Victoria Bowling Club

Well done Ray and Rich!

RichardC — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:41:23 +0000

Congratulations to Ray Martin (in a very solid debut performance) and Rich Corry (who also co-selected the side) and the rest of the Hutt Valley Paterson Trophy team for winning the zone 4 indoor bowls intercentre event for a third year running and qualifying for the national intercentre finals (called the Welch Trophy) to be played at home in the Hutt on September 3rd-5th. This is a demanding event with each player playing 15 games made up of fours, singles and pairs in a test of focus, skill and endurance over a weekend. Hutt Valley will host Auckland, Waikato, North Taranaki, Canterbury and Otago in the national finals.

We need a Treasurer!

RichardC — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:37:13 +0000

We are in search of a Treasurer for the club. Whoever chooses to step up and take this role may choose to sit within or outside of committee (if within the committee you receive an Honorarium, if without you need to submit a report prior to each monthly committee meeting). This is a responsible position involving paying of accounts, keeping tidy spreadsheets of our income and expenses, and submitting monthly summaries for committee and annually to our auditor. A great skill to have on your C.V! Please contact Rich on 0211689718.

Well done Nic!

RichardC — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:28:54 +0000

Nicole Toomey won the Hutt Valley indoor bowls Junior Singles for players 18 years and under. This was the first time Nic had played in the event and will now represent Hutt Valley in the national Junior singles finals to be played in Porrirua on August 28th. Competitors at that event may also get selected to play in a north v south zone Junior ‘test match’. Nic is already scheduled to play in the national secondary schools champs at the same venue over the following two days.

Well done Nic and Tim!

RichardC — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:07:36 +0000

Congratulations to Nicole Toomey for winning the Wellington Regional College Indoor Bowls Singles for St. Mary’s, and Tim Toomey with former Victoria member Xavier Scott in winning the Pairs for St. Pat’s Wellington.

A national secondary schools indoor bowls competition will be held in Porrirua in August.

Here’s the Dominion Post article care of www.stuff.co.nz:

SCOTT AND TOOMEY SURPRISED BY WIN

A laidback approach paid off for rookie indoor bowls player Xavier Scott last week.

Scott, 17, teamed up with fellow St Pat’s Town student Tim Toomey to win the College Sport Wellington pairs title in the North Wellington Hall.

In the final, Scott and Toomey beat Luke Boyadjian and Alasdair Shariff, from Aotea College, 8-1.

The duo had not even expected to be competing in the championship competition, thinking they would play in the novice event.

“They didn’t have enough people for that, so they put us in the main one and we ended up winning it,” Scott said.

However, what started out for Scott as a casual thing has changed with the pair now qualified for the national indoor secondary school championships, which will be in Wellington from August 29-30.

“I’ll be taking it seriously now for the nationals,” Scott said.

Meanwhile, for the Toomey family there was a double reason for celebrating success at the championships with Nicole, 15, winning the singles title.

In one of the few sports that combines boys and girls entrants, Toomey beat Ben Tromp, of St Pat’s Silverstream, 17-1 in the final.

“I didn’t expect to win it,” she said. “I was quite pleased with how I did.”

As for playing against boys, Toomey, a year 11 student at St Mary’s College, has done it all before.

“I played the college outdoor [bowls] against the boys as well,” she said.

She will also compete in the national secondary schools indoor bowls championships.

For the Toomeys it is the second time they have qualified for a national secondary school championship.

In May they both qualified for the outdoor national secondary schools championships, which will be held in Dunedin from December 12-14.

Ask for an account to Comment on Posts

RichardC — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:23:32 +0000

In response to feedback at today’s A.G.M, and after some research how it works, if you would like to have the ability to Comment on any of the Posts on this website, please email Rich at house_of_taine@yahoo.com and he will create a subscriber account for you. The first time you log in, you will be able to pick your own password. Comments will be attributed to your Username so be diplomatic…

Working Bee!

RichardC — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:51:40 +0000

There is a working bee at the club on Sunday morning 4th July at 11am. This is in preparation for the painters to come in and re-do the interior of the clubhouse. All hands appreciated!

Well done Kay and Rich!

RichardC — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:48:45 +0000

Kay Carr and Richard Corry won the Hutt Valley Indoor Bowls Mixed Pairs title. This was the second time winning the title for both players but they had done this previously with different partners.

Well done again Ray!

RichardC — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:54:45 +0000

A week after winning a Catholic national title, Ray Martin impressed again in his first ever national indoor bowls tournament reaching the quarterfinals of the national singles in Taupo. He backed this up the next day with a creditable round of 16 result in the pairs with Rich Corry. Pictured is Rich in action in the Academy match playing for the Southern Zone fours team against Northern Zone.

Well done Ray!

RichardC — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:19:32 +0000

Congratulations on a huge effort from Raymond Martin at the Catholic National Indoor Bowls Champs in Porrirua at the weekend. Ray reached the semifinals of the singles before being knocked out by the eventual winner Helen Burnley (who also plays out of the Hutt Valley Centre), and then with partner Jeff Stuart, won the pairs title! Ray was not far off being player of the tournament!

AGM – Sunday 27th June 11am

RichardC — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:46:33 +0000

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 27th June at 11am.

Please place nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Greens Supervisor and Committee on the blackboard downstairs at the club.