Jeremy Henry's exceptional championship season in Illawarra bowls has continued with the Warilla star combining with clubmate Wayne Crane to clinch the Zone 16 Open Pairs title at Windang Bowling Club.
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Henry claimed the Fours crown in February and with Crane also the Triples title earlier this month with the star combination beating Windang's Zac Gabrielson and Geoff Walker 22-8 in last Sunday's Pairs final.
Henry and Crane dominated in their six wins played over two weekends, finishing with an amazing differential of +78 shots.
Just one victory, 20-14 in round three against Wiseman Park's Col Cheadle and Robbie Warren, was by less than a double-figure margin.
The Warilla duo completely dominated the business end of the Open Pairs event, beating Godwin Buhagair and Gordon Young (Figtree RSL) 26-7 in Saturday's quarter-final, then were 27-10 winners over Dapto Citizens' Grade 1 pennant stars Steve Green and Scott Bateup in Sunday's semi-finals.
Gabrielson and Walker also had a great tournament and beat Albion Park's Ian Barrett and Dean Aitken 22-21 in a thrilling semi-final.
Henry and Crane join the other Zone 16 championship winners at the State Championship finals at Ellalong Memorial BC in October.
Warilla BC are showing this championship season why they are the premier club in Illawarra and will be representing Zone 16 in the Zone finals in Fours, Triples, Pairs, Senior Singles and President Reserve Singles.
Warilla also won the Grade 1 pennant crown for a fourth time in six years in 2014 and took out the Reg Evans Shield, while young star Aaron Teys kicked off Warilla's 50th-year celebrations by winning the South Pacific Singles and Pairs last January.
Indeed, it has been many years since one club has dominated the major events in Illawarra like Warilla in 2014.
While world champion Henry has won a record three championships in one year, Crane has won two Zone 16 titles to continue a remarkable career of consistent top performances at the highest level.
Crane won his first Illawarra Championship in the Open Pairs in 1988. Even before his double triumph in 2014, he had won the Open Zone 16 Singles, Pairs and Triples crowns.
Henry admitted he made a special effort to enter as many Zone 16 championship events as possible in 2014 to coincide with Warilla's 50th celebrations.
Now the Warilla bowls co-ordinator has the state finals in October as Illawarra's representative in the Pairs, Triples and Fours.
