CELEBRATING its fourth year, the Pitcher and Le Quesne Sun Bowls Open took place over the weekend at the Sun Bowls Club.
The competition formed around the highly successful and exciting Australian Bowls Premier League.
Each game consisted of two sets of five ends and in the event of a draw, a tie-break end was played.
The format for the sets was three-wood pairs, which became two-wood triples in the tie-break.
Twenty teams of three were drawn into four groups of five teams that competed over the round-robin group stage.
The top two teams in each group progressed through to the quarter-finals of the knock-out stage.
Following a “one-wood mega bowl shootout” on the Friday evening won by club captain Kevin Andrieux, the main competition began on Saturday morning.
The green was awash with colour as a carnival atmosphere was created by themed teams wearing fancy dress and music being played.
Prizes were awarded for the best outfits and team names.
Other spot prizes were available over the two days of competition, for scoring a “hot-shot” (all six woods counting) or a “powerplay” score of eight shots or more.
In spite of the “carnival” atmosphere on the green, the bowls proved highly competitive and outstanding play enthralled and entertained the spectators.
The final between the teams, led by brothers Greg and Ross Davis, was no exception and it was a very close contest from the outset.
Ultimately, it was Greg’s team, “Cops and Robbers”, with Cathy Le Sueur and Jamie Lawson, who triumphed over Ross and his “Ain’t Got a Scooby” team of Abbey Andrieux and Pat Lawson.
The third and fourth place play-off saw “The Untamed Mavericks” Kevin Le Long, Megan Kivlin and Rachel MacDonald overcome the “United Nations” team of Stewart McGinnie, Tony Morton and Denise Pallot.
Sun Bowls president Peter Davis extended his thanks to all who contributed towards the successful event.
A special mention went to the Sun Bowls Club volunteers, who had offered their help in a variety of roles, as well as the organising committee for masterminding the competition.
Davis and the club also acknowledged the generous sponsorship of Pitcher and Le Quesne Funeral Services, without whom the Sun Open would not be possible.
