Elinor Storkey (LVCC) and Francois Hanekom (White River) are the new Lowveld Masters Singles title holders in the open age group.

The masters competition is a prestigious bowls tourney where the top 12 men and ladies bowlers from the open and veteran age groups in the Lowveld Zone are invited to compete.

The tournament is a two-day event in which the bowlers compete in a round robin format initially, with the group winners contesting the final.

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The men’s and ladies’ open divisions were contested at LVCC over the past weekend.

In the men’s open divison, Hanekom beat Hardus Korf (Ngodwana) 21-19 in a tightly contested final. Charl van der Ham (Barberton) defeated Dean Paiva (White River) to win the third and fourth place play-off.

In the ladies’ open final, Elinor Storkey had a comfortable win over Madaleine de Klerk (LVCC) while Miranda Paiva (White River) defeated Annemarie van der Ham (Barberton) in the play-off for third position.

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All eight bowlers will represent Lowveld in the Mpumalanga Masters competition, to be held in Ermelo at the end of July. A similar competition will be held at Nelspruit Bowling Club from July 13 to 14 to determine the eight veteran Lowveld bowlers to join their open counterparts at the Mpumalanga Masters.