Navy bowlers far from striking out
Navy
bowled Army and RAAF over at the ACT/ Southern NSW Lawn Bowls
Interservice Championships, held at Queanbeyan Bowling Club on
August 3-4.
PO Scott Gallon and CPO Paul Lamont won the ‘Player of the Series’
and ‘Navy’s Best Player’ respectively helping Navy to victory
at the ACT / SNSW. Rain constantly loomed, yet did not eventuate.
Navy were convincing winners over the combined Army/RAAF side.
Two of the Navy teams went through undefeated, both finishing
with 4 wins and 75 shots. The skips of these teams CPO Harry Coulson
and CPO Ray Sangster were well supported by their leads CPO Paul
Lamont and PO Tony Howard and seconds PO Scott Gallon and WO Dave
Adams.
The other two Navy teams won two of their four games with the
two unfortunate Army/RAAF teams failing to register a win.
The Championships also doubled as a selection trial for the Australian
Services Bowls Association (ASBA) Combined Services Championships
in Queensland on September 12 and 13.
A team will be selected from these championships to represent
Navy in the National Inter-Service Championships on September
14 and 15.
