Umina minor singles championship

The Umina Beach Men's Bowling Club Minor Singles Championship was played on Thursday, September 12, with Bob Penson named the winner over George Boni.

"This year's Minor Singles Championship saw a number of new faces taking up the challenge and provided some interesting and close encounters," said club publicity officer Mr Ian Jarratt.

George Boni, Tom Bergmann, Bob Milligan and Robert Penson emerged at the top, he said..

"The semi-finals, played in very warm conditions were won by George Boni 31-7 over Tom Bergmann while Robert Penson had a tougher assignment beating Bob Milligan 29-22 after Bob Milligan had to unfortunately retire due to heat exhaustion.

"The final proved to be a classic battle with Bob Penson jumping out of the boxes to lead 11-4 after nine ends.

"Not to be outdone, George fought back to hit the front 12-11 after 15 ends.

"Bob then put his head done and got to lead again 18-12 and after 23 ends 19-15, it was still anybody's game, however, Bob hit his straps to win five of the last seven ends to emerge the winner 31-19.

Media release, 23 Sep 2013

Ian Jarratt, Umina Beach Men's Bowling Club