Sport
29 August, 2023
Top-10 placing for Lowood duo at school bowls event
DEKOTA Brindle and Nick Miller finished in 10th place as the duo represented Lowood State High School in the Bowls Queensland Secondary School Cup event at Pine Rivers Bowls Club last week.
The other 17 pairs in the two-day event came from schools at places including Beerwah, Bundaberg, Fraser Coast, Glasshouse, Tully, Mackay, North Mackay, Mt Larcom, Longreach, and Stretton.
Five rounds took place on the Wednesday before four took place on the Thursday, with play starting at 1.15pm and finishing at 7.30pm on day one while there was also a dinner break from 5.45pm to 6.30pm.
Play ran from 8.30am to 1pm on day two before lunch and presentations followed.
Along with the bowlers from Beerwah and North Mackay, the Lowood duo had four wins and five losses.
For the third straight year the winners were from James Nash State High School, with Slater Mason and Riley Gerick the triumphant duo this time.
Slater and Riley had eight wins and one loss, as did the runners-up from Stretton State College.
Riley’s brother Cody skippered the previous two winning teams, with Tilah Mason his colleague in 2021 before Madelyn McDonald was his colleague the following year.
