The Discovery Bowling Club dominated on Florida North territory – Roodepoort Record

Lynne Marnewick, Jane Blythe, Mary-Ann Dummer, and Amanda Jooste from the Honeydew Bowling Club. Photo: Supplied.

Bowls, or lawn bowls, is often referred to as old mans marbles. The objective of the game is to roll a slightly larger black ball (known as a bowl) towards a smaller, stationary white ball known as the jack.

Despite the common association with elderly players, bowls is actually an all-ages game. The Sables Bowling Association is made up of 10 clubs from throughout the West Rand, and their youngest player is nine years old (with their oldest player being over 90 years old). The Sables Bowling Association has more than 800 players.

Despite the fact that the game may seem monotonous to onlookers, bowls is extremely competitive, and can be quite straining, according to Brain Oxley, the Sables Convener.

On Sunday, 16 February, the Florida North Bowling Club hosted the Sables annual District Fours Tournament. Teams of four players each male and female from the different West Rand clubs participated. There was no limit on the number of teams each club could enter, and no age restriction either. This year, 24 female teams and 36 male teams were ready for action.

The first stage of the competition consisted of the teams being split into sections of four teams, then playing three games against each other. The highest-scoring team from each section progressed to the next stage.

In the second stage, the winners of each section were entered into a draw to play one knockout game each until the tournament was down to four male and four female teams that would compete in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals and finals are played on the same day. The four teams play against each other and aim to get the most points. The two lowest-scoring teams in the semi-final then play against each other to determine third and fourth place, while the two highest-scoring teams move to the final where they play for first and second place.

The Sables Mens Fours winning team was made up of Mark Beckett, Sakkie Oosthuizen, Werner van Rensburg, Piet Steyn and Richard Miller from Discovery Bowling Club.

The Womens Fours winners were Di Anderson, Kimberly du Preez, Marianne Lane and Midge Calicchio, also from the Discovery Bowling Club.

The Sables District has produced some superb players, with some representing the Proteas team, and the Gold and Silver Squads. The Junior teams (U/15 and U/20) have just won the Gauteng Challenge and will now be competing in the National Championships in Bloemfontein in March.

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