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H A Bowls Club visits Balmain

Balmain Bowling Club welcomed the H A Bowls Club team from Dubai, in the United Arab Emerites, to a day of competition bowls on 27 February 2010 as part of their 2010 Tour of Australia. The day offered an opportunity of  match play for those in the team who had registered for the World Cup at Warilla BC 22-29 April 2010.

The team, led by Ali Akbar, enjoyed the hospitality of BBC, and thrived on the 9 end set play competition that had been arranged. At the completiton of the set play competition the two clubs played off for the Golden Tiger Trophy which was won by Balmain in a very tightly fought contest.

The team members were: H A Bowls Club Ali Akbar (Side Manager), Amanat Ali, Jamshed Iqbal Mehr, Mansoor Ahmed, Mohammad Farooq, Muhammad Nadeen Bhatti, Raza Shah, Yasin Niaz Muhammad; Balmain Bowling Club Ray Locke (Side Manager), Bob Jackson, Frank Brown, Glenn Rogers, Ian Cunningham, Jack Sampson, John Blunt, John Harvey, Matthew Hearne, Merv Ismay, Peter Robinson, Steve McIlroy, Tim Waygood.

Glenn takes out 2009 Minor Singles

The final between Glenn Rogers and Tim Waygood  was an eagerly awaited match.

On Sunday 7 March 2010,  in  very windy conditions,  Glenn went to an early lead and held the momentum with a ten point lead on the  18th end.  Tim mounted a valiant comeback clawing his way back to level the points at 26 all on the 32 end. Glenn took a single on the 33rd end and a multiple on the 34th end to take a lead of 30 to 26. Tim fought back taking a single on the 35th end but Glenn’s consistency held out with a single on the final end to take out the title 31 to 27.

 A great battle by both players.

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