RAAF
have retained their hold on the NSW Interservice Lawn Bowls, leaving
Navy in third place to wonder what went wrong.
The competition, held at the Penrith Bowling Club from August
10-12, saw 39 players including just one female competitor, enjoying
excellent greens.
Navy looked to be the form side in the Tuesday morning roll-up,
but it was not to be the case.
The first match saw Army play RAAF.
With a scoring system of one point for each rink win and three
points for the overall shot margin, RAAF ran out winners, 6 points
to 1.
Navy took on RAAF on Wednesday morning with high hopes.
RAAF took an early lead that proved to be the deciding factor.
Although Navy finished strongly winning two rinks, the team failed
to match RAAF’s overall shots giving RAAF a 5 points to 2 win.
With two wins from two outings, RAAF had retained the State Interservice
title, so Navy were left to battle Army to determine the runners-up.
Navy may have suffered from their courageous morning effort as
Army won a close encounter 6 points to 1.
The NSW interservice side will play at the National Carnival in
September at Ferny Grove, Brisbane.
Personnel interested are encouraged to access the Australian Services
Bowling Association (ASBA) website and to contact their State
Service representatives.
