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CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES
After a stellar performance by our Eights and Sixes teams in the Interclub yesterday, today we had the post section of our club Handicap Singles. Very strong performances from everyone, culminating in a men’s final showdown between Matt Wesche and Hamish Nicholls and women’s finalists Ting Ting Ip and Claire Orr. Matt and Ting edged out their opponents in two well played matches. Great bowls over the last two Sundays. Well done to the other semi finalists Kevin Hurren, Wade Brealey, Penny Yam and Dana Taylor.
INTERCLUB SUCCESS
This has been a big and successful interclub fortnight for Howick.
Big congratulations to our Men’s Premier winners – Steve Campbell, Matt Wesche, Kevin Hurren, Graham Lewis, David Weir, Simon Gao, Mike Savage and Wade Brealey. These gents completely dominated the premier division and were the deserved winners.
Winning the ladies Division 2 & getting promoted into premiers is our star team of Gloria, Dana, Les, Noeline, Rosemary, Sue, Ting Ting, Lana & Pip. Stella effort ladies!!
Other notable achievements were the Howick Bronzies placing 2nd in their divison and our White Shark Men placing 3rd in Division 2.
In total we had 52 Howick Men and Ladies representing us in interclub over the past fortnight.
YEARS 1-5 PAIRS
Two days of great bowls by our 1-5 Pairs, culminating in a final showdown between Graham Lewis & Wade Brealey V Kim C Svensen & Eddie Taylor in the Men’s final and Claire Orr & Sue Carroll V Lea Hooper & Dana Taylor in the Women’s. Congratulations Wade & Graham and Claire & Sue who emerged the winners.
GRANT APPROVAL: HOWICK LOCAL BOARD
We are delighted to receive a grant of $2,500 from Auckland Council, through the HOWICK LOCAL BOARD, towards the cost of refurbishing our grass greens. This includes the purchases of nutrients such as fertilisers, seaweed, blood and bone; and chemicals such as wetting agents, fungicides, and insecticides for the three greens.
CANOPY PROJECT – GRANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The club is delighted to advise that it has received gaming grants from four organisations to support the construction of a canopy over “D” Green. These funds represent a vital component of our overall financial requirements for the project, and we are extremely grateful for their valuable support. This funding will significantly enhance our club’s facilities by enabling an all-weather playing environment that benefits not only our members but also the wider community. Their support will have a lasting impact on the future of bowls in our region, and we are proud to partner with organisations committed to fostering community wellbeing and sporting excellence. We sincerely appreciate the generous contributions from the following organisations:
NZ COMMUNITY TRUST $50,000: Local Venue: Barrel Inn
FOUR WINDS FOUNDATION $30,000: Local Venues: Four Winds FoundationHabitat Bar and Eatery, Metro Bar, The Lucky Hoof
GRASSROOTS TRUST $10,000: Local Venues: Grassroots TrustOkay Bar, Sports Bar
BOBBY FOUNDATION/TAB $10,000: Local Venue: Highland ParkTAB
CAMPI CUP 2025
After 6 weeks of winter training, teams from seven zones descended on the Epsom Bowling Club to compete for the Campi Cup. For once, the weather cooperated and although it was cold, the sun shone for most of the two-day tournament. Typically the wind picked up inthe afternoon and the players played in conditions that would have tested many hardened senior players. Games were fiercely contested over the seven rounds with teams showing newly learnt skills and great sportsmanship.
Congratulations to the winning team, Hannah Dawson, Lea Hooper and Lily Wesche and runners up Rebecca Brosnan, Ting Ting Ip and Heather Haydon, all from South East Zone.
This tournament wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and commitment of all the coaches from across the different zones.
Linda Fenton
Ladies Captain Howick Bowling Club
CANOE CUP 2025
The weekend competition at Bridge Park bowling club started off with some nice sunny weather, but it got pretty windy and cold later on, making things tough for the players. All the South East teams gave it their best shot, and three teams really stood out on the qualifying day.
David, Simon, Chris and Wade started slowly and just got better and better during the day, while Steve, Phillip, Graham and Warwick started very strongly but had two strong challenges in their afternoon games. Monty, Nigel, Dennis and David played consistently all day and were unlucky not to make the top eight. Both David’s and Steve’s teams did make the top eight and were therefore into the canoe cup main event on the Sunday
Sunday’s weather was a repeat of Saturday’s. The wind was biting cold but the bowling was red hot. Both our SE teams played solid games all day. David Weir’s team faced Jamal Buckland’s East team and Steve Campbell’s team faced Fraema Akaruru-Teinaki’s SW team in the quarter finals. Both the SE teams had comfortable wins.
In the semi finals, David’s team played Nicky Third’s West team and Steve’s team played Kameel Singh’s SW team and once again the SE teams had wins. This set up the final to be an all South East contest.
David’s team carried over their fine form and came out the overall winners of the canoe cup.
Congratulations to David Weir, Simon Gao, Chris Hand and Wade Brealey.
All teams that didn’t make the top eight played a round robin 4 game consolation event where our team of Mike, John, Eddie and Clive got third.
Bob Louden
SE Convenor
THE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION GRANTS SCHEME (COGS MANUKAU COMMITTEE)
The club is very pleased to receive a grant of $1,290 from the above scheme which will help to offset our operational expenses incurred in the current financial year.
The Committee noted that our Grant request ”contributed to local outcomes and priorities.”
GRANT APPROVAL: THE LION FOUNDATION
The Club is delighted to receive a generous grant of $7,000 from The Lion Foundation to assist with the costs of employing our contracted greenkeeper, Paul Hickey. Our club’s greens are widely recognised as among the best in New Zealand and are a great source of pride for both our members and the wider bowling community. During the summer months the greens are in near constant use-hosting everything-from club play and social bowls to Auckland Centre and National tournaments.
Maintaining greens this quality requires specialist knowledge,and consistent, expert care. The expertise provided by a professional Greenkeeper is essential to ensuring our playing surfaces remain in top condition.
The support from The Lion Foundation grant and its gaming venue at the Prospect of Howick Hotel will help us to sustain the exceptional standard of our facilities and continue to host events that benefit both our club and the wider community.
We are extremely grateful for this support.
THANK YOU TO THE HOWICK LOCAL BOARD
The club is pleased to advise members that the Howick Local Board has made a grant of $2,600 to the Howick Bowling Club towards the cost of purchasing a table tennis table and balls, a pool table and four cornhole sets. These are welcome additions to our recreational facilities for our members and user groups, whose use will be especially appreciated when weather conditions confine our members to indoor activities.
Library
Please take books to read and when returned please add the date and leave in the basket….do not put them back on the shelves. We like to know whether books have been read as we need to cull those not used in our twice yearly sort out.
The jigsaws are now located in the back room behind the bar.
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