Victory for the bay
Randolph Barnes
thinks about his
delivery
A thoughtful pause
from Deon Laeity
7A short prayer from
Peter Leutfeld
before delivering
Roger
Lavoipierre
LAST weekend,
Empangeni Country
Club was the venue
again when eight
teams of nine
players gathered to
compete for the Bill
Robarts Memorial
Trophy.
The format of mixed
fours, trips and
pairs which has been
adopted for this
tournament has
proved to be most
successful and, more
importantly,
extremely popular
with players and
spectators.
After the
preliminary rounds
were completed on
Saturday, the
line-up for the
semi-finals was
Empangeni Bowling
Club against
Mtunzini while
Richards Bay were
drawn against
Empangeni Country
Club.
Semis
On Sunday morning,
Bowling Club
registered the only
clean sweep of the
tournament when they
accounted for
Mtunzini by three
games to nil and
Richards Bay,
despite losing the
fours, accounted for
Country Club by
winning the trips
and pairs.
The stage was set
and it must be said
that Bowling Club,
with eight district
players in their
line-up, started as
favourites to retain
the trophy they won
last year.
But as they say,
it’s a funny old
game.
The pairs game saw
the powerful Bowling
Club combo of Yvonne
Steenkamp and Mike
Logan continue on
their winning way
when they recorded a
28-17 win over
Richards Bay’s Grant
Walters and Fairy
Scheepers.
One up to the
Bowling Club but it
was soon to be all
square when the
trips side from the
Bay, skipped by
Terry Tebbutt and
ably assisted by
Rika Visser and
Betsie du Plooy,
maintained their
unbeaten record in
the tournament when
they beat the
Bowling Club’s James
Rea, Jan Ferreira
and Lesley Park by
17 shots to nine.
It was perhaps
fitting that the
final outcome of the
tournament should
hinge on the result
of the fours
face-off between
Bowling Club’s Mike
Kay-Hards, Wayne
Johnston, Joop
Busschers and Gloria
Garbutt and the
Bay’s Anette and
Lukas Groenewald,
Monty Clifton-Smith
and Anita Scott.
Leading from the
start, Richards Bay
eventually won by 25
shots to 20 although
it must be said that
Bowling Club fought
to the end.
Congratulations to
the Richards Bay
nine for a
well-merited
tournament victory.
Upcoming
This coming weekend
the Empangeni
Bowling Club will be
hosting their annual
men’s fours
tournament.
