Annual carnival at Umina bowls

Umina Beach Men's Bowling Club held its annual King and Queen of the Central Coast Bowls Carnival on November 10 to 12, following a week of heavy rain.

After two days of preliminaries, Umina Beach bowlers Ms Pat Neal and Mr Allan Rhodes took full advantage of their local knowledge to charge through the field.

"It was a close finish indeed," according to publicity officer Mr Bob Penson.

"Neal and Rhodes just got up by three points over Paul and Lyn Skeers from the Rosehill Club in Sydney."

Third place went to Carol and Ralph Fair from McKenzie Park in Queensland.

The tournament attracted bowlers from as far north as Nerang on the Gold Coast and Huskisson in southern NSW.

"This was only the second time an Umina team has won since the contest's inception in 1999 and, similar to last year, the winners were only entered into the tournament at the last moment," Mr Penson said.

"Consideration is being given to providing a third green for the tournament and increasing the number of teams participating from the present number of 56."

Press release, 22 Nov 2007 Bob Penson, Coast Bowls News