9 Jan 2014

Grantham and Nagy win two titles at Bowls champs

3:14 pm on 9 January 2014

The New Zealand bowls representative, Tony Grantham, and his winning Pairs partner, Michael Nagy, won their second title of the National Championships in the Men's Fours final in Dunedin today.

The Pairs champions teamed up with Blackjack Andrew Kelly and skip Mike Kernaghan, and beat Douglas Thomas' team of Brendon Hollander, Mitchell Will and Keri Rupene 19-10 after 17 ends.

Kernaghan and his squad started slowly, but began dominating the match from the eighth end, winning the next six on the Taieri Bowling Club green - including a four on the eleventh end.

The win was also Kernaghan's fourth national title, having won the Pairs in 2007, and two Singles titles.

Meanwhile in the Women's Fours final, Mandy Boyd skipped her team of Amy McIlroy, Gemma Watts and Selina Goddard to a 21-18 victory over Sue Hodges, Judy Robertson, Jean Young and Beth Brown.