Norm Wolford books a spot in Narrabri Sporties’ 2021 Major Singles final

Norm Wolford will contest Narrabri Sporties’ 2021 Major Singles decider against either Trinity Kelly or Len Ryan who will meet in a semi-final match on Saturday, June 19.

Wolford played his quarter-final fixture on Saturday morning against Graham Rose who he beat 31-19.

Another quarter-final match on Saturday morning saw Tony Redman down Stewart Coleman 31-19.

Later that day, Wolford and Redman went head-to-head in the competition’s first semi-final. Redman led 19-9 after 17 ends but Wolford responded with a 13 shots to 3 run to make the score at 22-all after 26 ends.

At the 30th end, Wolford led 29-22 but Redman scored 5 shots to nil over the next four ends to reduce the deficit to two points. Wolford then scored a 3 on the 35th end to win the game 32-27.

In the other quarter-final matches on Saturday, Ryan defeated David Dewar 31-20 and defending champion Kelly downed Kevin Baguley 31-24.

Minor Singles matches were also contested at Narrabri Sporties on Saturday.

Bruce Tomlinson and Anthony Welchman needed 38 ends to decide a winner of their game. The score was 11-all on 14th end, 22-all on the 28th end, 25-all on the 32nd end and 28-all on the 36th end. Welchman then scored two on the 37th end but Tomlinson won the game after scoring 3 on the 38th end to make the final score 31-30.

Terry Wilson defeated David Briggs 31-23 while Steve Daskey received a forfeit from Stewart Coleman.

Matches to be played on Saturday, June 19, are as follows:

Major Singles at 9am:
Trinity Kelly v Len Ryan (marker – Dave Dewar).

Minor Singles at 9am:
Bruce Tomlinson v Terry Wilson (marker – Anthony Welchman), Rob Wolters v Steve Daskey (marker – Colin Armstrong).

Senior Singles at 1.30pm:
Laurie Gilbert v Graham Rose (marker – Ian Macmillan), Steve Daskey v Tony Redman (marker – David Briggs), Len Ryan v Bob Cantrill (marker – Bruce Tomlinson).

Meanwhile, Wee Waa Bowling Club’s Justin Knight won the Zone 3 Bowls State Open Singles championship at Inverell in the weekend where he defended his 2020 title.