Mon 29 March: National Intercentre Finals - Men's & Women's Day 2 [Rounds 4,5.] Final Results

Winners: Women's: Waikato (18 points) Men's: Manawatu (21 points)

A 50 - 50 return for the Men's team from their 6 matches today has earned them a more than creditable 2nd placing- to Manawatu- in this year's National Intercentre finals. For the Women though, just one win from the last two rounds, made it difficult to hold onto the position their very good results from Day 1 had earned them. A good effort all round, though, with both teams playing a very influential role in the overall competition, with their general standard of play and the very significant individual match results achieved. As usual - in this sort of competition - final standings can be so easily influenced by the slightest of margins and/or the roll of a bowl, whether in round 1 or round 5. Commendations to all who represented the Centre, so well.

Final Standings:

Women's: 1st: Waikato - 18;  2nd: Dunedin - 16;  3rd: Manawatu - 16;   4th: Northland - 14;  5th: Nelson - 14;    6th: Taranaki - 12 .

Men's: 1st: Manawatu - 21;  2nd: Taranaki - 18; 3rd: Counties-Manukau - 17;  4th: Waikato - 14;  5th: Canterbury - 12;  6th: South Otago - 8.

Check Here for full details from the Bowls NZ Scoreboard.

Sat 27 March: National Intercentre Finals - Men's & Women's Day 1 [Rounds 1,2,3.] Results

Both the Taranaki Men's & Women's Intercentre Rep teams have made more than useful starts to their NZ Finals events being played in Palm.Nth this weekend. The Men are currently holding a narrow one point lead, in 1st place - ahead of Arnott Shield neighbours - Manawatu; the Women - 2nd behind northern neighbours Waikato.   [Left] Men's Fours Lead, Tony Koubaridis, in action on the Palm. Nth greens on Saturday. The fours team of Skip Gary Lilley, Royce Hill, Ian Andrews and Lead Tony K. finished the day with a 2 wins 1 loss record.

At the conclusion of Day 1 - after 3 roumds - both scorecharts indicate some very close team scores and individual match results and to what promises to be some very keenly contested match-ups tomorrow.

Centre Points Standings after Rnd 3:

Women's: 1st: Waikato - 12;   2nd: Taranaki - 10;   3rd: Manawatu - 10;  4th: Dunedin - 8;    5th: Nelson - 8;    6th: Northland - 6.

Men's: 1st: Taranaki - 12;   2nd: Manawatu - 11;  3rd: Waikato - 10;  4th: Counties-Manukau - 9;    5th: Canterbury - 8;   6th: South Otago - 4.

Check Here for full details from the Bowls NZ Scoreboard.

Fri 26 March: National Interclub Finals - Women's Division 2

Standings after Round 3:  Leaders: Arawa [BOP Centre] 12 pts +41 diff.   2nd: Northern [Manawatu Centre] 12 pts +35 diff; 3rd: New Plymouth [Taranaki Centre] 10 pts +21 diff.

Check Here for full details.

Final Standings - National Interclub Division 2 Women: 1st: Arawa [BOP Centre] 22 pts +95 diff.   2nd: Beckenham [Cant.Centre] 18 pts +2 diff. 3rd: Kensington [Northland Centre] 16 pts -3 diff. 4th: Northern [Manawatu Centre] 14 pts +10 diff; 5th: New Plymouth [Taranaki Centre] 12 pts +3 diff. 6th: Te Rangi [Southland Centre] 8 pts -107 diff.

Region 4 Intercentre Finals - played in New  Plymouth [@ Paritutu BC] on Sat 6 March, 2010.

A successful result for both the Taranaki Men''s and Women's teams in this Intercentre fixture. They will go forward to represent our region in the NZ Finals - to be played in Palmerston Nth on Sat-Sun 27/28 March. Summary results are as follows.

MEN:

WOMEN:

??? Also - full results charts available for pdf downlload - HERE

And as well the list of successful regional winners who will be contesting the National finals in Palm.Nth on 25-26 March [Interclub] and 27-28 March [Intercentre]

The Lion Foundation National Interclub and Intercentre Finalists are:
Congratulations to the following regional winners, who will travel to Palmerston North to compete for the National titles.  Daily results will be available from www.bowlsnz.co.nz

LION FOUNDATION INTERCLUB (25-26 March)
Women Division 1: Region 1 – Kensington (Northland), Region 2 - Taupo (Bay of Plenty), Region 3 -  Riverside (Gisborne East Coast), Region 4 – Paraparaumu Beach (Kapiti Coast), Region 5 – Elmwood  (Canterbury), Region 6 - Alexandra (Central Otago)
Men Division 1: Region 1 – Browns Bay (North Harbour), Region 2 – Tauranga South (Bay of Plenty), Region 3 Palmerston North (Manawatu), Region 4 – Wilton (Wellington), Region 5 - Stoke (Nelson), Region 6 - Wakari (Dunedin)
Women Division 2: Region 1 – Kensington (Northland), Region 2 – Arawa (Bay of Plenty), Region 3 – Northern (Manawatu), Region 4 New Plymouth (Taranaki), Region 5 – Beckenham (Canterbury), Region 6 – Te Rangi (Southland)
Men Division 2: Region 1 – Pakuranga (Auckland), Region 2 – Te Kuiti (Waikato), Region 3 – Northern (Manawatu), Region 4 – Stokes Valley (Wellington), Region 5 – Motueka (Nelson), Region 6 – North East Valley (Dunedin)

LION FOUNDATION INTERCENTRE (27- 28 March)
Open Women: Region 1 – Northland, Region 2 – Waikato, Region 3 – Manawatu, Region 4 – Taranaki, Region 5 – Nelson, Region 6 – Dunedin
Open Men: Region 1 – Waikato, Region 2 – Counties Manukau, Region 3 – Manawatu, Region 4 – Taranaki, Region 5 – Canterbury, Region 6 – South Otago

Region 4 Intercentre Finals - to be played in New  Plymouth [@ Paritutu BC] on Sat 6 March, 2010.

Centre Representative Teams taking part in this Round Robin event ["Scattered Draw"] are as follows:

TARANAKI Vs HAWKE'S BAY - IN PALM.NTH - 13/14 FEBRUARY - for the "White Eagle" Trophy

After a gap of three years the "White Eagle" Trophy is back in Taranaki to take a prominent place in the trophy cabinet, again!. This annual intercentre fixture with Hawke's Bay was played out in difficult and very windy conditions in Palmerston Nth -this weekend.

This was a very successful event for the team as a whole and for the Senior and Development Men's Teams; as well as very competitive results from both of our women's teams. The Women's Senior team results were marked by a surprising return of only 1 win from 6 games on Day 1, enhanced by a very much improved 5 wins and a draw from the 7 matches on Day 2. [Sounds as though a very effective Graham Henry type 'halftime speech' from the selectors must have had the desired effect.]

Results were as follows:

SENIOR MEN: Taranaki 20 pts +86 diff; Hawke's Bay 6 pts -86 diff.

DEVELOPMENT MEN: Taranaki 16 pts +5 diff; Hawke's Bay 10 pts -5 diff.

SENIOR WOMEN: Taranaki 13 pts +6 diff; Hawke's Bay 13 pts -6 diff.

DEVELOPMENT WOMEN: Taranaki 12 pts -33 diff; Hawke's Bay 14 pts +33 diff.

OVERALL - WINNING CENTRE: Taranaki  61 pts  +64 diff;       Hawke's Bay   43 pts    -64 diff.

Play in progress - "White Eagle Trophy" Match @ Palm Nth Bowling Club - Feb. 2010

Bowls Taranaki Rep Team - Vs HAWKE'S BAY - IN PALM.NTH - 13/14 FEBRUARY.
Senior Men's
Dennis Osbourne (Mgr): 
Dean Elgar; Craig Johns; Darren Goodin; Gary Lilley; Royce Hill; Kevin Hills; John Sexton; Ian Andrews.

10Yr & Under Men's
Dave McColl (Mgr)          
Barry Whakarau; Jeff Bishop; Nathan Jordan; Gerald O’Sulivan; Max Hardy; Liam Ranford; Scott Roberts; Glen Brookes.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION FOR THIS FIXTURE!

Hawke's Bay Teams for this event: [Courtesy Bowls Hawke's Bay website]

Senior Men;

Graeme Wagg (Selector), Mike Mabbett, Geo. Ngametua, Tony Terry (Bowls Heretaunga), Malcolm Stockwell, Dave Stevenson (Bowls Napier), Tony Mairs, Ces. Bell (Omarunui), Tony. Brown, (Waipukurau).

Paul Selby (Selector), Barry Wakely, Joe Johansen, Ken Robson (Bay View). Paul Harrison (Bowls Heretaunga), Mike Brown (Waipawa), Dean Drummond, Mike Le Geyt. Shane Rubay (Kia Toa).

Men's Arnott/Duckett/Trott/Stead Intercentre Match - Vs Wanganui & Manawatu - 14-15 Nov '09

Final Results

For full scoresheet details  [i] Senior HERE [ii] Development HERE

Action from Wanganui's Laird Park Bowling Club greens during the Arnott/Duckett Fixture - 14-15 Nov. 2009

Men's Arnott/Duckett/Trott/Stead Intercentre Match - Vs Wanganui & Manawatu - 14-15 Nov '09 - in Wanganui

Team Selections

Senior: Darrin Goodin[Paritutu]; Kevin Hills[Manaia]; Gerald O'Sullivan [Inglewood]; Ian Mahoney[Paritutu]; Mark Anderson [Alton]; Tony Koubaridis [Alton]; Keith Sampson[West End]; Royce Hill[West End]; Garry Liley[West End]; Ian Andrews[Paritutu]; John Garrud[West End]; Dean Elgar[Vogeltown].  

Development: Neil Clark [Nolantown]; Barry Whakarau [Alton]; Simon Miller [Paritutu]; David Petersen [Paritutu]; Scott Roberts[Nolantown]; Wayne Hart [Hawera Park]; Liam Ranford [Nolantown]; Bryce Robins[Nolantown]; Grant Pease [Nolantown]; Nathan Jordan [Inglewood]; Jeff Bishop [Fitzroy]; Phil Kuklinski [Nolantown]; Max Hardy [N.Plymouth].

First Rep. Squads for this season

Men’s Representative Squads named for a North vs South Taranaki Fixture scheduled for Sunday 1 November at the Stratford - Avon B.C. greens beginning at 9:30am.
[Players are required to report by 9:15am. Whites please.]

Senior Squad:

G. Anderson, M. Anderson, T. Koubaridis, B. Phillips and J. Roberts [Alton]; G. O’Sullivan [Inglewood]; K. Pollard [Hawera Pk] ;  K. Hills [Manaia]; R. Hardy; G. Pease; [Nolantown]; I. Andrews, D. Goodin, I. Mahoney [Paritutu]; D. Elgar [Vogeltown]; R. Hill, C. John, G. Lilley and K. Sampson [West End]

10 Yr and Under Squad:

E. Hussey, B. Whakarau [Alton]; J. Bishop [Fitzroy]; C. Wellington, N. Jordan, C. Longstaff [Inglewood]
M. Dudley, W. Hart [Hawera Pk]; D. Brophy, M.Hardy [N.Plymouth]; B.Baker, R. Kuklinski, L. Ranford, S. Roberts, B.Robins, W. Robinson and S. White [Nolantown]; S. Miller [Paritutu]

Men's Arnott/Duckett/Trott/Stead Intercentre Match - Vs Wanganui & Manawatu - 15-16 Nov '08

Final Results

Senior: 1st Taranaki 30pts  Diff: +93         2nd Wanganui 16pts  Diff: -54         3rd  Manawatu 14pts  Diff: -39  

Development: 1st Taranaki 22pts  Diff: +65         2nd Wanganui 22pts  Diff: -23         3rd Manawatu 16pts  Diff: -42

For full scoresheet details  [i] Senior HERE [ii] Development HERE