Category: National
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Well done Rich & Brad!
It was another near thing when Richard Corry fell in the final of a PBA Ranking Singles event at the Heretaunga Club in Hastings this month to NZ number one Murray Glassey (Hawkes Bay). Rich has had a number of close finals against Murray over the years and was up a set only to go…
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Well done Brad, Laurie, Rich & Steve!
18-year old Bradley Down went down in a battle of the young guns in the final of the NZ PBA World Indoor Singles qualifier at Club Hastings late last month losing to Hawkes Bay’s 23-year old Dean Drummond in a tight affair 7-7, 9-7. Drummond came through Victoria players in the quarterfinal onward beating Ray…
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Well done Ray, Brad & Steve!
Well done to Ray Martin and Bradley Down coming runner-up in the Professional Bowls Association World Indoor Pairs qualifier in Hastings this month. Ray and Brad were unlucky to lose against locals Murray Glassey and Paul ‘Bart’ Sorensen 4-5, 11-4, 0-2. The jack spun and bounced around after a Sorensen drive ending up on a…
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Well done Alf & Lou!
Congratulations to Alf De Munnik (fours lead) and Lou Newman (triples skip) who were part of the victorious Wellington City Mens Masters team that won the annual Hexagonal Masters competition at the Johnsonville club last month. Both were unbeaten with the four winning all five matches and the triple winning four and drawing one. Kay…
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Well done Ladies!
Congratulations to our Premier Womens team for finishing runner-up in the National Interclub competition last week in Auckland. Our team of Helen King (singles), Sarah Taukamo and Leigh Griffin (pairs), and Robyn Rintoul, Nina De Munnik, Kay Carr and Nicole Toomey (fours) played well throughout comfortably winning their section and then coming through the toughest…
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Ka Pai Kay!
Kay Carr and her team of Janet Nehemia, Lil George and Paula Meredith representing the Whanganui a Tara tribe, retained their Aotearoa National title at the weekend dedicating their win to the recently passed Mercia Downes. The competition was held at several Counties clubs.