Gisborne junior singles lawn bowls finals decided by tiebreakers

Poverty Bay Bowling Club's Geoff Pinn won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Centre champion of champions singles title for players with up to eight years of bowls experience.

Geoff Pinn needed a tiebreaker to break the deadlock in the final of the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Centre champion of champions junior singles for players with up to eight years of bowls experience.

Pinn, of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club, beat Greg Flett, of Te Karaka, in a nailbiting match.

Both players won a set, so a tiebreaker was required to decide the champion.

Pinn initially had control of the shot, Flett snatched it away and then Pinn drew the shot to claim the championship.

Te Karaka Bowling Club's CJ Brown-Lewis beat Poverty Bay member Debs Hancock in a tiebreaker.

The tension level was also high in the division for players with up to three years of experience.

Poverty Bay’s Debs Hancock and Te Karaka teenager CJ Brown-Lewis went to a tiebreaker.

Brown-Lewis, 17, won but both players showed great potential, auguring well for their future in the sport.