Randburg Bowls Club celebrated the success of five of their junior bowlers who were all selected to represent the provincial [Johannesburg Bowls Association (JBA) ] in the recent Inter-Provincial Bowls Tournament held in Bloemfontein on 28 March to 1 April.
Xavian Kramer (10), Lethabo Banda (11) and Shannon Davies (16) were all selected for the JBA development teams that sent four teams to participate in the tournament. Darryl Stafford (22) and Trent Turner (23) were selected to play for the JBA U25 team that participated in the Inter-District. Stafford, a former Tower Novices Champion, skippered the U25 team.
Club manager of the U19 A team, Terry Turner, said that all the U19 teams made the club extremely proud.”All four teams were in medal contention right up to the last day. The lessons learned and the improvements made while competing in the tournament will stand this extremely young team in good stead for future tournaments,” said Turner. He added that the spirit among the U19 girl’s team was so great that they even won an award for team with most spirit, which made the club proud.
Former South African International representative, Allan Gordon who managed the U25 said although this was a relatively inexperienced team, the future bodes well for all the players.
The club was also proud of Xavian Kramer, who was elected the Facebook Personality of the tournament, as well as the Personality of the Tournament, for his enthusiasm for bowls on and off the green. He received the award from President of Bowls South Africa, Kallie Haupt.
The tournament is said to boast some of the best U19 and U25 bowlers. It attracted bowlers from all of the districts in the country and supported the argument that bowls is not an old person’s sport.
Club president, Ray Turner, concluded that this achievement did not come overnight. “Randburg Bowls Club has been actively attracting younger bowlers and newer bowlers of all ages to the club for a number of years. Any aspirant bowler of any age is welcome – our age range is from 10 to the 80s. We have become a young vibrant club that caters for all ages.”
Details: Randburg Bowls Club info@randburgbowls.org.za or 011 793 3114.
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