By Casey O'Connor
Finally, a touch of luck for the Stanthorpe bowlers as the clouds parted and play resumed for on Saturday with the long-awaited final of the Club selected triples championship. The final certainly final proved to worth the wait.
Cathy Stefanon, Gary Trevena and Frank Gallo took an early lead and held onto it. However, at the completion of the scheduled 18 ends the scores were locked up at 13 all requiring an extra end to be played. Robyn Rose, Tom Hodgson and Mark Wicks won the extra end snatched the trophy from the hands of their opponents with a 15-13 win in what was an enthralling and entertaining game. Congratulations to all six players.
While the Triples final played out social pairs were played on other rinks. Louisa
Girgenti and Brian Brown suffered a 23-17 loss to Jimmy Ringer and Len Girgenti. In the other game Rocky Thompson and Bruno Stefanon just held on to outscore Helen Jones and Wendy Hurnall in a close game. The final score 12-11.
Please note that due to pre-booked functions, Twilight Bowls has been moved to Wednesday 8 December and Wednesday December 15. Normal Thursday Evening bowling will recommence on the 6 January 2022.
There will be no Twilight Bowls from 16 Dec through until 6 January because of the Christmas /New Year break.
The club acknowledges their featured sponsor this week and thank Mark and Natalie McCosker for their continued support.
