Walding wins Silver
Australian under 18’s Championship Wrap-Up Kaleb Walding has taken the only medal for Western Australia as the Under 18’s Championships finals were played today at Taren Point, New South Wales.
Walding faced a tough test against a rising star of bowls in NSW’s Jono Davis who also had the home ground support. Walding wasn’t daunted however as he began superbly with his draw game to the fore he raced to a 7-1 lead early. The skill of Davis then began to show as he started to counter with some good draw bowls himself and when needed took out Kaleb’s closest bowls with extreme accuracy to race to a 17-8 lead over the next half dozen ends. Kaleb played many good bowls which just missed the jack or shot bowl and can be considered a touch unlucky on many ends, he fought out the contest well but when trailing 19-12 Davis played the match winning bowls with a great conversion followed up by a top draw shot to secure the two shots needed for the title.
A replay of the Boys Singles Final is available on the Bowls Australia Facebook Page.
In the other disciplines the Boys Triples team of Patrick Quinlan, Marcus SImpson and Cory Day played well in the Bronze medal matched but were just edged out in the late stages by South Australia 17-16. The boys Fours finished in sixth place and the Pairs fifth. For the girls Georgia Cant finished sixth in her singles event, the Fours also finished sixth whilst the Pairs and Triples both won their final to finish fifth.
Full results of all matches can be found on the Bowls Australia Competition Portal.
Congratulations to all the players who represented WA with pride and distinction.
