Hawks claim pairs crown in a thriller
HELENSVALE’S Nathan Rice and Andrew Howie have won the Champion of Club Champion Men’s Pairs after they defeated Tweed Heads pair Wayne Turley and Kurt Brown in the final.
Turley and Brown led 11-4 after seven ends and then again at 14-7 until a fight back drew scores level at 14 all.
In a high-quality Gold Coast Tweed District final at Musgrave Hill, the teams traded blows until it was 22all with two ends to play.
Rice and Howie picked up one to take the lead going into the last end and another shot on the final end handed them the title.
Turley and Brown bounced back in the afternoon when they teamed with Kelvin Kerkow and Max Jaffray to win the Champ of Champ Fours over Beenleigh’s Dean McWhinney, Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Graeme Shillington and Ken Ashford.
Trailing 7-9, the Tweed foursome put on eight unanswered shots to lead 15-9.
Beenleigh broke the drought to score two shots but that would be the only end they would win for the rest of the game with the final score ending up 23-11.
Both pairs and fours teams will now play the Gateway District champions with the winners progressing to the state finals in October.
The Gold Coast Tweed District Women’s Champion of Club Champion Singles is down to the final with Australian Jackaroo squadmates Lynsey Clarke and Chloe Stewart set to do battle.
Clarke defeated Beenleigh’s Ruth Smith in one semi-final while Stewart overcame Paradise Point’s Heather Hodgson in the other.
■ TAREN Point have taken out the second chapter of the Ultimate Bowls Championship defeating UBC 1 champions Dandenong in the final.
The third and final UBC will be played at Moama in NSW in December.
■ BROADBEACH have claimed the minor premiership of Men’s Division 1 Pennant after defeating Beenleigh in the final round.
Tweed Heads dominated Paradise Point to finish second, Beenleigh hung on for third, Helensvale round out the top four after defeating Tugun and due to Musgrave Hill falling to South Tweed.
Divisions 1, 7 and 10 finals are set to be played this weekend at Club Helensvale; Division 2, 8 and 9 at Tweed Heads; Division 3 and 5 at Beenleigh; Division 4 and 6 at Musgrave Hill; and Division 11 at Mudgeeraba.