	{"id":18391,"date":"2026-03-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/?p=18391"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:53:41","slug":"richards-seiler-take-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/sport\/richards-seiler-take-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Richards &amp; Seiler take titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Port MacDonnell Bowling Club held its Veteran Singles on March 8 with Heather Richards and Terry Seiler taking the titles.<\/p>\n<p>In the Ladies there were four nominations with Heather Richards defeating Lyn Vanderley and Carol Schmidt defeating Nell Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>Heather and Carol then went head-to-head in a fight for the championship.<\/p>\n<p>It was a very close game and scores were all even on 13 on the 17th end then again on the 18th end of 18 all.<\/p>\n<p>Both ladies produced a wonderful display of bowls but in the end it was Heather Richards (pictured above left) winning the next two ends to win 22 -19.<\/p>\n<p>In the Men\u2019s Veteran Singles Championships there were 11 nominations with Terry Seiler winning against Dave Beaman , John Naismith and Geoff James to reach the grand final match and Graham Lucas with a bye in the first round, then defeated Bruce Bavin and Philip Wilson to challenge Terry in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it was a very close start with players winning shots fairly evenly being all square on 7 at the 6th and 9 each at the 8th end, with Terry settling in and winning the next four ends for the score to be 17 -9 but never to be counted out Graham winning the next three ends for the scores to be 17-13, both players bowling very well but then Terry (pictured above right) scored a four to take the Veteran Singles Championship 21-13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Port MacDonnell Bowling Club held its Veteran Singles on March 8 with Heather Richards and Terry Seiler taking the titles. 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