The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association takes out the Victorian Inter Group Championship in Ballarat after only competing for its third time and collecting five gold medals<\/p>\n
The Mount Gambier Association team (pictyred right) was only expecting minimal achievements after being placed fifth over the past two years but the association was overwhelmed when it finished first in the J & L Clifton Shield being the best team over the weekend by a margin of five points.<\/p>\n
The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association competed against teams from Northern Districts, Ballarat Blue, Warrnambool Orange, Ballarat Gold, Heytesbury, South\/Eastern & Warrnambool Blue.<\/p>\n
Each team comprised of 26 players, of which 10 different team disciplines were fielded.<\/p>\n
The first player to win a gold medal was the Ladies Singles player of Serena Bourn (pictured left), who went one step up from last year\u2019s silver medal to be this year\u2019s champion.<\/p>\n
Serena won six of her seven games finishing on top by one point.<\/p>\n
The Ladies Pairs team of Keisha Pearson and Fiona Pearson had six wins and one draw and also went one step up better to change silver into gold this year.<\/p>\n
The Ladies Fours team took home the gold medal; the team being Nola Spencer, Veronica Opie, Fiona Rochow and Heather Glynn went into the last day sure of a medal but they had to win to determine which colour.<\/p>\n
They won the last game by one shot, to give them six wins to secure the gold medal.<\/p>\n
The Men\u2019s Fours team had a great weekend winning five games and even losing the last game were able to hang on to the gold medal by percentage.<\/p>\n
The team of Trevor Williams, Garry Burke, Josh Ferrazzola & Gary Bowering were ecstatic with their victoryl.<\/p>\n
The Mount Gambier Mixed Fours team of Leonie Wastell, Tanya Burke, Peter Gregory & Tony Bowditch also secured a gold medal quite convincingly with six wins and a percentage of 249%.<\/p>\n
The other teams that contributed to the J & C Clifton Shield were;<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Singles \u2013 Coehen Keppels 4 wins & 1 draw<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Pairs \u2013 Tim Radley & Zac Pearson 1 win & 1 draw<\/p>\n
Ladies Triples \u2013 Bronwyn Hill, Emma Freemantle & Jennifer Bowering 6 wins<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Triples \u2013 Kevin Burn, Thomas Butler & Craig Pearson 2 wins<\/p>\n
Mixed Pairs \u2013 Nicola Bowditch & Brad Errock 3 wins & 1 draw<\/p>\n
J & L Clifton Trophy final placings:<\/p>\n
Mount Gambier 94<\/p>\n
Northern District 89<\/p>\n
Ballarat Gold 77<\/p>\n
Warrnambool Blue 74<\/p>\n
Warrnambool Orange 66<\/p>\n
Heytesbury 65<\/p>\n
South \/ Eastern 60<\/p>\n
Ballarat Blue 35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association takes out the Victorian Inter Group Championship in Ballarat after only competing for its third time and collecting five gold medals The Mount Gambier Association team (pictyred right) was only expecting minimal achievements after being placed fifth over the past two years but the association was overwhelmed when […]<\/p>\n