Avoca Beach veteran bowls pair Lex Clark and Lex Gemmell gave fresh meaning to the old proverb ‘It’s never over until the fat lady sings” in the final of the Central Coast Veteran Pairs at The Greens The Entrance on Friday, July 24.
The Entrance pair of John Edwards and Kevin Jeffery seemed to have the title well within their grasp at 14 shots to 9, with just four ends remaining.
Then the Avoca combination of Clark and Gemmell came home strongly to score seven shots to nil over the closing ends to take out the title 16- 14. For 77 year old Lex Clark and 73 year old Lex Gemmell, it was an outstanding effort and capped off a great week of bowls over the qualifying rounds.
It was their first Central Coast Championship title and one that will remain in their memory forever. For John Edwards and Kevin Jeffery, it was a costly finale to a very consistent week of bowls, as they had won four sectional rounds in an impressive manner to reach the final.
Media release,
25 July 2015
Kevin Dring, Bowls
Central Coast