Auckland announces Prem 2 squads
Auckland Triples qualifying done
Well, that’s a wrap for the qualifying rounds of the Auckland Men’s & Women’s Triples. The Men played to quarter-finals while the Women signed off their Sunday's post section to the semi-finals stage – both will finish off this discipline at Finals Weekend on 1 & 2 April.
A late change to the playing programme enabled Bowls Auckland to jointly run the Men’s & Women’s Triples. The change must have hit a sweet spot 264 bowlers signed up to compete. A bonus for the tournament was surely the fine weather. It was a warm weekend without rain - well mostly! Bowlers pitted their skills, firstly playing on artificial in qualifying and then moving to natural for post section.
WOMEN'S TRIPLES
Te Atatu Peninsula Bowling Club was picture-perfect on both days. Their natural, running around 17s made it a glorious day for post section competition. Round 1 of 16 qualifiers proved to be a tough day at the office for some.
The experienced side of Karen Hema, Linda Ralph & Sarah Childs from Carlton Cornwall fell to Royal Oak’s multi-generational family team of Robyn Fisher, Lee Singer & Nicole Singer, 9-15.
Te Atatu’s home side of Robyn Reihana, Jenny Jones & Marion Hakaraia had a sting in their tail! The ‘get out of jail’ team hunkered down to secure their Finals spot defeating Jo McKenna, Jenny Stockford & Tessa Farley from Pt Chevalier, 20-3.
In the other semi Estelle Hickey, Helen Blick & Jeanine Browne defeated Catherine Bien, Sue Curran & Paula Kempthorne, 20-14. Tino pai, wāhine.
MEN'S TRIPLES
The calibre of players entered was evident when you eyed the Men's draw - there was no doubt some tough battles would ensue!
In one quarter-final, Grant Keats, Peter Blick & Bernie Yeo from Carlton Cornwall were matched up against Bryce Mackie, Mike Bradshaw & James Gavin from Ellerslie. It was a game of two halves. In the first nine ends, CCB scored multiples to lead 18-7. The tide turned. Ellerslie steadied their resolve to peg back the deficit from the 12th. Ellerslie held CCB scoreless for the next five ends while they added 19 points to take the win 27-19.
Men's teams to secure a semi-spot:
- Mike Galloway, Gavin Brown and Martin Dixon from Royal Oak against Pt Chevalier's Harry Davis, Aiden Takarua & Colin Williams battled it out in another quarter-final. Royal Oak won, 15-13.
- The last team entered Don Faifua, Neville Hill & Rohan Bicknell from Auckland Bowling Club found their rhythm to gain the semi-final spot defeating Chris Lowe, Jordan King & Steve Hoeft, 16-8.
- Wayne Ruka, Koloani Maota & Josh Tipene held off John Petelo, Ian McKenna & Keith Earl, 17-13
Bring on Finals Weekend!
Prem 2 squads named
The Octagonal Premier 2 Series is a newly created fixture featuring representative sides from Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Far North, Northland, North Harbour, Thames Valley, and Waikato to be played on 18-19 March 2023, hosted at Howick Bowling Club.
Bowls Auckland is pleased to announce the representatives selected to compete in the Series.
Bowls 3Five Open
Rounds 5 and 6
With rounds 5 & 6 now completed we are heading to the closing stage of the comp - Tuesday 7 March is earmarked for the Final rounds to be held at Auckland Bowling Club.
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Kittyhawks head to Leigh
On Monday 20th Kittyhawks took a bus to Leigh to play for the annual Rodney Collingwood Seymour Memorial Cup.
A great day on the green was had by all and won by Tony Balogh, Tere Brunton, and Mladen Sokol. Pictured here with the Leigh Bowling Club President Matt, who was presented with a donation of $1,000 for the local Volunteer Fire Brigade, who had attended over 12 callouts in the previous weekend's disastrous weather.
RIP Utu Vave
1972 - 2023
Auckland's bowling community was shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Utu Vave on Tuesday morning at home. Our sincere condolences go out to his wife Pene and all his family.
Utu was a great friend and teammate wherever he played bowls and was always ready to enjoy the social aspects of the game after a days play. He took up bowls with Onehunga Bowling Club over 10 years ago and enjoyed immediate success. At a 1-5 level, he was an Auckland representative and centre title winner. He was also a member of the 1-5 Year team that won the prestigious Canoe Cup Trophy two years in a row.
More recently, he was a member of Royal Oak and Bridge Park, where he won several Club Championship titles and was a regular member of interclub teams.
He will be sorely missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him.
Please follow the Bridge Park and/or Royal Oak Facebook pages for funeral arrangements.
-- Phil Taylor. Photo courtesy Royal Oak Bowls
The National Fours are underway. You can find the list of host clubs, draws, results and live broadcast links on the Bowls NZ events page.
The National Fours & National Mixed Pairs will not only be broadcast on Bowls NZ YouTube channel, but also on Sky Sport 600 (pop up channel 1) from 12pm-6pm every day. Eight solid days of quality content brought to you LIVE!
Change in laws
New laws to be introduced nationwide
For the first time since 2015, a comprehensive review of the Laws of the Sport have been carried out, with some subtle changes set to be introduced in April.
Centre events
Last call for any entries into the Auckland Secondary School Pairs.
Make sure your teams register with their school and make an entry through College Sport Auckland.
1-5 Year events are great for new or relative newcomers to the sport of bowls. They provide an opportunity to grow skills, confidence & experience in a competitive environment... and to become winners & develop growth for your clubs!
Club events
Howick's Burger & Bowls
Howick Bowling Club launched its 2023 Burger & Bowls Series on Wednesday 15th February. 16 teams for six weeks with some fabulous local businesses and families involved.
It was a great start with perfect weather after the disastrous storms. Many laughs were had, and the competitive-natured teams are eager to make use of the club's free Saturday coaching from 9am-12pm.
We have a first prize each week with wine and our Moosers get a moo and chocolate! Cups and more prizes will come for the final night.
-- Howick Social Bowls Volunteers
Kohi's Triples Crowns
Kohi's Club Champs Finals for Women's and Men's Triples was played on Sunday 19 February.
Women's winner: Liz Burton (S), Jill Wood (2), Yvonne Green (L)
Men's winner: Charles Martin (S), Mark Compton (2), Jim Jericevich (L)
The entire Club can be dubbed 'winners' on Sunday - delivering a fun and successful Give It A Go session immediately following the triples competition.
Give it a Go @ Kohi
There was lots of style, smiles and great people at KBC's Give It A Go day on 19 February. Give it a Go is every Wednesday at Neighbourhood Fun Bowls, from 5.30pm.
-- Cynthia Morris
Triples at SHBC
What a beautiful day for our Tuesday Triples, 18 teams, 17 of which were from St Heliers plus one team from Kohimarama played on both greens and we thank and appreciate Kohimarama's support.
As a bowling club, we have lots of sympathy and kind thoughts for the Bowlers and indeed all the people of Hawkes Bay and environs, under these very disastrous circumstances. We are very fortunate to be still enjoying our bowls.
Winners pictured with Jackie O'fee Amy Cheung, Roger Seaton & Jo Crooks with 4 wins 21 ends & 45 points.
-- Roger Seaton
$1k Wednesday
It's back - Carlton Cornwall's popular 1K Wednesday Any Combination Pairs.
Come join us, it's a great comp with a good bunch of bowlers looking to sweep the big prize! No need to pack your lunch as it is provided on the day.
Click here for all the details.
Chance to experience new covered green
Royal Oak Bowls has opened its magnificent new covered artificial green.
There’s an opportunity for bowlers across Auckland to experience this facility every fortnight in their Midweek AC Triples Tournament. It’s only $45 per team which includes some terrific prize money, sponsor draws, and a tasty lunch.
Contact Ray Seaman to book your team at 021 053 1544. The next event is at 9.30 am on Wednesday 8 March.
Coaching for Collegiate & U20s
Auckland Bowling Coaches Association will be running a series of coaching courses for collegiates and under-20 lawn bowlers. This course will be suitable for beginners to performance players.
This first course will concentrate on preparation for the Bowls NZ competitions: Secondary Schools Bowls35 event on 27-28 March 2023 and Bowls NZ Under-20s on 25-26 March 2023.
DATE: Sunday 12 March 2023
TIME: 9am to 12pm
VENUE: Auckland Bowling Club
For planning, purposes RSVP to Leon Chapman at chap@talk.co.nz or 022 625 2325
Taprobane Travel
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