THURSDAY, 10.00AM:
DARRON Smit of Auckland caused an upset when he beat Neil Burkett 21-12 in the Absa Insurance South Africa Men’s Bowls Championships in Killarney on Wednesday. Meanwhile Mark Kromhout also defeated SA champ Robbie Rayfield 21-12 in the quarterfinals.
Gerry Baker remained in fine form — he beat KWV’s Stoffel Lambrecht 21-14 and Ugo Vitale 21-9.
Barry Diener lost by one shot to Graham Hobson, in a dramatic game. He said after the match, “I think I’ll be dreaming about it for some time.”