Kingston Bowling Club vice president Maureen Saunderson welcomed 22 teams from 14 clubs from around the SE.

A special welcome to; Jenny Waugh Bowls SA Region 1, assistant councillor Shirly Buhlmann, Region 1 life member Janet Lawrie, Kingston Bowling Club life member June Pascoe, who was the sponsor and afforded a special welcome as she was attending her first tournament.

Perfect weather conditions, with a sunny sky, and a slight breeze wind came up later in the day.

The theme for the day was black cats and witches hats for Friday 13.

The day started with a bowl to the witches hats on each green.

Winners A green; Merle Stevens from Millicent and Ann Feast for the Mount Gambier RSL.

Winners B green; Carmel McQuade from North

Winners B green; Carmel McQuade from Mount Gambier RSL and Margaret Qualmann from Lucindale.

Another novelty was the first toucher on the jack on each green and winner A green was Pat Hitchcock from Millicent and B green Doreen Oakley from Mount Gambier.

Three by three game winners were;

Winners, Kingston, 93 points; Val Daniel (lead), Gwen McGrice (second), Lyn Possingham (third) and Maureen Sanderson (skip).

Runners up, Kingston, 85.5 points; Gail Hetherington (lead), Shirley Martin (second), Pat Armfield (third) and Janet Lawrie (skip).

Sponsors pick received a bottle of wine each courtesy of the Kingston Caravan Park, Naracoorte RSL; Mavis Parry, Jenny Healy, Linda Gibbs and Daisy Barnes.

Five teams each scored two wins and a draw, skippered by Maragret Marshall from Mount Gambier, Lis Van Den Hurst from Millicent, Shirley Gifford from Mount Gambier RSL, Jenny Waugh Mount Gambier RSL and Merna Whitehead.