Big week of bowls and three football grand final premierships

Gary Nosworthy and Mick Mccloskey had a narrow win over Ross Mclaughlin and Glen Woodford in an epic encounter that had everything.

After winning the B Pairs semi final Gary and Mick will face Vince Beitia and Wayne Coonan in the B pairs final on Sunday at 1.30pm.

In the club triples on Sunday Wayne Coonan put in a super consistent exhibition of lead bowls to set up the win for his teammates, Steve Nellestein and Tony Bayliss over the trio of Peter Henderson, Hugh Montgomery and Merv Wilshere.

In the other triples championship match the trio of Simon Griggs, Kev Collinson, and Chris Griggs shot out to what looked like an insurmountable lead at the halfway mark, only for Ray Panecassio to put the game back on track for his teammates Vince Beitia and Leo Kenny and drive home a positive winning edge that cut through with a win on the last end.

In other matches on Sunday the pair of Dave Sheehan and Gary Nosworthy decided that Sunday was the day they would perform, setting up a win over Con Sexton and Doug Robins.

Nev Dickinson and Len Feeney put in a performance full of poise and finesse, reminiscent of a ballet, to defeat Jamie Woods and Alan Garioch.

Norm Storrie and Joe Yipanazar combined to defeat Doug Kiehne and Mick Mccloskey in a dominant display. Matches will be on again on Friday with names in by 6pm for a 6.30pm start and on Sunday with names in by 1pm for a 1.30pm start.

FOOTBALL MATTERS WITH CYCLOPS

It has been another big weekend for the Burdekin Panthers.

Three grand finals were played and three grand finals were won.

On Friday night in Townsville, the third division Austral Masonry Funkies beat Wulguru 2-0 and the youth team also won 2-0, against Rebels.

Then early on Saturday morning the Under 15s travelled to Townsville and beat SES 2-1.

The Austral Masonry Funkies played Wulguru in the grand final at Brolga Park on Friday night.

Unlike previous years Burdekin were not overly affected by injuries at the business end of the season and fielded arguably their strongest squad of the year.

Burdekin dominated the majority of the first half and created a number of chances with through balls in behind the Wulguru defence.

Unfortunately none of these chances could be converted. Chris Achille went closest when he hit the cross bar and both Luke Cathcart and Adam Mottin also came close but their shots passed the advancing keeper went just wide of the post.

Wulguru created a solitary chance from an awkward bouncing punt up the field that was quickly snuffed out by the advancing Luke Mottin.

The game remained scoreless at the half time break.

In the second half Burdekin continued to press hard looking for the all-important first goal.

They were winning the individual duels across the park and were rewarded with a goal in the 59th minute.

Tarryn Smith was put in behind the Wulguru defence once more and this time he slotted the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net to the applause of the travelling Burdekin supporters.

Fifteen minutes later Simon Scuderi doubled the lead when he bundled the ball over the line from close range after a free kick taken close to the half way line.

Burdekin then controlled the game well until full time to win the 3rd Division Grand Final for the first time since 2015 in a great team effort.

Last Friday evening the Burdekin Youth team went up against Rebels in an exciting grand final encounter.

Rebels finished the regular season in first place and were yet to taste defeat this season so a strong performance was needed from the Panthers if they were going to take home the trophy.

Burdekin started the match very much on top, having a lot of possession in the first half and creating a series of chances with smart play from midfield however the Panthers were unable to turn any of these chances into a goal.

In the second half, Burdekin once again started strongly with Ryan Scodellaro finding the back of the net in the 47th minute to put the Panthers ahead 1-0.

The Burdekin boys continued to pile the pressure on Rebels and were rewarded with another goal from Ryan Scodellaro in the 58th minute. Rebels started to build momentum towards the end of the game however they were matched by solid defensive performances from Connor Brown, Matthew Walker, Jarrod Camer and were unable to score.

The match finished 2-0 and Burdekin were rewarded for their fantastic efforts throughout the year to take home the Youth Men Championship.