QLD VS NSW INTERSTATE TEST SERIES

Every inch as exciting and competitive as the recent NRL series, July 18-19 saw Queensland bowlers take on arch-rivals New South Wales in the annual, three-test series at Club Tweed.

Queensland reclaimed the Open Women’s title (The Ashes) from NSW, while the NSW Open Men retained the Wal Currey Memorial Shield for the fourth consecutive time.

Open

Each Open side was comprised of three teams, each of four players.

Open Women

Day 1 saw the QLD Open Women claim the series after a nail-biting finish in the second Test. The first Test had seen a QLD win by a 10-point margin. With one bowl to play in the second Test, the scores were level. Kelsey Cottrell played the thrilling match winner, bringing the scoreline to QLD 58 Def NSW 57. Third Test saw a clean QLD sweep, though it was a tight 18-17 win for the Bourke, Wilson, Keegan and Clarke quartet despite Kira’s great leading and Lynsey’s upbeat skipping. The three separate test wins for QLD secured the Test winning score of QLD 3 Tests to nil.

Congratulations to QLD player of the series, Amy Evans.

Open Men

The Open Men result was to go the other way, with the Series winner being NSW 2 to QLD 1. QLD had come out strong in the first Test, with a 22-point margin. However, the next two Tests were to go the way of NSW to the tune of mid-teen margins each. Even the magical QLD combination of Cahill, Turley, Ingham and Sherriff weren’t enough to come out on top in their second or third Test, going down to NSW by 9 points in the second and 5 points in the third.

Congratulations to QLD player of the series, Kane Nelson.

QLD Player of the Series Amy Evans & BQ’s Jacqui Hineman

QLD OPEN Team

Women:

• Kira Bourke, Wendy Wilson, Julie Keegan, Lynsey Clarke sk

• Amanda Haevecker, Pamela Rowe, Bolivia Millerick, Kelsey Cottrell sk

• Amy Evans, Adele Pershouse, Emma Spicer, Chloe Stewart sk

Results

Open Women:

• Test 1: QLD def NSW 60-50

• Test 2: QLD def NSW 58-57

• Test 3: QLD def NSW 60-48

Series Winner: QLD 3 Tests to 0

Open Men

• Test 1: QLD def NSW 69-47

• Test 2: NSW def QLD 57-42

• Test 3: NSW def QLD 59-43

Series Winner: NSW 2 Tests to 1

Under 25 Women

• Test 1: QLD drew NSW 41-41

• Test 2: NSW def QLD 51-27

• Test 3: QLD def NSW 42-34

Drawn Series: QLD Retain 1.5 Tests to 1.5

Under 25 Men

• Test 1: QLD def NSW 34-27

• Test 2: QLD def NSW 55-39

• Test 3: NSW def QLD 44-30

Series Winner: QLD 2 Tests to 1

40-59 Women

• Test 1: QLD def NSW 40-25

• Test 2: QLD def NSW 43-29

• Test 3: NSW def QLD 43-29

Series Winner: QLD 2 Tests to 1

40-59 Men

• Test 1: NSW def QLD 46-37

• Test 2: QLD def NSW 42-32

• Test 3: QLD drew NSW 37-37

Drawn Series: NSW Retain1.5 Tests to 1.5

Men:

• Nick Cahill, Wayne Turley, Sean Ingham, Aron Sherriff sk

• Kane Nelson, Nic Gosley, Matthew Lucas, Sean Baker sk

• Scott DeJongh-Fitzpatrick, Barrie Lester, Brett Wilkie, Nathan Rice sk

Under 25

Each Under 25 side was comprised of two teams, each of four players.

Under 25 Women

The women’s team drew in their first test 41-41, with a NSW win in the second. With it all down to the third test, QLD women were to retain the trophy when the Test ended up as a 1.5-1.5 draw.

Congratulations to QLD player of the series, Julia Brownie.

Under 25 men

The QLD U25 Boys were next to secure their series, with a 2-0 scoreline after day 1. The first Test was a QLD win 34-27, and the second an even more convincing 55-39 win. However, Queensland luck ran out in the third test when they went down to NSW 30-44. Congratulations to QLD player of the series, Mitchell Mears.

QLD UNDER 25 Team

Women:

• Alexis Foot, Chloe Runge, Isabella Lawson, Julia Brownie sk

• Ashlee Knight, Sophie Kiepe, Olivia Rothwell, Brittanny Wiley-Baxter sk

Men:

• Joel Downey, John Hammond Jnr, Jake Rynne, Jarryd Davies sk

• Mitchell Mears, Isaac Maughan, Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Jacob Nelson sk

40-59 years

Each 40-59 years side was comprised of two teams, each of four players.

40-59 Women

QLD had two convincing wins in the first Test 40-25 and the second Test 43-29. However, the tables turned in the third Test with a QLD 29 loss to NSW 43, making it a 2 Tests to 1 Series win for QLD.

40-59 Men

This division was to go a similar way to the Under 25 women’s result. This time the 37-all draw was to be in the third Test, after QLD lost 37 to 46 in the first Test and won 42 to 32 in the second Test.

Congratulations to QLD player of the series, Adam White.

Thank you to Club Tweed for their support of this Series.

QLD 40-59 Team

Women:

• Yvonne Lovelock, Tilly Orero, Lorraine Callaghan, Tracy Foster sk

• Pauline Laverty, Sarah Duffield, Joanne Stockdale, Noelene Dutton sk

Men:

• Steve Hayden, Ben Walsh, Mark Armstrong, Jason Constable sk

• Paul Gilbert, Gary Pearson, Glen Pitts, Adam White sk