2017 State Multi-Disability Championships
The 2017 State Multi-Disability Championships was played the weekend of April 29th & 30th at Kardinya Bowling Club with 24 participants in three categories of Deaf, Intellectual and Physical. In a unique twist we had a component of Bowling Arm participants for the first time that were grouped into the physical category. As of next year the Bowling Arm players will bowl within their own category as a seeding process for the State Representative Bowling Arm Side. Our annual event next year will be titled the “State All-Abilities Championships”.
Pairs were played over 5 Round-Robin games, timed to either 1-hour or first to 10 Ends, on Saturday in two groups of six mixed teams with the following results (for full pairs results click here):
2017 State Multi-Disability PAIRS RESULTS (Physical & Bowling Arm Players)
PLAYER NAMES
CATEGORY
WINNER / RUNNER-UP
Steve Murray (Scarborough)
Wayne Allsopp (Dowerin)
Physical
WINNER
Ted Bowman (Halls Head)
Judy Stein (Mundaring)
Bowling Arm
RUNNER-UP
2017 State Multi-Disability PAIRS RESULTS (Deaf & Intellectual)
PLAYER NAMES
CATEGORY
WINNER / RUNNER-UP
John McKenzie (Gosnells)
Anne Langford (Kardinya)
Deaf
WINNER
Harry Wong (Bedford)
Andrew McLean (Belmont)
Deaf
RUNNER-UP
Joseph Lehane (Gosnells)
Joseph Maiolo (Gosnells)
Intellectual
WINNER
Robert Hughes (East Fremantle)
Julie Srhoy (Spearwood)
Intellectual
RUNNER-UP
Singles were played in a new format of Sectional Play plus Knockout Ends as defined here:
i. Physical Disability Bowlers (Sectional + Knockout)
1. 3 Sections (A,B,C) of 4 Players playing 3 games to 1 hour or 15 Shots Up
2. Semi 1: Winner A vs Winner C & Semi 2: Winner B vs Best Performed
3. Semi 1 Winner vs Semi 2 Winner
ii. Deaf and Vision Impaired Bowlers (Sectional + Knockout)
1. 2 Sections (A & B) of 4 Players playing 3 games to 1 hour or first to 15 Shots
2. Semi 1: Winner A vs Runner Up B & Semi 2: Winner B vs Runner Up A
3. Semi 1 Winner vs Semi 2 Winner
iii. Intellectual Bowlers (Sectional + Knockout)
1. 1 Section of 4 Players playing 3 games to 1 hour or first to 15 Shots Up
2. Semi 1: 1st Place vs 3rd Place & Semi 2: 2nd Place vs 4th Place
3. Semi 1 Winner vs Semi 2 Winner
And the results were (for full single results click here):
2017 State Multi-Disability SINGLES RESULTS (Physical & Bowling Arm Players)
PLAYER NAMES
CATEGORY
WINNER / RUNNER-UP
Laurie Blurton (Bunbury)
Bowling Arm
WINNER
Eddie Gollan (Kardinya)
Physical
RUNNER-UP
2017 State Multi-Disability SINGLES RESULTS (Deaf Players)
PLAYER NAMES
CATEGORY
WINNER / RUNNER-UP
Trevor Heal (Tuart Lakes)
Deaf
WINNER
Kevin King (Bentley Park)
Deaf
RUNNER-UP
2017 State Multi-Disability SINGLES RESULTS (Intellectual Players)
PLAYER NAMES
CATEGORY
WINNER / RUNNER-UP
Joseph Lehane (Gosnells)
Intellectual
WINNER
Joseph Maiolo (Gosnells)
Intellectual
RUNNER-UP
An album of pictures can be found on the Bowls WA Website Page by following this link:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/asportforlife/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1497958386941968
A HUGE THANK YOU to Kardinya Bowling Club who helped to organise and run this event – without volunteers from the club and members of Safety Bay, Warnbro, Vic Park and Willetton we would not be able to host this event! We have had another fantastic year, 2017 being the 3rd Annual Event, and look forward to next year’s competition on the weekend of April 7th & 8th for the 2018 State All-Ability Championships!
