Ladies claim Premier Cup
AYR LADIES BOWLS
Exciting news for the Burdekin and Ayr Ladies Bowls Club. Four Ayr Bowls ladies went to Bowen last week for three days competing in the Premier Cup. Ayr has never won the cup and probably went in as underdogs but with great determination and skill they won the competition and now have their name engraved on the brand new Premier Cup.
BRANDON BOWLS
On Friday night there were two triples games. The trio of Lyn Storrie, Ray Panecassio and Rino Lazzarin decided to put on a show of precision bowling in their defeat of Norm Storrie, Doug Kiehne and Gary Pearce. In the other game Merv Wilshere, Wayne Coonan, and Joe Ypinazar used their whole arsenal of tricky shots to defeat the trio of Margaret and Ross Mclaughlin and Steve Nellestein. Bowls will be on this Friday with names in by 6 for 6.30pm start.
On Sunday, a B Pairs competition match was contested between Nev Dickinson and Rob Garner and Wayne Coonan and Vince Beitia.
It was a great contest with Vince and Wayne getting out to a great start only for Rob and Nev to reel them in, then Wayne and Vince made another run. Nev and Rob started to reel them in, but the true class of the Vince and Wayne show shone through with a late flurry to claim the win.
In the A Pairs Steve Nellestein and Tony Bayliss ambushed Richard Mau and Leo Kenny. They shot out to an insurmountable lead before anyone could figure out what was happening.
The Mindfulness Medal was contested between the duo of Gary Nosworthy and Len Feeney and the duo of Ken Ferguson and Alan Garioch.
The zen-like nature of Len and Gary was too good for Alan and Ken resulting in a calm victory. In the Stress-free Shield Mick Mccloskey and Peter Henderson had a carefree contest with Merv Wilshere and Ray Panecassio, big on laughter and relaxed banter resulting in a draw. In the Connect More Cup the trio of Dave Sheehan, Jamie Woods and
Gary Pearce played out a noisy fun filled affair with the trio of Doug Kiehne, Rino Lazzarin and Dave De Francis. Doug, Rino, and Dave ended up victorious.
The Burdekin Panthers had a relatively quiet weekend with just three senior games, all against Wulguru, all victories and two junior games, again, both won.
On Sunday at International Park the Premiers beat Wulguru 4-2, the Reserves won 2-1 and on Friday night in Townsville the ladies beat Wulguru 2-0. The Funkies, Women’s Reserves and the youth team all had byes. This Wednesday night the premiers and reserves travel to Townsville to play Ingham in the final fixture games of the season.
The finals series starts tonight. On Saturday the U13s won 8-0 against Brothers White and the Under 15s beat Olympic 5-2.
The Premier League side rejoined the winners circle this week with a strong showing against Wulguru. The Panthers were keen to set the record right after conceding points to the Roosters in the first round a result that cost the Panthers a place in the top four.
The Reserve Grade remains in contention for the minor premiership with a last minute 2-1 win over Wulguru.
The final game will be played in Townsville on Wednesday night against Ingham. A win will secure them the minor premiership and set them up for the final series which starts on Saturday.
The Premier Women finished their season with a 2-0 win against Wulguru on Friday night.
The Under 13s won 8-0 against Brothers White after leading 4-0 at half time.
The Under 15s played Olympic on Saturday and won 5-2 after leading 5-0 at half time. In the semi-finals on Saturday the Panthers meet SES in Townsville.
The 42nd Season of Delta cleaners Night Soccer is now into Week 4 and the grading rounds. The grand finals will be held on Friday, December 11.