THE draw for the prestigious Phoenix Open Pairs has been conducted with 84 bowlers to take to the Park Beach Bowls Clubs greens on Monday 5 July through until the final on Friday 9 July.
42 team nominations have been accepted with some of the biggest names in Australian and International Bowls lining up for the $38,250 in total prize money.
Leading the charge will be Irish and Australian Champion Jeremy Henry who will play with Kevin Anderson.
Henry is a dual World Champion and has twice won the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Another international visitor is Ryan Bester.
The Canadian now lives on the Gold Coast and has been Australian Bowls player of the year 3 times, won the World Championship in Pairs, and has 3 Silver medals in the World Singles Championships.
Australian Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Kelvin Kerkow will partner Alstonville’s 2020 NSW Champion bowler Peter Taylor, the current Australian Bowler of the Year.
There will be a number of locals taking on the big names including Jim Swan, Kent Price, Cory Daley, Dale Condon, Joe Clarke and David Hall.
The Park Beach Greens will be all action from 5 July through until 9 July.
A player Calcutta tournament will be held after the first round on Monday evening allowing everyone to be involved in the tournament.
Section Team Lead Skip
One
1 John Green Nathan Wise
2 Geoff Sutcliffe Ken Sutcliffe
3 George Hemmings Jim Swan
4 Ian Jones Peter Gould
5 Seb Thompson Warren Murray
6 Mark Berghoffer Chris Herden
Two
7 Sean Ingham Garry Kelly
8 Stephen Lucey Greg Welsh
9 Richard lee Greg Brims
10 Colin Stanley David Wilcox
11 Michael Ahoy Robert Cutmore
12 Kent Price Rick Southam
Three
13 Josh Berry Ryan Bester
14 Graham Morris Stacy Morris
15 Steven Sole Braden Sole
16 Joseph Clarke Cory Daley
17 Geoff Lehmann Vicki Lehmann
18 Michael Ibbotson Harley McDonald
Four
19 Bret Norman Shannon White
20 Nathan Wilson Indy Conlan
21 Paul Staggard Gus Templeton
22 Jared Hunt Shannon Tighe
23 Edward Wright Richard Dixon
24 Callum Murray David Ferguson
Five
25 Kevin Anderson Jeremy Henry
26 John Bradley Stan Russ
27 Dale Condon Neville Brown
28 Adrian Samuelsson Paul Harrison
29 Greg Harris Peter Griffith
30 Ben Morthope Beau Prideaux
Six
31 Michael Clarke Darren Morrison
32 Rex Foster Daniel Foster
33 Paula Braidwood Lauretta Marchese
34 Colin Pollock Daniel Knight
35 Dion Brown Morris Luckwell
36 David Hall Martin Gosper
Seven
37 Kelvin Kerkow Peter Taylor
38 Ben Crotty Michael Howard
39 Rhys Riddell Barry Smith
40 Brett Wright Ray Emerson
41 Shayne Mathieson Lance Bradshaw
42 Chris Roberts Mason Lewis
By Bruce WORBOYS