INDOOR BOWLS
ADJUNCT
Indoor Bowls
President: Peg Jones
Contact:
Club Days:
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Registrations 1 pm for a 1.15 pm start
Indoor Bowls Adjunct News
SEPTEMBER REPORT
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On Sunday 8th September Tim Jones represented Whangamata Club at the Waihi Association singles which he won.
Also on the 8th members Joy O’Sullivan and Lynda Callaghan were selected into the Thames Valley B team who played a triangle event against Counties and Western in Auckland. This inaugural event was won by Thames Valley with Lynda having 5 team wins out of 6, and Joy having 4 team wins.
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On Saturday 7th September the adjunct held the Whangamata Real Estate Open Pairs event. Eight teams entered with three teams qualifying. In the semi final Tim Jones and Barbara Hoy played Alex Steel and Bruce Rollo, with Alex and Bruce winning.
The final was played between Norm Sayer and Marilyn Steel who received the bye into the final against Alex and Bruce. Once again Alex and Bruce came out the winner.
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On Friday 13 September the adjunct played the Whangamata Real Estate Championship Triples.
Six teams entered with three teams qualifying. The semi final was played between Stephen Hodgson, Ellen Martin and Marilyn Steel and Alex Steel, Ngaire Wallace and Joy O’Sullivan. A close game saw Alex team coming out the winners.
The final was played between Ellen McSkimming, Jenny Harpur and Laraine Osborne who had the bye into the final and Alex team. Again Alex team had the better of the opposition coming out the winners.
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On Friday 20th September saw Jim Foley, Cynthia Colville and Laraine Osborne coming out the winners from Peg Jones and Bruce Rollo with Don Gardner, Paulene Rollo and Roger Wolfe taking home the triers chocolates.
Cynthia had a good day also winning the raffle.
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On Friday 27th September the winners were Peg Jones, Hazel Johnstone and Laraine Osborne coming out the winners, with Tim Jones, Don Gardner and Patrick Cairns the runners up. The hard fought triers prize went to John Hares, Basil Johnstone and Lynda Callaghan. The raffle was won by Jenny Harpur.
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There are only a few trophy events left of our season and we are into Christmas and ham tournaments around the area which are very popular with members.
Bruce Rollo & Alex Steel - Pairs Winners
2024 National Women's Indoor Bowls Tournament
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Eight ladies from the Whangamata Club went to Invercargill to represent the Club in the Women's Nationals. Singles were played on the first day with five of the eight ladies qualifying for post-section play. Two of the ladies were knocked out in the round of 32 with Peg Jones the best of the ladies being knocked out in the round of 16.
In the pairs two teams qualified, Ann Costar and Lynda Callaghan being knocked out in the round of 32 with Ellen McSkimming and Cynthia Colville being knocked out in the round of 16. Both teams only losing by 1 point in games that could have gone either way.
In the triples, due to sickness with one of our players, two teams had pool players.
The team of Peg Jones, Ann Costar and Joy O’Sullivan qualified and got a bye into the round of 16 but were unable to go any further losing by 2 points.
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In the fours both of our teams qualified. The team of Ellen McSkimming, Cynthia Clolville, Ngaire Wallace, and Hazel Johnstone was knocked out in the first round and the team of Peg Jones, Ann Costar, Joy O’Sullivan, and Lynda Callaghan were knocked out in the round of 8.
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Overall our ladies represented us well and came out 12th of 31 teams entered on the aggregate.
Congratulations to all of you.
