A club tournament on Thursday September 19th followed by the Ontario Ladies Novice Singles. And that's where I have to start with the news that Laura Mounce won the gold medal.
Play on Day 1 was round robin play. There were four groups, each with four players. Thetop two in each group went forward to elimination play on Day 2.
We had a great opening day. There were lots of close matches and some great shot making. The home club players, Lori Wills and Laura Mounce had mixed results. Lori played well but her opponents bowled a bit better and she finished 1-2 and did not make the elimination round on Sunday. Laura on the other hand played well all day to finish with 3 wins (18-15, 18-5 and 18-12)and top her group.
In her quarter final game Laura won 18-14 and followed that up with a very good performance in her semi final, winning 18-10.
The gold medal game was between Laura and Karen Manfredi of the Beeton club. There was some great shot making by both bowlers but Laura got off to a fast start and her lead was never seriously challenged by Karen. Encouraged by the home crowd Laura ran out the gold medal winner by a score of 18-10.
Including the District playdowns Laura won 12 consecutive games and was indeed worthy of being crowned an Ontario champion.
The gold medal game was covered by Your TV Northumberland and when aired viewers will be able to see a fine match and some “waves” from the spectators, led I believe by Dave Shirley.
Play on Day 1 was round robin play. There were four groups, each with four players. Thetop two in each group went forward to elimination play on Day 2.
We had a great opening day. There were lots of close matches and some great shot making. The home club players, Lori Wills and Laura Mounce had mixed results. Lori played well but her opponents bowled a bit better and she finished 1-2 and did not make the elimination round on Sunday. Laura on the other hand played well all day to finish with 3 wins (18-15, 18-5 and 18-12)and top her group.
In her quarter final game Laura won 18-14 and followed that up with a very good performance in her semi final, winning 18-10.
The gold medal game was between Laura and Karen Manfredi of the Beeton club. There was some great shot making by both bowlers but Laura got off to a fast start and her lead was never seriously challenged by Karen. Encouraged by the home crowd Laura ran out the gold medal winner by a score of 18-10.
Including the District playdowns Laura won 12 consecutive games and was indeed worthy of being crowned an Ontario champion.
The gold medal game was covered by Your TV Northumberland and when aired viewers will be able to see a fine match and some “waves” from the spectators, led I believe by Dave Shirley.
On Thursday September 19th we held the inaugural over seventies tournament (aka the Golden Oldies). Many thanks to Ralph Hewitt and Fran Marsh for sponsoring this new tournament. The winners of the tournament were Carl Ferguson, Al Gourd and Monica Miller. In second place was the team of Mike Place, Louisa Arthur and John Ashley. Third were Brian Rogers, Henry Kowlaski and Donna Longman. In fourth place were Ann Tough, Carol Dewey and Emerson Macrae. It was a fun day with great weather. Thanks to Ralph and Fran for presenting the prizes. Thank you to our drawmasters Julie and Tammy and for the many photos some of which are included here.
