The Mooney Mooney trio of Wayne Hughes, Brett George substituting for Dave Morris and skipped by Wayne Toomey created club history by reaching the final of the Central Coast Triple’s Championship on Saturday, July 4.
Runners up of Central Coast Triples Championship Wayne Hughes,
Brett George and skip Wayne Toomey from Mooney Mooney Bowling Club
The trio went on to be beaten (30-10) by the formidable Ettalong combination of Lee Trethowan and John Roberts skipped by the “Aussie” representative player Aron Sherriff.
It was an outstanding performance by that small one-green club tucked away off the F1, halfway between Gosford and Sydney, who had good wins in the sectional rounds the weekend before and then beat the strong Wyong combination of Stephen Elliott, Peter Redmans and Patrick Reed (23-15) in the semi-final to gain a crack at the title.
Newly-elected bowling club president and player Brett George said after the game: “It is the first time a Mooney Mooney team has ever reached the final of a Central Coast championship and it will be a great confidence and morale booster for the club.”
The Bowls Central Coast Triples championship commenced at Halekulani Bowling Club on Saturday, June 27 with 45 teams taking to the greens in four sections in their quest for the prestigious title and an opportunity to contest in the NSW State Championships at Ettalong in October.
The relatively unknown Mooney Mooney trio of Wayne Hughes, David Morris and Wayne Toomey showed good form in section one to win their first three games and then defeat the Halekulani home side skipped by Darren Wheatley 22-18 to take out the section.
In section two, the Wyong team of Stephen Elliott, Peter Redman and Patrick Reed showed their consistency in the sectional games and played out a nail-biter (24-23) against the wily Halekulani combination led by Lindsay Wilding to snare the section win. After a one shot win over Bateau Bay’s Jeff Kellie in the first round, The Entrance team of Ben Bourne and Ben Trainor skipped by James Cook went from strength to strength to take out section three but then went down (23-13) to the Ettalong juggernaut in an entertaining semi-final.
The Ettalong combination Lee Trethowan, John Roberts and Aron Sherriff steamrolled their way to victory in section four with big margin wins and overall recorded an outstanding 154 shots to 57 against, in winning the title.
It was Aron Sherriff’s seventh Triples title and his 30th Central Coast Championship title, an alltime record by any Central Coast bowler.
Media release, 5 July 2015
Kevin Dring, Bowling
Central Coast