Results - 15 Feb 09

Ladies CT Singles
Saturday saw the ladies who qualified in the CT singles play off in the post selection play. The Final was between Bev Budd and Feona. It was Feona who won the title and the right to play off in the CT zones. Well done and good luck at the zones Feona.

Mens CT Singles
The knock out rounds were played on Saturday with the semi and final being played Sunday. With 8 Northern men qualifying for the post selection play there was always going to be some games where Northern played Northern. It was Ray L who managed to make it to the semi finals but couldn't get past Shane Rogers of Terrace End. Well done to Ray for getting 3= .

Ladies Aussie Pairs Final
Way back in November Anne and Pat made it to the Final of the Ladies Aussie pairs. They finally got to play the final on Sunday. they won against Terrace End. Well done to Anne and Pat!

Mens CT Fours Final
Steven, Terry, Peter L & Colin played the final against Palmerston North. It was a very tight game. But a short end in the final stages seemed to be the undoing of our boys, who put up a great fight but fell to Pat Horgans Palmerston North team. Bad luck guys. Runner-up.

Centre Open Mixed Triples
This was played during the week. Scruff, Kay & Lynlea teamed together to take on the field. They put in a great effort and won the event. Well Done Scruff, Kay & Lynlea.

Gwen McKenzie Cup
The ladies played Drawn pairs at the club on Sunday in beautiful sunshine, with the usual wind to contend with. Joan and Elaine played well together and won the Cup. Thanks to Gwen for afternoon tea and the trophy. Well done Joan and Elaine. Thanks to all the ladies who came along and enjoyed the day bowling at the club. A great many laughs were had and everyone enjoyed the day.

Hurn Cup Challenge
Scruff, Tom Brian & Cliff traveled over to Wanganui on Sunday to challenge Gonville Bowling club for the Hurn Cup, Well the photo of it. They came home with the cup. Well done guys!

It's been a pretty good weekend for the Club and many of our bowlers. There are lots of big events coming up so keep up all the great bowls everyone and good luck for Inter Club Zones, Champion of Champions, CT Zone finals and those who made it to rep teams play hard in Gisborne. Good luck everyone.

Notices - 12 Feb 09

Housie this Friday
Cossie intends to begin housie again this coming Friday. Hope to see as many of you as possible at the club then to enjoy a game, adrink and to catch up with the news and gossip!

Travelling Roadshow - Mon 23 Feb 09 7.00pm
Bowls NZ are currently touring the latest Roadshow where information and explanations will be given on the proposed changes to aspects of bowls management, organisation and structure across the country. Bowls is likely to be in for some major restructuring both at the organisational level, and out on the greens in terms of proposed changes to the interclub format etc.
The Bowls NZ vision and priorities for the future will affect all bowlers, and you are encouraged to attend this very important meeting which is to be held at the Palmerston North Bowling Club on Monday February 23 at 7:00pm (note 7:00pm). There will be an opportunity for questions from the floor. This is likely to be the most important bowls meeting of the year – see you there.

Doug Hayward

Notices - 10 Feb 09

Sat 14 Feb
CT Mens and Ladies post Selection play. 8 men and 6 ladies from Northern will be playing these knock out rounds.

Sun 15th Feb
Mackenzie Cup - For the Ladies starting at 9am. Entries close on Saturday the 14th Names on board please.

Sun 15 Feb
Finals of CT singles & Mens 4's

Fri 20 Feb
65 & over singles 3 rounds starting 10.00am

Sat 21 Feb
Knock out rounds of the Ladies senior singles. First round played last weekend Kay beat Julianne.

Sat 22 Feb - Carpet Court 2 x 4 x 2
First day 22 Feb. Start 9.00am. Entries are restricted to the first 32 teams so get your team in quickly if you don’t want to miss out. Put your teams up on the board. The other dates for this are Sun 8 March & Sun 29 March.

Sat 28 - Sun 1 Mar 09
Inter Club Zone Play offs. At this stage the teams will be leaving on Friday and returning to Palmerston North on Monday. 4 teams will be going up to Gisborne to play for the right to play in the National InterClub Finals. I am sure there will be some club supporters going up to cheer on the teams. Should be a good weekend. More details will be published as soon as they come to hand.

Results - 8 Feb 09

Hokowhitu Ladies Classic 4s
Well done to Anne, Judith, Sandra and Pat they got 4th in this event on Thursday.

Cameron Jewellers Open 2 Bowl Triples
A great day for bowling on a warm sunny Waitangi day. A great day was had by all with near perfect conditions. Starting at 12.30 4 games were played.
1st Dave, Joan & Cliff
2nd Scruff, Lynlea & Ray L
3rd Steven Love, Terry Curtis & Julianne

Ladies CT fours
With 5 teams quailfying for the CT fours last weekend the games were always going to be tight. 2 Northern teams qualified. Well done to Viv, Noeleen, Carol & Nita for being runners-up. Pat Corrs team from Palmerston North won.

Mens CT Fours
Steven, Terry, Peter and Colin have got to the finals of the CT fours. This final will be held next Sunday. It will be a great game as they play Pat Horgans team from Palmerston North. If you haven't got anything to do go down and support the boys... Go Northern.. Good luck for Sunday.

CT Singles
Men to qualify; Tom, Colin, Terry, Peter L, Ray L, Steven W, John H, Scruff
Ladies to Qualify; Feona, Noeleen, Lynlea, Julianne, Desiree, Anna.
Well done and good luck next weekend.