The major fours semi finals were held at Bowral Bowling Club on September 26 with plenty of tight competition.
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Noel Fraser, Jim Neely, Carl Spilker and Dougald Braithwaite defeated Nathan Boyers, Bob Crowley, Paul Leverett, Josh Woodcock 21-18.
This was a borderline match the whole game with team Braithwaite coming home strong in the last three ends.
At the half way mark of 11 ends the team Woodcock had hit the lead 14-8.
And still rolling along with three ends to play in front 18-14.
It was a cat and mouse game over the last three ends with skipper Braithwaite slowing the game up and it paid dividends.
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With one end to play team Braithwaite had a 19-18 lead.
And as it happened they scored two shots and reached the final by a 21-18 margin.
The second semi final was an upset result when Gordon Lewis, Alistair McGhee, Dave Coltman and Ashley Lewis defeated Glen Phillips, Dennis Beatty, Stephen Della and Kevin Stafford 24-17.
Team Stafford was caught napping early and found themselves down 12- 2 after eight ends.
And as is usually the case in a semi final if you jump to a good lead early by the time both sides start matching one another that early lead normally gets the team home.
On the 18th end team Lewis had a 22-11 lead.
Then team Woodcock had a part of a mini comeback picking up 6 shots in two ends to close the gap to 22-17.
Team Lewis scored two shots on the last end to get over the line by seven shots for an unexpected win.
The final of the club fours plate had Tony Oakes, Graham Hunt, Ted McPhee and Bob Edwards defeat Don Coleman, Terry Norwood, Peter Lesueur and Robin Staples 20-14.
Over the first half of the match there was good shot selections from both sides.
Team Edwards just in front 10-8 after 11 ends.
Right up to the 16th end neither side could seize an advantage with team Edwards just in front 14-13.
Then it all happened - team Edwards won three of the last four ends to run out winners by six shots.
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