THE region's best junior lawn bowlers have battled it out at the Zone 3 junior play offs in Manilla.
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Competitors from as far as Wee Waa and Walcha hit the greens over the weekend with Gunnedah's Tim Thorning walking away with the top prize.
After defeating West Tamworth's Kasey Cone in the semi finals Thorning progressed to face off with West Tamworth's Zoe Stewart in the final.
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Stewart, fresh off the back of her semi-final victory over Armidale's Brittany Camp trailed 12-4 after 11 ends before mounting a comeback to have the scores tied at 21 after 26 ends.
From there, Thorning held his nerve to claim the championship with a 25 to 21 after 27 ends.
Zone 3 junior co-ordinator Ian Bannister said the tournament's games were "of top quality".
"There was some really exciting play throughout the competition," Bannister said.
"I want to extend my congratulations to Tim for walking away the winner and to all the kids for their magnificent efforts.
"It was a great competition and a big thanks to everyone at Manilla for making it happen."
The competitors will now turn their attention to pennant bowls, which begins this weekend.
"There's going to be some great action right across Zone 3," Bannister said.
"Clubs will play both home and away games over the next six weeks and it should be very entertaining."
Full competition results:
- Brittany Camp (Armidale) defeated Caleb Cameron (Gunnedah) 25-24
- Jack Skenes (West Tamworth) defeated Shania Bell (Inverell East) 25-23
- Lucy Hooker (West Tamworth) defeated Riley Flynn (West Tamworth) 25-18
- Kasey Cone (West Tamworth) defeated Tori Bell (Inverell East) 25-6
- Zoe Stewart (West Tamworth) defeated Dustyn Allen (Wee Waa) 25-23
- Tara Stewart (West Tamworth) defeated Tom O'Neill (West Tamworth) 25-3
- Tim Thorning (Gunnedah) defeated Sariann Andrew (Walcha) 25-0
- Quarter final: Tim Thorning defeated Tara Stewart 25-19
- Quarter final: Zoe Stewart defeated Jack Skewnes 25-9
- Quarter final: Kasey Cone defeated Samantha Robinson (Armidale Ex-Services) 25-12
- Quarter final: Brittany Camp defeated Lucy Hooker 25-11
- Semi final: Tim Thorning defeated Kasey Cone 25-16
- Semi final: Zoe Stewart defeated Brittany Camp 25-17
- Grand final: Tim Thorning defeated Zoe Stewart 25-21
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
