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
Ian Lewis
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).
Revital Fertilisers Taranaki look to continue their good form when playing Whanganui on Saturday 11th November. Our Women’s Team will be at Manaia, and our Men’s Team will be playing at Tower. Good luck to all those selected.
Taranaki Seniors:
Darren Goodin (Paritutu), Maurice Symes (Fitzroy), John Roberts (Tower), Aidan Zittersteijn (Paritutu), Kurt Smith (Paritutu), Bruce Colgan (West End), Craig De Faria (West End), Adam Collins (Paritutu), Steve Sabine (Inglewood), Steve Temperton (West End).
Selector: John Garrud
Team Manager: Bruce Hall.
Taranaki Juniors:
Corey Brookes (West End), Brian Pearce (Stratford-Avon), Peter van Dyk (Inglewood), Levi Davis (Opunake), Mike Baldwin (Paritutu), Evan Jones (Fitzroy), Simon Rowe (Fitzroy), Rob Clarke (Manaia), Doug Clark (Manaia), Craig Murray (Oakura).
Selector: John Garrud
Team Manager: Graham Reive.
Grant Hassall
Four familiar faces skip sides that will decide the outcome of the Metcalfe Real Estate Men’s Centre fours bowls competition after two days of play in Hawera over the weekend.
This coming Saturday will see the semi and final games take place at Hawera Park.
Aidan Zittersteijn (Paritutu) will meet Garry Murfitt (West End) in one game, with Craig De Faria (West End) and Dean Elgar (Paritutu) squaring off in the other.
Zittersteijn and teammates Kaylin Huwyler and Nathan Goodin have won the Metcalfe Real Estate-sponsored event the last two seasons. Hamish Kape skipped the team on both of those occasions, but with Kape playing in Nelson this weekend, Zittersteijn has moved to skip, with Camron Horo joining the side at No 3.
They sneaked past clubmate Darren Goodin 17-16 in the last eight. Murfitt has an excellent record in the event, too, having twice won it and he also made the final last year. Teaming with him this time are Steve Temperton, Norm Broughton and Dennis Osborne. Murfitt’s side overcame a 13-0 deficit to beat Paul Howell (Paritutu) 22-16 in the quarterfinals.
In the other quarterfinal games, De Faria beat Neil Earley (Inglewood) 21-13, while Elgar ousted John Garrud (West End) 17-14, having led 10-1 earlier.
De Faria’s side of Jordan Linn, Dave Wilson and Steve Walker is the most decorated quartet remaining, which includes having won the event thrice and the Open twice.
Elgar, now a fulltime member at Paritutu, has a new combination of Daryl Read, Bevan White and Kurt Smith.
On Sunday, defending champions Paritutu got off to a flying start in the Vospers-sponsored women’s division one interclub event at West End.
Paritutu won all six games to assume pole position in the seven-team competition, opening with a clean-sweep over cross-city rivals West End.
Briar Atkinson won 21-11 over West End’s Trish Howard. The Paritutu pair of Amanda Crehan and Bridget Fletcher followed suit, as did Gale Fache’s four of Kileigh Barber, Tina Atkinson-Watt and Alesha Quay, although Fache’s four needed a single on the last end to edge West End’s Viv Hall 13-12.
Paritutu backed that up with three easy wins over Stratford-Avon, while West End partly bounced back to take two games off Fitzroy, which ended the day in second place on four wins.
Howard, after trailing 20-16, pipped Rhonda Adams 21-20, while Hall nosed Maree Gadsby 19-18 in the fours.
Two pairs combinations ended the day with two wins – Judy Crawford and Vickie Kelly (Fitzroy) and Yvonne Cann and Brenda Rowe (Waitara).
Meanwhile, Atkinson’s promotion on the national stage will continue over the coming weeks. She teams up with Maurice Symes in a new event, the Twilight Bowls League, where eight invited pairs will compete over six weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in Auckland.
The event will be televised on Sky and involves a variety of bowlers in an endeavour to appeal to the public of the opportunities in bowls for various ages, families and the disabled.
Taranaki folk will also get a first-hand opportunity to see the disabled in action when Paritutu hosts the national para championships for four days from Monday, November 6.
Revital Fertilisers Taranaki look to continue their good form when playing Whanganui on Saturday 11th November. Our Women’s Team will be at Manaia, and our Men’s Team will be playing at Tower. Good luck to all those selected.
Senior Women: Alesha Quay (Paritutu), Amanda Crehan (Paritutu), Bridget Fletcher (Paritutu), Chris Commane (Opunake), Esther Ward-Campbell (Opunake), Gale Fache (Paritutu), Jackie Moeahu (Paritutu), Leanne Halls (West End), Tina Atkinson-Watt (Paritutu) and Trish Howard (West End)
Junior Women: Alethea Rowlands (Tower), Gloria Wolfe (Waitara), Irene Taunt (Manaia), Janet Ravji (Stratford-Avon), Judy Crawford (Fitzroy), Linda Kape (Okato), Rita Davey (Opunake), Shelley Baldwin (Paritutu), Shelley Clark (Manaia), Sheryll Taylor (Stratford-Avon).
Senior Men: tbc
Junior Men: tbc