Sport
Extra ends needed to find the winners
In a recent Championships Pairs bowls game played at the Golfie, Dean ‘Bogger’ McLeod and Jason Howell won their match by +1 against Alan Knight and Greg Read. The game was so tight that they had to play an extra end to decide the winner! In the Singles competition, Tony Polack finished with a +3 win in his match with Stewart Simpson. The scorecard showed neither were ever going to concede defeat and it took 32 gruelling ends before the game was finally decided in Polack’s favour. There was a huge upset in the Triples competition with bowls old hands Don Roberts, Kyle Roberts and Barry Bargwanna suffering a loss to the converted golfers, Alec Fraser, Mark Fraser and Jay Egan, who took the match by a +2 margin. The decider once again came down to an extra end! The game’s spectators were utterly and totally engaged and it’s reported the greens have never been so intensely quiet! In social bowls news from Sunday, David ‘Ooze’ Knight and Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey finished with a big +18 win over John ‘Shark’ Daly and Peter ‘China’ Brien. Competitors (and an official) at Sunday’s Duathlon event. ▪ Photo contributed The runners-up on a count back with +7 were Jim Goonrey and Gerard Livingston who accounted for Craig ‘Duck’ Grimmond and Karen Daly. With a cool change in the weather (and He was closely followed by Axel Fairfull The other +7 victory was recorded in the triples game with Bian Smith, Paul Kershaw the recent closure of the Cobar Memorial with a time of 35.55. Swimming Pool) the Cobar Athletics & Tri- Next best were the team of Braiden Jones and Allan Gardoll accounting for their oppoathlon Squad (CATS) have turned their and Greg McKervey, who completed the sition Doug Hudson, Craig ‘Porky’ Dillon and Greg Clark. attention from Triathlons to Duathlons. course in a time of 36.26. In Friday night’s Twilight Bowls game, The club held their first Duathlon event of Khan Fugar finished in 4th place (38.00). the year on Sunday morning with 11 competi- The pairing of Jacob Theakston and Caleb Tony Polack and Mark ‘George’ Fraser tors taking part. Theakston were next home (42.06) ahead of claimed a +6 win over John ‘Shark’ Daly The Long Course winner was Isaac Theak- Nick Hodges (46.00) and the team of Jeremy and Greg Clark. The runners-up on +3, were Karen Daly ston who completed the three 1.2km runs in- Theakston and Jayden Cryer (46.35). terspersed with two 5km rides (ie run/ride/run/ Skyla Fairfull won the Short Course (1.2km and Andrew Roberts who beat their opposiride/run) in just over half an hour to clock in a run/5km ride/1.2km run) with a time of 30 tion Allan Gardoll and Kyle Loughran. good time of 34 minutes and nine seconds. Polack won the Spider prize.—The Second minutes and 30 seconds.
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Page 22 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday April 19, 2023
