Thrills at finals

AS THE Port Natal Bowls calendar nears its close, the semifinals and finals of the penultimate event — the Mid-Week Trips hosted by Mt Edgecombe Country Club — delivered the kind of excitement that keeps bowlers coming back year after year.

- CHERYL WATERMAN

The four section winners in each of the men’s and ladies’ divisions faced off in fiercely contested semifinals, each side eyeing a coveted spot in the final.

In the men’s semis, Westville BC’s Rodney Ward, Lionel van Niekerk and Warren Kidd held a slender 10-9 lead going into the last end against Durban Collegians’ Rudi Hollenbach, Trevor Freeman and Bonga Ngcaka. In a nail-biting finish, the Westville trio added two vital shots to secure their place in the final.

The other semi was more one-sided, with Chatsworth'’s Sugaran Govender, Colin Govender and Sydney Pulliah cruising to victory after Stella Park’s Allen Finestone, Brett Terblanche and Shane Roelofse conceded with two ends to go.