Graaff-Reinet dominate in the Midland Pairs

GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - Last weekend 30 teams competed in the Midland Pairs competition for men and women on the greens of the Graaff-Reinet Bowling Club.

Saturday's play comprised three 18-end games, played on a round-robin basis in four sections. All the bowlers played three bowls, instead of the usual four, due to time constraints.

Men section winners:

Ivor Wakeford and Niel Colyn (Graaff-Reinet);
Hilton Cross and Cedric Taylor (Somerset East);
Wally Koetaan and Ferdie Serfontein (Graaff-Reinet) and Marius de Wit and Jacques Gerber (Cradock).

Women section winners:

Charlene Colyn and Sonja Matthee (Graaff-Reinet);
Helene de Wet and Priscilla West (Graaff-Reinet);
Louisa van Staden and Anneri du Randt (Somerset East) and Marenda Lückhoff and Pam Neuweiler (Graaff-Reinet).

Semi-finals:

In the semi-finals, the Wakeford combination recorded a 18 - 11 victory over the Cross duo, while Koetaan and his partner won their semi-final game against De Wit and Gerber 22 - 12.

The Colyn and Matthee combination in the Women's semi-final beat van Staden and Du Randt 24 - 17, while the De Wet duo had the better of the Lückhoff and Neuweiler couple by 26 shots to 12.

Finals:

This meant that the final was an all Graaff-Reinet affair.

The title in the Men's competition went to Wally Koetaan and Ferdie Serfontein when they beat the Wakeford and Colyn combination by 22 - 12.

Helene de Wet and Priscilla West recorded a fine 24 - 6 victory over the Colyn and Matthee couple and the two winning sides will compete in the EP Pairs Finals on 31 August/1 September at a venue still to be announced in Gqeberha.

Helene de Wet and Priscilla West won the Midland Pairs title. At the back is the president of Midlands Bowls, Jaco Meyer.