Category: Pairs
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Lawson and Bellis headline strong field for Speight’s Invitation Pairs
Four-time winner Gary Lawson and recently recruited Wilton player Lance Pascoe will be back to defend their 2011 title at this year’s Speight’s Victoria Invitation Men’s Pairs on 22-23 September. They head a classy field for the 16th edition of this classic event which will feature the return of Peter Bellis from Australia. Bellis is…
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Day 2 Results – Icing on cake for Keith and Mathews
It was icing on the cake for a tremendous season for Canterbury’s Sandra Keith and Serena Mathews as they won a tough battle against wily campaigners Tui Opai and Judy Howat from The Park, Kilbirnie club 12-7 in the final of the 2012 Speight’s Victoria Women’s Invitation 2-4-2 Pairs on Sunday. Despite increasingly difficult conditions…
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Day 1 Results – Griffin replaced by Boyd; Ralph and Wishnowsky miss out
The big news on Day 1 of the 6th Women’s Invitation Pairs at Victoria was the forced withdrawal of reigning champion Leigh Griffin due to an elbow injury. Griffin played the first match and four ends of the second match before a fairly handy replacement could arrive in the form of New Zealand representative Mandy…
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6th Speight’s Invitation Women’s Pairs draw published…
Victoria’s Kirsten and Leigh Griffin will start as one of the favourites as they battle to defend their Victoria Women’s Invitation Pairs title this weekend. The field is again a tough one with some great names in each section. The Griffins will need to get through Wellington Centre title record holder and former Commonwealth Games…
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Well done Gazza and Lance!
Gary Lawson (Canterbury) picked up his 4th Speight’s Victoria Invitation 2-4-2 Pairs on Sunday with first time partner Lance Pascoe (West Coast) beating Alvin Gardiner (Canterbury) and Robbie Bennett (Johnsonville) in the final 12-10. Gardiner and Bennett started the final slowly dropping a loose 5 on the 3rd end to fall behind 8-0 which proved…
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Day 1 Results are up on the 2-4-2 Invitation Pairs page
Many upsets highlighted the first day’s play in the Speight’s Victoria Invitation 2-4-2 Mens Pairs 0n Saturday including defending champions Ray Boffa and Rob Ashton going down twice to join other stars like Justin Goodwin and Ken Walker in the Shootout on Green 2 for Sunday. The Main Event will still feature some big names with…