May 28, 2005
Congrats to Cockburn for their great win in the final of the Club Champion of club Championship fours today played at North Beach Bowling club. They defeated Bedford 26-15


L/R: Max Brown {skip} Jim Connor, John McElroy, John Ravilich.


L/R: John Bills. Dave Scott, Kevin Bourke {skip} John McGrath.

When I arrived the score was 9-9, then moved to 11-10 on the 11th end in favour of Bedford. The skippers were playing very well and both were under a lot of pressure with honors even between them.
The 14th end spelt disaster for Bedford when they played a very loose end. dropping a four and from that time on were in trouble.
Cockburn played their shots extremely well when required and changed things in their favour, generally Bedford were out gunned by a more consistent Cockburn team.
Best for Cockburn, in an even team display, was skip Max Brown, while Jim Connor played some very telling bowls. Cockburn always responded when in trouble and had no passengers in the last half of the game, all contributed to their winning position.
Best for Bedford was skipper Kevin Bourke who was rarely up on the crossover, and if he was, Max usually had first bowl and changed it.. Bedford had some good bowls in the head but not often enough to put pressure on the Cockburn boys.
From the 11th end on, Cockburn scored 16 shots to Bedford 4 shots without playing the last end, and that tells the story.