WA Gold at Under 18’s
2016 National Under 18 Championships
BOYS
GIRLS
(WA/NT)
Fours
Gold
4th
Triples
8th
Bronze
Pairs
5th
Bronze
Singles
8th
4th
Congratulations to the Western Australian Under 18 Boys Fours for winning the Gold Medal at the National Under 18 Championships in Adelaide – Corey Day, Jack Campbell, Ben Leggett and Patrick Quinlan defeated South Australia 15-14 in the final. The boys Triples finished 8th; the Pairs finish 5th with a 19-12 win over ACT; and the Boys Singles (Nathaniel Fuge) 8th.
Our WA girls Georgia Cant and Kellie Ainsworth combined forces with NT girls L Kingsley, A Brown and K Zavazal for these championships – the team competed very well together, coming home with two Bronze Medals!. The Girls Fours finished 4th with a finals loss 14-16 to SA; the Triples of Kellie Ainsworth (WA), L Kingsley, A Brown won Bronze defeating Qld 18-12; the Pairs also won Bronze with Georgia Cant (WA) and K Zavazal defeating ACT 16-15; and our Singles (Georgia Cant) lost 9-21 to Qld to finish in 4th position.
MORE EXCITING NEWS – following the completion of the 2016 National Under 18 Championships Bowls Australia has announced the 2016-2017 selection for the Jackaroo Squad.
Lachlan Sims (TAS), Patrick Quinlan (WA), Jono Davis (NSW), Jarryd Davies (VIC), Joshua Studham (SA), Jake Rynne (QLD)
Jessie Cottell (QLD). Jessica Srisamruaybai (QLD), Mikayla Long (VIC), Natasha Russell (VIC), Louise Cronan (NSW), Kate Matthews (NSW)
National Coach Steve Glasson OAM and his fellow national selection panel have confirmed the Australian Junior Jackaroos squad for the next 12 months after witnessing outstanding bowls at the recent Australian Under-18 Championships at Holdfast Bay in South Australia.
It is a great accomplishment for Tasmania and Western Australia to have players breaking into the squad for the first time in recent years; boy’s fours gold medal match winning skip Patrick Quinlan (WA) and Tasmanian singles representative Lachlan Sims who will aim to follow in the footsteps of older brother Michael who represented Australia as a junior back in 2013.
