Bowls International — November 2017

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JERSEY FINALS|By Matt Herve

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n the morning session, first up were

the ladies senior fours. The team of

C Grimes, J Holmes, S Mcginnigle

and J Mayo of Jersey Bowls Club

defeated the team of M Breen, C Derrien,

J Laffoley and C Le Goff 26-12.

Also up in the morning session was

Alan Shaw of Jersey Bowls Club taking

on Merv Richardson of St Saviours

Bowls Club in the men’s senior singles.

Alan was able to beat Merv in a good

game, 21-16.

The final game in the morning session

was the men’s national fours.

The defending champions and three

of the four 2016 British Isles Fours

Champions, M De Sousa, G Davis,

S Ruderham and M Rive were up

against Jersey Bowls Clubs R Clive, R

Macdonald, A Stewart and J Douglas.

Continuing what they have done all

season, the JBC Fours shocked the

defending champions 23-12.

Take two for

Jersey finals

In the afternoon sessions, the newly

crowned men's national fours champions

played again in the men’s senior fours

against fellow JBC members A Quemard,

C Renouf, A Shaw and D Boswell.

R Clive and co continued their fine

form for the day, winning 17-15.

Next up were the national ladies triples,

pitting JBC’s Y Andrews, J Holmes and

J Mayo faced St Saviours G Le Long,

M Smith and J Cooper. In a very close

fought match the JBC team narrowly won

16-15.

Men’s British Isles singles champion

Tommy Greechan teamed up with fellow

St Brelade Bowls Club member Mike

Videgrain to take on the formidable

pair and multiple time national men’s

pairs champions Malcolm De Sousa and

Michael Rive from The Sun B.C.

Tommy and Mike showed sheer

class and skill on the green and ran out

comfortable winners 25-8.

The final game of the afternoon session

was the ladies set singles with Sue Noel

facing Chris Grimes.

True to the word of sets, Sue lost the

first set 11-2 before winning the second

set narrowly 9-8 and coming away as the

winner on the tie break, 5-4.

Unfortunately, September 3, when the

rest of the finals were due to take place

was a washout due to torrential rain.

Even though some matches started the

green was unplayable and it was agreed

to play at a later date.

These were scheduled for September

30, but due to holidays and commitments

some games were played before then.

The ladies national fours was played

before, with the Sun B.Cs J Renouf,

J Knight, E Vowden and C Le Sueur

beating St Brelade B.Cs D Moon, C

Greechan, L Murphy and D Canavan

32-3.

The ladies national pairs was also

played and JBC's C Grimes and S

Mcginnigle defeated St Saviour B.Cs A

Richardson and A Bisson.

TAKE TWO

Finally, after a fantastic week of Les

Creux hosting the EBU championship,

the remaining finals took place.

In the morning session, superstar

bowler Chloe Greechan faced Sun B.C's

Kim Gallichan in her first national final

in the Ladies National U25s. Chloe’s vast

experience and skill saw her emerge with

a 21-2 victory.

Chloe’s younger brother Taylor

Greechan was also in action in the men’s

On September 2, Jersey bowlers gathered at Les Creux Bowls Club

to play out the 2017 national finals.

Right:

R Clive,

J Douglas,

A Stewart and

J Douglas,

men's fours and

senior fours

winners

Below:

Jean Holmes

bowling to win

the ladies singles

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