2023-24 Men’s Country Carnival Champions Crowned
The 2023-24 Men’s Country Carnival concluded today with semifinals and finals being played out at the Marion Bowls Club. Matches commenced at 9.30am and throughout the day, the crowd steadily grew, creating an exciting atmosphere.
Fours
Fours semifinals saw matches go down to the wire with the team of G Sincock (Streaky Bay/ R5) / N McCallum (Melrose/ R3) / G Grund (Melrose/ R3) / J Calyun (Port Pirie/ R3) defeating the Region 2 Kadina team of C March/ P Miller/ D Bushell/ B Hines 14 shots to 13, while the Riverton Region 8 foursome of B Hnatyszyn/ D Willmott/ A Willmott/ M Squire defeated G Wright (Wilmington/ R3) / R Larsson (Wilmington/ R3) / A Keller (Booleroo Centre/ R3) / K Ackland (Orroroo/ R3), 10 shots to 9.
In the fours final the team from Streaky Bay/Melrose/Port Pirie were able to grind out a hard-fought win to claim the title 14 shots to 8 from the Riverton team.
Singles
Kingscote’s Daryl Steinwedel and Angaston’s Jono Voigt both progressed through to the singles gold medal match with the same score 21 shots to 17 over Joshua Porker (Karoonda) and Peter Gageler (Zinc Broken Hill) respectively.
Darryl Steinwedel did well to keep up for the first half of the final, but Jono Voigt was just too consistent in the end to power through to take the singles crown convincingly 21 shots to 11.
Pairs
Region Fours, Broken Hill pairing of B Hooker / P Gageler (Zinc) took the match from Laura’s Brand Crew of G Brand/T Brand in a convincing display 19 shots to 12.
The Waikerie/Angaston pair of W Collins / J Voigt blitzed Region 7’s pair D Steinwedel (Kingscote) / G Smith (Laura) in a skilful display 17 shots to 9.
After a long day on the greens after Gageler and Voigt had already individually contested the singles earlier in the day, the pairs final was a cracking contest where W Collins/J Voigt took the lead early from B Hooker/P Gageler and right from the start took control to eventually win the pairs title 22 shots to 4.
Click here for all the results from the 2023-24 Men’s Country Carnival
Bowls SA extends its heartfelt gratitude to all the dedicated volunteers who generously contributed their time and effort. We sincerely appreciate your invaluable support, as without it, these events would not achieve the remarkable success they do year after year.
Thank you to everyone who competed in this great event! We look forward to having you and your friends back again next year.
