2024 Australian Championship Wrap
Completing the 2024 Nationals was the 2024 Australian Championships, held from 21 – 25 October, at Broadbeach Bowling Club in Queensland.
The wealth of talent in South Australia is truly remarkable, demonstrated by the following highlights:
Women’s Triples
Hanika Booth, Tamzin Jenke, Sheridon Bodnar competed courageously in the women’s triples without a win but had closely fought out matches.
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Men’s Triples
Even though they fought valiantly Samuel Dietrich, Samual Denton and Mitchell Percy in a closely fought match against (ACT) W. Falconer, S. Robertson, M. McLean were pipped at the post for bronze 16 shots to 17 and finished fourth with 2 wins and 1 loss.
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Women’s Pairs
Congratulations to Pattey Burry and Michelle Barrett who won a silver medal with 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw. Their gold medal final against New South Wales champions Natasha Russel and Dawn Hayman was a tightly contested match secured by NSW 18 shots to 14.
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Men’s Pairs
Congratulations to Will McPharlin and Craig Mills for winning a bronze medal with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw. They came home solidly in their final match against QLD Dean McWhinney and Dale McWhinney-Shillington 15 shots to 10.
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Women’s Fours
Congratulations goes out to Margaret Chandler, Kellie Paull, Jenny Redshaw, and Sharon Cavanagh for their impressive performance in securing the bronze medal by a narrow margin of 15 shots to 14 against Tasmania. Their hard work and dedication truly paid off in this exciting victory.
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Men’s Fours
Congratulations to our men’s foursome of Will McPharlin, Andrew Hill, Craig Mills and Nathan Black, who with 2 wins and 1 loss, fought gallantly in an epic final to secure the bronze medal over Western Australia’s Ben Leggett, Jon Trotter, Joel Leeson and Shane Giudice-Nairn, 20 shots to 10.
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Women’s Singles
Unyamanee Moffatt put up a strong fight in her matches against Kristina Krstic from Western Australia and Chloe Stewart from Queensland, but unfortunately, she couldn’t clinch a victory.
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Men’s Singles
Craig Mills competed valiantly even though there were no wins to his name.
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Mixed Pairs
Kate Argent-Bowden and Nathan Black with 2 wins and 1 loss battled to the end in the Mixed Pairs but were unable to make the finals.
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Bowls SA extends its congratulations to all the winners of the South Australian state event finals who emerged victorious during finals week earlier this year, earning their spot in this championship. Your outstanding performance and dedication have made our state and the bowling community proud.