This season’s Novice Singles produced some riveting games, with the final especially intriguing.
Rob Siebers, who uses a ‘bowls arm’ for his delivery, scorched away to an impressive 16-8 lead against Michelle Macdonald. The determined Macdonald fought back to get on level terms and then went on to win 21-16, meaning she scored 13 unanswered points!
Congratulations to all who entered.
Audrey Stevenson played superbly at the recent Summerset National Champion of Champion Singles in Hastings and emerged with a bronze medal.
These two played a high quality final in the Junior Men’s singles. Victory went to Mike Simeonoff
Two superstars of New Zealand Bowls accepted an invitation to impart some of their extensive knowledge to our players recently. Two-times World Champion, Gary Lawson, was joined by National Male Player of the Year, Lance Pascoe.
Tiger Turf Tournament 2021 After months of planning and a postponement last April because of Covid, the inaugural TigerTurf tournament was played over the weekend of 13-14 February.The format was a Mixed Triples 2 bowls competition with four games of 13 ends each on the first day to determine positions for the second day.The top…
Centre Fours Achievements
World champion bowler, Mike Kernaghan, visited the club last week. He was invited primarily to chat to members about the need for care in the sun in his role as chief executive of the Cancer Society, but he also chatted about his bowls highlights and offered some sound ideas about making the sport attractive to…