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22 April 2008

 

Apologies for the lack of news over the last month. This has been due to technical problems which have now been fixed.

 

Lots of news to catch up with.

 

VBC Prizegiving from 6pm this Saturday 26 April.

 

Congratulations to Laurie Guy and Dave Pearce who have recently won the Centre Singles & Junior Singles titles.

 

Also congratulations to Ben King & Kevin Rice who won the Easter 2-4-2 pairs and were part of the victorious Wellington Mens team at the National Intercentre. Also a special mention to selector Ross Thorn.

 

21 March 2008

 

Anyone interested in being on a filming set, playing bowls, on the weekend of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March at Victoria, please contact Richard on 021 168 9718 or 383 5144.

 

Mens' Pairs, Trople & Junior Singles draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link.

 

10 March 2008

 

Congratulations to Laurie Guy on winning the Men's singles defeating Kevin Rice 21-12 in the final.

 

Dave Pearce defeated Tim Toomey 21-20 in the Junior Singles final.

 

Well done to all the Wellington reps who contributed to the excellent results which enabled Wellington to qualify for the national finals of the Men's Open, Women's Open & Women's Development. 

 

Mens' Singles & Junior Singles draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link.

 

27 February 2008

 

Mens' Singles, Pairs, Triples & Fours draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link.

 

Plus

1-7 year pairs Saturday 1st March 9am
Junior singles Sunday 2nd March 9am
1st year singles Sunday 9th March 9am

 

10 February 2008

 

Congratulations to the women's team who successfully defended their Wellington Interclub title at Hutt BC yesterday. Good luck in the Regional and National finals. A special mention should go to the Men's Premier Reserve team who missed out on the title on shots to Naenae, good effort lads! Eastbourne won the Men's Premier title.

 

A great effort by Barry O'Brien, Jeremy Kydd, Laurie Guy and Wayne Coleman recently in the Taranaki Fours making the semi final.

 

14 January 2008

 

Happy New Year everyone. Let's make 2008 a huge success for the club.

 

Updated Mens' Pairs results and post-section draw - Please see 'Competitions' link.

 

Congratulations to Laurie Guy and Adam & Lou Newman who recently reached the Quarter Finals of the Singles & Pairs respectively at the National Championships in Christchurch. Well done guys!

 

27 December 2007

 

Congratulations to Helen King who won the Centre Singles defeating Clare McCaul in the final.

 

Updated Mens' Singles, Pairs & Triples draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link. Due to Victoria hosting 2 greens on the Saturday for the Wellington Development 2-4-2 pairs, the next day for club championships is Sunday 13 January, unless otherwise arranged by players.

 

10 December 2007

 

Congratulations to the men's Premier Reserve team who had an excellent last day to finish 2nd in their League. They have now qualified for the play-offs.

 

Updated Mens' Singles, Pairs, Triples & Fours draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link. All outstanding games are required to be played before Christmas. Please advise match committee once a date has been set.

 

24 November 2007

 

Congratulations to the men's and women's teams who finished 1st & 2nd respectively in the Premier Leagues. They have given themselves an excellent chance in the play-offs in February. The Premier Reserve teams have two games left in their league campaigns.

 

The men lost their first game of the year and surrendered possession of the Centennial Cup to our friends from Eastbourne.

 

Interclub Results can be viewed at this link INTERCLUB RESULTS .Thanks to Tawa BC.

 

Week 8 & 9 VBC Results:

 

  Saturday 24th Nov 2007 (p.m)   Shots Points
  TEAM Premier Men Away v Tawa   For Against For Against
  Singles K Rice   21 12 7 0
  Pairs R Thorn B King   12 21 0 7
  Fours A DeMunnik R Corry R Martin W Coleman   26 8 8 0
      59 41 15 7
  TEAM Premier Res Men Home v Taita   For Against For Against
  Singles G Walters   13 21 0 7
  Pairs B O'Brien L Guy   24 4 8 0
  Fours N Reid J Kydd P Toomey R Gibb   31 4 8 0
      68 29 16 7
  TEAM Division 1 Away v Upper Hutt   For Against For Against
  2-4-2 T Toomey X Scott   9 18 0 7
  Pairs D Pearce D Reed   8 19 0 8
  Fours R Difford L Hauptmann R Gately N Carson   13 23 0 7
      30 60 0 22
  TEAM Premier Women Away v Silverstream   For Against For Against
  Singles R Muriwai   11 21 0 7
  Pairs H King L Griffin   20 10 7 0
  Fours H May Y Smith N DeMunnik K Carr   22 13 7 0
      53 44 14 7
  TEAM Premier Res Women Home v Titahi Bay   For Against For Against
  Singles K Griffin   21 12 7 0
  Pairs M Downes J Nehemia # 30 9 8 0
  Fours S Wanikau C Lambert M-A Wilson J  McKenna   18 24 0 7
      69 45 15 7

 

  Saturday 24th Nov 2007 (a.m)   Shots Points
  TEAM Premier Men Home v Eastbourne   For Against For Against
  Singles K Rice   21 9 8 0
  Pairs R Thorn B King   11 25 0 8
  Fours A DeMunnik R Corry W Coleman L Newman   15 16 1 7
      47 50 9 15
  TEAM Premier Res Men Away v Wainuiomata   For Against For Against
  Singles G Walters   14 21 0 7
  Pairs B O'Brien L Guy   19 12 7 0
  Fours N Reid J Kydd P Toomey R Gibb   16 14 7 1
      49 47 14 8
  TEAM Division 1 Away v Upper Hutt   For Against For Against
  2-4-2 T Toomey X Scott   7 31 0 8
  Pairs D Pearce D Reed   14 24 0 7
  Fours R Difford L Hauptmann R Gately N Carson   17 22 0 7
      38 77 0 22
  TEAM Premier Women Home v Johnsonville   For Against For Against
  Singles R Muriwai   20 21 1 7
  Pairs H King L Griffin   15 19 0 7
  Fours H May Y Smith N DeMunnik K Carr   13 16 0 7
      48 56 1 21
  TEAM Premier Res Women Away v Johnsonville   For Against For Against
  Singles K Griffin   21 18 7 0
  Pairs M Downes J Nehemia # 12 18 0 7
  Fours S Wanikau C Lambert M-A Wilson J  McKenna   25 14 8 0
      58 50 15 7

 

14 November 2007

 

Mens' Singles, Pairs, Triples & Fours draw and results - Please see 'Competitions' link.

 

 

3 November 2007

 

Congratulations to the men's Premier team who defeated Silverstream 21-0 to win the centennial cup and go top of the league. Victoria now hold both centennial cups, see home page for photograph. 

 

 

 

23 October 2007

 

Congratulations to Raymond Martin and Kirsten Griffin who have been selected to play in December’s Trans-Tasman series against Australia. Raymond in the men's under 25 team and Kirsten in the women's under 18 team.

 

 

9 October 2007

 

Congratulations to Raymond Martin who came an excellent 2nd in the Elmwood Henselite National Youth (under 25) Championship in Christchurch only losing out in a tie-break in the final. Well done Raymond!