This weekend sees the completion of the Cross Country Rentals Mixed Pairs, the Summerset Men’s Interclub, Vospers Women’s Interclub and the Dean File Colliers Real Estate Junior Interclub.
Please note: We will use the stadium if required to finish the Mixed Pairs on Saturday, and on Sunday Division 1 of Men’s Interclub.
If there is rain, information will be available on the website on the morning of play. Draws are available through chartroom, on the Website. Good luck to all those players involved.
Ian Lewis
We are happy to welcome a number of new teams to Taranaki for The Devon Hotel Women’s Open Fours. At this stage entries have closed, however we are looking for one more team to prevent a bye, if you would like to visit from out of town for the tournament, we do also have some spare accommodation available. See below for the full list of teams this year. Good luck to all the teams entered.
The Devon Hotel Taranaki Women’s Open Fours Team List 2024
Due to rain during the final days play of Vospers Women’s Interclub, Division 1 and the final of Division 2 have been rescheduled. The final games will be played on 3rd December at Manaia starting at 9am.
Final games to be completed are:
Division 1: Paritutu v Opunake, and
Division 2: Tower v Paritutu
Thanks
We are excited to welcome all of our new players and returning teams for the Midlands Funds Management Taranaki Open Fours this season. You can view all of the teams below.
We are looking for an extra team, to fill a section, so if you have missed out and want to put your team in, get in quick and contact the Centre Office on 027 757 8800. We do have some accommodation available for visiting teams, so if you would like to come to Taranaki and experience The Best Week of Bowls in New Zealand, get in touch.
Midlands Funds Management Taranaki Open Fours Teams List 2023-24
Vospers Women’s Interclub concludes this weekend at Paritutu with the remaining rounds of Division 1 and the Final of Division 2. Play will start at 9am.
If there is the prospect of rain, please check the website. The Stadium may be used if wet for Division 1.
Draws for the Final Day of Summerset Men’s Interclub and Dean File Colliers Real Estate Junior Interclub have been released. See Interclub and Shield Draws.
Congratulations to Urenui winners of the Summerset Men’s Division 3 Interclub. Their team of Terry Fieldes, Dave Johnston, Murray Dalton, Kevin McCutchan, Brian Adlam, Rick Caskey, Colin Hall, Danny O’Sullivan and Murray Blyde picked up their club’s first Men’s trophy since winning the Northern Division Shield Competition in 1996.
Revital Fertilisers Taranaki took on Whanganui today. Great results for the Men’s and Women’s Teams winning both Men’s Juniors and Seniors Trophies, and the Women winning the Junior Trophy. Whanganui took home the Senior Women’s Challenge on Points Differential. Full results through our website.
Taranaki Women’s Juniors 7-1
Taranaki Women’s Seniors 4-4
Taranaki Men’s Juniors 5-3
Taranaki Men’s Seniors 5.5-2.5
We have moved the Revital Fertilisers Taranaki Men’s Fixture against Whanganui on Saturday 11th November from Tower to Stratford-Avon due to accidental damage to the green at Tower. We’d like to thank Tower for their efforts in attempting to get their green ready, but now look forward to hosting at Stratford-Avon.
The start time for the Men has been put back half an hour to allow Whanganui to travel the extra distance. Report at 9.30am. Start time at 10am. for the Men only.
There is no change to the Women’s fixture at Manaia.
Report at 9am. Start time at 9.30am.
This year to celebrate and promote the Taranaki Open Fours Men’s and Women’s Events, we are delighted to partner with Game Changer to produce top quality sports shirts for the Taranaki Open. Orders can be placed over the next couple of weeks, so if you like the shirt, get in quick and order yours to wear at this year’s Taranaki Open!
The shirts are similar to any modern sports shirt, coming in Junior, Women’s and Men’s Sizes. A sizing chart is available on the Game Changer website. These shirts also come with a handy inner pocket for scorecards.
Game Changer will be at the event, and shirts will be available to pick up at West End from Sunday the 14th January 2024. Game Changer will be available to help with any orders and answer any questions you have. Purchase your shirt today at GameChanger.co.nz
Paritutu’s Aidan Zittersteijn has already had plenty of bowls successes in his 24 years of life.
Those prior moments of triumphs, which include a Commonwealth Games bronze medal, have clearly given him the confidence to handle the knife-edge pressure of championship play.
That was proven when he produced three big bowls – “bombs” to the younger generation – when he skipped his team to a nail-biting 13-12 victory in the Metcalfe Real Estate-sponsored men’s centre fours final at Hawera Park on Saturday.
Zittersteijn’s side of Kaylin Huwyler, Nathan Goodin and Camron Horo had a real ding-dong clash in the decider with West End’s Jordan Linn, Dave Wilson, Steve Walker and Craig De Faria.
De Faria’s side edged ahead 10-6 after 12 of the 18 ends and then, two ends later, held the lead 11-8.
But a three, followed by a single to Zittersteijn gave Paritutu a one-shot advantage at the commencement of the penultimate head.
West End held two there before Zittersteijn drew the shot with his last delivery to create a two-point lead playing the final end.
Linn and Wilson promptly drew three good shots and when Horo drove and missed with his second bowl, it appeared Paritutu had hit the panic button.
But Zittersteijn changed tactics and drew a close second shot. De Faria, in reply, pushed off Zittersteijn’s bowl and while he dislodged one of his own counters in the process, held a minimum of two shots.
However, Zittersteijn again drew another close second shot and De Faria’s last runner narrowly missed on the inside of the bowl.
It was a meritorious win for the Paritutu side, especially for Huwyler, Goodin and Zittersteijn, it being their third successive win in the event. For Goodin, aged 20, it was even more important, with his gold star being presented for five Taranaki titles. He as also won the last two champion-of-champions fours.
Meanwhile, in the Vospers-sponsored women’s interclub on Saturday, morning rain prevented any play until lunchtime at Stratford-Avon.
Paritutu’s perfect record disappeared against Fitzroy, losing the singles and the fours. But Fitzroy’s good work was in turn undone in the following round, going down 2-1 to Waitara.
Fitzroy, Paritutu and Opunake lead the way with seven wins from four rounds, although the latter two have both had their bye.
In the second division, Tower and Paritutu emerged as section winners and will meet at Paritutu on November 19.
In the Summerset-sponsored men’s interclub on Sunday, Okato, with a number of dual members in tow, upset West End 3-0 to hold 15 points in the black section. Inglewood (11) and West End (10) remain in the hunt for a top-two finish. Paritutu has 16 points in the amber section, ahead of Tower (13) and New Plymouth (10).