June 2, 2008

There were 28 teams in this event.

The Fosters split fours carnival was organised and managed by Frank McGrath who as usual did a fantastic job. Well done Frank.

There were several high quality teams entered to play in this event that never got into the money. One of those was Anthony "The Pro" Provost who was well placed with two rounds to play but was beaten in the pairs by Ken Monkhouse and Lee Salter which eventually proved to be a costly loss. This is the first ocassion that "The Pro" has been out of the money since his return to bowls.



FOSTERS SPLIT FOURS


WINNERS---------- $2000.00 ----7 wins + 48
COMPOSITE
J. Goddard(sk) Brad Ball,David Van Horn, John Fewster

There is that man again, none other than the Osborne Park Saints 2008 Rosenthal Medallist and State Singles champ John Goddard. John certainly gets around and on this occassion had the very promising Brad Ball playing three and it seems Brad is having a ball with yet another good performance in a top line event. Of course the rink had two of the best country players in the business to top of a very good combination, David Van Horn and John Fewster. Congratulation are in order for the players
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SECOND ------------$1000.00-----7 wins + 38
NORTH BEACH
Mike Vitale(sk) G. Devonish, J. Gregson, T. Jones

North Beach player Mike Vitale has shown up again along with team mates G. Devonish and J. Gregson, further confirming their status as a quality rink these three boys won the Hilton Park Classic in 2006 and Mike made the semi-finals of the State Triples earlier this season.

THIRD--------------$500.00------6 wins + 77
STIRLING
M. Pasalich (SK) M. Marovic,S. Perica, Adi Mayer
There you go! Mark Pasalich is in the money again and it seems a win in one of Frank McGrath's tournaments is very close, Hasn't Adi Mayer landed on his feet since he transferred to Stirling, another placing in off season events.
Mick Marovic and Stan Perica did a great job in the middle and the word was that Sam Perica has been in pretty solid form of late

FOURTH----------$200.00 ------6 wins + 44
Comp.
Daniel Wood(sk) Geoff Gould ---? , ----?
And 4th place goes to Daniel Wood who had Geoff "Gelignite Gould the best performed skipper in One White last season playing as the three.
Sorry but we have no info on who the first two players in this rink were.

NEXT YEARS WINNER WAS
Lance Goddard
Lance incidently, is the brother of the winner, John Goddard