Lawn Bowls

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With our Covid-19 scare (hopefully) behind us, all interclub matches scheduled for last Sunday, November 14, will take place this Saturday, November 20.

For the avoidance of doubt, this means:

TCB Dentures-sponsored men’s division one: rounds 4 and 5 – singles and pairs at Tower, fours at Hawera Park. The top two sides from each section will advance to the finals day, which is now scheduled for December 19.

TCB Dentures-sponsored men’s division two: rounds 4 and 5 – pairs and 2x4x2 at New Plymouth, fours at Vogeltown. The top two sides from each section will advance to the finals day, which is now scheduled for December 19.

TCB Dentures-sponsored men’s division three: rounds 4, 5 and 6 – all at Stratford-Avon. A determination on where the seventh round will be played on December 19 will be made in due course.

Bayleys Real Estate-sponsored under fives: rounds 4, 5 and 6 – all at Paritutu C. The seventh round and finals, involving the top two sides from each section, will be played on December 19.

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After careful consideration and analysis, the Board of Bowls Taranaki have this afternoon resolved that no centre events will take place in the province this weekend (November 13-14).

That follows the announcement last evening of six Covid-19 cases in Stratford and the further information released today of exposure sites in both Stratford and Hawera.

While the Board acknowledges that Taranaki remains under Alert Level two, and therefore bowls is still permitted to be played, it believes the resolution is overall in the best interests of all bowlers.

“We considered putting in various safety measures for the representative fixture with Wanganui, which was scheduled for tomorrow (November 13) at Tower, but the negatives – both actual and potential – associated with the game we believe outweigh the positives,” Chairman Grant Hassall said. “The cumulative health of all bowlers is paramount.”

The decision includes the representative fixture, the men’s Saturday Shield (scheduled also for November 13) and all interclub competitions, which were due to be held on Sunday, November 14.

The Wanganui fixture is considered a postponement at this stage. An alternative date will endeavoured to be secured, if possible, with Wanganui.

The Saturday Shield round is cancelled.

The interclub will continue on November 20 at the clubs originally scheduled to host on November 14, pending any further developments with Covid-19. Further announcements on this will take over the coming week.

The Board understands that this decision will disappoint and frustrate some bowlers but, overall, believe it is the most sensible determination.

In an effort to keep all bowlers up-to-date with the latest divisional results, these will be published on this site – when received. These are located on the Interclub tabs, which is found under the Mens and Womens respective sections.

Two new names in Taranaki this season made perfect starts on the first day of the TCB Dentures men’s division one interclub at Paritutu on Sunday.

While Paul Howell, who commenced his bowls at Waikanae and developed into a highly competent competitor in Taupo, also won the lot playing singles for Inglewood.

Kapiti gold star holder Neil Bovey, who has moved to Hawera, joined the three Anderson brothers – Brendan, Grant and Mark – in securing three wins on the trot for Tower in the fours.

Tower, playing in the black section, put themselves in the ideal spot to secure a top two qualifying position for the finals scheduled for November 20. It won eight games from nine, with current Christmas pairs titleholders Mark Kuklinski and Scott Roberts also unbeaten.

West End, with Dean Elgar collecting a treble in the singles, lie second in the group on 14 ahead of Oakura (10).

Paritutu head the amber section on 15 points, followed by Inglewood (14) and Coastal (12).

Hamish Kape continued his run of wins, skipping the Paritutu four to three victories. He teamed with Adam Collins, who has joined from Oakura, and Rodger Hassall, while Allan Batley and Don Christensen shared the lead role.

Paddy Deegan won three in the singles for Coastal, which included a 21-20 nail-biter over Darren Goodin in the opening round.

Two pairs combinations finished with two wins and a draw – the Zittersteijns, John and Aidan, for Paritutu, and New Plymouth’s Laurence Hori and Noel Probyn, who has transferred from Fitzroy this season. The two teams drew 20-all in the third round.

Two further rounds will be played at Tower and Hawera Park this Sunday before the top-four playoffs.

For the latest results, go to: Interclub results

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There was double delight for Paritutu when it took out two big prizes in Taranaki bowls on Saturday. Its division one women’s side backed up the victory the club had secured the previous weekend in the second tier, by winning the interclub title on its home greens. And at the Tower club, Hamish Kape’s quartet of Kaylin Huwyler, Nathan Goodin and Aidan Zittersteijn won the men’s centre fours title.

Paritutu’s victory was a come-from-behind effort in the interclub. Defending champions, West End, headed into the ninth and last round with 36 match points, three clear of Paritutu. With the round-robin event pitching the two city clubs against each other in that last round, it meant a virtual final. However, Paritutu had the tougher proposition, needing to win two matches and draw the third game, as a minimum, to take the honours. In the singles, Briar Atkinson got Paritutu off to the perfect defeating Susan Cottam 21-10. It was Atkinson’s seventh triumph from eight games in the competition, while Cottam won six. Cathy Andrews and Heather Johns made it two when they inflicted the only defeat on Sue Winter and Janice Ropitini 20-13 in the pairs, a six late in the game sealing the result for Paritutu. Andrews and Johns finished with seven wins and one draw. That left the whole contest riding on the outcome of the fours, with the Gale Fache-skipped side of Barbara Batley, Barbara Harvey and Jackie Moeahu getting the nod 14-12 over Trish Howard’s team of Margie Davis, Molly Nagle and Lauren Bright. In a tight match, the scores were level playing the last end, with birthday girl Harvey drawing the jack and sticking with it. Both fours combinations recorded five wins during the event.

Kape’s victory in the South Taranaki Club-sponsored centre fours could herald a new era in the province, with the combined age of the four players just 91 years – easily a Taranaki record. The Paritutu side were too steady and consistent in the final beating Vogeltown’s Adyne Jack, Hohepa Murray, Kevan Sellers and skip Wayne Hawkes 19-10. Kape’s side scored three threes and a single from the opening six ends to take a 10-2 lead. While Hawkes’ side closed to within five shots on two occasions, the last at 13-8 after 12 ends, Paritutu ultimately put more bowls on the head to dominate the encounter. In the semifinals, Kape’s side were commanding 24-10 victors over Tower’s Kerry Mullan, Alistair Hurley, Max Sayer and Kevin Hills. Vogeltown escaped 18-17 over West End’s Norm Broughton, Bruce Hall, Paul Darbyshire and John Garrud. Trailing by six shots playing the penultimate head, Hawkes crucially converted a four-down to a score of five and then sneaked the necessary two points on the last to win.

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The Revital Fertilisers Taranaki teams to play Wanganui at Tower on November 13 have been announced.

Senior women (morning side): singles, Chris Commane; pairs, Briar Atkinson, Kristin Stampa; triples, Ella Smailes, Robyn Klenner, Anne Duggan; fours, Anne Brophy, Susan Cottam, Rhonda Adams, Trish Howard; reserves, Frances Busby, Sue Winter. The playing positions for the afternoon will be released on the day.

Senior men (morning side): singles, Dean Elgar; pairs, Darren Goodin, Scott Roberts; triples, Adam Collins, Aidan Zittersteijn, Hamish Kape; fours, Jordan Linn, Dave Wilson, Steve Walker, Craig De Faria.

Under-eights women (morning side): singles, Tina Atkinson-Watt; pairs, Denielle Scown, Rita Davey; triples, Shelley Clark, Debra Kalin, Tina Quilter; fours, Geneva Barnard, Judy Crawford, Amanda Crehan, Cheryll Sharrock; reserves, Shelley Baldwin, Angie Debique. The playing positions for the afternoon will be released on the day.

Under-eights men: singles, Nathan Goodin; pairs, Camron Horo, Hohepa Murray; triples, Levi Davis, Bruce Colgan, Doug Clark; fours, Steve Temperton, Mark Hawken, Kurt Smith, Paddy Deegan.

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It’s been a busy weekend on the greens of Taranaki, here’s the latest (remember, for up-to-date results, go to: Taranaki Events results for 2021-22)

Hamish Kape’s Paritutu team completed a memorable weekend by advancing to the semifinals of the men’s centre fours event at Tower on Sunday.
Playing with Kaylin Huwlyer, Nathan Goodin and Aidan Zittersteijn, Kape’s side accounted for two of the most successful skips in the history of Taranaki bowls, Bruce Phillips (Tower) and Craig De Faria (West End), during post section play in the South Taranaki Club-sponsored event.
Kape’s side edged Phillips 16-14 and then held off De Faria’s team, which has won the title three times in the previous seven seasons, 17-16. Kape led by three shots playing the last end and De Faria could only manage a brace.
While Zittersteijn’s bowling success, including the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medal, has been well documented, and Kape, with two Taranaki titles, has been a rising performer in recent years, the semifinal appearance will be the first such outing in the province for the front two.
Goodin, who commenced his bowls at Rahotu, has shown plenty of ability, while Huwyler is a Wanganui under-eight-year representative.
In the semifinals, that will be played at Tower this Saturday, Kape’s team will meet Kevin Hills from the host club. The other semi is between John Garrud (West End) and Wayne Hawkes (Vogeltown).
Hills’ team of Kerry Mullan, Alistair Hurley and Max Sayer narrowly beat a fellow Tower team, skipped by Russell Hardy, 14-12 in one quarterfinal.
In the other quarterfinals, Garrud ousted John Sextus (Stratford-Avon) 21-3, while Hawkes defeated Gerry O’Sullivan (Inglewood) 20-14.
Garrud combines with Norm Broughton, Bruce Hall and Paul Darbyshire, and while the draw required them to play an extra match on Sunday, they were untroubled.
Hawkes’ quartet of Adyne Jack, Hohepa Murray and Kevan Sellers had plenty of reason to enjoy their semifinal qualification. After defeating Darren Goodin (Paritutu) 19-12 in the morning round, Hawkes, who individually produced some excellent shots, then accounted for O’Sullivan, having led by three shots playing the last end.
* Paritutu and West End, the last two winners of the division one women’s interclub title, are locked in a direct head-to-head clash for this season’s crown.
A combined six rounds were played at the New Plymouth and Stratford-Avon clubs over the weekend in the Vospers-sponsored event.
Paritutu have 29 match points, with West End on 28 and New Plymouth third on 16. The final three rounds will be held this coming Saturday at Paritutu.
While Paritutu does hold the lead, it is still to sit out its bye round. Briar Atkinson won five games from six in the singles, while the pair of Cathy Andrews and Heather Johns had five wins and one draw. Paritutu’s four of Barbara Batley, Barbara Harvey, Jackie Moeahu and Gale Fache won four.
West End won an impressive 14 games from 15, with Susan Cottam in the singles and the pair of Sue Winter and Janice Ropitini both unbeaten. The four of Margie Davis, Molly Nagle, Lauren Bright and Trish Howard won four out of five.
Meanwhile, Paritutu has wrapped up the women’s second division title with the last round not being required to be played. Paritutu finished with 26 points, followed by Tower (19) and West End (17).
The winning Paritutu team was Marlene Barrowman and Tina Atkinson-Watt (pairs), Marlene McArthur and Bridget Fletcher (2x4x2) and Amanda Crehan, Cheryll Sharrock, Gaye Holub and Gloria Shaw (fours).

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Seventeen sides today successfully secured the necessary two wins from three matches to qualify in the South Taranaki Club-sponsored men’s centre fours.

The draw for post section play in the South Taranaki Club-sponsored men’s centre fours at Tower on 31/10/21:

Round 1 (9am start): John Garrud (West End) v Grant Hassall (West End).

Round 2 (report 11.15am): Mark Dudley (Hawera Park) v winner Garrud/Hassall, Paddy Deegan (Opunake) v John Sextus (Stratford-Avon).

Round 2 (all 9am start): Mark Anderson (Tower) v Gerry O’Sullivan (Inglewood), Darren Goodin (Paritutu) v Kevan Sellers (Vogeltown), Luca Dobson (Hawera Park) v Craig De Faria (West End), Bruce Phillips (Tower) v Hamish Kape (Paritutu), Bruce Mummery (Paritutu) v Kevin Hills (Tower), Bruce Peacock (Okato) v Russell Hardy (Tower).

To keep up to date with this event and all other Taranaki events, click on: Taranaki Events results for 2021-22

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The draws for Vospers women’s interclub and the South Taranaki Club men’s centre fours have been posted.

Women’s division one: Vospers women’s division one draw

Players in the women’s division one are asked to note:

1. The Board resolved at its meeting on Tuesday that for the women’s division one event only (not the men who are still required to have eight per side), that because there is a bye, the bye club is required to provide four markers for that round. These need not be players in the team.
2. Both of the greens used in the women’s division one are requested to be set out for seven rinks only (rink eight is not necessary). Rink 7 on green 1, and rink 1 on green 2, will both be available to the bye team for utilisation.

Women’s division two: Vospers women’s division two draw

Men’s centre fours: South Taranaki Club men’s centre fours draw

Results will be posted under the respective Mens and Womens tabs as they become available. All the events commence on October 30 and are scheduled to conclude on November 6.

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Bowls Taranaki sadly advises that Peter Scott passed away on October 12. Peter had a long and successful career in bowls, both on and off the green, in his 40-plus years in the sport. He played in Taranaki, Wanganui, Wellington and Manawatu as a tough, tenacious competitor. He won centre titles in both Taranaki and Wanganui as well as featuring in the closing rounds of the Dominion on a number of occasions. He was a driving force behind Police bowls in NZ and served on both the Taranaki and Wanganui Executives. When he returned to his home province of Taranaki in mid-2019, he became Executive Officer for Bowls Taranaki, a role he regretfully was forced to retire from in mid-2020 with ill health. At the same time he was breathing new life into the Waimea club, which was a further illustration of Peter’s ability to branch together the traditions of the game, which he cared so deeply for, with an eye for innovation and the future. Thank you, Peter, and God speed to you Big Bird.