The NSW team The NSW combined service side for the ADF National Tenpin Bowling Competition held in Canberra from May 31, was made up of the following members. LAC Mick Walker Air Force LAC Kieran Wyllie Air Force Sgt Max Byers Air Force LAC Dave Hogan Air Force Sgt Mark Seagrave Air Force AB Jason Storr Navy Smn Brendan Parr Navy CPO Mike Batey Navy WO Steve Reynolds Navy PO Paul Beavis Navy WO2 Steve Ritchie Army Sgt Ian Forsyth Army

Army strike bad luck in the bowling alley

By WO2 Steve Ritchie
ARMY bowlers struggled to keep up with highly accurate Navy and Air Force contingents at the NSW Inter-service Tenpin Bowling Competition, held at Castle Hill Tenpin Bowling Centre on May 7.

Each service fielded a team of 12 players, divided into four teams of three. A total of nine games were played in blocks of three games, with teams changing lanes after each block.

The total pin-fall for each service would determine the overall inter-service winner. The two highest average players from each services selection event were automatically selected into the NSW side to ensure representation from each service. The top six average players on the day were also selected into the NSW team.

The competition started well, with several bowlers achieving 200-plus scores. By the end of the fourth game, it was very close with the Navy on 2142 pins, the Air Force on 2124 pins and the Army struggling on 1777 pins.

The Air Force continued with high-scoring games and, by the end of the ninth game, was 287 pins in front of Navy to ultimately win NSW Inter-service Tenpin Bowling competition with a total of 19046 pins, second was the Navy with 18759 pins and third was Army with 15367 pins.

Best and fairest for the tournament was LAC Mick Walker with an average of 213 for the nine games.

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