South Perth take Over 60’s Triples
The South Perth side Mick McRae, David Mortley and Farley Anderson are the new State Over 60 Men’s Triples champions winning the tournament at Bassendean on Wednesday.
They defeated locals Rod Revell, Ted Alden and Norm Kirkup 19-13 in a decided by the middle third of the game.
The game was level at six after the first five ends but over the course of the next eight ends the South Perth boys would put the game to bed. They won seven of those ends and scored twelve shots to one to give themselves a commanding 18-7 lead. They didn’t have to do anything fancy, scoring no more than two on any of those ends, but it was the sheer weight of ends won that would eventually add up.
Bassendean did break the run with a three to keep things alive but McCrae’s side did what they had to do and didn’t allow another score above one for the game. Three ones on the spin followed the three for Revell and meant that at 18-13 going into the last end the match was still live. However the Millers made sure of things with a one of their own in the final stanza to claim victory 19-13.
It was a campaign of close calls with the six shot win being McCrae’s biggest since sectional play.
They barely held on to win their semi-final over Steve O’Neill by one and won their other two knockout games by just three.
It’s the first Over 60’s title for McRae, Mortley and Anderson and the first won by a South Perth side since the pairs in 2011/12.
Results of this competition at Bowls WA Over 60’s Triples Results
