Congratulations to everybody who competed this year. Absolutely excellent tournament, and there is a heck of a lot of talent going around. Special congratulations to Shantelle Butler (who never ever stopped smiling, great to see
) and to Kevin McRae, who with an unfortuanate injury at the end managed to pull off an extraordinary win and seal the deal on his victory. Both bowlers were able to win twice in their respective finals, having to beat the top qualifiers because of repercharge. Both finals went down to the wire, and they will definetly be remembered for some time.
Also, a big congratulations must go out to Joe and Ross a.k.a Byrnesy. Both bowlers were no short of magnificent in the finals, and they both bowled exceptionally well to make trouble for their opponents. Congrats on both your efforts, and I'm sure we will see a lot more of them in the future. Another congratulations goes out to Ross for bowling a HUGE game of 299 earlier in the week. I'm sure that 300 is well on it's way
To Dee and Georgya (another two girls who never seemed to stop smiling), what can i say. WOW! You two have a lot of talent, and you certainly showed that. Congratulations on your efforts, and good luck to you both in the future with your bowling.
To Alex and Tristan, it's great to hear you both bowling so well. Having seen a bit of your bowling, I know you both have enormous potential, and this shows just how much talent you both have. Keep up the great work!
To the place getting girls from restricted and to 3rd place in the boys, I'm not sure who you were, but congratulations on your efforts. Great to hear that so much talent is around.
To everybody, thank you for making the tournament what it was. The bowlers, the parents, the friends, the supporters, the coaches, the managers, the tournament committee, and to any and everybody else, thanks for making the tournament possible, and it's through your efforts that it is possible every year. Also special thanks to Capmbelltown (finally spelled it right this time) for hosting the great tourney.
Lastly, I want to say a massive shout out to the Southern Boys and Girls who won this year's Challenge Shield. Absolutely awesome efforts on everybody's part, and congratulations for also earning the overall winners trophy! Congrats must go out to the second Southern NSW boys team who finished in 2nd place, only just narrowly losing but bowling absolutely awesome! To every other team who competed in Challenge Shield, thank you for competing, without you, this is another thing that wouldn't be possible, and it's great to see so many bowlers competing
GO SOUTHERN NSW!!!
Ciao Now
Rowey
P.S Anybody who saw me fall onto the lane...it hurt!