GR take Midlands Pairs

SPORT NEWS - Sixty bowlers converged on the Somerset East Bowling Club greens on 3 and 4 June to contest the Midlands pairs competition for men and women.

Ladies

The 24 players - 12 teams - each played with three bowls and each game was played over 16-ends to fit in all the games.
The ladies had to play three games on Saturday and Sunday including two more section games and the final.
After five sectional games, Helene de Wet and Priscilla West on eight game points and +32 shots, headed Section 1, while Rina Kleynhans and Hettie Cross were undefeated in Section 2 on 10 +44.

Ladies final

In the Final, peels were only called once - on the end. An extra end had to be played and here the de Wet/West combination secured their passage to the EP Finals.

Mens

Thirty six bowlers were divided into four sections - 18 teams, playing three bowls each and three games over 16-ends on Saturday. On Sunday, one sectional game was played, then the semi-finals and the final.

Wally Koetaan and Robert Scott from Graaff-Reinet remained undefeated in Section 1 and had to face Eric Louw and Johan van Onselen from Middleburg the Section 4 winners.

Arthur Langley and Martin Verwey also from Graaff-Reinet were undefeated in Section 2 and faced Ivor Wakeford and Niel Colyn from Graaff-Reinet - the winners of Section 3.

Mens semi-finals

The Langley/Wakeford semi-final was a tough encounter with the Wakeford/Colyn duo winning by a single shot 16 - 15.

The second semi-final between Koetaan and Louw was also a close affair - Louw and partner winning 20 - 18.

Mens finals

Wakeford and Colyn turned on the heat in the final to defeat Louw and van Onselen by 22 - 14.

Upcoming events:

The winning couples will travel to Gqeberha to take part in the EP Pairs Finals at Westview Club on 10 and 11 June.
On 17 and 18 June the Graaff-Reinet Bowling Club Trips competition for men and women will be played on the greens of the Graaff-Reinet Bowling Club.

Helene de Wet (left) and Priscilla West