South Perth was well represented at the Mt Lawley Consistency Singles Event earlier this month. The well-run event is always a good lead-up to the pennant season. On Friday Neale Griffin defeated Eddy Richardson (120-99) and Mick Palumbo (124-106) before falling in the last game of the day to Beau Manton (116-124). Ashley Sharp progressed...Read More
South Perth put up an impressive performance at last weekend’s Mandurah APL Carnival. Pitted in a tough section, which included fellow Premier League clubs Cambridge and Doubleview, the side of Sally Wilke, Greg Reagan, Ashley Sharp and Nick Reagan topped their group to progress to the elimination stages of the event. Winning all five games...Read More
A South Perth team won the 2016 Denison Batavia Classic event recently. The team (pictured l to r with Lindsay Duncan) consisted of Greg Reagan, David Hagen, Adrian Durrant and Ryan Havercroft. The Miller outit went through the two-day event undefeated, though did survive a few anxious moments on the final day. Heading to the...Read More
Glenn Pauling and Scott Walker continued their Australian Open Pairs campaign on Monday 20th June 2016. Drawn in the knockout phase at Coolangatta Bowling Club, the South Perth pair survived a nailbiting 18-17 contest over S Franklin & M Miller in the morning session. The following round saw a tough encounter with accomplished pairing Ray...Read More
Scott Walker has been eliminated in the round of sixteen at the recent Australian Indoors. Walker won his first match on Monday, defeating the well-credentialed Stephen Halmai (Ballina NSW) 10-2 and 7-7 in the set play event. Tuesday Scott returned to Tweed Heads for a shot at the quarter finals of the prestigious event. Drawn...Read More
South Perth had three bowlers progress through the singles sectional play at the Australian Open. On Saturday, Adrian Durrant, Glenn Pauling and Scott Walker all lined up in the 256-man draw. Adrian Durrant faced local Phil Brandon (Broadbeach) at Coolangatta Bowling Club. Down at various stages (0-6 and 12-19), Adrian worked back into the match...Read More
South Perth was represented in two groups of fours at the Australian Open on Thursday. At Tugun, Ken Pride, midweek player Peter Holmes (from Cervantes), Greg Reagan and Neale Griffin began with a narrow loss (12-15) to the NSW side of H Sato, I Ossher, G Spears and G Lester. They followed that effort up...Read More
Glenn Pauling and Scott Walker are the sole South Perth duo to progress through the sectional phase of the 2016 Australian Open. Drawn at Robina, they defeated P Wirth and T Blow (19-10) and C Vlastaras and S Liverage (21-13) before surviving some anxious moments in their final qualifying game. A loss to R Norquay...Read More
Adrian Durrant, Glenn Pauling and Scott Walker have all won through their sections at The 2016 Australian Open Singles. At Robina, Adrian Durrant defeated John Millington (21-17), former international cricketer Kepler Wessels (21-17) and Tim Brissett (21-11). Glenn Pauling was drawn at Benowa and accounted for former Western Australian Dale Marsland 21-13. He then took...Read More
Lara Symons is South Perth Bowling Club’s latest state representative, competing at the recent Disability Sport Australia National Multibowl Championships held at Clearview in South Australia. Having taken up the game recently, it is a meteoric rise from Tuesday Night Scroungers and Friday Night pennant competition to representative level bowls. Lara credits her introduction to...Read More
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