Brisbane’s panning for Gold pays off

by admin on November 22, 2013

Brisbane Gold have claimed the major spoils at the $100,000 APL Hometown heroes Brisbane Gold have claimed the major spoils at the inaugural $100,000 Australian Premier League live on Fox Sports 2 tonight.

The star-studded contingent of former world number one Mark Casey, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kelvin Kerkow OAM and local Pine Rivers lad Robbie Wild continued their rich vein of form at the $100,000 event during the broadcasted finals series.

The Gold blasted their way past the New Zealand Blackjacks in the second semi-final encounter in straight sets, after the Adelaide Endurance narrowly overcame the Perth Suns in a tie-break hit-out to secure the first final berth.

The enthralling encounter, staged in front of a capacity crowd of vocally supportive Brisbane faithful at Club Pine Rivers, could not be split in the first set, with the two franchises halving it 4-all.

Endurance were quick out of the blocks in the second set, surging away to a 4-love lead over the first three ends before the crowd favourite Kerkow turned the game on its head with a massive 8 shot Power Play end to all but ice the match, and finish 7-4, 8-2 victors.

The Power Play ends, which teams are allowed to nominate once per set and doubles the amount of shots collected if the team scores, were utilised to perfection by the Gold contingent during the four days of play and ultimately marked the difference between them and the opposition.

A replay of the semi-finals and final of the Australian Premier League, featuring special commentary from APL ambassador Mick Molloy, can be viewed on Fox Sports 2 from 10.30am AEST tomorrow.