The final will start at 1pm.
Beth Quinlan (St John's Park) v Marilyn Emerton (Mooloolaba)
11.50am
Emerton rolls another longish end. Cannot recall seeing a short end between these two. Emerton will be hard to beat from here but Anderson has shown consistently a calm demeanour under pressure. 1 bowl left each, looks like Anderson just holds shot. Six inches to draw for Emerton as a light shower welcomes her to the mat.
Great shot by Emerton. Moves the kitty back to her advantage and hods match. Seems nowhere for Anderson to go on the forehand and a drive fraught with danger due to short bowls. A backhand draw to save the match....unfortunately too heavy and too wide.
GAME to Emerton 25-21.
Congratulations to Marilyn Emerton (Mooloolaba) who will play Beth Quinlan (St John's Park) in the final.
Fantastic effort by Edna Anderson. We look forward to seeing her for many more Black Douglas appearances.
11.45am
Amazing. That poor end is long forgotten as Emerton puts her first 3 close behind kitty and now it's Anderson who must counter. Anderson plays a rare poor one, short and narrow. 1 bowl each to play. Will Emerton get that 4 back? Emerton short and wide, Anderson on the forehand (cannot recall seeing her backhand recently) goes long and wide. Wow. Is it pressure or a drop in concentration?
Emerton's body language is strong and measuring for 4....it's 4 to Emerton.
Emerton retakes the lead 24-21 and is on the brink.
11.41am
Anderson looking to further capitalise. Holding 1, Anderson is disappointed that her 3rd falls short and misses the chance to put more pressure on. Anderson's disappointment is increased as Emerton plays with weight and moves the kitty back with her bowl to take shot. Anderson's last goes very close to shot....measure....1 to Emerton. Kudos to Emerton. Didn't hesistate to attack with her 3rd and was rewarded.
Anderson leads 21-20
11.35am
Big turnaround. A rare scrappy end for Emerton with bowls splayed and Anderson picks up the maximum 4! Can Emerton put this behind her? After many ends of singles and the odd 2 that 4 could well be a turning point.
Anderson leads 21-19
11.27am
Nice to have Australian Coach Steve Glasson following the blog today...although now this (very) occasional bowler/blogger will be watching more closely his descriptions!
Anderson's last on her forehand hits the kitty but this time slices it. The bowl travels on and it looks like it's 1 to Emerton still and Emerton 1 to play. Emerton draws short of kitty....1 to Emerton.
Emerton leads 19-17
11.22am
Both ladies consistently short of kitty on this long end. Hard to tell who is holding shot as this end is played away from the clubhouse. 1 to Anderson
Emerton leads 18-17.
11.15am
Edna Anderson is having a tremendous first Black Douglas outing and remains unbeaten after 3 sectional and 3 post sectional wins. Back to the match....Emerton has played a cracking 3rd to possibly hold 3.
Anderson counters and may have cut it down to 2, maybe 1 with Emerton 1 to play. Emerton with some risk plays with weight and narrow trying to take out Anderson's bowls but misses on the safe outer side. 1 to Emerton.
Emerton leads 18-16.
11.09am
Anderson with 1 bowl in hand, down 2. As she has done all week Anderson plays a great shot under pressure. A forehand hits the kitty dead centre to take 2!
Emerton leads 17-16.
11.07am
Quinlan's 2nd goes bang and away rolls Lovelock's former shot bowl. With a bowl left Quinlan holds match. Lovelock one to play and Quinlan holds 2 maybe 3. Backhand with weight....just misses the kitty and removes one but that is GAME to QUINLAN.
QUINLAN wins 25-17 and is through to the final. A great tournament for Yvonne Lovelock from Musgrave Hill while Beth Quinlan (St John's Park) is through to her first Black Douglas final.
11.04am
Light rain falls through the sunshine (go figure!) and Lovelock down 1 with a bowl each left. Quinlan holds 1 and if she can draw under Lovelocks 2nd it will be match. Quinlan is a bit heavy and wide and collides with Lovelock. Measure? 1 only!
Quinlan all but....24-17
10.56am
With a back bowl and room to move the kitty, Quinlan plays backhand weight to try and trail for 2 and match but hits the front bowls. 1 back to Lovelock.
Quinlan 23-17.
Emerton again moves the kitty to Anderson's advantage with her 2nd bowl slicing the kitty. Emerton recovers brilliantly with her 3rd, moving the kitty 1.5m back and holds 3, albeit plenty of room for Anderson to draw and reduce (which she does but). 1 to Emerton but plenty of room to draw a 2nd with her last. It's a measure to confirm. It's 2.
Emerton 17-14
10.53am
Lovelock despite starting with short bowls picks up a valuable 1.
Quinlan 23-16.
Anderson holds 2 early and this looks like it will be a looong match with Emerton spending a lot of time at the head. Measures out again....single to Anderson.
Emerton leads 15-14.
10.45am
Meanwhile as the sky darkens Club Greenkeeper and amateur weather forecaster Wayne Wilson is in hiding after confidently predicting ongoing bright sunshine earlier in the week only to see it belt down minutes later!
Back to the bowls Emerton was holding two but her third knocks Anderson's short bowl up to shot. Anderson takes advantage to collect 2 shots.
Emerton leads 15-13.
Lovelock's weighted 3rd shot has split a tight head open leaving both girls plenty of room to draw. 2 to Quinlan and she's within sight of a win.
Quinlan leads 23-15.
10.39am
Unusually Quinlan is short with her first 2 while Lovelock has both behind the kitty holding 1 maybe 2. Quinlan is short again with her 3rd and Lovelock puts her 3rd behind again and in the mix. Quinlan's last sits Lovelocks third to make it definitely 2 for now. Lovelock's last draws alongside Quinlan but just falls in! 3 to Lovelock.
Quinlan 21-15.
Meanwhile next door it's a measure-a-thon....
Emerton 15-11.
10.29am
Quinlan putting the pressure on with her first two very close. Lovelock is short with her first and her weighted second misses everything. Lovelock's 3rd is very good and kisses the kitty and it's very close to determine shot with a bowl each to play. Quinlan's last is not in the count while Lovelock's last look great out of the hand but may have pulled up just short. 1 to Quinlan.
Quinlan 21-12.
For the first time in awhile Emerton's first two are nowhere near the kitty giving Anderson a chance. Anderson holds two, Emerton one to play. 2 to Anderson.
Emerton leads 14-10.
10.22am
Emerton draws further away. It's not like Anderson isn't playing well, Emerton is simply drawing more consistently.
Emerton leads 14-8
Quinlan picks up a single to lead by 8. Quinlan 20-12 over Lovelock.
10.15am
Emerton picks up 2 with a measure. Emerton leads 13-8 over Anderson
Lovelock down 1 plays a lovely 2nd to trail the jack to her 1st to make it 2 shots with the bowls 8 inches in front. Quinlan's 3rd is even better, through the narrow gap and past Lovelock's 2 to hold 1. Quinlan keeps the single.
Quinlan leads 19-12
10am
Beth Quinlan led 12-0 early but Yvonne Lovelock has brought it back in recent ends.
Quinlan leads 16-12
Marilyn Emerton also started well but Edna Anderson has also come back.
Emerton leads 11-8
Keep up the good work Gordon
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