The Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association held its last association championship for the 2023 season.
The championships were the Elma Attiwill/Intersport Ladies singles with 18 entries and the Pearson Family/Athol and Sue Malseed Men’s singles with 26 entries, which also incorporated the Ian Simpson Memorial Champion of Champions.
In the Elma Attiwill/Intersport Ladies singles, the semi final saw Glenburnie player Serena Bourn take victory from Post-Tel player Fiona Pearson 7 shots to 3.
In the other semi final Keisha Pearson from Wandilo Water Rats beat teammate from Wandilo Nicola Bowditch 8 shots to 4.
This set up a final between Serena Bourn and Keisha Pearson, Serena scored one shot on the first end.
With both of them scoring consecutive ends the difference in the game was Serena scoring multiples and Keisha scoring single shots.
This gave Serena victory and the 2023 Elma Attiwill/Intersport Ladies singles championship 6 shots to 5.
In the Pearson Family/Athol and Sue Malseed Men’s singles the first semi final went to Post-Tel’s Zac Pearson over his Post-Tel teammate Kevin Burn 6 shots to 3.
In the second semi final Moorak player Tim Radley beat Simon Davis from Glenburnie 7 shots to 2.
The men’s final between Zac and Tim was lined up to be a very close game, but it was not with Tim only winning two ends for the game and Zac scoring multiple shots on five ends to take victory 12 shots to 5 in the 2023 Men’s Singles championship for the second year running.
This saw Zac and Serena meet in the Ian Simpson Memorial Champion of Champions, something that both wanted to win with Serena going for her first and Zac aiming for back to back.
The Champion of Champions game was very close with Zac trailing on the fifth end by one shot but Zac’s consistent bowling this season stood out the sixth end, scoring two shots to give him a one shot lead into the last end.
This was followed by another two shots on the last end to defeat Serena and win the Memorial Champion of Champions named after his uncle.
Zac won the silverware 7 shots to 4 for his second time in a row.
In the ladies consolation semi finals Tru Franklin (RSL & District) defeated Heather Carthew (Glencoe) 6 shots to 4 and Emma Freemantle (Blue Lake Bowlers) downed Kristy Errock (Glenburnie) 6 shots to 5.
The ladies consolation final was won by Tru Franklin defeating Emma Freemantle 9 shots to 7.
In the men’s consolation semi finals Thomas Butler (Blue Lake Bowlers) defeated Josh Ferrazzola (Blue Lake Bowlers) 7 shots to 3 and Craig Pearson (Post-Tel) defeated Chris Earl (Glencoe) 9 shots to 2.
The men’s consolation final was won by Thomas Butler defeating Craig Pearson 5 shots to 4.
