The club’s Melbourne Cup event coincided with the 86th birthday of popular longtime member, Hari Jackson.
Hari’s face carried a permanent grin throughout, especially when he cut and then shared his superb birthday cake.
There were 50 members in attendance and the Social Team plus the sweepstake organisers did a great job!
Russ Wilkins nearly fell over when he won the big raffle.
Congratulations to Lisa White on winning the Mixed Pairs title at the Summerset Nationals in Alexandra.. She won with Dean Gilshnan of Takaro.While also a member of Naenae, Lisa wore her Raumati BC cap in the televised final.
There were smiles all round for the Home of the Blues members who turned up to the Centre Awards at the weekend.
Johnny Simpson Event 2021 As has become tradition, the club’s closing day featured competition for the Johnny Simpson Cup. Simpson is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s best All Black props who played in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, but he was also an outstanding bowler. When he moved from Auckland to Paraparaumu…
Everyone needed a strong drink after the championship Men’s Triples! On post section day, a last end shot took Bob Darragh through to one semi. In another tight game, skip Roger Mathews trailed the jack into the ditch to snatch another spot, while Mike Harvey beat Ted Marshall on the last end of their cliffhanger. In the semis…
Michelle partnered with another junior, Sharon Williams of the host club, to win the event. They went through unbeaten.
Over the last two days at Waitarere Beach, they showed their talents to the full. Both are first year players and, in their first big competition, both qualified unbeaten for post section play in the Kapiti Centre Year 1 and 2 Singles. Ike qualified second and Amanda fourth