Success in pairs

Ettalong Memorial Bowling Club teams has won the Zone 15 Pairs championship held at Halekulani Bowling Club, taking out the Open and Senior titles.

The four disciplines of the Majors, Seniors, President Reserves and Veterans attracted entries from 148 teams.

In the Major Pairs, the recent transferees to Ettalong from Halekulani of Aron Sherriff (skip) and Tony Laguzza (L) swept past Les and Darren Morrison of Everglades 19-15 to win Section 3.

They beat Section 4 winners Bateau Bay's Neil Dell (skip) and John Ellison (L) 29-10 in the semi to set up a final against Section 2 winners Peter Freestone (skip) and Adam Pinkerton (L) of Gosford City.

Gosford City had won its section by defeating Halekulani's Paul Villata (skip) and Carl Collins (L) 24-18.

In the final, Gosford went down 22-13 after 20 ends.

Publication, 14 Mar 2011 Kevin Dring, Bowls News Central Coast