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Winter 2019
Winter Interclub started on Sunday 7th in brilliant weather.
Teams playing at Howick were Howick Fencibles, ITM East Tamaki Jacks, Mangere Makos , Mt Wellington, Onehunga and District white, Pakuranga and Hunters Hawkes.
Clubs could have mixed teams.
Sunday Junior Pairs Winners
President Lyn is dwarfed by the winners of the Junior Sunday Pairs last weekend .
Well done to Eddie Jones and Andrew Guptill.
Thanks to Don and Wally for these photos.
Junior Winter Pairs is open to players from other clubs.
TUESDAY SOUP !!
Rose, from Ryman Bruce McLaren serving soup for our Tuesday morning bowlers.
Come and enjoy the bowls and the soup!
Single Entry, All Welcome
Auckland Bowls Award Lunch
Some of our members supporting Lyn and Joy at the Auckland Bowls Awards lunch
Joy Baughan
Auckland Bowls Official of the Year
Lyn McKay
Auckland Bowls Administrator of the Year
Joy, Bill and Christine
We are sorry to report the passing of Bill Day Many of our members knew Billy as an Auckland Bowls Umpire, as well as a club member, playing mainly on Wednesdays. This photo was taken in January.
Bill Day
AGM Morning Tea Preparation
Over 80 members attended the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 15th June after the Prize Giving. Thanks Merv ,Irene, Anne and Glennis.
Pictured on the right are some of the prize winners
May 2019
For all our Juniors and any you know from other clubs.
Sunday Winter Junior bowls on May 26th. See the poster for details.
Junior Women's Triples Championship
Held on a beautiful sunny late May Saturday.
Well done to the winners.
Charlotte Waiariki , Linda Sharpe and Annie Hsu
Read the report from Convenor Liz Macfarlane on the Club News and Notices page.
Roll Up at Bucklands Beach
When our all weather greens were needed by Centre the Saturday Roll up group were welcomed by Bucklands Beach Club to join their Roll Up.
Varied activities this week.
Danny and Roly were among our Juniors who played in the Centre Junior Pairs and our Club Triples Champions were in the Champ of Champ event. No one managed to qualify but its always good to see our players representing us. Howick hosted the Triples.
Derek, Anne, Gail and Janet
Part of the fund raising is venue hire. Thanks to the women and men who are part of the groups Janet and Valmia organise to make sandwiches and scones etc for some of our regular uses of our lounge. This is typical of the spreads they produce. Thanks to all, and those who also come to assist with the clearing up. One bonus is they hear some interesting guest speakers.
Junior Men's Fours Club Championship Winners
Bruce Fenton (3) Lex Calder (Skip) Mark Graham (2) Tony Williams (Lead)
Junior Men ready for their Club Championship Fours
As Tony said in his excellent report (on the Club News page) it was really good to see so many of our new Juniors playing in this, being skipped by those with more experience.
Saturday Roll Up
Winter bowls has started and the Saturday Roll Up is very popular. Usually there are a few more members playing but the Junior Fours Club Championship was being played at the same time. Thanks to Ken McIntyre and Merv Mildon who arrange the games. Single entry, discs in by 12.30. Come and join in !!
Roll up on a sunny Saturday
Announcing the Pairs combinations
Thanks to our ‘Roving’ club photographers Lex and Val for photos taken of the Juniors, and after the Roll Up. Once a month ( first Saturday of the month) they have a mini tournament with little prizes and lots of fun !!
Corporate Groups having a great time
PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHTS
Photos showing activity around the greens late 2018, from the Opening of the Shop, Lunch for Opening Day, the new library shelving, Interclub…..one team playing on November 5th and our current 1st Year Champion Linda Fenton playing in the Auckland Junior Squad team.
April 2019
WINNERS of the Centre Junior Fours 2019.
Lex Calder, Bruce Fenton, Roli Lee,Danny Belsham
Congratulations.
In the semifinal they recovered from 13/3 down with 5 ends to play to WIN 15/13. The final was just as nerve-wracking as they beat a composite team 14/12 .
Bruce leading
Roli contemplating.
Danny skipping.
NEVER GIVE UP !!
13/3 down against Mt Wellington in the semifinal.
First year finalists
Winner Mike Dickie, President Lyn, Graeme Thomson. Mike reversed the Saturday's score of 21/20 to win the final 21/18.
1st Year Bowlers ready for their Championship
Tony Cooke,Mike Dickie, Russell Barrett , Graeme Thomson, Andrew Guptill,
1st Year Bowler
Dave James
1st Year Bowler
Pat Castles
We always need Markers!
Thanks to Malcolm, Tony (also the convenor) Len, Merv and Wally.
So Close ..... 20/ 20 in the race to 21!
First round match won by Graham 21/20.
Ist Year Bowlers and Convenor
Shelley McCabe, Jen Cooke, , Linda Sharpe and Liz Macfarlane the Convenor
Close Finish 1st Year Women
Final won by Linda over Shelley 21/19
Women's 1st Year Finalists Shelley and Linda
Won by Linda 21/19
Volunteers "Thank You" Get together.
Some of the 50 volunteers who gathered on Monday 8th for the Executive to say THANKS. There are others too, and the club would not exist without you!
Winners of the Griffiths Cup, the Annual Mixed Pairs Championship
Congratulations to Liz Macfarlane & Gary Finnemore pictured here with Kay Griffiths.
Tom Griffiths
Kay and her late husband Tom donated the cup when the two clubs were run separately and it has always been a very popular event. This year Kay organised 40 teams, assisted here by Bev Blucher.
A great array of prizes for 7 winning teams to choose, followed by many other lucky draw teams and raffle prizes.
Waiting for the Prize-giving
Congratulations to Michael and Les.
Les Brown & Michael Savage were runners up in the Auckland Champ of Champ Pairs Finals Weekend.
In the semifinal they beat the Pt Chevalier team on Aiden Takarua and Alex Reed 20 / 11 before losing a close final to Chris Lowe & Jordan King from Mangere 18 / 15
Junior Men ready for the Pairs Champs.
Allan, Tony M, (Convenor) Tony W, Bob, Bruce,Danny, Peter,
(In Front ) Lex, Mike, Eddie, Roly, Richard. James Drummond also played.
Finalists
Winners Lex & Danny and Bruce & Richard
Winners Junior Men's Pairs
Lex Calder & Danny Belsham
More volunteers
Brian Jago, Facilities Treasurer,
Bob. Peter and Gordon Friday 2-4-2 Convenors.
From NZ Bowls Website at Intercentre
Lex ready to be a Flipper in the Men's Singles Final.
Other helpers during the Intercentre.
Noeline after the Women's Fours Final.
March 2019
National Intercentre held at Howick March 21st-25th
Some wonderful bowls from top bowlers from 24 centres around NZ
The crowd around C Green watching the semifinals
Our Club grounds looked picture perfect, with the greens much appreciated by the visiting teams.
Kay, Val and Shelley were some of the dozens of women who helped prepare and serve the lunches, while it was mostly the men who set up the greens very early each day for the 8 am starts.
Allison helped Nola, Sandra and Sue to keep the shop open over the weekend.
It was lovely to see Albie Pretorius back to watch his 2 daughters, Estelle and Linda playing in the Fours in the Auckland Women’s team, which won the Final against Nelson.
Albie is on the right here with Bruce Mattison.
In the Men’s final between Canterbury and Nelson a titanic singles, the last match of the whole event finished with a 25/24 win to Andrew Kelly who beat Shannon McIlroy in a thrilling win to decide the title holders for 2019.
Bowls NZ Live Streamed all 4 days with several simple cameras .
These 2 photos show Shannon holding 3 shots , he only needed one to win the match and the title after the pairs and fours were split one each. Andrew calmly drove the jack.
Here his bowl and the jack are rocketing towards the ditch. That made the score 24 all, the umpires needed their long measure before deciding Andrew’s bowl was the closer, giving him the win 25/24 and Canterbury the title.
Kevin Dumper accepting a plaque in appreciation from Bowls NZ.
BEFORE THE FINALS
There are 72 lines and 144 T lines marked on the 3 Greens.
Thanks to all the helpers throughout the upcoming weekend 21st-24th March.
FRIDAY : Remembering the atrocities from Christchurch.
Live Streaming
Bowls NZ live streamed via Facebook, comments came in from around NZ and other countries.
Warwick after marking.
The bowler is Selina Goddard who features in the Auckland Bowls "Bowls Basics Series'.
Richard Marking
Taken from the Bowls NZ Live Streaming
Brilliant weather each day.
Threatening clouds on Saturday did not come our way!
Umpire Needed
Joy measuring when the the jack was put in the ditch.
View from Sale Street.
Spectators crowded around all parts of the club for the 3 ½ days of play.
Finalists in the Junior Men's Singles
Bob Louden, left, beat Peter Roylance in a very close final
CLUB CHAMPS
Winners of the Women's Fours Championship 2019
Sue, Glennis, Shona and Pauline.
Octogenarians 2019
Great to see so many playing on a lovely March day. The winners were Nora Spencer, Paulene Murdoch and Vern Patterson, with President Lyn McKay.
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE !!
Not the rain, but a burst water main overnight left C and B Greens flooded .
Unfortunately the Quadrangular event between the Auckland, Northland, North Harbour and Counties Manukau Open teams had to be transferred to Pakuranga and the Auckland Bowling Club in Parnell.
This was in spite of such sterling attempts to remove the water by many of our members.
Many thanks to Lex, Wally and Graeme List who sent these photos.
BRING ON THE PROPOSED COVERED GREENS !!
On Saturday 9th the Junior Men’s Singles and the Women’s Fours were started after a delayed start but after an hour the heavens opened and even the all weather greens started to flood.
SPONSORS' NIGHT
Unfortunately, after weeks with no rain the evening the Sponsors were invited to try their hand at bowls, and share a meal with us was spoiled by the rain.
However thanks to those who came and to Janet, Rosemary, Val, Mark and Ken who helped prepare the food. Special thanks to Pip Burns too, our Sponsorship Manager.
Here are a few from Honeybun the Jewellers, Travel Associates, Resthaven Funerals, Barfoot and Thompson ( Steve, our last year’s First Year Men’s Champ) and Rose from Bruce McLaren with Kevin and Lyn.
Taco Tuesdays The winning team on Week 4 .
Taco Tuesdays have been successfully held for the last 4 Tuesday evenings.
A great way to introduce new bowlers for a series of 6 weeks, sometimes in teams of 3 or to come whenever they can.
Thanks to those members who have helped as they played, and also to Janet and Val and their helpers for the variety of Tacos provided.
Women's Singles Final
Women’s Singles winner Sue Peters , centre, with President Lyn the marker and Glennis Davey.
See the report on the Club News and notices page, under Members on the website.
Junior Women Singles
The 6 junior singles players after the first day’s play.
Liz, Noeline, Shona, Carol, Shelley and Linda.
Junior Singles Championship
Winner Linda Fenton (left ) and Shelley McCabe with Vice President and marker Kevin Dumper.
See the report on the Club News and Notices page.
Twilight Bowls
The last February Twilight evening was played in perfect conditions.
There will be another 4 chances on the March Thursday evenings, with the last for the season scheduled on 28th March.
Many thanks to Irene and the Twilight team for making this such a friendly introduction to bowling and our club for many ‘newbies”.
