Warburton Wins Over 60’s Singles Championship
Linda Warburton (Mosman Park) is the new Western Australian Women’s Over 60’s AERO State Singles Champion after she defeated Renate Coote (Mosman Park) 21-17.
Earlier in the day the first semi final of Warburton verses Thornlie’s Maureen Cooney started evenly enough with Cooney even holding a 7-5 lead before Warburton went to work. A two and three in succession saw Warburton take a 10-7 lead and was the beginning of her charge when she dominated the second half of the match winning nine of the last eleven ends and cruising to a 21-10 victory.
The second semi final of Coote verses Sorrento’s Kathy Gobbart was a bit different. Coote shot out of the blocks and led 7-0 before Gobbart started to get into the game. At 13-11 in Coote’s favour it seemed like it was anybody’s game but a strong finish saw Coote grab a couple of two’s before ending the game by taking a full count of four and winning 21-14.
The final between Linda Warburton and Renate Coote was played in glorious conditions on a free running Osborne Park green setting the stage for a quality game. As she did in the Semi Final, Coote jumped out of the blocks and quickly built a 7-1 lead. It was then Warburton found her range grabbing the next two ends only to see Coote re-establish herself with a triple and a five shot lead at 12-7.
It was then the tables started to turn, beginning with a four to Warburton on the eleventh end which was to be the start of a six end winning run. With Warburton leading 19-12 and only two shots from the championship, it seemed only a formality. However Coote had other ideas and took two doubles on a three streak to close the gap to 17-19 only to see Warburton finish the game off with a double of her own to claim a 21-17 championship win.
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