Bay Club scoops women's trips
Eric Grierson, seen here in action at the Zululand Trips, is the Empangeni Country Club's 2008 singles champion
Mike Harrison
THE Zululand Bowling Association's trips competition, reduced to a knockout competition due to a poor entry, has reached final stages in Richards Bay on Sunday.
The women's section, with only six entries, has already been decided with Trish Cresswell-George and her Richards Bay Bowling Club team beating Rita Meyer of the Empangeni Bowling Club 21-18 in the final.
In the men's section, Dion Leaity of the Richards Bay Bowling Club and Ken Boardman of the Empangeni Country Club have won their way through to the final.
They will meet at the Richards Bay Bowling Club this Saturday 20 September at 2pm in what should be a closely contested final.
Leaity beat Mike Harrison of Empangeni Country Club 23-9 and Alan Nixon of Mtunzini 19-12 on his way to reaching the final.
Boardman got there with victories over Mike King of Richards Bay 14-10 and Mike Kay-Hards of Empangeni Bowling Club 17-12.
League
In the final round of the Haig's Mowers Zululand League played on Saturday in eShowe, Empangeni Country Club were north section winners with two satisfactory victories.
Alan Lovell's A side beat James Rea of the Empangeni Bowling Club 20-13, while Ken Boardman's B side, who were the eventual winners of the north section, beat the Richards Bay Bowling Club's B side 25-20.
Boardman, up against Piet de Bruyn's team, came from a 20-12 deficit on the 17th end to win the match with five points to spare.
They picked up four points on the 18th, four on the 19th, three on the 20th and two on the 21st to stage a remarkable comeback.
Singles
Eric Grierson has won the Empangeni Country Club singles champs by defeating Mike Harrison 21-20 on Monday.
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