The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association held its last association championship for the 2021 season last week after it was postponed due to the Covid lockdown.
The championships being the Elma Attiwill / Intersport Ladies singles and the Pearson Family/Athol and Sue Malseed Men’s singles, which also incorporated the Ian Simpson Memorial Champion of Champions.
In the Elma Attiwill / Intersport Ladies singles, semi-final saw Post-Tel player Keisha Pearson take victory from her Post-Tel team mate Lorraine VanDen Hoogen 8 shots to 3.
The other semi-final saw Fiona Pearson from Post-Tel beat Fiona Rochow from Glenburnie 11 shots to 1.
This set up a final between Keisha Pearson and her mother Fiona Pearson, Fiona scored two shots on the first end.
Then Keisha started to score single shots on the next two consecutive ends to equal the scores on the third.
Then by the sixth end scores were level again, then Fiona decided to throw a long end to change the game but Keisha had last bowl to take shot and take victory and win the 2021 Elma Attiwill / Intersport Ladies singles championship 6 shots to 4.
In the Pearson Family/Athol and Sue Malseed Men’s singles saw the first semi-final go to Post-Tel’s Stephen Von Duve over Blue Lake Bowler player Thomas Butler 9 shots to 2.
In the second semi-final Wandilo Water Rats player Tony Bowditch beat Craig Pearson from Post-Tel 8 shots to 4.
The Men’s final between Von Duve and Bowditch was turned out to be a close game.
Von Duve got away to a great start to lead by four shots on the fourth end, but Bowditch pegged the lead back and levelled the scores on the last end.
On the extra end Von Duve held on by one shot to win and claim the 2021 Men’s Singles championship.
This saw Keisha Pearson and Von Duve meet in the Ian Simpson Memorial Champion of Champions for the second year running, with the latter wanting revenge over the 2019 Champion of Champion result.
The Champion of Champions game was very close with Keisha Pearson one shot down on the fourth end.
But she scored two shots on the fifth end and by the sixth end scores were level.
On the last end Keisha Pearson drew shot and was lucky to hang on to it to defeat Von Duve and win the Memorial Champion of Champions named after her uncle 5-4.
Due to the lack of entries in the Ladies competition both the Ladies and Men’s Consolation events were combined.
In the consolation semi-finals Vincent Oakley (Commercial Club) defeated Tim Wrightson (Mil Lel) 7 shots to 6 and Gary Bowering (Saints) defeat Fiona Rochow (Glenburnie) 5 shots to 4.
The Consolation final was won by Vincent Oakley defeating Gary Bowering 8 shots to 4.
