No 939 Monday 3rd - Sunday 9thOctober 2022
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he Greenland’s Bowls Club ensign was certainly flying high above the finals venue last week for the 14th edition of the Valencian Lawn Bowls Tournament, as the Los Montesinos based Club performed a ‘clean sweep’ in all seven disciplines, the first occasion this has been achieved in the history of the competition.
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Whilst many might put the feat down to the club having home advantage, when remembering that a new bowling surface was laid by Dales Sports just days before the competition got underway, the claim would seem to have very little substance, and although many of the finals went down to the wire, the current crop of players were just too strong for their opposition. This is the seventh occasion that Linea Directa has kindly acted as main competition sponsors and their presence was clearly in evidence with many company banners scattered around the venue.
GREENLANDS MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Valencian Delegate, Bob Donnelly, was particularly complimentary of the company as he singled them out for thanks prior to the final presentations. After two weeks of almost perfect weather, with the early rounds played at Bonalba and Greenlands, the Championships came down to the wire with the Finals getting underway last Sunday. In the Mixed Triples there was no stopping the home side of Sue Bosworth, Dave Robinson and Andy Miles, who were in outstanding form, against the Emerald Isle trio of Colin Lindgren, Drew and Ann Marie Gerrard, as the Greenlands outfit romped to a comfortable victory. The usually reliable EI threesome just didn’t have any answers, finally throwing in the towel after 14 ends. It was an all Greenlands affair in the finals of the Mixed Pairs with Debbie Perryman and Graham Shoots meeting current holders Lisa & Peter Bonsor. Perryman and Shoots let by 11-3 at the midway point with the champions unable to find their form of the previous rounds. As the former Aussie veterans wilted in the sun Debbie and Graham went on to claim a 19-8 win.
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