Federation of Andalucian Bowling Championships 2015
138 competitors, from 12 different clubs, descended on the picturesque Miraflores Bowls Club, between Malaga and Marbella, to play in the F.A.B. Andalucian Bowling Championships.
The Almeria area was represented by 3 clubs;Cabrera, Indalo and Almeria Bowling Clubs and the Malaga area was represent by 9 different clubs.
The competition was run over 6 days and played in perfect weather conditions.
After some very long, eagerly contested matches, the results were as follows:
The Ladies Singles Final was played between Maggie Holmes and Christine Ivin from the Indalo BC. After some very skilful bowling by both players, Maggie came out the eventual winner 21 to 15.
Maggie was also a finalist in the Ladies Pairs playing with Doreen Hall from Indalo BC against Simone Morgan and Pat Fisher from Super Bowl BC. After a very hard fought game, Maggie and Doreen won 18 to 17 on the last end which was an amazing feat, considering Maggie only had a short break between the two finals.
Maggie also won Ladies Player of the Championships, a great result for the Almeria area.
The Men’s Singles Final was played by Jeff Turner from Miraflores BC versus Marcus Smith from Belplaya BC. Marcus came out the winner with some amazingly accurate bowling 21 to 11.
The Men’s Pairs Final was played between Dave Sewell and Barry Jones from Indalo BC and Chris Down and Mike Detheridge from Miraflores BC. Chris and Mike stormed ahead and won the match 22 to 9 with some fantastic shot making which the opposition found very difficult to match.
The Rinks Final was contested between Jenny Thompson, Gill Atkinson, Bob Green and Debbie Colquhoun from Indalo BC against David Owen Scott, Julian Thomas, Jenny Parkin and Dorothy Pilmoor from Lauro Golf and Bowls Club. It was a very competitive and tense match but eventually David’s team came out on top, winning against Jenny’s team 19 to 14. Again the bowling was of a very high standard and the spectators were treated to some really wonderful match play.
The competition, which was sponsored by Black Tower, was wonderfully organised by Susan Walker, assisted by Rosemary Hussey from Miraflores Bowls Club and all the competitors really enjoyed some wonderful hospitality, as well as having the opportunity to meet and play against other players in the Andalucian area.
Report by Carolyn Micklefield
Almeria Area Press Officer