Lawn Bowls Pennants drama at Soldiers Point Port Stephens Sport Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad Sport by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 16, 2023 Four Members of the winning team – A Gleeson, B Ahoy, G Kelly and M Beesley (skip). A LARGE crowd gathered in the autumn sun for the penultimate round of Newcastle Zone ‘Pennants’ critical in determining the Zone finalists. Soldiers Point first team faced a strong 12 man Raymond Terrace team (the Jets). One of the Jets teams was skipped by star recruit and international representative Aron Sherriff, and they were up against a Soldiers Point team with Nick Cahill as Skip. In a major upset, Cahill’s team, playing brilliant bowls, defeated Sherriff’s team 30 shots to 9, setting the tone for an overall win for Soldiers Point! It is now likely that both these teams will contest the State Finals. Soldiers Point second team had a convincing win over Adamstown 57 shots to 34. The seventh grade team also had a good win. Both these teams will now play in a “round robin” to determine their proceeding to the State Finals. Soldiers Point Bowls Director Mark Watt, said he is pleased three of the Soldiers Point Pennant teams have good prospects of competing in the State Finals and thanked the selectors for their good work in sometimes difficult circumstances. By Peter SMITH Tension as Beesley’s black bowl reaches the head.
