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THE BOWLS SURFACE YOU CAN RELY ON
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YANDINA JUNE LADIES FOURS
MAROOCHY SWAN JUNE CARNIVAL
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MUDGEERABA JUNE OPEN 2 BOWL TRIPLES
MOORE PARK JULY FOURS BONGAREE WINTER CARNIVAL
KAWANA WATERS WINTER CARNIVAL
GRAND FINAL DAY
The 2009 Grand Finals have been run and won. The threat of poor weather did not deter players, spectators or organisers and the day was almost perfect. After 9 inches of rain in the week and 5 inches in the previous 24 hours, the Tweed Heads greenkeeper, John Wyper, can hold his head high. All players were very complimentary of the high standard greens.
The semi finals began on time on Saturday morning and on a near 14 second green. In the Silver ladies semis, Caloundra RSL survived a late scare to win a close encounter with a gallant Sunnybank side. Manly also had a close tussle with Beenleigh, to set up a great final in the afternoon.
Indooroopilly were the surprise packets of the round robins, and continued that good form with a convincing victory over Manly in the men’s Silver semi. The other semi final, between McKenzie Park and New Farm, went down to the wire. The Highlanders finally prevailed in a wet finish.
The ladies Bronze produced two unheralded but talented winners. Geebung prevailed in a shootout over a gallant Logan City team. Solander Lakes pulled off a big upset, with a convincing win over the Burnett ladies.
In the Bronze men, Tantitha and Dalby were favoured to win, but had to pull out all stops to overcome Pine Rivers and Mudgeeraba.
The rain came down again but at least it was during the lunch break. By the time the Grand Finals began the weather had become finer and stayed that way all afternoon.
The men’s Gold Grand final saw Musgrave Hill take on the Mooloolaba Snappers. Musgrave’s Brian Baldwin showed the form that won him a state singles title. As hard and as well as Brian Wakefield tried, he had no answer to Baldwin’s brilliance. TheSnappers won the fours rink skipped by Rob Kidd and the triples rink skipped by Peter Worth. Musgrave’s pairs rinks, however, were too strong. Skipped by Bruce McNish and Shannon Gittoes, the Musgrave sides had good wins to set up a 3 rinks to 2 result.
The Gold ladies Final was a thriller. Aussie Rep, Julie Keegan, and mum Thelma Sanday (Coolum) defeated Gail Waitai and Melva Pearce in one of the highest standard games ever seen in Super Challenge. Laurraine Murray’s fours team then evened the game up, with a win over Marilyn Clayton’s team. This sent the game to a shootout where the Broadbeach rinks were just too strong for Coolum, in the 1 end decider, to take out the title. The atmosphere around the green was electric. Broadbeach’s Gail Waitai rates it the best atmosphere she has ever experienced in bowls. The Broadbeach and Coolum clubs should be congratulated for the support they showed on the day.
In the men’s Silver, Indooroopilly fought above their weight division by pushing the strong McKenzie Park side all afternoon. In the end, the Highlanders overall experience and skill just got them over the line in a 3 - 2 result.
The Silver ladies Final was extremely tight. Caloundra RSL had one rink under control, but Manly never gave up and pushed them all the way. The big game experience of, skips Linda Morish and Shirley Garrett, was the telling factor and Caloundra RSL deservedly won the Grand Final.
The Bronze men continued the trend of keeping everyone on the edge of their seats all afternoon. Dalby got out of the blocks like lightning and looked well placed. Tantitha hung in there and when Tony Townson won his singles, the rest of the team gained confidence. From then on Tantitha ground away and wore down the Dalby boys to get up in a nail biter.
The ladies Bronze Final produced the Cinderella story of Super Challenge 2009. The Solander Lakes club only joined the competition this year amongst a small amount of scepticism within the club. As the season progressed, though, the support within the club grew.
Solander scraped into the round robins and only got into the semi finals on percentage. On finals day they produced their best possible form to win both games well. The Geebung ladies won a thriller in the morning and tried hard all afternoon, but in the end, they were no match for the Lakes.
The Dalby men’s fours team won the Geoff Brown Trophy for best performance in the home and away season, with an 8 wins +137.
The day at Tweed Heads Bowls Club was a fitting end to a great season. The Tweed club turned on the professionalism that made the day one to remember. Chairman of Super Challenge, Jeff Hann, and Director, Des Wilson, were delighted with the day (even though they lost their semi final) and the season overall. In his speech, Jeff was full of praise for the Tweed Heads club, as well as our major sponsors, TAYLOR BOWLS and FOSTERS. It was great to see Taylor’s Alex Heron (out from Scotland) attend the day and present the Gold trophies.
Overall the season has been a great success. This can probably be best judged by the positive and favourable comments that have come from our new clubs. Hopefully there will be even more clubs next year to push this great competition to even greater heights.
I wish everybody all the best for the rest of the year, in whatever you play, and hopefully I will see you all next year.
2009 SUPER CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS
GOLD MEN MUSGRAVE HILL
GOLD LADIES BROADBEACH
SILVER MEN McKENZIE PARK
SILVER LADIES CALOUNDRA RSL
BRONZE MEN TANTITHA
BRONZE LADIES SOLANDER LAKES
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