Well done to Helen and hubby Ben King (Wilton) for coming runner-up in the Wellington Mixed Pairs on Monday. In a see-saw final, they succumbed 15-11 to Judy Howat (The Park) and Euan Wong (Petone Central) in windy conditions at Johnsonville. Helen and Ben have previously won the title in 2006-07 as a Victoria pair.
The results and a summary of the weekend’s events from tournament control Nairn MacGibbon of last month’s inaugural VBC Development Classic Fours are up on the Development Classic Fours page, under Competitions.
A very well done to the Mens Champions and VBC Challenge Trophy winners Dave Pearce, Geoff Fox, Rowan Cuff and Rhys Hakkens, and Womens Champions Fiona McKinlay, Janeen Noble, Sue Way and Sarah Cooper!
Victoria made the headlines in the Dominion Post this morning with the following story (unfortunately the accomanying photo is not on the dompost website):
Victoria stormed out of the blocks on the opening day of the Wellington club bowls season with a thumping win over Johnsonville on Saturday.
Victoria convincingly won all three games, with the promising Raymond Martin thrashing Wellington representative singles player Rob Ashton, 25-11, in the feature match.
The other unexpected result came at Stokes Valley, where the home team lost to Island Bay, 18-4. Elsewhere, Eastbourne proved there is life after Gary Lawson as they outclassed Hutt, 22-1, Naenae beat Wilton, 14-7, and Upper Hutt beat Silverstream, 14-7.
In the women’s section, last year’s champions Johnsonville showed they will be a force again when they hammered Island Bay, 23-0.
Lower Hutt, Victoria, Hutt and The Park Kilbirnie were other first-round winners.
Congratulations to the Premier Womens team who have taken the Centennial Challenge Cup off Silverstream on the opening day of Wellington interclub. The fours and pairs teams won while Lisa White had a great match against Clare McCaul but dipped out 25-22.
This begins the Victoria womens team’s 4th tenure as Challenge Cup holders whereas no other club has held the Cup more than twice since its inception in 2006.
It was an impressive start to interclub with the Premier Mens team giving perennial rivals Johnsonville a bit of a hiding and a great three wins to the new Premier Reserve Womens team which included 1st year players as lead and second in the four, and an all-junior pair.
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