The Ekurhuleni District men’s and women’s bowls pairs finals and semi- finals were played at the Springs High School Old Boys Club on June 11.
The Edenvale Bowling Club was represented in the open pairs by Craig Rimmington and Martin Head.
Colin Gladwin and Trevor Hartwell represented the senior pairs. In the open semi-final, the Edenvale team triumphed over the side from Delmas, winning by a narrow margin.
The senior semi-final was a closely fought match, with the Edenvale side eventually triumphing over Brakpan Mines, winning by a single shot.
The finals followed a similar pattern.
Rimmington and Head secured a comfortable win over Tienie Gerber’s Alberton team, while Gladwin and Hartwell had to dig deep before overcoming Colin Jones’ Atlas team.
After playing the regulation 21 ends, both sides’ scores were level.
This meant an extra end (the bowls equivalent of a penalty shootout) had to be played.
Edenvale scraped home by winning this deciding end.
