CLUB TWEED AND CLUB PINE RIVERS WIN 2024 STATE PENNANT TITLES
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November at Club Tweed
Club Tweed Women and Club Pine Rivers Men have won back-to-back State Pennant Titles after both going through the finals weekend undefeated.
Club Tweed Women did battle with 2022 Champions Club Kawana in the final and kept a small lead until the halfway mark where they started to pull away. The Kawana Women rallied for a while until Tweed put their foot down, finishing off the stronger to take the title 45-34. Lynsey Clarke’s rink proved the difference with a strong 10 shot win.
Well done to Club Kawana on being runner up, they snuck into the finals by the barest of margins after having a draw with Algester in round 3, with only percentage separating the two on the ladder.
Club Pine Rivers Men shot out of the blocks against Club Musgrave in the final to take an early lead 16-5. Musgrave tried hard to reduce the margin and came within a few shots trailing 31-34. The Pine boys then got a roll on and jumped out to a 56-39 lead thanks to Jason Carpenter’s rink opening up a big lead over Ryan Bester. Musgrave never gave up and worked back to be within six shots going into the last end, Club Pine Rivers answered the challenge to claim the title 60-55.
Well done to Club Musgrave on reaching the final, their first appearance in a State Pennant Final since winning the event in 2001.
Congratulations to all teams who qualified for the State Finals from the eight zones throughout QLD.
Thank you to Club Tweed for being amazing hosts once again and to the Tweed Shire Council for their support. Thank you to Bowls QLD Match Committee, Umpires, Selectors and staff for their contribution to this event and Bowls Gold Coast Tweed Media Team for quality live streaming.
State Pennant Grand Finals Scores
Women – Club Tweed 45 def Club Kawana 34
Serena Bonnell, Kira Bourke, Claire Turley, Lynsey Clarke 26 def Lynda Brownen, Leigh Fortington, Maria Rigby, Katelyn Inch 16
Lilly Vardy, Gail Crompton, Emma Boyd, Chloe Stewart 19 def Pauline Laverty, Fay Whittaker, Joan Tennant, Noelene Dutton 18
Men – Club Pine Rivers 60 def Club Musgrave 55
Jesse Turnbull, Andrew Todd, Brendan Wilson, Jason Carpenter 27 def Joel Downey, Wilson Alexander, Peter Brown, Ryan Bester 12
Jason Andrewartha, Micheal Breen, Justin Knight, Aaron Hewson 16 lost to Phil Jordan, Dean Drummond, Dean McWhinney, Sean Baker 18
Adam Liddell, Trentan Healey, Cory Fuller, Chris Rosanes 17 lost to Tyler Pettigrew, Gary Mounsey, Sam White, Nic Gosley 25
Please find the full results: 2024 State Pennant – Draw/Results – Bowls Queensland
Watch live streams on Bowls QLD website, YouTube & Facebook: 2024 State Pennant Live Streaming – Bowls Queensland
Thank you to the Tweed Shire Council and Club Tweed for their support of this event.
Below: 2024 State Pennant Champions
Below: 2024 State Pennant Runners Up
