Lawn Bowls

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Draw for post section play in the Andersons Pies-sponsored Taranaki women’s Open pairs at Tower on December 12:

Round 1 (9am start): Anne Brophy, Anne Duggan (New Plymouth) v Sue Winter, Lavina Winter (West End); Geneva Barnard, Shelley Clark (Tower) v Elaine Hodge, Margie Carey (New Plymouth).

Round 2 (9am start): Cathy Andrews, Bridget Fletcher (Paritutu) v Pauline Davy, Rita Davey (Opunake); Cindy Nicoll, Margaret McCallum (Inglewood) v Loris Ropitini, Lorraine Crofskey (Inglewood); Gale Fache, Yvonne Hallard (Paritutu) v Tina Atkinson-Watt, Briar Atkinson (Paritutu); Barbara Batley, Barbara Harvey (Paritutu) v Janice Ropitini, Margie Davis     (West End).

Round 2 (report 11am): Heather Johns, Marlene Barrowman (Paritutu) v Kristin Stampa, Pauline Kennedy (Hawera Park); Susan Cottam, Trish Howard (West End) v Jackie Moeahu, Amanda Crehan (Paritutu); Maree Gadsby, Faye Gecse (Fitzroy) v Norma Rothwell, Lesley Te Awa (Fitzroy).

To access the up-to-date results, go to: Women’s Open pairs draw and results

Draw for post section play in the Auto City-sponsored Taranaki men’s Christmas pairs at Paritutu on December 12:

Section 1 at Paritutu A

Round 1 (9am start): Warren Wipatene, Nathan Nelson (West End) v Dennis Moeller, Denis Welby (West End); Frank Pollock, Jarrod Pettett (Hawera Park) v Steve Cottam, John Cottam (Paritutu); Graham Reive, Steve Sabine (Inglewood) v Wayne Te Huki, Laurence Hori (New Plymouth).

Round 2 (9am start): Eric Foreman, Gerry O’Sullivan (Inglewood) v Scott Roberts, Mark Kuklinski (Tower); Ron Gadsby, Evan Jones (Fitzroy) v Hohepa Murray, Adyne Jack (Vogeltown); Pat Walklin, Steve Muller (Oakura) v Allan Batley, Mike Walsh (Paritutu); Craig De Faria, John Roberts (West End) v Steve Taylor, Peter Vink (Paritutu).

Round 2 (report 11am): Lindsay Murfitt, Garry Murfitt (West End) v Ross Clark, Jarred Peters (Manaia); Hamish Kape, Kelly Hill (Okato) v Bruce Colgan, Darren Scott (West End); Dean Elgar, Bruce Hall (West End) v Wipatene/Moeller winner.

Section 2 at Paritutu B

Round 1 (9am start): Frank Klenner, Murray Dalton (Inglewood) v Neil Earley, Len Spick (Inglewood); Brian Pearce, Iain Parker (Stratford–Avon) v Grant Hassall, John Sexton (West End); Darren Goodin, Don Christensen (Paritutu) v Ross Henderson, John Dickinson (West End); Grant Anderson, Mark Anderson (Tower) v Graham Baxter, Nigel Berry (Hawera Park).

Round 2 (9am start): Adam Collins, Ian Andrews (Paritutu) v Dave Wilson, John Garrud (West End); Paul Darbyshire, Steve Temperton (West End) v Brendon Walton, Eddie Betts (Paritutu).

Round 2 (report 11am): Warren Bellringer, Peter Robertson (New Plymouth) v Aidan Zittersteijn, John Zittersteijn (Paritutu); Wayne Hawkes, Kevan Sellers (Vogeltown) v Allan White, Hamish Simpson (Fitzroy); Grant Pease, Jason Hazzard (Fitzroy) v Rex Dyason, Duncan Matthews (Stratford–Avon); Steve Walker, Jordan Linn (West End) v Paddy Deegan, Daryl McKenzie (Opunake).

To access up-to-date results, go to: Men’s Christmas pairs draw and results

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To all players, volunteers, spectators and persons visiting Taranaki bowling clubs:

In accordance with New Zealand law in terms of the COVID-19 Protection Framework (Traffic Light System), all Centre events will be played only at host clubs that have a “My Vaccine Pass Required” policy for their members and visitors. We wish to ensure that all bowlers playing in Taranaki are aware of this. This applies to all interclub events, the upcoming pairs competitions, the Open fours in January and any other tournaments controlled by Bowls Taranaki. Anyone who is not able to present and verify a current My Vaccine Pass in their own name when visiting any club will not be permitted to enter the club and therefore will be unable to compete.

If you have entered a tournament already but do not have a My Vaccine Pass, please contact the Centre office immediately. At a delegates meeting last week, all clubs in attendance agreed that only double vaccinated players will be selected for interclub teams. Note that proof of a negative COVID-19 test prior to visiting a club or having a booking for the 2^nd dose is not an acceptable alternative to the My Vaccine Pass requirement.

Once Taranaki clubs have verified their club members, if they would like to confirm their membership list for other bowling clubs to see players have already proven their vaccination status, the Centre can co-ordinate this, so long as the membership is happy to have that information shared to the Centre and other Taranaki clubs.

Host clubs are also aware of their responsibility to ensure that they are checking that all people visiting the site have provided their My Vaccine Pass – this includes spectators, family and all clubs hiring their venues, and any contractor coming on site.

We have had a couple of withdrawals from the Auto City-sponsored men’s Christmas pairs this weekend, December 11-12. To prevent a bye, we will accept two late entries. To enter, please contact the Centre office – email: taranakibowls@xtra.co.nz or ring 06-757-8000. First in, best dressed.

The draws for play on December 11, 12 and 18 have been released. Play commences each day at 9am.

The Anderson’s Pies-sponsored women’s Open pairs has 36 entries, with play at Tower, Stratford-Avon and Manaia. To access the draw, go to: Women’s Open pairs draw and results

The Auto City-sponsored men’s Christmas pairs has 72 entries, with play at Paritutu, Inglewood and Vogeltown. To access the draw, go to: Men’s Christmas pairs draw and results

Teams require two wins from the three games on Saturday to qualify for post section play on Sunday.

The Cross Country Rentals-sponsored mixed pairs, scheduled for finalisation today, has been postponed until another date which will be determined in due course. The Okato green is underwater and Paritutu’s indoor complex is being privately hired all afternoon.

Opunake’s Rita Davey and Paddy Deegan are through to the semifinals of the Taranaki mixed pairs after a nailbiting conclusion at Okato on Sunday evening.

The duo were locked in a tense encounter with West End’s Sue Winter and Steve Walker in the quarterfinals of the Cross Country Rentals-sponsored event.

The West End pair, who won the event two seasons ago and were runners-up last year, led 16-13 at the commencement of the penultimate end.

Davey and Deegan scored a three and then took a single on the last end to sneak through. It completed a great day’s play for the Opunake combination. In the previous round, they had ousted West End’s Craig De Faria and Paritutu’s Jackie Moeahu 12-9.

The event will be finalised this coming Saturday at Okato, with Davey and Deegan due to meet Paritutu’s Darren Goodin and Barbara Batley in the semifinals.

Goodin and Batley advanced through their quarterfinal 23-8 over clubmates Kevin and June Gledhill, who at least had the satisfaction of being the married couple to go the furthest.

But Goodin and Batley had to work overtime to win their second round match, 15-13, over the 2018 champions, Steve Sabine and Cindy Nicoll (Inglewood).

The other two semifinalists are Paritutu’s Don Christensen and Cheryll Sharrock and Hawera Park’s Kristin Stampa and West End’s Grant Hassall.

Playing at Oakura, Christensen and Sharrock were particularly impressive. They powered away to two massive wins in the opening rounds – 22-4 and 23-2 – before edging out Okato’s Val McEldowney and Hamish Kape 12-10 in a tight quarterfinal which featured a number of immaculate heads.

Stampa, too, was in excellent touch as she controlled her pair through to a 15-11 victory in the last eight over Paritutu’s Steve Cottam and Gloria Shaw, albeit aided with the rub of the green.

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The top four sides have been found in both the first and second divisions in the TCB Dentures-sponsored men’s interclub after play on Saturday.

In the first division, Paritutu and Inglewood emerged as the top two sides from the amber section, while Tower and West End achieved the same feat in the black section.

Paritutu finished with 25 points to head the amber group after it won five games from six on Saturday. It was a decisive 3-0 winner over Hawera Park, but received a sterner examination in the fifth round from Inglewood. While Paritutu were already assured of qualification heading into that contest, Inglewood needed some points to enable it to hold onto its second position.

Last season’s champion-of-champions pairs winners, Steve Sabine and Graham Reive, responded with a 20-13 win over John Zittersteijn and Darren Goodin, after the Inglewood duo had lost to Coastal in the morning. The singles game was a cliffhanger, with Aidan Zittersteijn grabbing a four and a two on the last two ends to pip Paul Howell 21-20. Hamish Kape’s four won 20-9.

Both New Plymouth and Coastal had chances to still qualify going into the last game, trailing Inglewood by three and four points respectively. Coastal took that fifth round contest 2-1, but that saw both sides eliminated. Inglewood concluded on 20 points, followed by Coastal (18) and New Plymouth (17).

Tower, with 24 points, topped the black section. West End, on 20, took the second position, ahead of Oakura (18) and Fitzroy (14).

In the morning clash between West End and Tower, the city club prevailed 2-1, after Dean Elgar trounced Kevin Hills 21-7. Craig De Faria took 10 shots over the final four ends to win the pairs 21-14 over Scott Roberts, although Mark Anderson’s four got one back for Tower with a 15-14 victory over Steve Walker. The final round was abridged in the pairs and fours disciplines, after Elgar (21-7) and Hills (21-2) powered away in their games.

The top four playoff will take place on December 19. At the same time, the second division will also be resolved, after those qualifiers were found on Saturday, too. Manaia and West End I sneaked through in a tight amber group – with Tower desperately unlucky to miss out on differential – while Waitara and Paritutu are the qualifiers in the black section.

The third division has one round remaining. Waitara I, on 22 points, holds the lead. However, it is Paritutu in pole position. It has 21 points, and with Waitara I having a bye in the last round – where no points will be awarded – it will need to win just one game from three to secure the title.

For full results and points in the interclub, go to: men’s interclub results

In the Bayleys Real Estate-sponsored junior interclub, three of the four qualifiers have been found so far: Opunake I, from the amber section, and Lepperton and Paritutu III, from the black section. One section play round remains, with the interest focusing on the last berth available in the amber group. While Opunake I is clear on 14, Waimea (12) holds onto second spot, ahead of New Plymouth (10) and Paritutu II (8). Waimea has a bye in the last round, meaning it cannot add to its tally, but both New Plymouth and Paritutu II will secure four points each should they win in the last round.

For full results and points in the junior interclub, go to: junior interclub results

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The draw for the Cross Country Rentals-sponsored mixed pairs has been released. Section play is on November 27 at Oakura, Okato, Rahotu, Pihama and Manaia. Players competing at Oakura and Pihama are asked to take their own lunch, as it will not be available at purchase at these two clubs. Three games are scheduled for Saturday, with two wins required to make post section play on November 28, which will be held at Oakura and Okato. The finals will take place on December 4.

To access the draw go to: Mixed pairs draw

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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.