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Innisfail Ladies Bowls

INNISFAIL Bowls Club hosted the Tropical Far North Queensland District Ladies Bowls Association Champion of Champions from July 24 - 28.

Singles, Pairs and Fours winners at their respective clubs battled it out over four days, with one day lost on Wednesday due to persistent, heavy rain.

Teams represented were Edmonton, Marlin Coast, Mossman, Weipa, Silkwood, Mareeba, and Yungaburra in the Fours and Pairs.

Singles games were knockout, with Pairs and Fours as a round robin, and wins, margins, and aggregate determined the winners.

The Singles saw Helen Paterson from Innisfail knocked out by Mareeba’s Carmel De Zen, whilst Denise Charman (Silkwood) defeated Robyn Brunello (Tully), Suzanne Hemensley (Yungaburra) and Leonie Sims (Mossman) to earn her spot in the final against Carmel De Zen.

In her first year of playing bowls, Leonie Sims from Mossman won her first Singles game against Elaine Whitehead from Edge Hill.

Marlin Coast’s Jan Baumann, Judi Curtayne, Libby Jennings (sub) and Anne Ashton, with three, wins 61 Aggregate - Margin +17 - 36 ends won the Fours competition.

Anne Windsor, Sue Rowe, Roz Fraser and Debbie Maxwell from Edmonton finished as runners-up in the Fours with two wins, one loss, 57 Aggregate - Margin +5 - 29 ends.

In the Pairs competition, Terry McAlary and Christine Populin from Edmonton finished as champions with three wins, one loss, and one draw - 101 AggregateMargin +24 - Ends 61.

The runners-up were Denise Charman and Lee-ann Mayell from Silkwood with three wins, two losses, 114 Aggregate - Margin +32 - Ends 59.

Last Friday, Mareeba’s Carmel De Zen turned the tables in 2023. It claimed the Singles championship over Denise Charman from Silkwood with a 25 -14 victory in the final.

These Singles, Pairs and Fours winners will now progress to play in the Zone playoffs in Townsville later this month.