Gisborne-East Coast bowls: Alexander and Davis-Law win champ of champs senior mixed pairs

Finalists in the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions senior mixed pairs (from left): runners-up Leighton Shanks and skip Dayvinia Mills (Kahutia) with winners Jessie Davis-Law and skip Marc Alexander (Poverty Bay).

Marc Alexander and Jessie Davis-Law, of Poverty Bay Bowling Club, have won the Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions senior mixed pairs title.

They defeated Kahutia pair Dayvinia Mills (skip) and Leighton Shanks 19-11 in the final.

Alexander (s) and Davis-Law flew out to an 11-0 lead before Mills and Shanks mounted a comeback. However, the Poverty Bay pair had enough left in the tank to win by eight on their home green.

Bowls Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions junior mixed pairs finalists (from left): runners-up Debs Hancock and skip John Andrews (Poverty Bay) with winners Erica Thompson and skip Greg Flett (Te Karaka).

In the semifinals, Poverty Bay beat Gisborne 19-8 and Kahutia beat Tolaga Bay 19-12.

In the junior champion of champions mixed pairs final, Te Karaka Bowling Club’s Greg Flett (s) and Erica Thompson needed a tiebreaker to win a close match against Poverty Bay’s John Andrews (s) and Debs Hancock.

In the semifinal, Te Karaka beat Kahutia and Poverty Bay beat Gisborne, with both matches decided by a tiebreaker.