QLD Junior Singles Champions Crowned
At Burnett Bowls Club, Bundaberg.
Club Tweed’s Lilly Vardy has taken out the QLD Under 18 Girls Singles after defeating Tilah Mason from The Albert in a quality final. Both girls had a great tussle in the early stages of the game with the scores locked at 8 all. Lilly then dominated the remainder of the match to win by 11 shots and take home her first QLD Junior Title. South Townsville’s Ashlin Johnson claimed the Bronze Medal after winning her section and then losing to Lilly in the post sectional round.
U18 Girls Singles Results:
Gold/Silver Medal Match: Lilly Vardy 21 def Tilah Mason 10
Bronze Medal: Ashlin Johnson
It was an all-Algester affair in the QLD Under 18 Boys Singles Final, Todd Brain capped off a stellar week winning his third Gold Medal after overcoming club mate Trent Brehmer in a great final. After being team mates to win the Fours earlier in the week, the pair then went to battle for the coveted Singles Title. After being 10 all, Todd picked up a full count of four to gain the ascendency, he then held onto a small margin for the remainder of the game to win by 5. Burnett local Zedd Peters won the Bronze after defeating Atherton’s Andrew Lawrence by 6 shots.
U18 Boys Singles Results:
Gold/Silver Medal Match: Todd Brain 21 def Trent Brehmer 16
Bronze Medal Match: Zedd Peters 21 def Andrew Lawrence 15
Semi Finals:
Todd Brain 21 def Andrew Lawrence 8
Trent Brehmer 21 def Zedd Peters 12
With only 4 entries in the QLD Under 15 Girls Singles, Club Kawana’s Lacey Gerick went through undefeated to claim the Gold Medal. Mia Scurr from Millmerran took home Silver after winning two games while Atherton’s April Lawrence picked up the Bronze and Burnett’s Rebekah Blakely finished fourth.
U15 Girls Singles Ladder:
Gold: Lacey Gerick 6+23
Silver: Mia Scurr 4+15
Bronze: April Lawrence 2-13
Fourth: Rebekah Blackley 0-25
Pialba’s Cooper Sutton took home his second Gold Medal for the Championships after defeating Burnett’s Jamieson Morgan in the QLD Under 15 Boys Singles Final. The boys were having a great tussle with Cooper leading narrowly at 14-11, Cooper then won 3 of the next 4 ends to win another Gold after winning the U15 Pairs earlier in the week. Ben Hagan from Club Pine Rivers jumped out of the blocks and never looked back in the Bronze play off to defeat Taylor Baart from Darra Cementco.
U15 Boys Singles Results:
Gold/Silver Medal Match: Cooper Sutton 21 def Jamieson Morgan 12
Bronze Medal Match: Ben Hagan 21 def Taylor Baart 13
Semi Finals:
Jamieson Morgan 21 def Taylor Baart 19
Cooper Sutton 21 def Ben Hagan 6
Burnett local Chaz Doherty had a good day on his home green defeating Laidley’s Keegan McGuire in the final of the QLD Under 12 Open Singles. Chaz led from start to finish with Keegan unable to counteract until a last-minute surge but was too late. Chaz is the son of the owners of Arcon Metals Recycling who have been a great supporter of this event over the past two years. Shae Daly from Paradise Point won the Bronze after defeating Beenleigh’s Keala Nukunuku by 7.
U12 Open Singles Results:
Gold/Silver Medal Match: Chaz Doherty 21 def Keegan McGuire 13
Bronze Medal Match: Shae Daly 21 def Keala Nukunuku 13
Semi Finals:
Chaz Doherty 21 def Keala Nukunuku 10
Keegan McGuire 21 def Shae Daly 15
Thank you to all the parents, guardians, coaches and support crew for their support of all the junior bowlers who competed in these Championships.
Thank you to host clubs Burnett and Across the Waves along with all their staff and volunteers, Sue Busch for the photos and Bowls Gold Coast Tweed Media Team for Live Streaming. Special mention to Des Kemp, Bundaberg District Junior Liaison and Burnett BC Chairperson for the time and effort he has devoted to these Championships over the past two years.
Well done to BQ Match, Umpire and Selection Committees along with BQ Staff for their contribution to another memorable QLD Junior State Championships.
Thank you to sponsors of this event for their support: Bundaberg Regional Council, Arcon Metals Recycling and Wholelife Pharmacy & Healthfoods,
More Information including full results: https://www.bowlsqld.org/events/junior-state-championships/
Watch live streamed games on Bowls QLD website, Facebook and YouTube.
Below: QLD Junior State Singles Finalist’s
QLD Junior State Champion Singles Gold Medallist’s: Chaz Doherty (U12 Open), Cooper Sutton (U15 Boys), Todd Brain (U18 Boys), Lacey Gerick (U15 Girls) & Lilly Vardy (U18 Girls)
QLD Under 18 Girls Singles Medallist’s – Tilah Mason (Silver), Lilly Vardy (Gold) & Ashlin Johnson (Bronze)
QLD Under 18 Boys Singles Finalist’s – Andrew Lawrence (Fourth), Trent Brehmer (Silver), Todd Brain (Gold) & Zedd Peters (Bronze)
QLD Under 15 Girls Singles Finalist’s – Rebekah Blackley (Fourth), Mia Scurr (Silver), Lacey Gerick (Gold) & April Lawrence (Bronze)
QLD Under 15 Boys Singles Finalist’s – Taylor Baart (Fourth), Jamieson Morgan (Silver), Cooper Sutton (Gold) & Ben Hagan (Bronze)
QLD Under 12 Open Singles Finalist’s – Keala Nukunuku (Fourth), Keegan McGuire (Silver), Chaz Doherty (Gold) & Shae Daly (Bronze)
