Katherine Koroll and Aron Sced Win 2024 Novice Singles
On Saturday July 27, 16 women and 16 men battled it out at our annual Novice Singles Championship. Each bowler played three games in the morning, seeking a place in the top eight that would advance them to the afternoon knockout stage.
On the women’s side, only one bowler—Katherine Koroll—won all three games and she advanced to the last eight as the top seed. The remaining seven quarter-final places were closely contested between eight women who had won 2 of the three games, separated only by differential.
For the men, Patrick Jones and Ian Main went through the morning unscathed with 3-0 records, joined in the quarters with six others with 2-1 records.
After a wonderful light lunch, the top 8 bowlers discovered thier opponents for the knockout stage of the competition.
For the women, Katherine continued her fine play and advanced to the semi-finals along with Sue Ward, Maria Rudman and Jen Pearson. In the semi-finals Katherine was just too strong for Sue, while Jen had to come from behind with a strong late finish to beat Maria.
In the final, Katherine finally had a game on her hands playing against Jen. The two were in a real battle, exchanging ‘1’s for the first eleven ends until a 3 on the 13th end turned the game Katherine’s way, winning 9-6 to become the Women’s Novice Champion.
The men’s side was equally compelling. The quarter final between Patrick Jones and Jonathan Tessier was the game of the round, with Patrick coming out on top in this seesaw battle 14-11. Aron Sced, Cory Martin and Ron Clarkson also advanced to the final four.
Both semi-final games were tight battles that thrilled the many spectators. Cory overcame a 9-1 deficit to beat Ron 13-11. Aron and Patrick faced each other for the second time, Patrick having won by 3 earlier in the day. This time though, Aron came from behind, winning the last four ends to tie the game up 10-10 and force an extra end, which Aron won to move him to the final.
In the final, Aron was on a roll and comfortably beat Cory, while Patrick beat Ron to claim the 3rd place prize money.
Above: Jen Pearson (2nd); Sue Ward (3rd) and Maria Rudman (4th)
Above: Cory Martin (2nd); Patrick Jones (3rd) and Ron Clarkson (4th)
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