Thriller at Brunswick decides women’s triples championship

The team of May Essery, Julie Quigley and Jenny Lofts have won the 2023 triples championship of the Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club after a very tightly fought final played last week.

‘What a fantastic game this was to watch,’ the club’s Kerry Dexter said.

Team Lofts faced up against Dawn Holland (lead), Jenny Andrew (second) and Sherril Pearce (skip).

Team Lofts started out strongly and were leading 2–0 at the sixth end.

Team Pearce then found their bowls and mounted a fightback to bring themselves within three with the scores at 19–12 after the completion of the 16th end, with just two to play.

On the 17th end Team Pearce got hearts racing when they scored a four, taking them into the lead for the first time in the game, 20–19.

On the last end Team Lofts were holding one shot, and this would have forced another end to have been played if the scores became even.

But Jenny Lofts had one bowl left to play.

‘She played a most magnificent bowl drawing in front of her team member’s bowl to bring her team to hold a two; they won the game 22–21,’ Kerry said.

‘It was such a joy to see such good bowls’.

Byron Bay Cycle Club wraps up summer racing

Mat Johnson

Byron Bay Cycle Club kicked off racing for 2023 with a variety of competitive formats across the first three weeks of February at the Cavanbah track.

Racing attracted competitors from Yamba, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast and Brisbane. The Queensland junior female track team were also regulars.

Race one was a standard criterium for competitors in grades B to D. Byron members, Murray Wilkinson and Owain Roberts, took out B and C grades while junior Gold Coast Cycle Club member Ethan Fitsimmons claimed D grade.

Race two was derived from a track-inspired event, the Elimination. Each grade raced for a period of time before receiving the ‘bell’ to signify that each lap thereafter would see the last rider eliminated. B grade averaged over 44km/hr for the event.

A–B grade winner, Richard Hunt, was from Yamba, while BBCC members Owain