Bowls Tawa

Could this really be what's in store for the long-suffering Wellington bowler? Time will tell.

In comparioson Bowls Taranaki have done a superb job with their recently-developed site.

Bowls NZ has canned the 9 "Pathways" national titles for the 2009–2010 season due to lack of funds. Read the May circular buried on the BNZ site.

Dale Lang is now a member of the NZ Black Jacks Womens' Team. Dale has been selected to represent New Zealand in the Asia Pacific tournament being played in Malaysia during August. Within this 5-person team, Dale is playing 2 in the Triples & 3 in the Fours. The wider NZ squad of 9 also includes Kaaren Guildford from Johnsonville and Clare McCaul from Silverstream.

This must surely be the greatest achievement by any member of our Club in its almost 50 years of existence. Dale is also a current member of the NZ Indoor Bowls team and before Malaysia is next month off to Broken Hill to play an international game against Australia. Very few players have represented NZ in both sports. To do this in the same year is probably a first. We are all very proud of you Dale. The recognition is well deserved.

The World Cup Singles is currently underway at Warilla , Australia. New Zealand's representatives are Jamie Hill, Jo Edwards, Shannon McIlroy and Genevieve Baildon. For the full results see the World Bowls results page.

No Kiwi has won this event in its 4 year history.

There's been a couple of weeks where I've been unable to update the site or upload files such as the weekly Wrong Bias. These problems are now hopefully resolved.

SATURDAY 7 MARCH

Men's Championship fours

Semifinal

Dave Richards, Dave Connell, Dave Calcott and Graham Young 19 beat Dave Nolan (subbing for Ben Abraham), Kit Chu, John Thorn and Ian Matheson 8

Final

Dave Richards, Dave Connell, Dave Calcott and Graham Young 22 beat Lynn Fenwick, Paul McEnaney, Gary Hedgman, and Rodger Broomhall 9

Men's 1 to 7 year Pairs (morning results only)

Rodger Broomhall and John Mora 15 beat Mike Williamson and Scott Johnson 13

Ray Campbell and Les Wightman 23 beat Alan Martin and Mac Fa'atafa 4

It was very close after 13 ends of the Champ Fours final between Dave Richards and Lynn Fenwick on Saturday 7 March. Unfortunately for Lynn's team they proceeded to drop a 5 and a 7 and it was all over rover.

Graham Young (lead), Dave Richards (skip), Dave Connell (Three), Dave Calcott (two)

See Grant Hassall's writeup at the Taranaki Daily News.

Men's Champ Singles

Potential Final: (Ben Abraham 2 lives v Mike Williamson 1 life)
Williamson 21–19 Abraham

Final: Abraham 21–4 Williamson

Men's Club Triples Final

Rodger Broomhall, Kit Chu, Michael Gillett 14–12 Ross Gillett, Ian Simmonds, Scott Johnson

Women's Junior singles final

Kay Martin 21–13 Alison Colgate

Women's Club Triples Final

Jan Ferguson, Audrey Leacock, Barbara Adams 17–13 Jan Diskin, Sharon Hay, Lil Sutherland

Women's Champ Pairs

Section 3 at New Plymouth 1, round seven: R Dunn (Johnsonville) 25 R Death (Ohaupo) 23, B Agnew (Fitzroy) 25 J McAuliffe (Port View) 12, T Rayner (Tawa) 22 W Ranford (Nolantown) 19, C Longstaff (Inglewood) 21 C Jagusch (Kensington) 20, I Coombe (Mairangi Bay) 30 K Souto (New Plymouth) 11, T Holdsworth (Blockhouse Bay) 23 W Hausman (Bulls) 9, G Murfitt (West End) 25 J Mitchell (Park) 12.

Round eight: Holdsworth 28 Death 14, Murfitt 19 Coombe 18.

Qualifiers: Agnew, Holdsworth, Murfitt.