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IIBA Zone Championships
16 IIBA Zone Championships
No double for the North West Zone
No double for the North West Zone
losing both the Ladies
losing both the Ladies
and Men’s finals
and Men’s finals

Champions Western
Champions Western

WESTERN TAKE LADIES ZONE TITLE IN THRILLER
WESTERN TAKE LADIES ZONE TITLE IN THRILLER
This year’s Ladies Inter Zone final proved to be a nail bit-
ing thriller decided on the last 2 bowls. On paper Western
looked the more experienced with a number of national
winners while North West fielded 6 of their successful
2018 junior inter zone team, with 2 of them skipping and
3 playing at 3rd.
Interest lay in whether the juniors could withstand
the pressure of playing their first major final. The final
proved to be an
excellent advert
for ladies bowls
with one side and Western Zone Convenor
then the other tak- Harold Nixon receives the
ing the lead. winners cup from
It did look at IIBA President Flo McNally
one stage that
Western were going to run away with the game as they built
up a 13 shot lead but their opponents made a dramatic
comeback.
North West Convenor Colleen Little separated the two sides for most of the first half
Cochrane receives the with North West just 2 shots up after 5 ends. It was from
Runners-up cup from that point that Western began to take more control.
IIBA President Flo McNally