Ettalong wins pairs championship

Ettalong has won the bowls final of the Zone 15 Champion of Club Champions Pairs was held at the The Greens, The Entrance, on Sunday, October 7.

Ettalong duo of Aron Sherriff (skip) and Lee Trethowan (lead) defeated Terrigal's David Neilson (skip) and Jeff Watson (lead).

In a low scoring game that saw Terrigal win 10 ends for one shot plus two twos and a three, it was the Ettalong pair's bigger end-scores of fours on ends 11 and 17 and two twos that kept them in touch until the 20th end when the Terrigal skip pulled off a conversion shot resulting in a three, putting his team ahead 17-15.

On the next end Terrigal sensed victory as they crowded the jack with draw shots and were holding three, forcing Sherriff to drive at the head which propelled the jack out of the rink to kill the end.

On the last end, and two shots behind on the scorecard, Ettalong moved the jack to be holding two, then Sherriff added another shot and it was up to the Terrigal skip to draw the shot or at least cut out two Ettalong bowls.

But it wasn't to be, as David watched his last bowl fail to change the head and Aron elected to not play his last bowl and so claimed a one shot win, 18-17.

Aron Sherriff and Lee Trethowan will now join The Greens' Phil Flippence to represent Zone 15 at the State Champion of Club Champions Singles and Pairs Competition at Austral Bowling Club in November.

Media release, 8 Oct 2012

Bob Bourke, Bowls Central Coast Zone 15