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2012 Bowls NSW Senior Inter-Zone Sides Championship FinalZone 11 76 def Zone 16 47Harry Black, BrandonConway, Alan Burton& Ray Coombes33 defKen Hunt, NormFlanagan, Rod Raftery& Brian Harriott12Arnold Javen, BernardFridman, Jack Kampel& Gerald WeinbergKen Cooper, VinceCataldi, EddieTruesdale & LesThorne22 def21 defState Senior Singles and PairsPlayed at Yamba BC13-16 September 2012Les Reese, HarryJohnston, Rick Malley& Mal PearsonMick Duprez, PeterThompson, EdwardClarke & JohnFerguson19162011 NSW State Senior Singles FinalRichard MalleyDavid Sharrock31 defWindang, Zone16Tuncurry, Zone 62011 NSW State Senior Singles FinalRoss Antram &Geoff Turner & MalWilliam Walton23 def PearsonSt Marys RSL, Zone 5Shellharbour, Zone 162717State President’s Reserve Singles and PairsPlayed at Port Macquarie City BC1-4 September 2011The final of the singles event was an all country affair withPeter Burgess (Alder Park) against Greg Collin (DubboRailway). Both players had overcome stiff competition in theirrespective runs to the final.In Round 1 Burgess had defeated Wayne Volmer (MaitlandPark) 31-24 but took 5 ends to claim the single shot requiredfor a win after leading 31-17. In the quarter-final he faced theexperienced John Salter (Tumbarumba). After the scoreswere locked at 11-all, Burgess gradually drew away to record a31-23 win. Collin’s path to the final was no easier. Hisquarter-final against Mark Childs (Canterbury-Bankstown) wason a knife edge from start to finish as was his semi-final clashwith Jamie Nabbe (Warilla). Collin maintained his advantageto the end even though Nabbe kept him on 30 for four endsbefore Collin could emerge with a 31-25 win.Bowls NSW Rookies Singles and PairsPlayed at Raymond Terrace BC1-2 October 2011The Bowls NSW Rookies is a State-wide competition aimed atthe relatively inexperienced bowlersaffording them the opportunity toplay, featuring shorter games andmore games per day.SinglesOwen Elliott (Nelson Bay) took out the singles final 17-8 overAdam Taylor (Belrose). Elliott’s campaign was not off to acrash-hot start, losing 8-17 to South Tamworth’s MichaelWhale. However he rallied to win his remaining two sectional2011 NSW State President’s Reserve Singles FinalPeter BurgessGreg Collin31 def25Alder Park, Z2Dubbo Railway, Z4In the pairs final the Bieldermans raced away to a 9-0 leadwith Grudgfield and Thorning coming back to trail 9-7 after 7ends. A four to the Gunnedah pair saw them take the lead 14-13 on the 13th end. They then scored on the next four endsto lead 22-13 on 18 ends and ensured their victory with a 24-15 score line.2011 NSW State President’s Reserve Pairs FinalRoss Grudgfield (sub)Adam Bielderman && Scott ThorningHenry Bielderman24 defGunnedah Services,Springwood, Zone 5Zone 3games in impressive fashion, recording a 17-4 score line inboth. Elliott continued his good form in the semi-finalrecording a 17-8 victory.Taylor had reached the semi-final after an unbeaten run in hissection and then blitzing Alstonville’s Shaun Dwyer 17-5 toprogress to the final.Unrattled by his poor start in the final, Elliott regainedcomposure to play pressure bowls when they counted, gainingthe ascendancy. Taylor gave fierce opposition with somegreat bowls but it was Elliott who produced the crunch bowl.Elliott’s win is the third title to go to Nelson Bay in the threeyears that Bowls NSW has held the State Rookies15Bowls NSW, 2011-12 Annual Report & Year Book Page 23