CONGRATULATIONS to our Nelson Bay Bowling Club Zone 2 winners who have now secured their places in the upcoming State Championships.

Our proud Club had a very successful season winning the Zone Major Singles, Senior Fours and Reserve Fours titles.

In the Zone Major Singles event was Jono Davis who competed against fellow Club member Kane Coulls in the semi final.

Both players displayed some superb bowls throughout the game however Jono eventually drew away with a 25 to 13 win advancing to the final.

Congratulations go to Kane on making the semi final.

Jono then went on to defeat Paul Cousins from Mayfield West in an exciting lengthy game that saw several drives resulting in dead ends that didn’t really reflect the end score result of 25 to 12.

In the Senior Fours, comprising David Holmes, Ray Asquith, Russell Nobes and John Gibson, saw that awesome foursome secure a place in the final with a 23 to 10 win in the semi final over Beresfield.

The final against Belmont resulted in a comfortable well played 19 to 8 win.

The Reserve Fours had a hard fought semi final with our boys defeating Soldiers Point 26 to 25 to advance into the final.

The combination of John Carroll, Kevin Kilbride, Brian Comley and Peter Mentos resulted in another nail biting close game in the final against Marks Point eventually winning 18 to 16.

Congratulations to all our Marlins who played well to secure their titles and we wish each of the players every success in the State Playoffs.

By Bernie CARROLL