O’Neill superb in another win

by admin on November 9, 2016

Men’s Over 60’s Pairs Championships supported by Aero Bowls Steve O’Neill has continued his impressive start to the by winning the AERO Bowls Men’s Over 60s State Pairs with club mate Grant Nicol.
The Osborne Park pairing defeated Dudley Park’s Graham Needs and Bill Savell 17-14 in the final played at Osborne Park yesterday.
O’Neill and Nicol won their semi-final relatively comfortably against Marko Kranjancic and John Andrew with a 21-10 score line. Needs and Savell found their semi-final against Henry Slawinski and Tony Di Bello a bit tougher, surviving a close encounter to win 16-14.
O’Neill and Nicol started the brighter of the two sides getting away to an early 6-1 lead in the final. Needs responded to get the game back to 10-9 and the contest stayed tight the rest of the way through.The two sides were tied twice in the last five ends but O’Neill took the lead on the second last end by two shots and held on to score a shot on the last.
O’Neill has started the season sensationally winning both state events to have been held so far and already looks like the favourite to retain his Over 60s Player of the Year Award.
Knockout and Finals Results
Sectional Play Results
Photo: Grant Nicol, Vanessa Heaton (Aero Bowls World) and Steve O’Neill