Perfect pair march toward the Games
JACKAROOS Nathan Rice and Ray Pearse won the Musgrave Hill $5000 Open Pairs.
The Australian men’s pairs combination for the upcoming Asia Pacific Games used the event as part of a training camp along with the rest of their Jackaroos teammates.
The pair have been in sublime form and will be looking to continue this in to June’s games on the Gold Coast.
Fellow Jackaroos Aron Sherriff and Carla Krizanic teamed up to run second, Bec Van Asch and Barrie Lester were third, while Lynsey with Brett Wilkie
Clarke and Kelsey finished fourth.
Gold Coast/Tweed-based Chloe Stewart, Kelsey Cottrell, Tony Bonnell and Jake Fehlberg have been selected in Australian Open and Para teams to tour the UK in July.
Broadbeach’s Cheryl Hutchinson and Joan Tennant Cottrell have won the Gold Coast Tweed District Ladies Pairs after they defeated club mates Serena Matthews and Joanne Cooper in the final.
After being 18-18 with three ends to play, Hutchinson and Tennant won two of the remaining three ends.
Barry Gilbert, Kevin Anderson and Ryan Bester cleaned up at the $10,000 Burleigh Classic Triples while Burleigh clubmates David Kennedy, Shaun Wheeler and Taz Kelly ran second.
Dean McWhinney has had another successful Professional Bowls Association (PBA) qualifying by making it through to the National Finals in WA in the International Open Singles and pairs, along with his brother Dale.
Twenty men’s and women’s districts from across Queensland will converge on the Gold Coast tomorrow for the BCiB State District Sides Championships.
Qualifying will be run for three days with men’s teams at Broadbeach and Mermaid Beach while the women’s teams will do battle at Musgrave Hill and Helensvale.
The fourth and final day on Saturday will see five divisions of finals at all four venues with the blue ribbon men’s and women’s Division 1 section held at Broadbeach.
State Championships follow the District Sides, commencing on Monday with mixed pairs. Eleven events will be played between May 13-26 featuring $46,000 prizemoney with finals at Club Helensvale. Winners of open men’s and women’s singles, pairs, triples and fours advance to November’s Australian Championships.