Ospreys swoop on rivals to claim Premier League crown

TWEED Heads Ospreys enjoyed the ultimate success in their debut Bowls Premier League campaign, claiming the title at Brisbane’s Club Pine Rivers last Friday night.

The Ospreys were the best side all week, topping the ladder and working their way through to the grand final against the heavily-fancied Sydney Lions.

Ospreys skip Aaron Teys had everything go his way in the first set.

He tackled the brilliance of Aron Sherriff head on as the Ospreys took out the first set 8-1 after just four ends.

The Lions failed to make an impact as the Ospreys won the second set 9-0.

The Most Valuable Player Award was won by the Teys, who dominated across all four days of competition. THE first rounds of the Bowls Tasmania South Women’s and Men’s Open and B Grade triples were played at Claremont last Friday and Sunday.

In the Women’s Open Triples, section winners were Lyn Triffitt, Joy Voss, Vicki Bannister, Helen Lester and Malinda Howell. Lester and Howell then played off with Lester progressing to the semi-finals courtesy of an 11-shot win over Howell. In the Women’s B Grade Triples, Janine Kirk defeated Wendy Gray by ten shots to progress to the semifinals.

In the Men’s Open Triples quarterfinals, Keghan Booth defeated Jarrod Long by four shots, Chris Martin easily beat Grant Wakefield by 11 shots, Taelyn Male finished one shot in front of Josh Baker and Peter Bannister defeated John Nichols by two shots. In the Men’s B Grade Triples quarter-finals Ray McDonald defeated Ross Mitchelmore by nine shots, Shane Hugo beat Paul Gittus by 10 shots, Brad Johns finished four shots in frontof Adrian Stevenson and Neil Winthrop defeated Rodney Kirk by two shots.