Zach dominate under-18 singles

Ettalong's Zach Robertson turned on a precision display of draw bowling to dominate the final of the Bowls Central Coast Under-18 Singles title to beat Mingara's Chad Williams 31-5.

Zach was fully tested by Everglades' Luke McBeatty in a quarter final (25-22) who had won the Fours and Pairs earlier in the week and then overpowered Ettalong's Cody McDonald 25-4 in a semi-final to go into the final as hot favourite.

In the other half of the draw, Chad Williams finished strongly to beat Jayden Moody 25-8 in a quarter final and steamed home over Caileb Peck 25-14 in the semi-final for a well deserved berth in the blue ribbon final.

Zach Robertson, 17, who has been playing bowls since nine years of age and has represented Ettalong in the Grade 1 Pennant competition for the past two years was just too experienced for Chad Williams who only took up the game some 18 months ago.

The Singles title was the culmination of three big days of bowls for the up and coming Under-18 bowlers with Caileb Peck, Jayden Moody, Chad Williams and Luke McBeatty taking out the Fours title and Jacob Caswell and Luke McBeatty beating Chad Williams and Jayden Moody in an entertaining Pairs final.

All these winners will be invited to contest the NSW State under-18 championships to be played at Warilla in July.

Email, 13 Apr 2012

Kevin Dring, Bowls Central Coast

Photo: Kevin Dring