LAWN BOWLS –
Better late than never is the sentiment that has accompanied the belated conclusion to the 2020 Central Coast and NSW Season, with the Covid delayed 2020 State Finals finally coming to an end at Ettalong Memorial Club on March 19.
For Bowls Central Coast (BCC, Zone 15), a number of outstanding performances from club members all around the region at the State Championships have influenced the outcomes of the 2020 Bowlers of the Year Awards, announced on March 22.
In the President’s Reserve division, the 2020 Bowler of the Year is Michael Maycock of the Breakers Bowling Club Wamberal, clinching the title ahead of his fellow club member, Peter Gibbs.
Along with Graeme Styman, the three bowlers from the Breakers Club competed in the State President’s Reserve Triples Series from Wednesday to Friday, February 17–19, finishing with a silver medal behind West Wyalong Services & Citizens Club.
As well as this, both Maycock and Gibbs were semi-finalists in the BCC 2020 President’s Reserve Fours Championships earlier in the season.
Due to their shared accolades, both Maycock and Gibbs levelled at 165 points on the tally to decide the overall standings on the BCC awards table.
In this tie-breaker, additional points were allocated due to placements in the Breakers Club Championships, in which both contestants won the Fours together, with Maycock going on to win the Pairs and place second in the Triples.
Due to these results, Maycock won the BCC President’s Reserve Bowler of the Year Award by the tightest of margins.
In the Opens, the Bowler of the Year Award has been received by Darren Morrison after his great performances in the BCC 2020 competitions.
Morrison’s total point tally reached 185 points, largely thanks to his winning of the BCC Singles and the Triples with Bateau Bay Bowling Club, as well as reaching the semi-finals in the Fours.
In the runner up position is Morrison’s fellow club mate at Bateau Bay, Chayne Edwards, who reached 160 points after winning the Champion of Club Champions Singles and Pairs, the first time this double-whammy has ever been achieved.
Finally, Bateau Bay club earned its final accolade through Tony Shoebridge, who finished second in the running for the BCC Senior Bowler of the Year Award with 235 points, finishing behind Ettalong Memorial’s, Phil Westcott.
Shoebridge was a part of both the Fours and Pairs teams that won gold at the BCC Championships and was a semi-finalist in the BCC Senior Singles, as well as a semi-finalist in the State Fours Championship where his team fell to the team from Mona Vale who went on to win the Grand Final.
This team consists of Wayne Fletcher, Brad Landi, Mark Blackwood and Steve Clark.
It has been an action packed 2020 season for lawn bowls, both on the Coast and around NSW, and one that has unexpectantly spilled over into 2021.
Now that last year can finally be put to rest, there is no intermission at all to prelude the 2021 season that is already in full swing.
Source:
Media Release, Mar 22
Peter Springett, Bowls Central Coast