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Swimming their way to SAPSASA success

Lower South East team competes at postponed 2022 Country Swimming Championships

A group of 15 swimmers represented the Lower South East district this year at the School Sport SA SAPSASA Country Swimming Championships. After qualifying for the event earlier in March, swimmers from the Lower South East have been busy training with SAPSASA, Mount Gambier, Blue Lake Y and Penola Swimming Clubs in preparation for the annual event in Adelaide at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. The team competed early last month, after the event was postponed from earlier in the year, and finished in seventh place overall for the Division 1 group.

SAPSASA SUCCESS: (Above left) The Lower South East swim tream & (above right) Lower South East Division 1 medallists.

Locals face off as Pearson wins eighth Ladies Indoor Bowls Singles State Title

Late last month four players from the Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association travelled to Adelaide to represent the Mount Gambier region in the State Singles event.

The two men were Craig Pearson and Kevin Burn who both had to play two Broken Hill members.

Kevin lost to Milton Hawke jnr and Craig lost to Aaron Hawke, both games losing by the slimmest of margins. After losing this put them out of contention and their opponents meeting in the final with Aaron beating Milton in the final on Sunday.

The two ladies representatives had the biggest success with Fiona Pearson and Serena Bourn playing a round robin on the Saturday against Jodie Hawke from Broken Hill.

Fiona won both games and Serena won one game to forward both of them to the knockout semi finals on the Sunday.

Serena won her semi final against Metros Liz Rowley and Fiona won her semi final against Metros Linda Scarlett.

It meant the two Mount Gambier players faced off in the final.

A great high standard of bowls were on display by both players, who were determined to take the title.

After 21 ends only two shots separated the two with Fiona winning to take out her eighth State Ladies Singles Title and Serena runner up for 2022.

LADIES STATE SINGLES FINALISTS: Serena Bourn and Fiona Pearson

Excellent scores at Blue Lake Golf Club for the ladies short course trophy series

A very mild first day of winter greeted a smaller than usual band of women golfers at the Blue Lake Golf Club last Wednesday for the 2nd round of the Grant and Dianne Perryman Short Course Yellow Markers Trophy. The format was stableford and with reduced handicaps some excellent scores were recorded especially Division 2’s Lynette Hirth having the score of the day 36 points.

In Division 1, handicap range of 1 - 17, Dianne Perryman is well on her way to maybe putting her name on said trophy with putting another good score of 35 points to take the top BLGC voucher. Playing off 10 Perryman strung six pars and a birdie together with splits of 17/18. Runner-up Geraldine Scott off 12 was only one point away with 34 points that also included six pars, splits of 16/18. Following were Trudy Herbert 32 and Helen Stratford 29. Nearest to the pin 2nd shot on the 2nd was Stratford.

Division 2’s handicap range is 18 - 30. Lynette Hirth off 29 was Division 2’s winner with splits if 20/16, her scorecard showing a par on the 8th and no wipes. Hirth is slowly reducing her handicap putting it down to some pilates training for upper body strength. Often in the winner’s circle runner-up Dianne Allen also scored well off a 27 handicap signing for 35 points from splits of 16/19 that included five pars and one wipe. Followed by Jo Gogan 33 and Bev Pascoe 30. Allen finished off her good round with the nearest to the pin 2nd shot prize and also the pro-shot prize. Birdie prize winner was Perryman (13th) and chip-in ferret prize winner’s were Jo Gogan 6th and Lynda Nannings 3rd.

This week’s competition is the 3rd round of the Short Course Trophy on stroke format.