Four zone seniors bowls trial

The inaugural Four Zone Seniors Trial was held at Ettalong Memorial Bowling Club on Monday, March 4.

Six teams of four played from each of the four zones: Zone Two Newcastle, Zone Six Manning - Hunter, Zone Nine Sydney North-East and hosts Zone 15 Central Coast

The format was two games of 18 ends with the winner decided on wins plus margins.

In the morning games, Zone Nine defeated Zone Six with a score of 111-95, and Zone 15 prevailed over Zone Two with a score of 88-86 in a cliff hanger that saw the result come down to the last end of the last rink on the green with Zone 15 trailing by one shot.

Zone Two tried desperately to hold on to their slim margin, but it wasn't to be as Bill Constantine's Zone 15 team grabbed three shots to steal a victory in a game that was close-fought all the way.

Zone 15's Master Board win was helped greatly by Dave Limbrick's team winning their rink 21-10.

After lunch the teams returned to the greens for the second game which saw Zone Six score a comfortable 102-83 win over Zone Two while Zone 15 had another close call, just scraping home 96-92 over a tenacious Zone Nine.

Carl Perry from Zone Nine said: "The day was a good hit-out for those looking for selection in the Senior Sides to compete in the 2013 Senior Inter-Zone Sides Championship in May at Ballina."

Email, 5 Mar 2013

Bob Bourke, Bowls Central Coast