The Lawn Bowls Association of Thailand held their annual singles tournament at an indoor venue for the first time on March 2 and 3. The top 28 Thai male and female lawn bowlers were at Coco Club Resort to enjoy a friendly but serious weekend of lawn bowling which would normally decide who will represent Thailand for the coming year. Very competitive bowling was seen and after a day and a half of bowling and with the finals on a 1 hour 20 mins or first to 21 scoreline there was no time wasting.
The men's event went generally according to ranking with Bangkok based Ing (Acting Sub Lt Sakpraset Mitsaha) just outstaying the younger challenge ofNum (Tanumsak Kinsorn) by just one bowl 17 – 16 in the final and Bus (Acting Sub Lt Aunurek Rotmanee) edging Tan (Chaithai Kanganakparn) 21 – 18 for the 3rd and 4th place,our local hopeful Bank pulled out all the stops in winning all three qualifying rounds but just falling at the quarter finals.
The ladies' was a different game with the Bangkok representatives being outplayed by the local girls who took all three top spots. Thanom Karnrandee was well focused all the weekend but was just outplayed in the semi final by Coco's own Sue Bryant to set up the final against Lek Pettyfer who had just overcome Songsin Chou from Bangkok. Thanom went on to win 3rd spot against Songsin 21 – 15 and Lek was pushed all the way but held on to an early 8 – 0 lead to resist a run in from a resurgent Sue to win 21-17. The winners received 20,000 baht, runners up 10,000 baht and play offs 5,000 baht and a cup from the Lawn Bowls Association of Thailand in association with Coco Club and Sponsors Singha.
Source: http://www.news.thethailandlinks.com/2013/03/26/coco-club-lawn-bowls-annual-tournament/
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