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July 2008 Kangaroo Valley Voice Page 47Kangaroo Valley Men’s singles and moreThe Semi-finals of the Major Singles wasplayed on a heavy track on the weekendof 14 th June – travelling at a best speedof around 12 seconds.In the first game the big come-backcontinued for Geoff ‘Tige” Lidbetteragainst the last of the young gunsNathaniel Johns.In this encounter the consistency of Nathanielwas ever present creating constant pressure onTige to produce his best each time.Unfortunately for Tige,Nathaniel did not lose his momentum andTige’s shoulder injury which put him out of thegame for almost six months was aggravatedduring the encounter and Nathaniel ending upstorming home to win 31-14.Adam Rigney and Lenny Hughes also playedtheir semi-final on the weekend making themost of the glorious sunshine after the lastweek’s moisture.Adam was still in devastating form and didn’tlet Lenny into the game taking the honours 31-10. Lenny assured me that will be back againnext year.The final between Adam Rigney and NathanielJohns drew a keen crowd, as the best in theclub battled for the honour of taking the 2008Men’s Singles title.The game kicked off under the midday sun andAdam immediately took command jumping to a10 -1 lead.Nathaniel settled back into the hard slog ofchasing Adam and finally were even 16 all.The game see-sawed until thescores were locked at 22all, then the race to reach 31 towin suddenly raised the bloodpressure and concentration tohigher levels.Adam cooly controlled theplay and began to notch upmore winning ends until hefinally claimed victory with ascore of 31-25.A remarkable dispay by both players whoreceived a standing ovation from the localgallery.The South Coast District Triples competition,had the trio of Phil ‘Jingles’ Chittick, AdamRigney and Nathaniel Johns representing thevalley.After victories in earlier elimination rounds thetrio made the semi-finals which they played onSunday 22 nd June at Culburra.The valley boys were up against a crack teamfrom Huskisson and each team put it to theother so much so, that it was a draw on the finalend, requiring an extra end for a decider.Nathaniel was instrumental in delivering thewinning shot to score 31-30.There was no rest after the victory and the finalwas to be played against the Lake Conjola trio.The game was a see-sawing battle with bothteams swapping the lead throughout.The last two ends remained and the score was20-20.The Lake Conjola team then ended the dreamrun of Kangaroo Valley by snatching five shotsNathaniel Johns, Phil Chittick and Adam Rigney leading bowlersover the last two ends and claiming the Triplescrown.Jingles, Adam and Nathaniel although runnersup,were still over the moon to compete in thefinal and against so many great teams and arelooking forward to the same again next year.The Bias One.(Continued from page 46)threw everything at each other except theirbowls bags in the encounter.On the final end Tim led 30 -28 and Tigemiraculously pulled out a great three pointer tosteal the honours 31-30.One of the last games before the semi-finals isAdam Rigney against the experiencedcampaigner Lenny Hughes.Although favouritism sways towards Adamwith his recent form Lenny has been known totopple several giants of the green before.The Bias One