The BNH Men’s Pairs and Women’s Singles were held over the weekend. Heavy rain overnight on Friday resulted in changes of venues and a change to carpet greens. The men played at Sunnybrae, Manly, Helensville and Browns Bay, finals were played at Milford on Sunday.

Our teams entered were:

Gerry Strydom and Bruce McClintock, they played at Sunnybrae. They lost their first game by one point, lost their second game by two points and did not play their last.

Barry Baillie and Graeme McGregor, played at Manly, they lost both their first two games against strong opposition 25-10. They won their third game 29-15.

Phil Chisholm and David Payne, played at Manly, they had three very strong wins to top their section and qualify for the finals. In the round of 16, David and Phil defeated David Den Hertog and Craig Lane from Hobsonville 19-11. Quarter-final, they had a great win over Jack Huruwai and Jimmy Heath from Birkenhead 18-11. Semi-final, they were defeated by Brent Malcolm and Ian Hardy from Takapuna, going down 14-20. Well done Phil and David, semi-finals in a tournament with a lot of depth is a fine achievement.

Brent and Ian went on to win the final against Bruce Shirley and Gary Cope 17-8. Congrats to Ian Hardy who won back to back North Harbour titles winning the triples last week and now the pairs this weekend.

The womens singles had a late change of venue on Saturday morning due to Milford greens being flooded. Saturdays play was split between Hobsonville and Mairangi Bay with finals at Milford on the Saturday. The final round on Saturday was abandoned due to heavy rain with all players being allocated a draw.

Our players were:

Theresa Rogers, she had a good win over Lisa Dickson and topped her section.

Judi Farkash, had one win and a draw but lost to Jeanine Browne to finish second in her section.

Julie Chhour, had a great win over Milly Nathan 21-19, then lost to Keiko Kurohara , had a draw and finished third in a close section.

Elaine McClintock, won her first but lost to Connie Mathieson 20-21 to finish second in her section.

Jodie Cottier, had three strong wins to top her section.

Sunday presented better weather so the finals were played at Milford on the grass.

Theresa lost her quarter-final match to Jeanine Browne from Riverhead 13-21.

Jodie lost her quarter-final to Connie Mathieson from Birkenhead 7-21.

Well done to Theresa and Jodie for making the finals in a strong field of bowlers.

In the final, Leeane Poulson from Takapuna defeated Keiko Kurohara from Takapuna 21-14.

 This coming weekend sees the reverse events with the men’s singles and the women’s pairs.

Many thanks to all the supporters.

Big thanks to Glenda Rountree, Allan Langley, Alan Daniels, Tony Poppellwell, Irene Donaldson, Lorna Donald and John Gledhill who helped set up and run the day at Mairangi after the late change of venue.

 

Report by Alan Daniels