A Very Good Day

The heading refers to yesterday’s Men’s Interclub results, the Super 7’s playing at Central Levin and the Reserve Sevens playing at Paraparaumu Beach.  Our Women’s Reserve 7’s had a bye in the morning and then played at the Kapiti Club against the Paraparaumu Beach Team. We left Levin in the morning with the sky very gray, and it looked as …

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Championship Pairs

Not the best day to play ‘summer’ bowls; grey sky, wind and drizzle –  all played their part in making it not very pleasant. The men’s games were played on the cotula green and the women on the new Dales green. Some very good bowls were played throughout the day, the leads as usual in Pairs, playing an important role …

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Just Great

It has been an interesting week. On Tuesday we had a full green for the roll-up and it was GREAT to play on a green that was true and the bowls were running at a good speed.  All who played on it commented on how great the cotula green was, so, thanks to all involved with getting it running to …

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Winner

Great news, David Walker won his semifinal match against Central’s Bruce Shand and went on to have a big win in the final against Paraparaumu’s Robin Minoch. Congratulations from the club, David. David Walker Winner, KCBC Singles

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One Left In

KCBC Men’s Singles continued today with Day 2 being played at Paraparaumu Beach Bowling Club. One never knows how a game will go and after beating Brian Radich yesterday, Neville Turnbull drew him in the first round of Post Section today. This time, Brian came out on top, winning the game 21-10. Also playing in this round was Barry Cross …

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Two Busy Days

A Mini Gala was held on Tuesday afternoon as a lead up to the Melbourne Cup race and an evening meal. Twenty four players were drawn into 8 teams and at the end of the rounds, the winners were: 1st – Ken Hayward (s), Delwyn Webb and new player Jan Dawson 2nd – Francis Wilson (s), Grace Virtue and Vern …

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Men’s Junior Singles

Today saw the Junior Singles played, with the final being played between Graeme Brown and Murray Griffin. After 4 ends, Brian was leading 5-1 but Murray then scored on the next 5 ends and was leading 10-6. It was then Graeme’s time to score and by the 13th end, he was only one point behind at 12-13. Murray then took …

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Tony’s Gala

Twenty Two teams, nine from other clubs, took part in today’s Greenkeeper’s Gala, an event our greenkeeper,Tony, has sponsored over the last few years. Both greens were put to use to play the four rounds and some close matches were witnessed during the day. My team played Margaret Griffin (s), Bill Clelland and Ian Upston in our first game and …

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A Real Treat

Yesterday we were able to witness the final of the KCBC Men’s Triples at our club and those who were there, and saw real class bowls played. especially from the winning skip, Ray Boffa. The first two ends went to the Paraparaumu team, scoring 3 on each end with the three members of the team all playing bowls of a high standard. …

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Centre Triples – Day 2

By the end of the day’s post-section play, the two teams had been found for the Finals playoff tomorrow (Monday) at the Levin Bowling Club, starting at 10.00am. Local interest was good as a Levin and two Central Levin teams had qualified and all enjoyed some excellent play from the teams. Keith Galloway, Paul Gardner and Murray Griffin faced a …

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