugg and Purton came from 1-10 down in their semi-final this morning to storm home against South Burnie’s Phil Prouse and John Burley to win 18-11.
The Sue Geeves Mixed Pairs Championship was reduced to just four pairs after the round of sixteen and quarterfinals were also played at Kings Meadows. In the round of sixteen, Jade Groenewege and Karen Pickering defeated Anthony Frost and Julie Bannon 32-11, Taelyn Male and Chloe Flanagan beat Dylan Fisher and Brittany Bucholz 13-10, Byron Slater and Vicki Winley defeated Scott Stagg and Maureen Zoon 15-12, Chris and Debbie Lee accounted for Matthew Gregg and Anne Allanby 17-7, in the game of the round State players Codi Marshall and Amity Bickley finished just one shot in front of fellow State players Rob and Jess McMullen 15-14 and Danny and Imogen Patmore defeated Riley Davie and Jeanette Lane 15-13. Elaine Taylor and Ricky Limbrick, and Nigel Melbourne and Jodi Murphy both had byes in the round of sixteen.
In the quarter finals, Taelyn Male and Chloe Flanagan had to work hard to defeat Jade Groenewege and Karen Pickering 13-11, Elaine Taylor and Ricky Limbrick convincingly beat Byron Slater and Vicki Winley 19-10, Codi Marshall and Amity Bickley again had a close game finishing just one shot in front of Chris and Debbie Lee 11-10 and Nigel Melbourne and Jodi Murphy were too strong for Danny and Imogen Patmore winning 24-5.
Full results can be found on the BowlsLink Results Portal
Gala Week continues on Monday with semi-finals and the grand final in the Sue Geeves Mixed Pairs and sectional play in the Bowling Arm Singles which are at being played at North Launceston.
Bowls Tasmania will be live streaming the Grand Final of the Sue Geeves Mixed Pairs Championships on its Facebook page on Monday from 1pm.
