Taranaki Youth Bowls Raffle.        NEW DRAW DATE!

Would supporters please note that the closing and draw date for our annual fundraiser raffle has been extended to March 7, 2010.

Grateful thanks to those who have supported this project! Others interested in helping out by purchasing a book of tickets are asked to contact any of the Youth Council Committee members.[See above]

Kittyhawk Men’s and Women’s Under 20 Singles - Results from the Centre Qualifying Tournament

- played at Fitzroy Bowling Club on Saturday 5 December, '09.

Women’s Under 20 Singles- 2 Qualifiers for the Region 4 Finals to be played @ Fitzroy on Sat 16 January, 2010

1. Sophia Ockhuysen     &      2. Emily Keenan [both Fitzroy]

Men’s Under 20 Singles- 4 Qualifiers for the Region 4 Finals to be played @ Fitzroy on Sat 16 January, 2010

1. [4 wins] Sean White [Nolantown]; 2. [3 wins] Liam Ranford [Nolantown]; 3. [3 wins] Ryan Kuklinski [Nolantown] & 4. [3 wins] Daryl Read [Rahotu]

Congratulations to all qualifiers and best of luck in the January play-offs. Special thanks to the Centre's Youth Bowls Council and to the Fitzroy Bowling Club for their efforts in organizing and conducting the event.

Kittyhawk Men’s and Women’s Under 20 Singles.

The Kittyhawk U20 Singles is an event sponsored and supported by a partnership of Bowls NZ,  Auckland Bowls and the Kittyhawk Bowling Club of Auckland. It is a most prestigious event and the list of previous winners includes any number of NZ’s high achieving Youth bowlers, many of whom have gone on to achieve both National and International success.
This year, Taranaki has been fortunate in being given the opportunity to host the Region 4 [ Taranaki, Wanganui, Kapiti & Wellington] qualifying tournament from which the successful entrants will go on to represent the region in the NZ Finals, next Easter, in Auckland.
Prior to that the Centre will be conducting our own Kittyhawk U20 Singles Tournament to find our qualifiers for the Regional event. Clubs are encouraged to support their U20 members [Men & Women] and ensure that if interested they are entered into the Taranaki event in the first instance. That could then lead on to representing our Centre in the Regional finals and then our Region in the National event next Easter.
Denise Cooper - Secretary of our Youth Bowls Council - or Brian Harvey the Centre’s Executive Officer will be able to assist Clubs and U20 members with any further help they may need - especially with entry forms and event details and conditions.
The key calendar dates for this event are as follows:
[i]     Taranaki Kittyhawk U20 Men’s & Women’s Singles
Saturday 5 December, 2009
[ii]     Region 4 Kittyhawk U20 Men’s & Women’s Singles - in Taranaki
Saturday 16 January, 2010
[iii]     National Kittyhawk U20 Men’s & Women’s Singles FINALS - in Auckland
Friday - thru’ - Monday  2 - 5 April, 2010 [Easter]

There are, of course, age and membership restrictions for competitors in this event, which are strictly adhered to.....
viz: to be eligible a player must be a fully subscribed or student member of an affiliated Bowling Club and therefore a member of the Taranaki Centre and be aged 19 years or under on Good Friday of the current year.  
Bowls NZ Regulation 11.6 provides full details of the event.

Download an ENTRY FORM HERE

[10/8/09] Success for Student Bowlers

New Plymouth Girls High School and Bowls Fitzroy members Sophia Ockhuysen [L] and Letitia Patten [R] after receiving their certificates and trophies for the Region 4 Girls finals played late last season. Congratulations Sophia and Letitia. The girls will represent Region 4 [Wellington, Kapiti, Wanganui & Taranaki] at the NZ Secondary School Finals to be held in Auckland in December this year. All the best for a successful event. The gradual growth we have seen in the Taranaki Centre area of secondary school members becoming fully involved in the range of competitions provided for them has been very encouraging and promising. If you feel that your Club has young bowlers who could do with a little encouragement to become more fully involved in our game then your first call should be to the Centre’s Youth Bowls Council. They will be happy to assist. Give Secretary Denise Cooper [755 4275] a call to arrange some assistance.

[17/6/09] Bowls Taranaki Youth Bowls Council

A successful AGM of the Taranaki Youth Bowls Council was held on Tuesday night, last - a pleasing outcome after the first attempt to conduct the meeting last month. Many thanks to all Clubs and delegates who attended. The results of the various elections have been recorded above.

[27/5/09] Bowls Taranaki Youth Bowls Council - New Date & Notice of A.G.M.

Unfortunately the AGM for the Taranaki Youth Bowls Council was unable to proceed last night due to five apologies received and only six people in attendance.

A new date has therefore been set for:

Date:            Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Place:           Centre Office - upstairs @ Paritutu Bowling Club
Time:            5.15 pm

The key objective of the Council Members is to administer and promote Youth Bowls on behalf of Bowls Taranaki and if we do not get enough people willing to be members the Taranaki Youth Bowls Council will have to go into recession which would be sad considering the time and effort that has been put in to date.

The Council would ask that your club please send a representative to the AGM on the 16th June. 
We are looking mainly for people prepared to help with Youth Bowls Tournaments and attend a meeting once a month for about an hour between the months of September and May.

For your information the Council structure consists of approximately 12: viz:
Chairman  •  Secretary  •  Treasurer  •  Convenor to Bowls Taranaki Operations Committee  •  Club representatives x 5 maximum
Coaches Assn. representative  •  Umpires Assn representative  •  Parents’ representative

Yours faithfully

Denise Cooper
Secretary/Treasurer
For Taranaki Youth Bowls Council

[20/4/09] Bowls Taranaki Youth Bowls Council - Notice of A.G.M.

The Annual General Meeting of the Youth Bowls Council is scheduled for Tuesday 26 May @ 5:15pm. Venue: Paritutu Bowling Club.

All interested in our Youth bowls are invited and encouraged to attend. For further info. please contact Secretary, Denise Cooper, on 06 755-4275

[20/4/09] Region 4 Secondary Schools Finals- Bowls Fitzroy New Plymouth - 22/04/09

See details on Reps[Youth] page - HERE

Taranaki Secondary Schools Tournament -  April 2009 - Presentation Pics!

Tegan Rahui - R/Up - Girls Singles	Daryl Read - Boys Singles Winner	Megan Hills - Sportsmanship Award Winner
Sean Wilkie & Hayden Ranford - Runners-Up Boys Pairs	Simon Mullin & Jamie Fevre - Winners Boys Pairs

Read and Wellington Take Taranaki Titles

Opunake High School’s Daryl Read and Kasey Wellington, of Inglewood High School, confirmed their promise in the sport when they won the boys and girls’ singles titles at the Taranaki Secondary Schools Tournament in the weekend.

Read won his title with two wins and an impressive +40 differential, ahead of runner-up, Corey Hodge of Spotswood College.

Wellington recorded three wins, +36, to edge out Tegan Rahui of Hawera High School and Spotwood’s Emily Keenan, who both had two good wins during the championship.

The boys pairs went to Jamie Fevre and Simon Mullin of Opunake High School with 2 wins, +5, ahead of Sean Wilkie and Hayden Ranford of Hawera High School.

Four wins by Sophia Ockhuysen and Letitia Patten of New Plymouth Girls High School with a differential of +81 allowed them to win the girls pairs in a keenly contested section. The runners-up were Lana Bennett and Ashlee Jackson of New Plymouth Girls High School with 3 ½ wins, +22, while third placed Angela Cobbold and Sophia Chapman of New Plymouth Girls High School also played well to gain 3 wins and a differential of +18.

The TSB Bowls NZ Museum Cup for Youth Bowls Sportsmanship was awarded to Megan Hills of Sacred Heart College who, although not winning a game, kept on smiling and competed well through the day.

The Zone playoff will be held at the Fitzroy Bowling Club on Wednesday 22 April and the following names have gone forward to play: Daryl Read, Corey Hodge, Kasey Wellington, Emily Keenan; Jamie Fevre and Simon Mullin, Sophia Ockhuysen and Letitia Patten, and Lana Bennett and Ashlee Jackson.

Unfortunately Tegan Rahui and the combination of Sean Wilkie and Hayden Ranford are unavailable for the 22^nd April