Tasmanian State lawn bowls Championships underway
The top bowlers in Tasmania are on show in Bowls Tasmania’s State Championships which commenced on the North-West Coast today and will continue until Friday. The Ulverstone Bowls Club is hosting the event, supported by the Latrobe and Penguin Bowls Clubs.
State championship honours are up for grabs in open men’s and women’s singles, pairs and fours. The championships also include para bowls singles and pairs and bowling arm triples and four’s events.
The championships kicked off today in warm conditions with sectional play in the men’s and women’s open fours championships at Ulverstone and Latrobe.
Sectional winning skips in the open men’s championships were Dylan Fisher, Mark Strochnetter, Rob McMullen and Cooper Fidler all of whom remained undefeated in their sections. The other two sections were much closer with Nicholas Webb winning a close section from Riley Davie with both having two wins each with Webb having a shot difference of +13 and Davie +4. The final section was won by Bryce Castles who won two of his three games with a shot of +17 to win the section from Scott Summers zero and Michael Sims -2.
In the open women’s championships, teams led by Amity Bickley, Rebecca Van Asch, and Diane Byard all remained undefeated in their sections and have advanced to the semi-finals. The other semi-finalist is Jenny Stevenson who won two games and drew her third to win her section.
All the action on Sunday is at Ulverstone where finals for the open men’s and women’s four’s championships will be played with play to start at 9.30am and grand finals at 3.30pm.
Bowls Tasmania will be live streaming the Men’s Open Fours Championships Grand Final on its Facebook page from 3.30pm
