Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Upset win in pairs final

Garfield Bowling Club recently held its men's pairs championship final with a "David and "Goliath" line-up. Joe Lenders and Frank Prins were on one side and two of the club's senior side skippers in Tom Cleary and Stephen Whyte on the other. The game...

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Upset win in pairs final
Posing with the scoreboard after the final of the Garfield men's pairs championship are (from left) runners-up Tom Cleary and Stephen Whyte and winners Frank Prins and Joe Lenders.

Garfield Bowling Club recently held its men's pairs championship final with a "David and "Goliath" line-up.
Joe Lenders and Frank Prins were on one side and two of the club's senior side skippers in Tom Cleary and Stephen Whyte on the other.
The game began with three shots for the underdogs, Joe and Frank, and the crowd murmured with the possibility of an upset. Tom and Steve scored on the next end, and the game was on.
Another three-shot end for Joe and Frank kept the excitement up. But, not to be denied, Tom and Steve pegged their way back to a scoreline of 6/7.
They exploded with a six-shot end and it looked like Goliath was indeed going to take the day, with the score soaring to 12/7. However, that was their last hurrah, as they only scored two single-shot ends after that.
Joe and Frank won the rest of the 18 ends to complete an upset that had been foreshadowed early in the game, winning the championship 27/14.

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