Indoor bowlers enjoy a gold rush

Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association claims fourth successive Othams Trophy

The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association hosted and competed in the South Australian Indoor Bias Bowls Regional Tournament for the 12th time, dominating nine out of 10 events winning eight gold medals and one silver medal.

The team was determined to conquer the overall result to make it four years in a row to win the Othams Trophy and prove that they are the best region in the State.

The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association hosted the tournament at Tenison Woods College last weekend, competing against teams from the Mid South East Indoor Bowls Association, Metro Red & Metro White.

Each team comprised of 26 players, of which 10 different team disciplines were fielded. The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association showed that it could mix it with best once again, winning medals in nine of the 10 disciplines.

The first player to win a gold medal was the Ladies Singles player of Serena Bourn who happened to win all three games with precision bowling. (34-7 vs Metro Red, 22-12 vs Metro White, 25-9 vs MSE)

The Ladies Pairs with Keisha Pearson and Fiona Pearson both played fantastic bowls out bowling all their opponents to win the top prize the gold medal. (16-12 vs Metro White, 27-9 vs Metro Red, 46-3 vs MSE)

The Men’s Pairs with Coehen Keppels and Zac Pearson won all three games to win the gold medal. (22-10 vs MSE, 21-10 vs Metro White, 24-10 vs Metro Red) Nicola Bowditch and Tony Bowditch paired up for the Mixed Pairs to win the Gold Medal with two wins and one draw (15-15 vs MSE, 17-14 vs Metro Red, 19-10 vs Metro White) The Ladies Triples Team of Nola Spencer, Shirley Gifford and Jennifer Bowering started well to win their first game by a large margin and then went on to win all three games to win the gold medal. (18-11 vs Metro White, 20-4 vs MSE, 18-8 vs Metro Red)

The Men’s Triples team of Tim Radley, Brad Errock and Craig Pearson had a great win with their first game to give them a good percentage. The last day every team was equal on points and all they had to do was to win. This is what they done to win the gold medal. (21-7 vs Metro Red, 25-14 vs Metro White, 14-17 vs MSE,) The Men’s Fours team of Jos Breuker, Trevor Williams, Michael Cameron and Rod Fleming were very lucky to win the last game against Mid South East two win all three games and win the gold medal. (15-10 vs Metro White, 19-13 vs Metro Red, 18-17 vs MSE) Mixed Fours team of Veronica Opie, Fiona Rochow, Thomas Butler and Stephen Von Duve gelled together to be competitive and also win all three games to win the gold medal. (14-11 vs Metro White, 13- 11 vs Metro Red, 25-19 vs MSE)

The Ladies Fours team of Bronwyn Hill, Tanya Burke, Emma Freemantle and Heather Glynn lost one game against the gold medallists and had to settle for the silver medal. (26-7 vs MSE, 23-10 vs Metro White, 33-11 vs Metro Red) The Men’s Singles, represented by Garry Burke, tried hard in all games to be very competitive but was unable to score a win. (11-27 vs Metro White, 14-18 vs MSE, 11-17 vs Metro Red)

All the regions points were tallied for the Othams Trophy and the Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association finished as the overall winner for 2023.