Author: RichardC

  • Well done Nina, Kay, Helen & Leigh and Rich, Tim, Brad & Ray!

    It was not quite the double we hoped for but the Wellington Xmas Open Fours was a success for Victoria teams with Nina De Munnik, Kay Carr, Helen King and Leigh Griffin winning the women’s event, and Richard Corry, Tim Toomey, Bradley Down and Ray Martin coming runner-up in the men’s event at Silverstream over…

  • Well done Tereska, Sarah & Nina!

    Congratulations to Tereska Knap playing with her step-mum Anna as a family team, and Sarah Taukamo and Nina De Munnik reaching the semifinals of the Wellington Prestige Pairs last month. Tereska went down in the semifinal to eventual winners Prichard and McKinley (Eastbourne) while Sarah and Nina lost to Wilding and Wilson (Lyall Bay). The…

  • Noble Doubles Up at NZ Disabled Championships

    New Zealand Paralympic medallist Mark Noble completed the double at the National Disabled Championships, claiming the singles and pairs and rounding out an impressive week on the Naenae greens. Hosted at the Naenae Bowling Club in Lower Hutt, Wellington, more than 30 competitors converged on the capital to contest the silverware in the singles, pairs…

  • New Zealand Hopefuls Bow out of Hong Kong Classic

    Kiwi pairing Nicole Toomey and Sarah Scott bowed out of the Hong Kong International Classic Pairs, falling in the semi-finals on Saturday. Toomey and Scott found themselves up against pre-tournament favourites Malaysia, with the vast experience of multiple Commonwealth Games medalist Siti Zalina Ahmad shining through in the second set to claim a comfortable 17-1…

  • Well done Ray!

    Well done to Ray Martin playing with Paula Meredith (Johnsonville) for making it to the semifinals of the recent Wellington Mixed Pairs. They went down to Robbie Bird and Jessie Macaw (Naenae) 11-13 in a close match which swung Naenae’s way when Robbie trailed a jack two feet for 4 shots after Ray and Paula…

  • Mixed Triples is cancelled

    The Match Committee has made the call to cancel today’s planned mixed triples…. There are ongoing showers up at the club at the moment and the rain radar does not look very nice. Good luck for the Bowls3Five teams starting at 6.30pm on Monday night at the club. (and well done Otago!!)