{"id":17410,"date":"2026-01-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/?p=17410"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:52:11","slug":"masters-ross-combine-for-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/sport\/masters-ross-combine-for-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters &amp; Ross combine for win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Millicent Bowls Club Men\u2019s Championship Pairs has finally been decided after the final was postponed following the November lead in games contested by 24 players.<\/p>\n<p>The grand final was an 18 end match played at the end of last year with Peter Scanlon and John Buhlmann taking on Wayne Ross and Ben Masters.<\/p>\n<p>The Ross\/Masters combination started off by winning the first two ends but then Scanlon and Buhlmann came back winning the next two ends and by the 8th end there was only a one shot difference with the Ross \/Masters combination being ahead five shots to four.<\/p>\n<p>By the 16th end, once again there was only one shot between the teams with the Ross\/Masters team holding 11 shots to the Scanlon team with 10 shots.<\/p>\n<p>The Ross\/Masters team won the next two ends taking the final with a score of 14 shots to 10 shots to give them the title of Men\u2019s Champion Pairs team for 2025\/26 Season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Millicent Bowls Club Men\u2019s Championship Pairs has finally been decided after the final was postponed following the November lead in games contested by 24 players. 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