Victoria’s Ben and Helen King have won the Bowls Specialist Wellington Mixed Pairs this afternoon, the first Wellington title of the 2019-20 season. They won the final 21-6 in a family affair against Birdie Love and James-Cameron Powell of Stokes Valley, it was a great game for the viewers. The Kings raced ahead to a 9-0 lead, helped largely by a four on the second end. The Stokes Valley duo brought it back to 9-4 and then stayed within touching distance until the 13th end when our Victoria heroes picked up a six to move 20-6 ahead.
Ben and Helen also won this title in the 2006-07 season, great to see them win their crown again!
This is the first Wellington tournament Ben has played in since rejoining Victoria after a long hiatus over at Wilton. Hasn’t taken him long to show us his class in Victoria colours again.
- Helen King’s 28th Wellington title
- Ben King’s 14th Wellington title
Victoria had three teams get to the quarter-finals on day 3, with the pairs of Laurie Guy & Leigh Griffin, as well as Jeremy Kydd & Kay Carr suffering close losses in their quarter-final matches.
The Kings Pathway to victory:
Section play vs Nathan Wilkinson & Kuru Langley (Naenae): Win 33-3
Section play vs Dale Rayner & Brady Amer (Johnsonville): Win 15-14
Section play vs Debbie Hanna & Ken Adams (Petone Central): Loss 17-6
Last 32 vs Steve & Kennie Critchlow (Silverstream): Win 21-4
Last 16 vs Bill Brunenberg & Helen Baker (Composite): Win 18-7
Quarter-final vs Dale Rayner & Brady Amer (Johnsonville): Win 13-10
Semi-final vs Wayne Coleman & Christine Hyett (Miramar): Win 20-12
Final vs Birdie Love and James-Cameron Powell (Stokes Valley): Win 21-6
Photo by Allan Galbraith courtesy of Bowls Wellington:
