A SQUAD of 10 members from the Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association recently returned from the 49th Australian Indoor Bias Bowls National Championships in Caloundra, Queensland.
With only four medals won in the South Australian team, one local member came home with a medal and was crowned as an Australian Champion.
Keisha Pearson went one better than last year to win the gold medal in the girl’s singles.
Pearson achieved this impressive feat in her final year as a junior by winning all nine games of 21 ends and over five days.
Pearson was also a part of history, with the South Australian junior team claiming the Bill Newman Junior Trophy for the first time.
The team comprised of Pearson, Aaron Hawke, Blake Fidler and Jemma White.
The South Australian team defeated its closest rival Victoria by six points.
Fiona Pearson was unlucky to not win a medal, but she was the only South Australian selected in the Australian squad of 24 to try out for the Australian team which will play the Trans Tasman Test in New Zealand next May.
The other South Australian medals went to Jodie Hawke, Marnie Howe, Milton Hawke jnr and Milton Hawke snr, who won gold in the mixed fours.
Aaron Hawke won the bronze medal in the boy’s singles, while the men’s pairs team of Eric Pitt and Shaun Mules also won bronze.
Mount Gambier member results
Girl’s singles: Keisha Pearson 1st (nine wins); Women’s singles: Fiona Pearson 4th (seven wins); Mixed pairs: Jennifer Bowering (plus Mark Hanrahan) 6th (three wins, one draw); Men’s pairs: Zac Pearson (plus Michael Haywood) 7th (four wins); Men’s fours: Stephen VonDuve (plus Jeff Stanley, Steve Barber, Chris Chrisakis) 7th (four wins); Men’s fours: Tim Radley (plus Dean Ferris, John Munden, Ian Williams) 9th (two wins); Men’s triples: Gary Bowering, Craig Pearson (plus Peter Wynen) 10th (one win); Women’s triples: Veronica Opie (plus Carole Ross, Jan Miller) 7th (three wins); Women’s fours: Nancy Horrigan (plus Lynne Nicholson, Barbara Turbill, Joyce Clayton) 8th (four wins).
