AERO Bowls Premier League Queensland came to a close at South Tweed Sports over the weekend with the powerhouse Helensvale sneaking over the line again against South Tweed Sharks, 54-52 in the final.

The win gave the club an unprecedented four championships over the past five years.

While the Sharks lost the final they could hold their heads high after winning two of the three rinks, clearly matching the might of the Hawks.

However, it was the rink skipped by newly crowned Australian singles champion, Mark Casey, that did the damage, defeating the Sharks "dream" team skipped by fellow Australian representative Sean Baker 24-16.

Baker jumped Casey early in the match, going to an 11-3 lead after seven ends, with Sharks lead Peter Richards setting up good heads and ably supported by second Max Jaffray and third Wayne Wilson.

As he has done all year, Baker played many telling bowls during this period.

At this point Casey decided to go short ends and won 10 of the next 14 ends, scoring 19 points to five in a match-winning streak.

Sharks' Neville Jenkins was pitted against world No.2 Brett Wilkie and won 19-14.

This was a close game, with no more than two or three shots difference all game.

A three on the last end provided Jenkins with a five-shot win.

Jenkins' lead, Anne Marie Peart, was matched against Queensland representative Darren Mullens and she acquitted herself admirably.

Hec Beswick and third, yours truly, provided valuable support to Jenko, who had a terrific game.

Overall, it was a fantastic team effort by Jenkins to defeat a rink that comprised a current Australian rep in Wilkie, former Australian player Anthony Kiepe, current state under-21 star Rowan Wilson and former Queensland rep Darren Mullens.

In the final match, Kelvin Kerkow was matched against current Australian pairs champion Nathan Rice and won by the slenderest of margins, 17-16.

Kerkow jumped Rice early to lead 10-4 after eight ends, with the Sharks' line-up in great touch.

But Rice won eight of the next nine ends to lead 15-11.

During this period Rice was in devastating form and it appeared he might run away with the match.

But Kerkow, with his class and skill, recovered the situation to win four of the last five ends and win by the odd shot.

It was an enthralling end to a magnificent series.