This week in NZ history...
6 Feb 2022 — NZ's first-ever Winter Olympic gold
Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has made history by becoming the first New Zealander to win a Winter Olympics gold medal after a stunning performance in the women's slopestyle final in Beijing.
10 Feb 1967 — End of free school milk
New Zealand schoolchildren received free milk between 1937 and 1967. The first Labour government introduced the scheme – a world first – to improve the health of young New Zealanders (and make use of surplus milk).
Definition of... bowl
A device created with extraordinary scientific precision never to go in the direction required - with the object of torturing the creature who plays with it.
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary
by Keith Dunstan
Upcoming events
15 February – Open Bowls3Five Interclub – Q, SF & F
24-27 February – National Fours, Taranaki
27 February – Auckland Rep Day: 1-5 Auckland vs Counties
28 February-3 March – National Mixed Pairs, Taranaki
5-6 March – Auckland National Interclub 7s
8 March – Auckland Secondary School Pairs
Training camps...
Seen happening at some clubs around Auckland over the last few days, various bowlers attending training, trials and preparation camps - from NZ Commonwealth Games to Auckland representative sides.
Men's Open Reps
Training on Wednesday 9 February at East Tamaki Bowling Club were players from Auckland Men's Open Rep team. The squad of seven is preparing for the upcoming quadrangular rep event being held on 13 March at North Harbour.
Back row (L-R) Ian Dee, Darral Gordon, Kevin Beasley, Dean Edge, Bryce Mackie
Front row (L-R) Leif Selby (Auckland Bowls), Pene Panapa, Zak Abro, Tom King (Selector), Trevor Martin (President East Tamaki Bowls). Steve Gordon was not pictured.
Commonwealth Games training camp
Commonwealth Games hopefuls last weekend attended a high-performance training camp at Rocky Nook Bowling Club. Bowls New Zealand gathered 30-odd bowlers vying for a place in either the Blackjacks or Parajacks squads to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July 2022. The slow and wet conditions were perfect practice for the UK conditions!
Best of luck to all of our Auckland hopefuls: Mike Galloway, Tony Grantham, Rory Soden, Kimberley Hemingway, Ashleigh Jeffcoat and Lisa Prideaux.
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Centre events
Open Bowls3Five
Day 3
Tuesday 8 February
The overall competitiveness during this competition has been heartbreaking for many. More than half of the games went to tie-breakers. One unlucky team had five of their six games go to a tie-breaker! Unfortunately, they lost five games by one point. Talk about the cruelty of competitive lawn bowls.
Well done to all participants in this competition. The Finals are scheduled for Tuesday 15 February, held at Auckland Bowling Club. If Post Section is likely to be affected by rain, the venue will be moved to Remuera Bowls.
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Auckland Social Bowls Final
Bridge Park Bowling Club
Sunday 10 April 2022
Calling all clubs running Twilight Bowls3Five or Social Bowls leagues. Bridge Park is hosting this year's Auckland Social Bowls Final. We’re looking for entries from your social bowls league winning team to represent your club.
Venue – Bridge Park Bowling Club, 27a Taylor Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland 2022
Start time – 9:30am
Format – Twilight Bowls3Five. Three games (two before lunch, one after)
Wear – Mufti or club colours
Cost – Free
Lunch – BYO
Prize – Playing for the Auckland Social Bowls Cup. Other prizes are also up for grabs.
Entry – Contact Alastair McKenzie 022 029 1788 or alastair@aucklandbowls.co.nz
National 7s Interclub
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From our clubs
All the Pairs
Pt Chevalier
5 February 2022
Billed as 'the most fun you can have in pairs' the Classic Pairs held at Pt Chevalier Bowling Club did not disappoint. Traditionally played over two days, this year, the event was condensed to fit into one day.
The tournament consisted of six short 8-end games, with each game being played in a different format: Hong Kong (2-4-2) Pairs; English Pairs (2-2); Aussie Pairs (2-2-2-2); 'Normal' Pairs (3-3); Shanghai Pairs (3-2-1 scoring for closest 3 bowls) and Bowls2Four (2 sets of four ends, with a power-play and tie-break).
Across both greens, the competition was cut-throat, and at the end of the day, only one team emerged with six wins from six.
Congratulations to winners Nick Thompson and Jenny Stockford (Pt Chevalier) and in second place were Kevin Morris and Jo McKenna (Pt Chevalier) with 5 wins and a draw.
Thank you to all the team who supported our novel tournament.
It was great to see you all embrace the different formats. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
Contributed by Jenny Stockford
1-5 Champ Singles
Blockhouse Bay Bowls
7 February 2022
After two days of some very competitive challenges, Blockhouse Bay had their 1-5 Year Singles Champion.
Congratulations to the winner Craig Moffat and runner-up Brian Hughes.
1K Wednesday Pairs
Carlton Cornwall
9 February 2022
Carlton Cornwall's first 1K Wednesday Pairs event had 22 teams entered. The format comprised Ordinary Pairs, 2-4-2, Ordinary Pairs reversed skip and 2-4-2.
Sponsored by Davis Funerals, Carlton Cornwall is planning their next 1K Wednesday for Wednesday, 9 March.
Congratulations to Nick Krajancic and Helen Blick for taking out the top spot.
Vet Pairs
Howick Bowls
10 February 2022
Howick's Men & Women Vets Pairs played yesterday.
The Women played a round-robin with four teams, the Men started with eight teams - five of them had two or three wins to qualify for next Thursday’s final.
Convenor John-Hector Taylor, with Women's winners Irene Turley and Cecilie McIntyre. |
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Club events
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