Lawn Bowls

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The Taranaki Secondary Schools bowls team, sponsored by Harcourts Team Green, the Flamingo Motel, TCM and SIS, will be involved in a quadrangular representative fixture this Thursday and Friday (July 22-23).

The nine-strong squad, which has been consistently training over the winter months, will be taking on the best secondary school bowlers from Waikato, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington at the TSB indoor complex at Paritutu.

Games will commence at 9am on Thursday and continue throughout the day. Play will conclude at lunchtime on Friday.

Each of the centres will be split into three teams of three. Those individual teams will play the other provinces in the Bowls3five format in triples, pairs and singles. The Taranaki singles players are Camron Horo (Opunake), Briar Atkinson (SHGC) and Luka Dobson (FDMC). The pairs combinations are Briar Dravitzki (SHGC) and Zoe Paynter (SHGC), Claudia Chan (SHGC) and Zach Bernardo (FDMC), and Daniel Whitaker (FDMC) and Clarence Chan (FDMC).

Bowls Taranaki Executive Officer, Tina Atkinson-Watt, said the support from a number of people and organisations had made this first quadrangular series an exciting prospect.

“We are most thankful for the support that we have received from Harcourts Team Green, the Flamingo Motel, TCM and SIS,” Atkinson-Watt said. “The players are chomping at the bit to get into it, as are the Paritutu hosts.”

– Ian Andrews

2021 award winners

Congratulations to all of the above award winners.

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Inglewood’s Graham Reive and Steve Sabine enjoyed an unbeaten weekend on the greens as they advanced to the closing stages of two events in the champion-of-champions series.

The finals for all 10 events will be held this weekend at Paritutu and the Inglewood duo have worked their way into the men’s triples final with former Taranaki rugby lock Bernard O’Sullivan, and into the semifinals of the men’s pairs.

Opposing Inglewood in the triples are the three Anderson brothers from Tower – Brendan, Grant and Mark. Both sides had to do it the hard way to make the decider, though, after they came from behind in the semifinals at Hawera Park on Saturday.

Reive’s trio beat Alec Lowry, Lance McLachlan and Gavyn Horo (Rahotu) 21-18, but needed two threes and a single on the last three ends to do it. The Anderson team, with Mark skipping, scored a three on the penultimate end to level the scores against New Plymouth’s Laurence Hori, Michael Healey and Kelly Hill. Tower scored the shot on the final end to clinch the game 19-18.

Reive and Sabine also finished strongly in their pairs quarterfinal victory on their home green on Monday. They took the last 10 points to beat Camron Horo and Dennis Morris (Rahotu) 22-16 and will meet Peter Robertson and Hill in one semifinal. Robertson and Hill, aided by a four on the 20th end, held off the late-finishing West End duo of Neil Candy and Dave Wilson 23-18.

The other semifinal will be between Nick Payne and Grant Hassall (Vogeltown) and Daryl MacKenzie and Kewene Ratahi (Opunake). Vogeltown were 25-12 victors over the ageless Don Hinton and Steve Muller (Oakura), while the Opunake duo accounted for Kelvin Putt and Wai Peneha (Manaia) 28-17.

In the women’s pairs, Paritutu’s Heather Johns got the shot with her final delivery in one semifinal on her home green on Monday. It enabled her and Marlene Barrowman to edge out Fitzroy’s Vickie Kelly and Rhonda Adams 20-19.

Barrowman, who is also in the fours final, and Johns meet Hawera Park’s Ella Smailes and Kristin Stampa in the finale.

Smailes and Stampa completed an excellent weekend when they overcame Lepperton’s Linda Clarke and Brenda Rowe 28-7 in the other pairs semi.

On Saturday, in the triples, Smailes and Stampa, with Pauline Kennedy, put in a strong bid as well. Darkness prevented the completion of their semifinal against Opunake’s Val Langton, Eileen Rothwell and Pauline Davy. But the Hawera Park team has the inside running, leading 19-12 after 17 of the 21 ends.

New Plymouth’s Liz Corbett, Colleen Day and Val Fleming are already through to the final, having beaten Carolyn Stachurski, Lorraine Crofskey and Margaret McCallum (Inglewood) 26-7.

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Paritutu’s Cathy Andrews had a memorable weekend by advancing to two finals when the champion-of-champions series commenced.

Andrews skipped her side into the fours final on Saturday evening and then completed the double by securing a spot in the singles decider on Sunday. All events in the TCM-sponsored series will be decided on a finals weekend on May 1-2.

The women started the fours at Oakura, but the weather eventually won the day, with some first round games being finished off inside at Paritutu.

Andrews’ side of Amanda Crehan, Marlene Barrowman and Barbara Batley needed an extra end to sneak past a Hawera Park team of Irene Waller, Judy Stuart, Lilac Pouwhare and Kristin Stampa 18-14 in the semifinals. Andrews had led by two shots playing the 15th and final end. But a two to Stampa forced the match into overtime.

In the fours final, the Paritutu side will play Tower’s Geneva Barnard, Hazel Schwartfeger, Frances Busby and skip Jane Augustine. Augustine’s side moved away after the opening stanza of its semi to beat Opunake’s Val Langton, Heather Radford, Nell L’Ami and Bev Robinson 19-8.

Andrews’ semifinal singles victory on Sunday, at West End, came 21-15 over highly promising Lepperton junior, Briar Atkinson. Atkinson had been untroubled in the earlier rounds, while Andrews sneaked past Val McEldowney (New Plymouth) 21-20 in the prior game.

In the final, Andrews will meet defending champion Chris Commane (Opunake). In the other semi, Commane beat Augustine 21-8 in a repeat of last year’s final.

After three rounds in the men’s fours, all inside at Paritutu, the surviving skips are Steve Muller (Oakura), Hamish Kape (Paritutu), John Ape-Esera (Waitara) and Paddy Deegan (Opunake). Muller, skipping Don Hinton, Murray Crombie and Paul Coxhead, beat Richard Helms (New Plymouth) 18-10 in the last eight, while Kape’s youthful and powerful team of Daryl Read, Ryan Vincent and Aidan Zittersteijn were 23-6 victors over Dean Elgar (West End).

The Waitara wonders of Jeff Jane, Ray Ancell, Les Powley and Ape-Esera accounted for Scott Roberts (Tower). Deegan’s quartet of Daryl MacKenzie, Len Reader and Kewene Ratahi ousted Gordon Oliver (Lepperton) 22-6.

In Sunday’s senior singles, Paritutu’s Darren Goodin and Fitzroy’s Tony McAlevey advanced to the final. Goodin came through a particularly tough draw, which included a 21-16 semifinal victory over Craig De Faria (West End). McAlevey secured his first finals berth when he beat the 2014 winner Gerry O’Sullivan (Inglewood) 21-16 in the other semi.

The junior singles finalists were also found on Sunday, with Tina Atkinson-Watt (Lepperton) set to square off with Debra Kalin (West End) in the women’s decider. Atkinson-Watt beat Gail Burrows (Inglewood) 21-6 in one semi, while Kalin ended the run of Judy Crawford (Fitzroy) 21-9.

In the men’s Levi Davis (Opunake) will meet Hohepa Murray (Vogeltown) after they respectively won their semifinals over Mike Baldwin (Lepperton) 21-12 and Nathan Goodin (Okato) 21-11.

Paritutu’s Cathy Andrews had a memorable weekend by advancing to two finals when the champion-of-champions series commenced.

Andrews skipped her side into the fours final on Saturday evening and then completed the double by securing a spot in the singles decider on Sunday. All events in the TCM-sponsored series will be decided on a finals weekend on May 1-2.

The women started the fours at Oakura, but the weather eventually won the day, with some first round games being finished off inside at Paritutu.

Andrews’ side of Amanda Crehan, Marlene Barrowman and Barbara Batley needed an extra end to sneak past a Hawera Park team of Irene Waller, Judy Stuart, Lilac Pouwhare and Kristin Stampa 18-14 in the semifinals. Andrews had led by two shots playing the 15th and final end. But a two to Stampa forced the match into overtime.

In the fours final, the Paritutu side will play Tower’s Geneva Barnard, Hazel Schwartfeger, Frances Busby and skip Jane Augustine. Augustine’s side moved away after the opening stanza of its semi to beat Opunake’s Val Langton, Heather Radford, Nell L’Ami and Bev Robinson 19-8.

Andrews’ semifinal singles victory on Sunday, at West End, came 21-15 over highly promising Lepperton junior, Briar Atkinson. Atkinson had been untroubled in the earlier rounds, while Andrews sneaked past Val McEldowney (New Plymouth) 21-20 in the prior game.

In the final, Andrews will meet defending champion Chris Commane (Opunake). In the other semi, Commane beat Augustine 21-8 in a repeat of last year’s final.

After three rounds in the men’s fours, all inside at Paritutu, the surviving skips are Steve Muller (Oakura), Hamish Kape (Paritutu), John Ape-Esera (Waitara) and Paddy Deegan (Opunake). Muller, skipping Don Hinton, Murray Crombie and Paul Coxhead, beat Richard Helms (New Plymouth) 18-10 in the last eight, while Kape’s youthful and powerful team of Daryl Read, Ryan Vincent and Aidan Zittersteijn were 23-6 victors over Dean Elgar (West End).

The Waitara wonders of Jeff Jane, Ray Ancell, Les Powley and Ape-Esera accounted for Scott Roberts (Tower). Deegan’s quartet of Daryl MacKenzie, Len Reader and Kewene Ratahi ousted Gordon Oliver (Lepperton) 22-6.

In Sunday’s senior singles, Paritutu’s Darren Goodin and Fitzroy’s Tony McAlevey advanced to the final. Goodin came through a particularly tough draw, which included a 21-16 semifinal victory over Craig De Faria (West End). McAlevey secured his first finals berth when he beat the 2014 winner Gerry O’Sullivan (Inglewood) 21-16 in the other semi.

The junior singles finalists were also found on Sunday, with Tina Atkinson-Watt (Lepperton) set to square off with Debra Kalin (West End) in the women’s decider. Atkinson-Watt beat Gail Burrows (Inglewood) 21-6 in one semi, while Kalin ended the run of Judy Crawford (Fitzroy) 21-9.

In the men’s Levi Davis (Opunake) will meet Hohepa Murray (Vogeltown) after they respectively won their semifinals over Mike Baldwin (Lepperton) 21-12 and Nathan Goodin (Okato) 21-11.

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Player of the year points

After the completion of the open and representative events for the 2020/21 season, the respective men’s and women’s player of the year titles are still wide open ahead of the TCM-sponsored champion-of-champions series. In the women’s section, Marlene Barrowman (125) leads the way from team-mate Heather Johns (110). Briar Atkinson and Rhonda Adams are third-equal on 70. In the men’s group, Steve Walker (105) is narrowly ahead of Dean Elgar (100) and Dave Wilson (90). In the champion-of-champions, an event winner collects 45 points, with the runner-up getting 20 and a beaten semifinalist earning 15.

Mens player of the year points

Womens player of the year points

Taranaki was unsuccessful in its bid to qualify in the New Zealand Intercentre bowls event in Wellington over the weekend.

Both the men’s and women’s sides found the going tough to finish third and sixth respectively in their sections. Only the top two provinces from pool play advanced to the quarterfinals.

The Revital Fertilisers Taranaki men were left to rue a dreadful opening day when they lost all three games – Southland (2-1), Auckland (3-0) and Northland (2-1).

They rebounded to clean-sweep victories over the West Coast and South Otago on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough.

Darren Goodin managed three wins in the singles, as did the pair of Daryl Read and Hamish Kape.

The Friday frustrations grew even higher on Sunday, with Southland claiming its maiden victory in the competition, beating Auckland in the final.

Taranaki opened with a 2-1 win over Marlborough in the women’s division. However, the remaining four games were all lost – Manawatu (3-0), Canterbury (2-1), Nelson (3-0) and Thames Valley (2-1).

The pair of Sue Winter and Anne Duggan had two wins, coming in rounds one and three, while the singles and fours had one win each.

Nelson took out the women’s title with a 3-0 victory over Dunedin in the final.

Meanwhile, Tower’s Kerry Mullan claimed the Paul and Sharon Spiers-sponsored Taranaki first year singles at Stratford-Avon on Sunday.

Mullan won the final 21-15 over former provincial rugby rep, Jimmy Quay (Okato). Paritutu’s Sandra Feek and Stratford-Avon’s Kevin Sullivan shared third place. The event attracted a record number of entries.

In the Radius Care-sponsored Taranaki men’s Shield final, Rahotu took out the title for 2021 when it was decided at Tower on Saturday.

Rahotu, the western division winner, finished on three wins from six games, the same as Waitara and Manaia. But Rahotu had the superior differential to reclaim the Shield that it had last held in 2016.

Differential was also required to separate the finalists in the Patron’s Egmont Shield when that was concluded recently. The women’s competition was a repeat of the past two seasons, with Lepperton and Hawera Park again battling it out.

After each club had won one game each, Lepperton got the nod on differential to retain the Shield.

The finalisation of the Taranaki women’s open triples bowls event brought with it significant milestones for all three members of the victorious side at West End on Saturday.

The Paritutu trio of Marie Mummery, Marlene Barrowman and skip Heather Johns did enough, and then held on, to beat a team of clubmates skipped by Cathy Andrews 21-19 in the final of the Abraham’s Funeral Home-sponsored event. Andrews was teamed with Bridget Fletcher and Barbara Batley.

For Mummery it was her maiden Taranaki title and a chance to break through and be considered more than just the wife of Bruce, a fellow bowler.

Barrowman collected her fifth Taranaki title, therefore joining her brother David Bennett in the gold star ranks. Barrowman’s earlier triumphs came in the champion-of-champions fours (2010), the open singles (2012), the open triples (2019) and the open pairs with Johns in December last year.

Johns is likely to still point to her 2013 Dominion fours victory as the most poignant moment she has enjoyed in the sport. Nonetheless, Saturday’s victory was her 10th in Taranaki, enabling her to be awarded a bar to her gold star.

After Andrews’ side had led 4-0, Johns returned in kind to take the advantage 6-4. Through 12 of the 21 ends, Andrews led 10-8.

But then the Johns team won the next six ends to lead 21-10. The lead appeared plenty.

However, Andrews came back with a three, then a four. A further four was required on the last end to tie up the contest. It was on the cards when Fletcher drew two close, but the rest of the head was markedly loose meaning Johns had the luxury of not having to play her last bowl.

Meanwhile, in the Cleggs Funeral Services-sponsored Taranaki men’s open triples, which was decided at Hawera Park on Saturday, West End’s Dave Wilson claimed the title for a second-successive year.

This year Wilson led for Dean Elgar, with the consistent Steve Walker in the middle of the team. Last year, Wilson won the title with Glen Brookes and Bruce Phillips.

The Elgar side ran out comfortable 21-11 victors in the final over Oakura’s Aidan Zittersteijn, Kurt Smith and skip Adam Collins.

Collins led the final 5-2 after four ends. But the next six heads went Elgar’s way and with it a 14-5 lead.

While Collins replied with a two on the next end, Elgar trumped it with a four and a two. Somewhat surprisingly Collins waved the white flag with a difference of 10 but leaving four ends being unplayed.

That was a contrast to the semifinals, where Collins cooly drew the winning shot on the last end to enable his side to upset a Tower team of Mark Kuklinski, John Roberts and Phillips 18-16.

In the other semi, Elgar came from 13-5 down to beat West End’s Steve Temperton, Dennis Osborne and Craig De Faria 19-15.

The Taranaki women’s open triples bowls final will be an all-Paritutu affair.

Experienced, nationally-renown performers Cathy Andrews and Heather Johns both successfully skipped their teams into the final of the Abraham’s-sponsored event at West End on Sunday.

The delayed final will occur on March 13 at the same location.

Andrews has the same team that won the champion-of-champions title in October – Bridget Fletcher and Barbara Batley.

They were 22-15 victors over Lepperton’s Briar Atkinson, Tina Quilter and skip Tina Atkinson-Watt in one semifinal.

Johns won the triples two seasons ago. Her team this time comprises Marie Mummery and Marlene Barrowman. They sneaked through a tense semifinal 15-14 over West End’s Colleen Martin, Molly Nagle and Jan Johnson, but only after an extra end.

The men’s open triples, sponsored by Clegg’s Funeral Services, will also be finalised on March 13, after the 38 entries were reduced to four at Hawera Park over the weekend.

The semifinals will see Bruce Phillips (Tower) play Adam Collins (Oakura) while Dean Elgar and Craig De Faria will square off in an all-West End clash.

Phillips won the title last season skipping a West End side of Glen Brookes and Dave Wilson. But with Brookes unavailable this time because of a family wedding, Phillips is skipping two of the runners-up from 2020 – Mark Kuklinski and John Roberts.

They ended the terrific, spectacular run of Rahotu’s Gavyn Horo, Nathan Goodin and Camron Horo 19-6 in the quarterfinals.

Collins, skipping Aidan Zittersteijn and Kurt Smith, advanced 21-19 over Paul Darbyshire (West End). The leading of Zittersteijn, who recently joined Oakura but also remains a member of Paritutu, proved the difference.

Elgar skips Wilson and Steve Walker. They comfortably defeated Opunake’s Rodney Woods 29-9 in the last eight.

De Faria, who is teamed with Steve Temperton and Dennis Osborne, ousted Opunake’s Paddy Deegan 22-9 in the same round.

Meanwhile, the Revital Fertilisers Taranaki representative teams for the New Zealand Intercentre in Wellington on March 18-21 have been released.

The women’s side sees Chris Commane play the singles – she won three from five in the recent Octagonal – while the pair is Sue Winter and Anne Duggan. Not surprisingly, selector Janice Ropitini has maintained her unbeaten four of Anne Brophy, Susan Cottam, Rhonda Adams and Trish Howard. Anne Potaka is the eighth player.

In the men’s, Darren Goodin will play the singles, with Daryl Read and Hamish Kape the pair. The four is Gerry O’Sullivan, Aidan Zittersteijn, Steve Walker and Dean Elgar. John Garrud will travel as the eighth player. Craig De Faria had been originally selected in that position, but withdrew because of work commitments.