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The Riverina Murray Region Triples Championships were completed at Temora over the weekend in fine and warm conditions.

The semi–finals of the Men’s Open Triples were played on Sunday morning. In one game Jono Watson, Brian Madden (substitute) and David Quigley were opposed to Josh Annett’s team from Wagga RSL. After 8 ends the Wagga team led 8–7 but Young won almost all of the remaining ends to win the game 35–10.

In the other semi–final Cody O’Keefe’s team from Wagga Rules defeated Matt Thornton’s team from Narrandera 27–17.

The final was a real contest with the result uncertain until the final 2 ends. After 8 ends Young led 10–8 and after 16 ends they were in front 19–13. After 22 of the 25 ends had been completed Young led 23–19 and they went on to win 27–20.

The first game in the Men’s Senior division was played on Saturday afternoon with Joe Bargwanna, Ian Schofield and Cliff Traynor playing Bruce Lack’s team from Temora.

The Temora team got away to a good start and after 8 ends they led 11–3. The Young team gradually reduced the deficit to trail 14–16 after 21 ends but the Temora team held on to win 19–16. Of the 25 ends played there were 18 ends where only 1 shot was scored.

In a semi–final on Sunday morning Bruce Lack’s team were opposed to Geoff Holt, Rod Cummings and Peter Watts. After 9 ends the scores were level at 10–all and after 17 ends Temora led 19–17. The Young team dominated the scoring from that point to win the game 31–21. In the other semi–final Mark Pearce’s team from Wagga Rules defeated David Ivanoff’s team from Narrandera 28–16. In the final Mark Pearce’s team won 7 of the first 8 ends to lead 13–1 and they went on to record a 28–11 win.

Last weekend’s games in the Women’s Senior Triples saw Sheila Traynor, Elsie Hines and Margaret Gailey qualifying for the final along with Jan Gooden’s team from Wagga RSL.

In Sunday afternoon’s final the Wagga team adapted much better to the conditions and after 10 ends had established a lead of 14 shots to 2. They continued their good form to take out the game 30–10. The Women’s Open division was won by Cindy McDonald’s team from Leeton and District who defeated Fiona Hartwig’s team from West Wyalong 33–13. In the Open Reserve division Bruce Russell’s team from Narrandera 26 defeated Terry McDonald’s team from Cootamundra Ex–Services 17. Special congratulations to all the winning teams and well done to the two Young teams who were runners–up.

Locally after a cold start on Thursday morning conditions were much better in the afternoon. Twelve players were involved in three games of pairs. Albert Carter and Elsie Hines played some excellent bowls to win their game 25–9. The other two games were more closely contested with Jim McQuade and Denis Rosen winning 20–16 and Ann Gardner and Joe Bargwanna winning 20-15.

The draws for the Region Pairs Championships should be available during the week. Information concerning the Region Singles Championships is on the notice board.

IMAGE: Riverina Murray Senior Men’s Triples runners up Geoff Holt, Rod Cummings and Peter Watts.

IMAGE: Riverina Murray Senior Women’s Triples runners up Margaret Gailey, Elsie Hines and Sheila Traynor.

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