Another day of challenges, weather, time and naturally, top bowls. Post-section play got started at 9.30am with Martin Howse/Barnaby Hamid playing Shoota Ballinger/Trevor Turnbull. The wining combination then saw Shoota and Trevor facing Keith West and Omeka. Another win taking Shoota and Trevor into the men’s final. The other semi-final was between Paul Gardner/Jim Adams who played Murray Griffin/Ian Upston, …
A Wind Blew
What a day it turned out to be.We knew that the weather forecast wasn’t great and at least no rain did fall, but we did have the experience of playing in a strong westerly wind. This weekend was set aside for the playing of Men’s and Women’s Balloted 2x4x2, another of the competitions that have been set aside for use …
Pennants – Round 1
Round 1 of Pennants was played by our selected club teams yesterday. Our club selectors had chosen players for teams and games were played at different clubs; Women’s Division One Teams at Waikanae Beach playing Raumati South and our Division Two Teams at the Waikanae Bowling Club playing Otaki. From what I have heard, our Women’s Division One team did …
A Day of Contrasts
It was another morning start for the Balloted Men’s and Women’s Triples today after a night of lots of rain. As can be seen in the photo, the cotula green had been covered by the rain and was more like a mirror than a playing surface when viewed. Also seen but on the artificial Dales green, were the players who …
Summer Galas Start
Today saw the start of this year’s summer galas. No sign of a cloud in today’s blue sky, plenty of sunshine but equally, still some cold air around. Games started at 9.30am with 7 rinks on the cotula green being used and 4 games of 10 ends being played throughout the day. The green had some slow periods and proved …
The Winning Team Found
Post-Section got underway this morning with two games being played, the first between the teams skipped by Ken Hayward and Pat Wikstrom. These two teams had met each other yesterday with Ken’s players winning. Facing each other today saw the scores close for much of the game. After 11 ends, Pat was leading 10-5 but a three on the next …
Summer Competition Started
A bit unusual to see a Championship being played so early in the season but it does at least get players right into competitive play. A fine sunny morning but the breeze that was present for most of the day was certainly very cool. Twelve teams had been entered and the draw was prepared last Thursday afternoon. A final decision …
A Cold Roll-up Day
It seemed to be quite a nice morning as far as the weather was concerned, especially after last night’s wind and rain. Off to bowls for the afternoon roll-up but as soon as I arrived, realised how windy and cold it now was. Luckily, my wind jacket was in my bowl’s bag but really, it still was a very cold …
Today saw the beginning of our club’s Summer bowling season. Certainly it was fine but there were indications that it will be a while before we feel the temperature rise. Today we were able to play on the artificial green but we are looking forward to play on our cotula green which is certainly looking ready for the season. We …