Gnowangerup Pair salute
Sheridan’s Men’s Country Week Pairs final Kevin Heberle and Victor Wellstead are the 2017 Sheridan’s Men’s Country Week Pairs champions after winning the final at Melville Bowling Club.
They became the first winners from Gnowangerup in the event’s history when they defeated Waroona pair Andrew Goodman Mark Hiller on Friday.
They had a relatively straight forward win over Kellerberrin’s Herb McClelland and Ray Griffiths to advance to the final. They scored a six on the second end and we’re never behind again scoring two threes and a four on their way to a 20-6 win.
Goodman and Hiller overcame a poor start in their semi-final angainst the Kojonup pair of Peter Cavanagh and Ron Lloyd who led the game 2-11 after eight ends. The Waroona boys did well to dig deep and won every end for the rest of the match, including two threes to finish in front 15-11 in a narrow escape.
Based on the circumstances of the previous game there was a clear favourite and it looked like the Gnowangerup pair would live up to that.
After just four ends they were up 11-0 and after another four were up 16-2. A five on the next end for Waroona was the start of another desperate comeback as Heberle and Wellstead only scored one more shot in the last six ends of the game.
However despite having momentum on their side the Goodman and Hiller were still down 17-11 with one end to play. Six shots would prove to be too many for one end as they managed to score just half of them.
Despite a massive late scare Heberle and Wellstead were 17-14 victors for their first Country Week crowns.
Men’s Country Week Pairs Sectional Results
Men’s Country Week Pairs Knockout Results
