Ettalong hosts zone major fours contest

Ettalong Memorial Bowling Club was one of the hosts for the Zone 15 Major Fours contest held last month.

Fifty-two teams contested the event which was eventually won by a team from The Entrance Bowling Club.

Section One was won by The Entrance combination of N Pombart, J Wilton, G Canobie and skipped by J Ellison.

The Entrance knocked out Michael Stead's Halekulani team who had earlier accounted for the tournament favorites from Ettalong skipped by the recent World Four's Champion Aron Sherriff.

Section Two was wrapped up by B Burland, G Dawson, R Spek and R Kelley from Munmorah United while W Smith, S Winslade, K Collins and P Villata from Halekulani had a close encounter against Avoca Beach to win Section Three.

In another photo finish K Foster, M Johnson, T Leslie and G Maier of Ettalong scraped home by one shot over a strong Terrigal team to win Section Four.

The semi-finals saw The Entrance and Ettalong Memorial win their way into the final.

The final got under way in drizzly rain with Graham Maier's Ettalong boys jumping out of the blocks to lead 6-1 after three ends.

The Entrance combination under John Ellison with Mick Gibbons substituting for Graham Canobie responded over the next four ends to lead 10-6 but then dropped a four for 10-all after eight ends.

As the weather improved so did The Entrance, gaining a match winning break of 20-11 after 13 ends and going on to take out the Major Fours Championship title 25-15.

It was The Entrance team's first Bowls Central Coast title, one that broke the stranglehold that Ettalong Memorial had on this title in recent years.

Email, 20 Jan 2013

Kevin Dring, Bowls Central Coast