Junior State Championships Day 4 – Triple Treat
BUNDABERG – Day 4, January 18
Double gold is already in the bag for Lacey, Riley and Cody Gerick after winning the Open Fours yesterday then teaming up again today to win gold in the Junior Triples Championship.
The three siblings are creating history together and fast becoming hot favourites to win gold in the their respective Singles Championships which kick off tomorrow in the Burnett region.
Today’s triples final panned out much the same as their fours victory; trailing in the match until the completion of the 13th end, before picking up a handy four shots to go into the penultimate end leading by one.
More great shots were played in the final two ends and the game was in the balance right up until the last bowl was played.
A final attempt from Pialba’s Bryce Jarrett, needing to trail the jack a metre to score three for his teammates Kiera Powell (Tweed Heads) and Lucas Evans (Kawana) to snatch back the gold, sailed past the jack by the smallest of margins handing the Gerick trio a three shot victory.
The experience of Cody Gerick is shining through these Championships having already represented Queensland at the 2022 Junior Nationals; and now his younger siblings Lacey and Riley are putting their best foot forward to join their big brother in the maroon colours later this year.
Could we see brothers taking each other on in the singles final? There are plenty of other quality junior players who will have a say about that!
Plenty of future stars were also in action in the Triples Bronze medal playoff.
Bronze was won by Todd Brain (Algester), Jack Chirgwin (Glasshouse) & Hayden Leslie (Enoggera).
Results
T Brain, J Chirgwin, H Leslie def L Lawton, O Corken, H Oster 19-11
L Gerick, R Gerick, C Gerick 18 K Jarrett, L Scullen, Trent Brehmer 18-10
M Peters, A O’Brien, Z Peters def H Flood, R Pollock, R Paterson 19-17
L Evans, K Powell, B Jarrett def M Parkinson, T Mason, X Parkinson 14-9
Semi- Final
L Gerick, R Gerick, C Gerick def T Brain, J Chirgwin, H Leslie 11-10
H Flood, R Pollock, R Paterson def L Evans, K Powell, B Jarrett 12-11
Final
Gold/Silver:
L Gerick, R Gerick, C Gerick def L Evans, K Powell, B Jarrett 13-10
Bronze:
T Brain, J Chirgwin, H Leslie def H Flood, R Pollock, R Paterson 21-2
Thank you to Sue Busch for the photos.
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