Bellarine Indoor Bias Bowls Association (BIBBA) is in full swing with a seven-week home and away season making way for finals.
Around 40 players competed for Ocean Grove, including many first-year players, and have enjoyed yet another successful time on the mat with four of their seven teams making this season’s finals.
Finals will take place over the next two Monday nights for the Grovers where they will be looking to win Divisions 1, 2 and 3.
This year’s BIBBA competition consisted of six clubs from Drysdale, St Leonards, Clifton Springs, Leopold, Lifestyle and Ocean Grove with more than 120 players competing in the weekly Monday night competition.
Every club will be represented in finals which is great to see the growth of the game in the Bellarine area.
Ocean Grove held its Indoor Club Singles on July 23 with a great day of competition with 18 men and nine ladies competing.
The ladies final was taken out by first year player Jill Dwyer, claiming a 16-10 victory over Sue Collins.
The men’s event saw another first-year player, Tyson Cromie, make the final but was defeated by multiple times champion Matt Flapper 19-9.
Collins and Flapper will take on the Champion of Champions this week in a bid to claim honours as the best in the Bellarine.
The Bellarine Pairs took place in June with 32 teams entering the event.
On one half of the draw, it was the St Leonards pairing of Bill Maloney and Tam Munster who worked their way to the final and on the other side of the draw Leopold’s Jane McMenaman and Nicole Shortis reached the big dance. The Leopold duo cruised to a 20-4 win claiming the 2023 title.
