Champions decided – Women’s Over 60’s Triples

by Aaron Clark on December 2, 2022

The Champions of the GenesisCare Women’s Over 60’s Triples were decided today. Hosted by the Gosnells Bowling Club, four Composite Teams competed in the Semi-finals and the Final thereafter.

The first Semi-Final game ended with a 6 shot win to Linda Warburton, Pauline Bourne, and Jenny Parker when they faced off against Kathy Gobbart, Judy Allen, and Julie Savell. An early but consistent lead kept Warburton and her team ahead after starting behind by 1 on the first End. Warburton’s team grabbed 2 shots on both End 2 and End 3 resulting in a 3 shot early advantage. Gobbart and her team retaliated by winning the next End with a single, bringing the total to 4-2. Despite the lost End for Warburton and her team, the winning momentum continued with 1 shot on the 5^th End a three on the 6^th End. Gobbart and her team bounced back with 2 shots on the 7^th End leaving the score total 8-4. Unfortunately for Gobbart’s team this led to a sequence of 5 single shot winning Ends for Warburton’s team. By End 13, Warburton and her team had doubled Gobbart’s score 12-6. From this End onwards Warburton’s team stayed in the lead finishing with a 15-9 final score and winning the semi-final.

The second Semi-Final had Irene Leahy, Carol Ashworth, and Rinske Butcher compete against Liz Matthews, Noelene Abe, and Sue Hogg. The game found itself bouncing back and forth between the two teams. From the 1^st end to the 12^th End, the scoring was relatively even. Leahy’s team grabbed a 2 on the 2^nd and 4^th End and Matthews’ team took a two on the 1^st and 5^th End. A change of pace on the 6^th End resulted in a 3 short lead for Matthews and her team after scoring another 2 shots. The demeanour of the scores remained however, Leahy’s team scored with a fantastic 4, smiles all around as they not only caught up but were put ahead by 1. The score quickly evened out once again with Matthews’ team scoring a 1, bringing the 8^th End to a tidy 8 – 8. The scores repeated on both sides up to the 13^th End whereby it was once again a tidy 13-13. The 14^th End was the turning point for this match with Leahy winning the End with a 4 and gaining a good lead coming into the last 4 Ends. Leading in to End 17 a 3-shot score was won by Matthews and her team to bring the score to 20-17 with Leahy’s team still ahead going into the last End. Winnable but most certainly at a disadvantage, Matthews‘ team needed to get 3 shots to push for an extra End. Blocking Matthews’ team out, Leahy and her team managed to win the last End with 1 shot finishing the game off with a win for Leahy and her team at 21-17.

After a short break, the Ladies headed back out to the green to compete for the title. Irene Leahy’s Team Versus Linda Warburton’s Team. A steady start for Warburton’s Team as they gathered 1 shot on the first End, mirrored by Leahy’s Team as they picked up a 1 on the 2^nd End. Momentum built up for Warburton’s Team with multiple successful bowls leading to a victory for the next 4 Ends, scoring 2 shots, 1 shot, 1 shot, and 2 shots, bringing the total to 7-1 after 6 ends. The pressure was on for Leahy’s Team as a 6 shot difference was facing them, the equivalent of a full count of an End. Rising to the challenge Leahy’s team claim victory of the 7^th End scoring 1 shot, doubling their shots to an overall total of 2-7. With a 5 shot difference, Warburton’s team did not let up, claiming another end with 1 shot. With the overall score at 2-8 after 8 ends the two teams went back and forth with single shots being claimed by both teams up until the 12^th end.

At a score of 5-9 on the start of the 12^th End, Leahy’s Team made an exceptional comeback going on to win the next 7 Ends. It was clear that Warburton’s team dominated the first half, but the second half leaned more so in the direction of Leahy’s team. With very close Ends leading up to the 17^th End (Total Leahy’s Team 12-9 Warburton’s Team) both teams were still playing for the championship. A fantastic start by Warburton’s lead and second. led to them holding 3 shots coming into the skipper’s bowls and an opportunity to turn the score to equal. A very unfortunate bowl from Warburton led to a jack trail, going from 3 held to 1 down and finishing the end with at 9-13. The final end required a lot from the Warburton’s side, needing to score a minimum of 4 to not lose out on their chance of title winners. After some great Bowls from both sides Leahy’s Team came out on top scoring 1 shot in the last end finishing the game for a win for Irene Leahy, Carol Ashworth and Rinske Butcher with a final score of 14-9.

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