Lawn Bowls

Grant Hassall

The Taranaki senior women’s representative bowls side upstaged its male counterparts when it comfortably beat Whanganui at the Tower club on Saturday.

The side put on an encouraging performance in tough, blustery conditions, to overcome the visitors 8-4 in games played. But at Manaia it was the opposite where a strong Whanganui team ousted the senior Taranaki men by the same scoreline.

The women won three games from four in both of the first two rounds. Trish Howard, before being transferred into the team disciplines after lunch, posted an excellent 21-19 win over Dianne Patterson in the opening singles rubber.

Chris Commane, after being part of Maree Gadsby’s winning triple in the first round, won both singles games in the afternoon to finish the day with a perfect record.

She was not alone, with Rita Davey also achieving the feat.

Val Symes spent the day skipping the day the pair, initially with Judy Crawford and then Lesley Te Awa, and returned two wins from three.

Howard, Maree Gadsby and Alesha Quay also tasted victory twice.

The men opened brightly winning three games over Whanganui. That included Darren Goodin beating Gavin Scrivener 21-14, Bruce Colgan and Craig De Faria getting up 15-13 over Lance Tasker and Hamish Kape, and John Gray’s quartet running away 20-9 over Peter Belliss.

But only one game from eight was won thereafter – Colgan and Steve Walker in the last round of pairs.

It meant that Colgan was the only Taranaki player to win two matches on the day.

The under-eights events saw the Taranaki women prevail by an astonishing 11-1 matches. Taranaki’s superior points difference saw them win the under-eights men after both provinces finished on six wins apiece.

Meanwhile, the weather conditions on Sunday caused havoc in the majority of interclub events being played. The Summerset-sponsored men’s division one, playing at West End, managed to navigate three rounds in the drizzle.

New Plymouth, with six wins from nine, holds a slender lead in the black section from both Tower and Fitzroy, who each had five wins and one draw.

Reliable singles player Kelly Hill won all three games for New Plymouth, an effort repeated by Manaia’s promising Jason Peters and Paritutu’s Dean Elgar.

Paritutu head the amber section with eight wins and one draw, while Rahotu and West End have five wins each.

Two further rounds will be played this Sunday, with the top two teams out of each section qualifying.

Article courtesy of Sports News Taranaki
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Update at 10.30am.

Summerset Retirement Villages-sponsored men’s interclub: division 2 – no play at any venue. Division 1 and 3 continue.

Q Transport-sponsored junior interclub: play continues at all venues.

Rain is likely through the day, however, and so any updates will be posted here throughout the day as they come to hand.

There has been a change of venue for Q-Transport Junior Interclub.

Section B & C for Q-Transport Junior Interclub next Sunday 17^th November has been transferred from Vogeltown BC to New Plymouth Bowling Club.
Section A remains at Waitara.

Please make sure players are aware of the change of venue.  

There has been a change of venues for events coming up.

Summerset Men’s Division 2 (White) Interclub this Sunday 10^th November has been transferred from Tower Bowling Club to New Plymouth Bowling Club.
Men’s Division 2 (Blue) remains at Stratford-Avon.

Please make sure your players are aware of the change of venue, and we apologise about the late change.

Unfortunately, the rain won the day in the Metcalfe Real Estate men’s centre fours at Manaia and Hawera Park today after one round. All the teams, therefore, have qualified for post section tomorrow, again at the same venues. The draw can be found here: post section draw.

We have a vacancy for manager of the Junior Men’s Representative side. They play Whanganui this month and take part in the Junior Hexagonal to be held in New Plymouth later in the season. If anyone is interested in being involved with the Junior Men’s Side please be in touch with the Centre Office on 027 7578800.

Applications will be open until 9.00am Friday 8th November.

Taranaki’s leading bowlers are now ready to move up a gear, with the season beginning in earnest.

This weekend heralds the commencement of the major Vospers-sponsored women’s interclub, with six clubs vying for the division one crown at Stratford-Avon on Sunday. There are 10 sides in the second division, with play at West End and Opunake.

Paritutu, the winner of division one the past three seasons, will commence as firm favourites, but nothing is guaranteed on a bowling green.

They will square off against West End, Tower, and Fitzroy on Sunday. Play will then resume for the final two rounds on November 16 when Paritutu will meet Stratford-Avon and New Plymouth at West End.

Paritutu will have the luxury this week of calling on Briar Atkinson (pictured), who faces an ever-increasing gruelling programme.

Atkinson, who competed in the prestigious North East Valley mixed pairs with Kaylin Huwyler last weekend, will then play in her second Hong Kong international classic the following weekend.

Atkinson will combine with Selina Goddard in the Pearl of the Orient, an event which runs between November 9-17.

Later in November, Atkinson will again represent New Zealand Under-26 in the Oceania Challenge in Auckland. In the first edition of that competition in April 2023, Atkinson won gold in the women’s pairs. Taranaki’s representation in the World Bowls-sanctioned event extends to Huwyler and Camron Horo, who are both part of the Aotearoa Maori side. Nathan Goodin has been selected as a reserve in the same team.

Huwyler, too, faces an aggressive schedule. He competes in the Scottish International singles in Livingston, 28kms from Edinburgh, next week.

That commitment will mean that Huwyler will miss the first major men’s championship on the local scene – the Metcalfe Real Estate-sponsored centre fours. Huwyler has been in the winning team on the last three occasions, along with Goodin and Aidan Zittersteijn, who is spending this season playing and working in Melbourne. Hamish Kape skipped the trio to victory in 2021 and 2022, with Horo the fourth member last season.

Goodin will attempt to make it four in a row, teaming up this time under the Rahotu banner with Horo, Joel Chard and Shae Fleming. They play at Manaia, a section which will be a tasty test for some teams. Grant Anderson, as a case in point, will play Darren Goodin and Craig De Faria in the opening two games.

Teams require two wins from three games to advance to post section at Manaia on Sunday.

Other noted teams in the field include Maurice Symes, Dean Elgar and Scott Roberts.

Grant Hassall
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Incase of Wet Weather during the season, please check the website for up to date instructions regarding tournaments. We endeavour to have any notices posted here before 7.30am on the scheduled day of play.

Taranaki take on Whanganui on Saturday 9th November for our first fixture of the new season against our nearest rivals. The Women will play at Tower and the Men at Manaia. After winning 3 of the 4 trophies last year, we are looking forward to the fixture. Good luck to Vickie Kelly and Rhonda Adams our new Women’s Selector and Manager.

Junior Women:
Lynda Banks, Shelley Clark, Angela DeBique Christine Grant, Cindy Gray, Linda Kape, Melisa McEwen-Shepherd, Theresa Needham, Alethea Rowlands, Irene Taunt, Gloria Wolfe
Selector: Vickie Kelly, Manager: Cindy Nicoll

Senior Women:
Chris Commane, Judy Crawford, Rita Davey, Gale Fache, Maree Gadsby, Trish Howard, Ashleigh Megaw, Alesha Quay, Val Symes, Lesley Te Awa.
Selector: Vickie Kelly, Manager: Rhonda Adams

Junior Men:
Te Manu Katene (Manaia), Stephen Fevre (Manaia), Mark Hawken (Fitzroy), Gavin Benton (Fitzroy), Craig O’Sullivan (Fitzroy), Ian Dawson (Fitzroy), Simon Rowe (Fitzroy), Camron Horo (Rahotu), Nathan Goodin (Rahotu), Shae Fleming (Rahotu), Craig Murray (Oakura), Corey Brookes (West End).
Selector: John Garrud, Manager: Jimmy Quay (Okato), Coach: Moe Kelly (Fitzroy).

Senior Men:
Paul Howell (Inglewood), Kurt Smith (Paritutu), John Gray (Fitzroy), Evan Jones (Fitzroy), Darren Goodin (Paritutu), Kelly Hill (New Plymouth), Bruce Colgan (West End), Steve Temperton (West End), Steve Walker (West End), Craig De Faria (West End).
Selector: John Garrud (West End), Manager: Bruce Hall (West End)  

High Performance Coach and Selector: Maurice Symes (Fitzroy).

We would also like to take this opportunity to wish Briar Atkinson the best of luck while she is away representing New Zealand at the Hong Kong Invitational Tournament.