Northern Cape fours battle it out on bowling greens

The men’s fours team crowned as champions in the Northern Cape Bowls (NCB) Fours Championship appeared to have been a winning team from the very start, considering accolades they previously received.

This past weekend, 16 of the top fours teams in the Northern Cape battled it out in the NCB Fours Championship in Kimberley.

In the men’s section, two teams of the Beaconsfield Park Bowling Green Club made it to the final round. The team of David Paulse triumphed over Wihan Smit’s team from Bloemhof, and CP Mathewson’s team beat Andries van der Walt’s team from Hanover.

In the finals, youngsters Kieran Kelly and Keegan Minopetros were instrumental in getting their team over the line, leading to this duo, along with David Paulse and Scotty Elliot, walking away as NCB fours champions.

The Northern Cape Bowls (NCB) fours champions in the men’s section are from the left Scotty Elliot, David Paulse, Kieran Kelly and Keegan Minopetros. They are from the Beaconsfield Park Bowling Green Club in Kimberley.

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In February, Paulse was the winner in the NCB Singles Championship, with Elliot the runner-up. Also, in April last year Kelly and Minopetros represented the Northern Cape at the Bowls South Africa U18 National Championships in Bloemfontein.

The runners-up are CP Mathewson, Driaan van Niekerk, Etienne Mathewson and Jobo de Villiers. In the third and fourth play-off, it was the team from Hanover consisting of Andries van der Walt, Quinton Kock, Francois van der Walt and Esly Lombard who pipped team Bloemhof consisting of Wihan Smit, Fanie Smit, Rico McLeod and Danie Erasmus.

In the final of the women’s section, Marietjie van den Berg, Maryke van der Westhuizen, Lize-Marie van Lill, and Anna-Marie van Zyl from Upington walked away as champions.

The women’s fours winners of Northern Cape Bowls (NCB) Fours Championship are, from the left, Maryke van der Westhuizen, Lize-Marie van Lill, Marietjie van den Berg and Anna-Marie van Zyl. With them are Braam van der Westhuizen, president of the NCB.

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The runners-up are Sonja Bean, Susan le Roux, Caren van der Westhuizen and Sonja van der Westhuizen from Sishen. In third place are Estelle van der Walt, Marianne Botha, Nadia Botes and Charleen Fourie from Upington, and fourth are Geraldine Moodaley, Raff Matthews, Michelle van Zyl and Natascha du Plessis from KEW Bowling Club.

The men’s sections were played at the Sol Plaatje West End Bowls Club, and the women’s section at Beaconsfield Park with the semi finals and finals also played here.