NELSON BOYS
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The brothers Nelson ruled the roost in this year’s official Bowls Australia rankings, Kane Nelson, aged 15, and his 22-year-old brother Jacob took out Queensland’s top two spots as well as the second and fourth spots in the national table. Their Dad, Greg, was also not far behind as he finished as the 10th top-ranked bowler in the State. The sports-mad brothers are thrilled with the result, although Jacob says being a runner-up to his kid brother grieves him just a bit. “I’m not going to lie, it stings a little bit that my younger brother has beaten me!” Jacob said. “I’m really really pleased with the result I got, but it feels like I just dropped short at the end of the day because I played Peter Taylor who finished number one in one of the ranked events. “He actually pipped me and it could have changed the rankings a little bit and it was really close, but I’m really happy with the result.” While Jacob is proud of Kane’s achievements, he is understandably smarting just a bit, as like most brothers they are incredibly competitive with each other. “Kane’s probably the most competitive out of the two of us I reckon, but we’re both pretty competitive and it probably helps keep us on our toes,” Jacob says. “It’s not just the bowls, we play a little bit of ping pong outside as well and that can get pretty feisty sometimes.
10 queensland bowler August 2020
