The Final of the UBMBC/UBWBC 2019 Mixed Pairs was played this afternoon (13/10/2019), between:
Cherie & Jono Johnston.Vs Tania Valli & Charlie Stuart.
This was a classic game of bowls, with Tania & Charlie getting a
comfortable lead and looked to be counting down the ends. However,
Cherie & Jono had other ideas and mounted a sensational come back.
On what should have been the last end, Cherie & Jono were holding 2
possibly 3 shots, which would have given them the championship. However,
Charlie, as he did in the Minor Pairs Final yesterday, just trailed the
jack for one shot. So after some sensational bowls by all players, the
teams were locked at 17 shots all after 21 ends...the championship came
down to an extra end...
The spectators were riveted to their
seats. Tania held her breath and drew two close bowls...Cherie got
second shot and one behind. Charlie wasn't going near the head and
covered behind. Jono just missed the shot bowl with his first two bowls.
Tania put two bowls way behind, for cover. Cherie was very unlucky not
to hit the shot bowl with her 3rd and 4th bowls, but they finished
behind the head. Charlie managed to draw a second shot, which meant that
Jono had to make contact with the head. If he did that anything could
have happened...Jono had great weight on his last bowl and the crowd
held their breath...once the dust had settled, Tania & Charlie were
holding 2 shots and had won the UBMBC/UBWBC 2019 Mixed Pairs
Championship. The game had lasted four hours, in the heat and needless
to say, all four players were exhausted. Congratulations to all
players...this game had it all.
Special congratulations to Charlie Stuart who won both the UBMBC Minor Pairs and UBMBC/UBWBC Mixed Pairs, on the last end, in both games!!
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| L to R C. Stuart, T. Valli, C. Johnston, J. Johnston |
Special congratulations to Charlie Stuart who won both the UBMBC Minor Pairs and UBMBC/UBWBC Mixed Pairs, on the last end, in both games!!
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| Tania & Charlie 2019 Mixed Pairs Champions |
