Henselite Reign Supreme at Mandurah Cup
Team Henselite are the winners of the 2017 Mandurah APL Cup held over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend.
The sponsor’s side defeated Osborne Park in a one end tie break to clinch the title courtesy of a fantastic end by skipper Brad Ball.
Ball played an excellent runner and followed it up with a beautiful draw shot to leave opposing skipper Cody Packer few options.
It was the culmination of a strong run for Ball and substitute Noelene Abe who took the second set 9-3 to tie the game.
Osborne Park had won the first set 5-4 due to an awesome drawing performance from both Packer and lead Lewis Grigg.
Osborne Park didn’t leave the event empty handed, earning the right to represent Western Australia at the upcoming BPL Cup competition at Club Pine Rivers.
The Mandurah APL Cup served as a qualifier for the event this year however Henselite are unable to take the place as it is a club only tournament as explained to all clubs prior to the tournament beginning.
The final capped off a highly successful weekend of bowls at the Mandurah Bowling Club with all 32 sides competitive throughout.
Sorrento and Thornlie both topped their groups against expectation showing the quality and depth of the field invited.
Other section winners were equal thirds Cambridge and the runners up Osborne Park.
A highlight of the weekend was the performance of the Bowls WA Inclusive Practices team who won their last four games to finish third in their section.
Para-bowler Eddie Golan, deaf player Dave Ravlich, Indigenous bowler George Hayden and bowling arm user Kerry Ward all performed well while bringing much needed awareness to the inclusive practices program.
The best performed of the country clubs was Busselton who accumulated 18 points to finish fifth in their section and only one point behind third.
The format of play once again proved to be a hit with many of players who participated.
The format will be seen by bowlers again on Fox Sports when the Perth Suns head to the BPL at Club Pine Rivers in November.
For full tournament results head to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MBbicGQ_VVi–sjriR5JUT1tV60NUMA3By3sIgMWido/edit#gid=1499029622.
