Gebbie comfortably progressed all the way to the final, after winning all three preliminary games and his semi-final against his Zone Three opponent, winning 21-8 on Sunday. 

But south-western Sydney’s Jono Davis, representing Zone 12 prevailed in the final 21-14. Nathan Stopher and Ryan Noronha finished second in their group, with a win, a draw and a loss, putting them into the fifith-to-eighth bracket for the finals.

They were sixth overall after going down 26-14 to Zone Two in their final game.

The Zone 16 fours group of Matt Softley, Brandon Aranda, Noel Stopher and Justin Rumble was fifth, winning two of their three preliminary fixtures and then sweeping through the fifith-to-eighth bracket.

Central Coast Zone 15’s Zach Nicholls, Brendan Stokes, Connor Freeman & Lachlan Freeman won the fours tournament, with Josh Lord & Zac Corr-Johnson from Zone 12 winning the pairs.

Sydney South West (Zone 12) finished as the champion team, with Sydney North West (Zone 10) as runner-up. 

Zone 16 was fourth overall with 41 points, 11 behind Zone 12 and three behind third-placed Zone Two.

Singles (Jayden Gebbie, runner-up)

Zone 16 d Zone Four 21-10

Zone 16 d Zone 15 21-4 

Zone 16 d Zone 13 21-11 

Semi-final: Zone 16 d Zone Three 21-8

Final: Zone 12 d Zone 16 21-14

Pairs (Nathan Stopher, Ryan Noronha, sixth overall)

Zone Four d Zone 16 25-12 

Zone 16 d Zone 15 21-13

Zone 16 drew with Zone 13 19-all

Fifth-to-eighth place playoff: Zone 16 d Zone 7 35-8, Zone Two d Zone 16 26-14

Fours (Matt Softley, Brandon Aranda, Noel Stopher, Justin Rumble, fifth overall)

Zone 16 d Zone Four 18-10

Zone 15 d Zone 16 13-7

Zone 16 d Zone 13 37-8

Fifth-to-eighth place playoff: Zone 16 d Zone Four 26-8, Zone 16 d Zone 10 15-13

Windang Bowling Club will have two entrants at the NSW rookie pairs qualifier, as they look to add another success to the women’s state pennants fours title.

Kiama Bowling Club will host the rookie pairs on Saturday, with the two-pronged Windang attack meeting two from Oak Flats, one from Corrimal and Berry. 

The state finals for the rookie pairs will be held on Sunday week, after Albion Park’s Darren Coombes represents Zone 16 in the singles on Saturday week. 

Saturday: Zone 16 NSW rookie pairs qualifying tournament.

Sunday: Dapto Citizens father and son tournament.

Monday: Shoalhaven Heads Jerry Bailey Men’s Triples, Wiseman Park Wollongong City Over 50s Pairs.

September 2: Kiama rotating triples

September 4: Oak Flats men’s over 50 pairs. 

September 8-11: Gerringong Seaside Carnival

September 9-10: Dapto Huntley flyaway triples