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# Tackle of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/tackle-of-the-day/
- Published: 2023-09-02T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-02T10:48:43.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, General, Sport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

The World Bowls Championship is currently on in Australia. But for Kiwi lawn bowler (and NZ pairs champion) [Andrew Kelly (35)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%5FKelly%5F%28bowls%29?ref=goodoil.news) the game switched codes briefly on Friday, when he got to tackle an offender running from the police – a change from the normally sedate sport.

> “You could hear sirens and a bit of drama going on in the street outside the bowling club and then some bloke just ran through with police right behind him,” Kelly said.  
>  
> “Putting two and two together, I picked up he was probably wanted by the coppers.”

Kelly had just played his shot and was waiting for the other side to play.

> “So I had a bit of time on my hands to deal to the situation and just reacted accordingly,” he said. \[…\]  
>  
> “He was trying to get away, and across the green was the shortest path for him, so I took it upon myself to get to him and that’s that.”

This is a first for Kelly in a game of bowls.

“There’s been streakers. All sporting events have that sort of thing happen, but I guess this to me was quite a bit different because he was obviously wanted for doing something naughty.”

[Read more here](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/bowler-andrew-kelly-tackles-pitch-invader-at-world-bowls-championships/YJLOX6Q435GTJF5RVDZX62EBRA/?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on the *BFD.*

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