GOLDEN GIRLS: Tauranga Bowling Club's gold winning four: left to right, Margaret Roberts, Mary Solomon, Helen Harris, June Mabbett. PHOTO: Supplied
GOLDEN GIRLS: Tauranga Bowling Club's gold winning four: left to right, Margaret Roberts, Mary Solomon, Helen Harris, June Mabbett. PHOTO: Supplied
It was an unforgettable golden moment for four members of the Tauranga Bowling Club at the World Masters Games in Auckland on Thursday.
Skip Mary Solomon, Margaret Roberts, Helen Harris and June Mabbett won a memorable come-from-behind final against Carlton Cornwall from Auckland in the fours final of the 60to 69 years category.
Solomon said her team defeated teams from Canada, Australia and New Zealand to be the highest qualifier going through to finals on Thursday.
She said the final was "a big battle" after Tauranga dropped five on the first end, which was about as bad a start as it gets.
"We were 5-0 down and then dropped a shot on the second end to be 6-0. We got two back on the third end to be 6-2 then they went ahead 8-3 before the seventh end we scored a four to make it 8-7. They then got a two to go ahead 10-7 but on the ninth end we got a three to tie it up 10-all.
"So we went into the final 10th end tied 10-all and we grabbed two to win it 12-10. We had to fight really hard and probably won it in the seventh end when we got a four. It was a great team effort throughout and we never conceded or gave up even though we had our backs to the wall at the sixth end."
Solomon said they were determined to finish strongly after not losing a game throughout the tournament.
The Tauranga Bowling Club took a team of 12 bowlers to compete in Auckland and was the only Bay of Plenty bowling club to enter the World Masters Games.
