John Goddard and Gary Caffell
take out the title 31 - 14

John and GARY Today we saw a brilliant combination win the State Pairs in tricky and windy conditions and on display were the immense talent of John Goddard, Osborne Park{skipper}, and Gary Caffell, Tammin. {Gary left/ John right}

They defeated Lance Strahan {skipper} Bedford and Mark Illich Yokine.

They showed how it is done with a very good display of draw shot bowling and an arrray of different weighted shots on a hard and tricky green caused by the wind. Must say at times it was hard to believe there was any wind at all, the standard was that good.

The game started out with Lance getting away to lead 8 / 2 and bowling with magnificent touch,as was Mark, it would be fair to say they were looking the goods, getting them close,close. It was the first time we had seen J.Goddard under the pump scorewise. The crowd had a buzz and maybe an upset on the cards but it was shortlived as he soon caught up to level 8 / 8 on the 5th end by picking up a six..

At the 9th end the score was 14 / 11 in favour of J.G, there were plenty of great bowls played by both sides. it was around this time of the game that we saw cracks appearing in Lance and Marks armour and slowly but surely no matter what the situation J.G and G.C answered every challenge by outdrawing the opposition or using a weighted shot.

The game ground on with J. Goddard picking up several ones and it was apparent to all they had the measure of Lance and Mark. The score had reached 21 /14 and it was in this period that we saw the very best of John and Gary. They scooted away with sheer brilliance to record a win that reflected the difference in the skills of both teams on the day..

Congratulations to you both and displaying the bowling skills that make the great game of Lawn Bowls well worth watching.

{Just wondered which player was "mick". Was it John or was it Gary}

Lance and Mark can be proud of their mighty effort to be R /U today.

The semi-finals

The Semi-finals
L.Strahan, Chilli Illich V A. Tucker, Ted Alden
This game was close for a while up to the half way mark when Lance and Chilli got away from the opposition with some very good draw shot bowling, especially by Lance. Andy and Ted had a red hot go but things didn't go their way today losing 17/8.

J. Goddard, G. Caffell V Ian Payne, Ron Kuzeila
This was a great game and turned out to be quite a tussle, J.Goddard ran out to an early lead 10/1.
Ian and Ron had some very good bowls around the jack but were never able to hold them, however they were undeterred as fought tooth and nail to get back into the game, with some of the best bowls you would see anywhere and most of these were under great pressure.
They managed to get the scoreline up to be 11/14 down and the match was really in the balance. We saw the skippers at their very best matching one and other blow for blow with some sensational bowls.
Ron Kuzeila put in a great game today and held his own against Gary Caffell.
Final score J.Goddard winning 16/13

Third division and under State Pairs

Final I.Woods b N.Keir 27-15
The standard for this game was surprisingly good and if we weren't aware of what division they represented we would have asked who is that playing, Well done to both teams for a very good showing.

For todays Results scroll down the page

Results were kindly provided by -----Stan McFarlane Bowls WA--------

What a great days play in the State Pairs at Sorrento today. We saw Lance Strahan and Mark Illich win their way through to the semi-final. Firstly with a nail biting win over Stu Bainbridge and Tom Norac who had been in brilliant touch up till this game 14/12.
Then winning over W. Rodgers where lance was outstanding in this game. Well done Lance and all the best for tomorrow.

Third division and under

The morning game saw Don Manning and Syd Hearn defeat Mike Browning 16 / 9.
Don and Syd were in great form right from the jump and handled the conditions better and never looked like they would lose, Bishop had problems with his bowls in the windy conditions but tried hard as he could.
Don and Syd lost their semi-final after having the better of the game leading 13 / 11, from that point on they didn't play as well as they had been finally losing 19 / 13...Well done and congratulations to you both for a mighty effort and the club is proud of you both, also well done Bishop and Mike for your effort.

Game of the day

The game of the day
was between John Goddard, Gary Caffell versus Milan Jokic and Frank Carbone.
This game was just about one of the best you would see for pinpoint draw shot bowling and deadly accurate up shots, hard to believe that anyone can play like this in such windy conditions. What a great advertisement for the game of lawn bowls. The score was not a true reflection of the game with John Goddard winning 17-8

John Goddard was brilliant on either hand or any length. One yard away from the jack was a bad bowl for John and there weren't too many of those from him in both games today. And guess who was watching this game? YEP you guessed it, national selector Steve Srhoy and I am sure Steve would have been impressed.

Gary Caffell was also in brilliant touch and he couln't play better if he wanted to. I guess all that saw him in action today could see why he was selected in the State team, me included.

The game was fiercely contested and a nip and tuck affair up till the eleventh end when Milan dropped a six but he would deserve credit for the way he lost them. Very very unlucky Milan, who played so well, as did Frank Carbone, who gave it everything in a game to remember.
If John and Gary can keep this form they will win the title for sure.

HOME BUILDING SOCIETY STATE PAIRS 2004

Day 3 at SORRENTO BOWLING CLUB....... Last 16.
N. Bracken (Comp) b C. Lander (Cam) 13-11, I Payne (Comp) b N Griffin (Kal) 13-12, M. Jokic (Comp) b S. Srhoy (Ckb) 15-13, J.Goddard (Comp) b P.Simonetti (Comp) 16-6, L. Strahan (Comp) b Z. Norac (Yok) 14-12, W. Rogers (Eat) b J Connor (Ckb) 16-10, A. Tucker (Comp) b S. O’Neill (Comp) 13-12, P. Markham (Mh) b R. Dempsey (D/view) 14-12.

Last Eight
I Payne b N. Bracken 13-12, J.Goddard b M.Jokic 17-8, L.Strahan b W.Rogers 18-11, A.Tucker b P. Markham 17-7.

Semi-finals tomorrow at Sorrento
I. Payne-R.Kuselia composite , J.Goddard-Gary Caffell Composite, Lance Strahan- Mark Illich composite, Andy Tucker- Ted Alden composite.

BOWLS WA STATE PAIRS 3rd DIV. & UNDER

Day 3 at SORRENTO BOWLING CLUB
J.Klompmaker (Cngtn) b I Blanch (Hilton)13-9, N. Keir (Swan) b L. Johnson (Wann) 17-16, I Woods (Mor) b A.Owens (Osb.Pk) 17-16, S. Hearne (Bed) b M. Browning (Bed) 16-9.

Semi-Final: N. Keir b J.Klompmaker 19-17, I Woods b S. Hearne D. Manning19 / 13.

HOME BUILDING SOCIETY STATE PAIRS 2004
TODAYS RESULTS 28/12/04 ARE IN YELLOW...SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE
Results were kindly provided by -----Bruce Challen Bowls WA--------

Round 3
Dalkeith-Nedlands
J.Trewhella b K.Sutcliffe 23-9, M.Pasalich b C.Lander 21-10, J.Welsh b M.Mills 21-17, I.Unkovich b M.Mitchell 15-9, T.Smallacombe b J.Gallop 24-9 A.Hogarth b P.Long 14-10, D.Trewhella b G.Wishart 16-14, G.Gray b G.Pugh 18-12, B.Bywater b R.Kennedy 15-9, B.Calthorpe b R.Mitchell 15-10, B.Edwards b B.Radford 14-8, M.Klumpp b S.Punyanitya 21-12

Osborne Park
C.Gilmore b G.Wright 19-7, M.Brown b N.Payne 24-8, N.Woods b A.Coad 16-11, J.Logan d N.Bracken 13-13, R.Anderson b P.Richards 22-9, R.Payne d J.Thomas 12-12, b B.Scott b L.Ford 20-11, N.Griffin b E.Johnson 14-9, J.Henderson b C.Busch 15-11, C.Adams b M.Krajancic 14-13, H.Booth b W.Heldt 18-11, F.Priest b A.Cousins 13-8, P.Markham b A.Holland 20-4, E.Loveday b J.Borkowski 11-8, R.Dempsey b P.Johnston 17-6,S. S.MacCormack b B.Rogers 14-11, G.Smeeton b M.Fowler 14-13

Victoria Park
R. Rushforth d A.Rafferty 13-11,G.Zelich b J.Lingard 22-10, E.Clarke b G.Ellis 17-13, P.Harris b D.Brown 22-15, I.D’Ascenzo b K.Monkhouse 19-12, I.Fiamengo b I.Payne 13-11, H.Ryan b L.Sanders 15-14, S.Bajec b C.Tsokos 13-10, V.Beckley b D.Hughes 26-6, S.Srhoy b N.Stevens 14-6

North Beach
M.Jones b A.Mayer 18-14, G.McGill d S.Vinci 13-13, K.Holland b P.Woodley 20-9, A.Heal b R.Ball 18-10, D.O’Flaherty b C.Webber 11-7, D.Wood b K.Boswell 16-15, M.Jokic b B.Richardson 12-10, J.Hammond b G.Johnston 21-11, A.Davis b D.Scott 16-10, L.Hawken b H.Cole 11-10, T.Jarrard b D.Steineck 16-8,B.Edwards b M.Douthie 14-10

Morley
W.Davies b P.Rvesich 13-12, B.Wernsly b D.McLlheney 29-5, J.Bajic b M.Hall 18-10, J.Armstrong b T.Scott 22-7, J.Hilton-Davies b R.Spriggs 14-12, P.Simonetti b J. Rolinik 18-15, D.Mariani b W.Jones 20-11, J.Goddard b D.Opie 19-13 N.Selkirk b J.Rainoldi 16-10, R.Gross b J.Coles 16-13, S.Salamon b N.Jarvis 13-12

Melville
J. McKenzie d K. Collins 16-16, A. Hicks b S. Martin 22-10, T.Murray b J. Ryan 18-11, J. Sharp b B. Parmenter 15-6, G. Nelson b E. Dodd 12-10, N. Watson b R. Revell 18-17, D. Eaton b N. Ball 17-10, L. Strahan b M. Robinson 16-8, D. Salvetti b R. Jasper 17-13, K.Screech b M.Anderson 15-13, A.Anderson b S.Edmonds 20-12

Carlisle-Lathlain
C. McNiel b P. Gerdtz 18-8, A. Walsh b N. Portelli 12-8, J. Currie b T. Maras 13-7, C. Daines d I. Colmer 36-6, J. Hall b A. Drayton 13-10, B. Thomson b K. Burke 16-15, Z. Norac b L. Thorn 20-7, A. Crabbe b C. Adjuk 17-15, G. Fairhead b R. Burgess 23-15, E. Richardson b J. Connor 15-8, T. Crispin b S. Shaw 21-9, J. Norriss b C. Meyer 18-12

Sorrento
P.Buller b A.Cocodis 17-12, W.Butler b D.Bowen 18-14, R. Langley b J.Knight 20-7, D.Comrie b W Langdon 20-11, W Rogers b R. Clarke 18-13, R. Pringle b J Sheridan 15-12, C. Jasper b K. Doncon 15-14, G.W. Carberry b D. Mullenger 16-14, S. O’Neill b M. Harrison 18-9, P. Caffell b J. Mather 24-20, N. Reagan b J. Davies 15-12, T. Fulchel d P. Potts 12-12, A.Tucker b A. Elmer 21-10, S. Mackin b S.Walker 22-12, H. Gayfer b C. McKenna 18-6, J. Opie b T. Hall 24-8, K. McIlroy b J. Fewster 21-6, B. Jonuszkiewicz b K. White 12-8

28/12/04___Osborne Park Knockout round No.1
Osborne Park C.Lander b J.Welsh 16-12, D.Trewhella b T.Smallacombe 17-14, B.Calthorpe b M.Klumpp 16-11, N.Bracken b M.Brown 20-14, N.Griffin b R.Anderson 18-4, M.Krajancic b H.Booth 16-9, G.Zelich b P.Harris 16-10, I.Payne b I.D’ascenzo 22-11, S.Srhoy b V.Beckley 19-5, A.Heal b M.Jones 20-15, M.Jokic b C.Webber 17-14, A.Davis b M.Douthie 21-5

28/12/04___Sorrento Knockout round No.1
J.Armstrong b W.Davies 17-13, P.Simonetti b D.Mariani 20-10, J.Goddard b R.Gross 20-3, T.Murray b A.Hicks 20-6, D.Eaton b E.Dodd 20-7, L.Strahan b A.Anderson 14-13, J.Currie b A.Walsh 25-16, Z.Norac b J.Hall 14-11, J.Connor b J.Norriss 16-11, D.Comrie b P.Buller 15-13

28/12/04___Osborne Park Knockout round No.2

C.Lander b D.Trewhella 18-8, N.Griffin b M.Krajancic 18-8, I.Payne b G.Zelich 26-14, S.Srhoy b A.Heal 13-8, M.Jokic b A.Davis 17-13, N.Bracken b B.Calthorpe 16-8

Survivors
C.Lander, N.Griffin, I.Payne, S.Srhoy, M.Jokic,N.Bracken

28/12/04___Sorrento round N0.2

P.Simonetti b J.Armstrong 19-10, J.Goddard b T.Murray 23-2, Z.Norac b Currie 19-3, W.Rogers b G.W.Carberry 17-13, A.Tucker b J.Opie 18-14,P.Markham b B.Jonuszkiewicz 21-10, J.Connor b D.Comrie 13-12, S.O’Neill b P.Potts 13-12, L.Strahan b D.Eaton 14-7, R.Dempsey b G.Smeeton 14-13

Survivors
P.Simonetti, J.Goddard, Z.Norac, W.Rogers, A.Tucker, P.Markham, J.Connor , S.O’Neill, L.Strahan, R.Dempsey

BOWLS WA. STATE PAIRS 3RD DIVISION AND UNDER
Round 3 Warwick
D.Jardine b G.McClure 21-7, J.Klompmaker b P.Brennan 18-12, G.Ross b P.Miles 14-12, A.Anderson b I.Beech 14-13, K.Pride b C.Woods 30-8, B.Eberius b F.Parry 14-7, T.Lynch b R.Parnell 24-9, K.Strahan b J.Krstic 21-6, B.Hoad b L.Cavill 14-10, D.Croft b S.Boyanich 17-5, B.Purser b T.Whiting 19-10, A.Sinclair b H.Muir 15-12

Kalamunda
I.Blanch b N.Blyth 19-10, T.Brown b R.Cantrell 15-13, S.Christensen b D.Foster 21-9, J.Holland b S.McKay 21-7, L.Johnson b J.Williams 19-13, S.Kahler b
S.McKay 25-10, K.Hannah b P.Turner 15-6, N.Sinclair d R.Rogers 14-14, L.Gordon b P.Farrell 23-21, E.Fullin b H.Bowline 18-10,

Doubleview
N.Keir b J.Bilsborrow 24-11, K.Burns d G.Pratt 16-16, M.Morley b J Bryan 17-16, R.Milsom b C.Walsh 24-10, B.Clark b A.Tennant 26-9, R.Sainsbury b
L.Johnson 18-11, A.Bunting b A.Meyers 17-16, A.Glenn d J.McLaren 14-14, J. Nicolakis b A.Turner 14-12, V.Princi b G.Craddock 24-10, P.Fellowes b I.Woods 18-16, G.Clarke b A.Edmonds 18-16

East Fremantle
S.Landquist b C.Gamble 22-11, D.Harburn b B.Axford 21-9, A.Kovary b H.Jackson 21-16, A.Lockwood b H.Bielawski 20-8, A.Owens b J.Hofgesang 17-12, B.Moore b A.Laurin 17-15, B.Rose b B.Sims 19-18, P.Jacobson b W.Cowan 23-11, C.Tremlett b N.Nicholas 15-6, M.Browning b N.Bearman 16-9,

Cockburn
W.Blakely b D.Munro 21-12, F.Turner b L.Mezzofanti 21-14, P.Cole b N.Shannon 14-13, D.McKenzie b S.Hearn 16-9, D.Chambers bV.Philpott 13-10, R.Ward b J.Ward 12-11

Knockout Round No 1
Warwick
J.Klompmaker b A.Anderson 20-10, K.Pride b K.Strahan 23-8, D.Croft b B.Purser 15-14, I.Blanch b T.Brown 22-11, L.Johnson b J.Holland 20-17, E.Fullin b K.Hannah 20-6, N.Keir b R.Milsom 26-6, A.Bunting b B.Clark 23-5, I.Woods b J.Nikolakis 17-10, D.Harburn b A.Kovary 14-12, A.Owens b B.Moore 23-9