Last weekend the 1-5 Interclub was held at Mahurangi East, Manly and Mairangi Bay with finals at Orewa on Sunday as a covered green was required with the cyclone.

We had one team entered, the Mairangi Bay Marlins.

Singles – Barry Baillie.

Pairs – Graeme Storey and Julie Chhour.

Triples – Roger Potter, Bill Lowe and Lance Govender.

Reserve/Marker – Jane Mackay.

It was a windy day with several changes of wind direction which made bowling difficult. There was some light rain at times which did not last for long.

They played Birkenhead first up and had a 2-1 win.

Barry won the singles 21-14, Graeme and Julie the pairs 26-8 but Roger, Bill and Lance lost 11-14.

Next were Milford and Mairangi Bay, with Mairangi Bay taking a 2-1 win.

Barry lost his singles 19-21 in a close game after a bad start. Graeme and Julie won 25-12 and Roger, Bill and Lance won 19-9.

Final game in the round was against Manly. Again another 2-1 win.

Barry winning 21-13, Graeme and Julie also winning 13-10 with Roger, Bill and Lance going down 14-19.

A very impressive performance to top their section.

Sections 1 and 2 had to play a post section round with the winner of section 1 playing the second team in section 2 and the winner of section 2 playing the second team in section 1.

So Mairangi Bay played Orewa, to try to make it as fair as possible the triples played on B green and the singles and pairs on A green.

This meant three players in each of the teams would stay on the green they played on and the other three would move to the other green.

Conditions were getting very gloomy and a light rain was falling.

Barry lost his singles struggling with the different green and his opponent bowled really well. Barry losing 9-21.

The pairs were behind early but caught up and edged ahead but it was a close game, Graeme and Julie winning 17-14 after being up by one with one end to go.

All down to the triples, it was almost 6.00pm and really gloomy at the finish. Roger, Bill and Lance were down 13-16 with one end to go.

The pressure was on both sides, Roger played two great last bowls to hold two shots and it was a measure for third between an Orewa bowl and Lance’s bowl.

They had several measures and it was Orewa by 2mm. A tie would have meant an extra end. Although I’m not sure it would have been light enough to see.

It was a great effort by our team and they played very well and represented the club very well.

Well done to Lance. It was his first interclub experience in his first year of bowling and he performed very well.

Special mention for Jane Mackay, she marked two and a half games and did not get to play and we thank her for that.

 

Report by Alan Daniels.