Warilla's Leone Barnett, left, Julea Morgan, Shirley Lindsay and Emelia West will represent Illawarra.
TWO sets of Warilla Bowling Club sisters will represent Illawarra at the state championships in senior fours following a thrilling win over Goulburn Railway in the regional playoff.
Leone Barnett and sister Shirley Lindsay plus Julea Morgan and her sister, Emelia West, beat the Southern Highlands champions 21-20 at Kiama Bowling Club.
The Warilla team won the Illawarra senior fours with a hard-fought 27-17 win over Gloria's Hodgson's Kiama team 27-17 in the final.
For Morgan it was her second straight senior fours championship after winning as a member of Wiseman Park in 2012. The Illawarra senior fours championship featured 18 teams and the quarter-finals were held at Wiseman Park BC.
Edith Smith from the host club had a 22-15 win over clubmate Christine Speer, while Hodgson beat her Kiama clubmate Audrey Evans and partners 21-15. Agnes Chalker (Dapto Citizens) defeated Robyn Abernathy (Figtree RSL) 15-13 and Morgan reached the semi-finals with a 28-8 victory over Warilla clubmate Patricia Orgill.
In the semi-finals at Dapto Citizens BC, Barnett returned as skipper to beat Chalker, while Hodgson came from a shot down heading into the final end to defeat Smith 22-21.
Meanwhile, Sue Wood and her Wiseman Park partners Mary Sheather, Helen Hallenan and Gail Schultz won the Illawarra Open Fours crown with a 23-12 win over Dawn Driscoll's Windang team in the final.
The Wiseman Park team were pipped 19-16 by Goulburn Railway in their regional playoff final.
The Open fours also featured 18 teams with Wood (Wiseman Park) beating skip Margot Brandes (Figtree RSL) in one semi-final at Dapto Citizens BC and Driscoll (Windang) overcoming Beverley Paddon (Wiseman Park) in the other semi.
