National Disability Championship

National Disability Championship 2021 Recap

By Matt Stevens

June 23, 2021

The 32^nd National Disability Championship came to a close on the weekend at Zone Bowling Mt Gravatt after eleven days of competition.

A total of 347 participants bowled during this year’s Championship. A fantastic result considering three state teams were unable to travel due to COVID restrictions.

Two state team challenge champions and three masters were crowned, and a 299 game was bowled in the finals. The championship had a bit of everything this year and we hope everyone had a great time on the lanes!

We would like to thank ZONE BOWLING Mt Gravatt for being wonderful hosts for this year’s event. Our partner the Australian Disabilities Tenpin for organising and running the event with us this year. The Joint Management Committee members – Louise Cooke, Kortnee Morcus, Beth Boyd, Don Atkinson, Jenny Tiernan and Rohan O’Neill for all their organisation in preparation for this year’s event. We would also like to thank John Coxon OAM for assisting the tournament team throughout the week and Barry Davies for providing photo services for the participants.

Thank you to Cluch TV for successfully streaming the Cole Challenge Cup and Open State Team Challenge Day for the first time ever. We would also like to thank Colin Linton from Bowlcast who provided commentary and his expertise for the stream. Thank you to all the families, friends and carers who came and made this year’s event happen.

And finally, but not least, the bowlers! Thank you to everyone who came to this year’s event and had a bowl! We hope you had a great time and look forward to next year’s event!

National Disability Championship

The Championships sees bowlers compete in Singles, Doubles and Trios (3 bowlers per team) events. Entrants competing in the events bowled a three-game series with the highest series in each Grade and Event deemed champions. An All Events entry is when participants compete and provide scores in all three events – Trios, Doubles and Singles.

Below are the top three place getters for each event. Please click the down arrow for each event to view the top 3 placegetters. For the full results of the championship, click here.

All Events

Open

Female- 9 entries

1^st – Sarah Hartley (168) 598, 530, 477 [1605]
2^nd– Courtney Bucknell (166) 494, 558, 485 [1537]
3^rd– Kim Lewis (152) 486, 467, 557 [1510]

Male- 7 entries

1^st– Mitchell Meares (188) 536, 645, 661 [1842]
2^nd– Adam Sutherland (200) 555, 703, 520 [1778]
3^rd– Matthew Hurst (195) 603, 564, 570 [1737]

Male Classic

16 entries

1^st – Howard Goss (176) 586, 628, 535 [1749]
2^nd– David Riddle (163) 542, 543, 579 [1664]
3^rd– Connor Dixon (166) 567, 509, 540 [1616]

A Grade

Female – 20 entries

1^st – Reanna Skora-Corbett (139) 500, 466, 446 [1412]
2^nd– Michelle Christensen (144) 516, 491, 397 [1404]
3^rd– Reese Poelstra (148) 485, 421, 459 [1365]

Male – 36 entries

1^st– Corey Hanson (154) 514, 589, 524 [1627]
2^nd– Simon Zipf (145) 515, 507, 500 [1522]
3^rd– Anuj Chandra (153) 469, 492, 548 [1509]

B Grade

Female – 30 entries

1^st– Jacqueline Elvery (127) 438, 373, 414 [1225]
2^nd– Kyra Corsini (129) 334, 424, 422 [1180]
3^rd – Rebecca Triffett (127) 434, 371, 357 [1162]

Male – 45 entries

1^st– Michael Rands (130) 431, 541, 442 [1414]
2^nd– Ty Gaudry (128) 472, 434, 436 [1342]
3^rd– Duncan Fraser (129) 434, 501, 389 [1324]

C Grade

Female – 28 entries

1^st – Penny Dishington (109) 353, 323, 371 [1047]
2^nd– Kylie Walker (107) 324, 344, 357 [1025]
3^rd– Shelley Borlak (107) 298, 341, 380 [1019]

Male – 48 entries

1^st– Paul Parker (119) 455, 430, 380 [1265]
2^nd– John Siganto (117) 444, 347, 392 [1183]
3^rd– Ben Fleming (119) 392, 330, 453 [1175]

D Grade

Female – 11 entries

1^st – Katelyn Smith (75) 391, 424, 322 [1137]
2^nd– Emily Gardner-Hudson (87) 299, 395, 323 [1017]
3^rd– Ashley Schlenner (77) 318, 295, 353 [966]

Male – 17 entries

1^st– Richard Foster (99) 330, 376, 359 [1065]
2^nd– Hysam Elrich (86) 371, 339, 318 [1028]
3^rd– Alan Gill (96) 302, 365, 335 [1002]

E Grade

Female – 7 entries

1^st– Madison Gardner-Hudson(64) 266, 282, 242 [790]
2^nd– Leckie Court (63) 227, 264, 204 [695]
3^rd– Leita Neuhaus (53) 210, 238, 200 [648]

Male – 9 entries

1^st– Luke Purtill (78) 216, 197, 276 [689]
2^nd– Tony Perrin (42) 265, 85, 317 [667]
3^rd– Ken Wickham (71) 220, 255, 181 [656]

Singles

Open

Female- 33 entries

1^st – Sarah Hartley (168) 194, 232, 172 [598]
2^nd – Courtney Bucknell – (166) 172, 170, 213 [555]
3^rd– Sarah Walsh (162) 191, 165, 169 [525]

Male – 24 entries

1^st – Mitchell Meares (188) 247, 195, 246 [688]
2^nd – Adam Sutherland (200) 226, 204, 236 [666]
3^rd – Ashley Poelstra (185) 268, 171, 203 [642]

Classic

Male – 51 entries

1^st– Danny Simpson (179) 201, 222, 194 [617]
2^nd– Howard Goss (176) 205, 178, 203 [586]
3^rd – Damian Murtagh (164) 207, 180, 192 [579]

A Grade

Female – 51 entries

1^st – Michelle Christensen (144) 160, 199, 157 [516]
2^nd – Lyn Coleman (141) 169, 172, 159 [500]
2^nd – Reanna Skora-Corbett (139) 157, 155, 188 [500]
3^rd– Reese Poelstra (148) 180, 146, 169 [495]

Male – 101 entries

1^st – Anuj Chandra (153) 214, 198, 228 [640]
2^nd– Malakai Sammut (155) 214, 218, 201 [633]
3^rd – Corey Hanson (154) 209, 174, 195 [578]

B Grade

Female – 84 entries

1^st – Rebecca Triffett (127) 156, 141, 159 [456]
2^nd– Heather Saunders (112) 131, 181, 140 [452]
3^rd – Jacqueline Elvery (127) 137, 177, 124 [438]

Male – 126 entries

1^st– Tim Wilson V (126) 161, 206, 143 [510]
2^nd– Keanu Murray (123) 159, 170, 173 [502]
3^rd– Theo Linardis (130) 140, 197, 153 [490]

C Grade

Female – 64 entries

1^st – Caitlin Hall (106) 146, 119, 126 [391]
2^nd – Penny Dishington (109) 93, 129, 151 [373]
3^rd – Debbie Bean (108) 127, 109, 117 [353]

Male – 112 entries

1^st – Paul Parker (119) 166, 140, 158 [464]
2^nd– John Siganto (117) 148, 151, 145 [444]
3^rd – Garth Hutchinson (110) 126, 173, 122 [421]

D Grade

Female – 21 entries

1st- Katelyn Smith (75) 124, 143, 124 [391]
2^nd– Amanda Rogers (79) 125, 88, 142 [355]
3^rd– Ashley Schlenner (77) 79, 141, 98 [318]

Male – 38 entries

1^st– Hysam Elrich (86) 96, 147, 153 [396]
2^nd– Ron Brown (99) 131, 99, 119 [349]
3^rd– Trevor Hodges (95) 158, 116, 71 [345]

E Grade

Female – 16 entries

1^st – Aimee Smith (42) 100, 116, 89 [305]
2^nd – Madison Gardner-Hudson (64) 72, 118, 76 [266]
3^rd – Leita Neuhaus (53) 66, 107, 78 [251]

Male- 17 entries

1^st– Tony Perrin (42) 121, 115, 102 [338]
2^nd– Richard Aouchan (66) 86, 84, 95 [265
3^rd– Luke Purtill (78) 72, 102, 86 [260]

Doubles

Open Doubles

8 entries

1^st – Corey Hanson (154) 151, 234, 204 [589] Adam Sutherland (200) 218, 235, 172 [625] (1,214)
2^nd– Lionel Kenyon (182) 210, 224, 191 [625] Matthew Hurst (195) 171, 192, 201 [564] (1,189)
3^rd– Danny Simpson (179) 155, 186, 153 [494] Adam Sutherland (200) 211, 243, 234 [688] (1,182)

Classic Doubles

35 entries

1^st – David Scicluna (147) 212, 156, 200 [568] Mitchell Meares (188) 209, 229, 207 [645] (1,213)
2^nd– Karnie Taylor (152) 258, 206, 147 [611] Lionel Kenyon (182) 177, 196, 178 [551] (1,162)
3^rd– Corey Hanson (154) 183, 167, 145 [495] Matthew Hurst (195) 226, 216, 222 [664] (1,159)

A Grade Doubles

87 entries

1^st– Ty Gaudry (128) 169, 160, 217 [546] Tony Parker (180) 204, 171, 177 [552] (1,098)
2^nd– Scott Stanton (143) 127, 166, 175 [468] Andrew Reimer (162) 182, 192, 209 [583] (1,051)
3^rd– Andrew Kelly (144) 146, 174, 146 [466] Damian Murtagh (164) 180, 190, 169 [539] (1,005)

B Grade Doubles

148 entries

1^st– Michael Rands (130) 188, 172, 181 [541] Natasha Wilson (134) 133, 139, 124 [396] 937
2^nd– Kim Harvey (137) 186, 153, 164 [503] Nathan Coling (131) 169, 131, 125 [425] 928
3^rd– Caitlin Hall (106) 134, 96, 85 [315] Kane Wojcicki (161) 190, 139, 264 [593] 908

C Grade Doubles

121 entries

1^st – Rod Bradburn (139) 130, 158, 105 [393] Katelyn Smith (75) 181, 152, 140 [473] 866
2^nd– Robert Gordon (110) 133, 163, 134 [430] Heather Saunders (112) 141, 123, 143 [407] 837
3^rd– David Stevens (115) 125, 144, 165 [434] Josh Hartwell (107) 119, 145, 124 [388] 822

D Grade Doubles

27 entries

1^st– Ashley Schlenner (77) 112, 132, 111 [355] Stephanie Duffey (93) 144, 121, 86 [351] 706
2^nd– Leckie Court (63) 81, 84, 85 [250] Tony Dicrescenzo (125) 149, 143, 135 [427] 677
2^nd– Madison Gardner-Hudson (64) 112, 68, 102 [282] Emily Gardner-Hudson (87) 152, 133, 110 [395] 677
3^rd– Josh Hartwell (107) 109, 156, 124 [389] Samantha Sheedy (81) 76, 80, 114 [270] 659

E Grade Doubles

19 entries

1^st – Katelyn Smith (75) 149, 165, 110 [424] Steven Martin (71) 83, 86, 77 [246] 670
2^nd – Leita Neuhaus (53) 64, 86, 86 [236] Natalie Forace (95) 92, 149, 97 [338] 574
3^rd– Leita Neuhaus (53) 72, 98, 68 [238] Steven Papps (92) 98, 136, 84 [318] 556

Trios

Open Trios

4 entries

1^st– Kane Wojcicki (161) 181, 148, 151 [480] Adam Sutherland (200) 277, 228, 253 [758] Damian Murtagh (164) 214, 175, 184 [573] 1,811
2^nd– Kallan Strong (192) 191, 167, 185 [543] Mitchell Meares (188) 231, 198, 232 [661] Kelly Magee (154) 159, 186, 149 [494] 1,698
3^rd– Lionel Kenyon (182) 151, 197, 156 [504] Matthew Hurst (195) 192, 190, 190 [572] Adam Sutherland (200) 202, 173, 213 [588] 1,664

Classic Trios

19 entries

1^st– Kate Juillerat (135) 182, 135, 143 [460] Corey Hanson (154) 204, 149, 160 [513] Adam Sutherland (200) 198, 245, 205 [648] 1,621
2^nd– Karnie Taylor (152) 133, 147, 170 [450] David Riddle (163) 217, 172, 190 [579] Nicholas Jefferson (165) 176, 206, 201 [583] 1,612
3^rd– Kim Lewis (152) 179, 168, 210 [557] Howard Goss (176) 190, 185, 160 [535] Tony Parker (180) 183, 160, 142 [485] 1,577

A Grade Trios

66 entries

1^st – Anuj Chandra (153) 168, 187, 164 [519] Connor Dixon (166) 173, 154, 213 [540] Simon Zipf (145) 197, 154, 173 [524] 1,583
2^nd– Biljana Boskov (138) 111, 159, 155 [425] Frank Cooke (143) 179, 161, 114 [454] Tony Parker (180) 236, 221, 195 [652] 1,531
3^rd– Duncan Fraser (129) 183, 139, 135 [457] Will Mison (153) 169, 158, 181 [508] Nicholas Jefferson (165) 212, 161, 171 [544] 1,509

B Grade Trios

84 entries

1^st– Kyra Corsini (129) 190, 106, 126 [422] Michael Rands (130) 115, 190, 137 [442] Chris Ilic (143) 142, 124, 158 [424] 1,288
1^st – Tania Svensson (118) 127, 160, 120 [407] John Siganto (117) 146, 120, 126 [392] Kim Harvey (137) 182, 181, 126 [489] 1,288
2^nd– Tania Svensson (118) 118, 141, 179 [438] Bernard Denny (121) 142, 107, 137 [386] Sean Williams (149) 150, 134, 173 [457] 1,281
3^rd– Joshua Rose (124) 120, 120, 127 [367] Tony Dicrescenzo (125) 129, 113, 133 [375] Mark Dale (153) 155, 174, 187 [516] 1,258

C Grade Trios

85 entries

1^st– Ashley Schlenner (77) 133, 112, 93 [338] Tom Blaney (115) 159, 165, 166 [490] Nathan Coling (131) 123, 158, 157 [438] 1,266
2^nd– Nicholas Urbon (105) 121, 147, 135 [403] David Low (121) 111, 128, 136 [375] David Stevens (115) 125, 154, 155 [434] 1,212
3^rd– Chantal Nettleton (92) 99, 115, 100 [314] Cale Gersbach (116) 193, 131, 138 [462] Nathan Coling (131) 119, 141, 102 [362] 1,138

D Grade Trios

34 entries

1^st– Katelyn Smith (75) 147, 155, 141 [443] Warren White (94) 87, 101, 90 [278] Michael Wade (105) 90, 133, 121 [344] 1,065
2^nd– Richard Aouchan (66) 57, 85, 76 [218] Harry Woodhouse (129) 136, 146, 150 [432] Hysam Elrich (86) 141, 129, 140 [410] 1,060
3^rd– Aimee Smith (42) 98, 68, 62 [228] Harry Woodhouse (129) 186, 139, 116 [441] Katelyn Smith (75) 102, 96, 142 [340] 1,009

E Grade Trios

11 entries

1^st – Richard Aouchan (66) 81, 73, 74 [228] Joshua Smith (95) 128, 135, 116 [379] Simon Sydo (55) 86, 66, 85 [237] 844
2^nd– Tony Perrin (42) 106, 104, 109 [319] Steven Floyd (58) 50, 69, 56 [175] Richard Foster (99) 76, 102, 88 [266] 760
3^rd – Steven Floyd (58) 65, 104, 85 [254] Richard Foster (99) 78, 95, 106 [279] Richard Aouchan (66) 82, 59, 66 [207] 740

State Team Challenge Day

Two events would run at the same time on state team challenge day – The Cole Cup Challenge and the Open State Team Challenge.

Due to three teams unable to attend due to COVID restrictions, the schedule saw teams completing six matches throughout the day. Five teams were in attendance for both events. Teams would bowl against each other once (four games), against the bye (having to bowl better than their average for points), and a randomly drawn match for the sixth game.

Cole Cup Challenge

Queensland would be crowned champions of the 2021 Cole Cup Challenge. The maroon menace collected a total of 32.5 points from the six matches of play.

Their traditional rivals in New South Wales finished on 29 points and collected silver whilst the Northern Territory would round out the placegetters collecting 24.5 points in their 6 matches and claiming bronze.

Open State Team Challenge

Leading into the sixth match, the team from Queensland were aiming to collect double trophies on challenge day.

The maroons were holding on to a 3-point lead heading into game 6 before they got drawn to play their nearest challenger – New South Wales.

The defending champions would strike when it mattered and defeated Queensland 6 points to 1 in match 6 allowing the blues to leapfrog QLD on top finishing with 29 points to QLD’s 27 points. The victory would see NSW declared back to back champions after winning the event in 2019.

The team from ACT would round out the top three placegetters claiming bronze after finishing with 21 points.

During presentations, in a touching tribute, it was announced that in 2022 and beyond, the event would now be known as the Michael Cooke Memorial Shield.

Masters

Three master events were running at the same time in this years championship – Restricted, Classic and Open.

Throughout the Championship, bowlers would strive to qualify for one of the three Master events.

The top 16 qualifiers for each masters event were:

Open Qualifiers

Kallan Strong (NSW)
Adam Sutherland (TAS)
Mitchell Meares (NSW)
Matthew Hurst (QLD)
Lionel Kenyon (QLD)
Ashley Poelstra (QLD)
Danny Simpson (TAS)
Damian Murtagh (TAS)
Nicholas Jefferson (QLD)
Connor Dixon (QLD)
Tom Brown (TAS)
Mark Ukleja (SA)
David Riddle (QLD)
Jyrah Sammut (NT)
Nathan Curd (QLD)
Richard Bowden (NT)

Classic Qualifiers

Harry Woodhouse (NSW)
Nicholas Milner (TAS)
Scoot Harber (ACT)
Malakai Sammut (NT)
Keanu Murray (QLD)
David Scicluna (QLD)
Corey Hanson (QLD)
Corey Harber (ACT)
Mathew Lloyd (NSW)
Kyle West (QLD)
Nathan Ware (NT)
Shannon Ware (NT)
Michelle Christensen (NT)
Ian Aubeck (NSW)
Frank Cooke (ACT)
Will Mison (QLD)

Restricted Qualifiers

Katelyn Smith (NSW)
Johnathon Goss (TAS)
Hayley Flanigan (ACT)
George Tulip (NSW)
Hysam Elrich (NSW)
Amanda Rogers (NT)
Aimee Smith (NSW)
Russell Whit (QLD)
Mark Thompson (NSW)
Steven Floyd (NSW)
Richard Foster (NSW)
Corey Madsen (WA)
Chris Lyon (WA)
Karen Klose (NT)
Richard Aouchan (NSW)
Jennifer Kupiers (NSW)

George Tulip (NSW) and Mark Thompson (NSW) were late withdrawals from the Restricted Masters finals. Ken Wickham (NSW) and Michael Wade (NSW) replaced the two withdrawals.

Finals

Open Masters

A shout out to Kallan Strong from NSW – Kallan bowled an incredible 299 game in game 8 of his finals. Watch him bowl the 10th frame of his magic 8th game below: