NEW CONSTITUTION
The Board of Directors have proposed that Bowls Southland adopt the new Centre Constitution developed by Bowls New Zealand. A copy of of the constitution can be viewed by clicking on Constitution revised.doc Also, the new proposed organizational structure can be viewed by clicking on Organisational Chart 2 - new.docx and further detail is explained by Chairman Phil Cross in the following document SGM Letter.doc
Southland Singles Results
Open Women:- Pam Calder Invercargill - Maree Jones 2nd Waverley
Dev. Women :- Wendy Jackson Waikiwi - Lyndia Milne 2nd Waikiwi
Novice Women:- Julie O'Connell Waverley – Viv Ellam 2nd Hokonui
Open Men:- 1st Mua Toomata Makarewa 2nd Sonny Tuatauri Northend Eq 3rd Graham Low Te Rangi & Lyall Spencer Northend
Dev Men:- 1st Stu Le Breton Otatara 2nd Brian Cantley Otatara Eq 3rd Rodger Stevens Winton Central & Dave Hope Waverley
Novice men :- 1st Craig Tinker Otatara 2nd Alan Bailey Northend Eq 3rd Simon Swale Te Rangi & Garry Johnstone Hokonui
Zone 6 Regional Playoffs
Zone 6 Regional Playoffs 7th – 16th March at Oamaru
Singles 7th & 8th March 12.30 start first day and 8.30am on second day at Meadowbank Bowling Club
Pairs 9th – 10th March at Maheno Bowling Club
Triples 11th – 12th March at RSA Bowling Club
Fours 13th – 14th March at Phoenix Bowling Club
Mixed Pairs 15th – 16th March at Awamoa Bowling Club
Host Clubs are required to provide afternoon tea on the first day and a lunch option on the second day. Players to pay for their own meals.
Southland Fours Results
Women: 1st – Pat Clark, Lyn Beardsley, Elaine James & Pam Calder (Invercargill)
2nd – Karen Drake, Karen White, Shirley Jennings, Mary Peters (Waikiwi)
Men: 1st - Lyall Spencer, Norman Lelievre (Gold Star) Phil Mahoney, Trevor
Tomlins (Northend)
2nd – Ian Brown, Pat Cummings, Neville Brinsdon, Edgar Potter
(Northend)
3rd= – Murray Swain, Mua Toomata, Brian Swain, Doug Wood
(Makarewa)
3rd= – Terry McKenzie, Lindsay Hall, Murray Napier, Barry O'Conner
(Riversdale)
Develop: 1st – Stu Le Breton, Bryan Cantley, Craig Dennis, Jason Heffer
(Otatara)
2nd – Gwyn Davis, Kerry Lynch, Colin Tutty, Dan Fiveash (Gore RSA)
Southland Women's Quadrangular – Monday 23rd January – Waihopai Green – 9.30am start
Town team:- J. Beattie, L. Wairau, I. Blee, E. Tuffley; L. Beardsley,P. Calder, H. McKinnel, S. Martin; K. Drake, L. Evans, K. White, J. Low; L. Tomlins, H. Giles, H. Hall, L. Milne; J. McGregor, J. Whipps, I. Warhurst, G. Paisley; A. Agnew, M. Jones, E. James, M. Orlowski. If not available ring P. Clark
Western:- G. Anderson, V. Johnston, D. Burrows, T. Mitchell; S. McAlister, F. Ballom, B. Ronald, C. Porteous; D. Bulling, A. Kirkwood, O. Bennett, M. Lindsay; M. Nuttall, H. Mavor, B. Harper, L. Cameron; S. Chilton, A. Roberts, W. Copland, L. Whyte; J. Hopcroft, L. Campbell, C. Anderson, N. Taylor. If not available ring Noeline Anderson
Central:- B. Hammond, L. Foster, L. Manaena, B. Dixon; V. Grant, M. Ronald, P. Rabbitt, H. McKenzie; S. Kincaid, B. Wilson, F. Russell, N. Carter; D. Dixon, D. Gill, E. Harper, H. Affleck; W. Hegan, V. Forbes, G. Woods, R. Gill; K. Todd, D. Kelly, R. McCallum, S. Bennie If not available ring Edna Harper
National Secondary School Championships
Championship Winners - Boys Pairs (Jacobi Morris & Callum Horwell – Logan Park High School)
Plate Winners – Girls Pairs (Brooke Craik & Alex King – St Hilda's Collegiate)
Plate Winners – Boys Pairs (Elliott Mason & Oliver Mason – Otago Boy's High School
Plate Winners – Boys Singles (Matthew Bassett – Ashburton High School)
Championship Runner up Boys Singles – Sheldon Bagrie-Howley (Gore High School) see picture here in Photo Gallery
SBS SEVENS RESULTS
Men's Division 1: Waikiwi
Singles:- Craig Merrilees
Pairs:- Bryan Harvey (s) & Bruce Ross
Fours: Stuart Dickson(s), Phillip Peters, Brent Thomson, Neil Grindlay
Men's Division 2: Tapanui
Singles:- Kevin Broad
Pairs:- Allan Middlemiss(s) & Davis Horrell
Fours:- Allan Shaw(s), David Baxter, Murray Kane, David Young
Women's Division 1: Waverley
Singles:- Marlene Orlowski
Pairs:- Helen Giles & Helen Hall
Fours:- Joan McGregor(s), Maree Jones, Leslie Wairau, Carmel Stewart
Women's Division two: Te Rangi/Otatara/Otautau
Singles:- Sandra McAlister
Pairs:- Lyn Evans(s) & Helen McKinnel
Fours:- Isobel Blee(s), Jan Low, Joy Blair, Thelma Martin
RESULTS OF SBS SOUTHLAND TRIPLES
SUNDAY 20TH NOVEMBER
OPEN MEN
1st - TeRangi - J Flynn, P McKinnel, G Low
2nd - Hokonui - J McLean, R Toogood, L Harliwich
3rd= - Northend - S Tautari, N Lelievre, T. Phillips
3rd= - Makarewa - W Pope, W Risk, D McDonald
OPEN WOMEN
1st - Waverley - H Giles, H Hall, M Orlowski
2nd - Waverley - J McGregor, C Buchanan, L Wairau
DEVELOPMENT MEN
1st - Otatara - S Le Breton, C Dennis, J Heffer
2nd - Woodlands - I Keelty, V Paterson, L Knight
DEVELOPMENT WOMEN
1st - Waverley - J Reid, C Stewart, M Stenton
2nd - Drummond - J Saunders, F Russell, L Foster
Since its inception 34 years ago the ILT Foundation-sponsored Invitation Charity Pairs event had never been cancelled, and the scene that greeted bowlers who arrived at the Georgetown and Invercargill venues on Saturday – equipment abandoned on snow-covered greens – would in the past have forced organisers to abandon the event.
Any questions that remained over the value of constructing the indoor facilities at Waverley must surely have been dispelled, with the event continuing despite the unseasonal conditions outdoors.
Invited players and sponsors were paired with promising development players in a split sixes shootout won by Steve Wilson (Dunedin) and Grant Hurley from Bill Clements (Central Otago) and Jason Heffer on Friday. The announcement of the weekend pairs combinations followed the presentation of proceeds from the event with more than $11,000 donated to the recipient charities thanks to the generosity of the tournament sponsors.
In the Charity Tournament defending champions Bill Clements and Craig Merrilees survived an anxious wait after the preliminary rounds before securing their place in the semifinals on a countback where they were joined by Don Reece and Darryl Scammel, Dennis Leeden and Darren Broome and Averil Fowler and Ali Erskine. Clements started strongly with four shots on the first end against Reece and although the Reece duo reduced the deficit to one shot, they succumbed in the end, 12 shots to 10. The second semi was always a close tussle with the teams tied at 7-all after eight ends and again at 9-all after eleven, but it was Fowler who prevailed with a single shot on the final end, earning them a place in the final.
The 12-end final was another epic contest. With the scores tied at 7-all after eight ends the game was evenly poised but it was Clements and Merrilees who finished stronger against a determined Fowler, scoring a single on the last end to secure back to back titles at 11-8. The win gave Merrilees a historic third success in this event, to become the first player to achieve this distinction.
The plate event was won by Ken Walker and Sheldon Bagrie-Howley over Pete Wilson and Kerry Flowers, with Paul McKinnel and Annie McDonald and Dave Archer and Barry Stewart filling the minor placings.
EDWARDS WINS RARE DOUBLE
Jo Edwards (United Bowling Club, Nelson) added a World Singles Champion of Champions crown to her already successful bowling career after beating Scotland's Caroline Brown 11-5, 3-8, 4-1 in Hong Kong last night.The Nelson bowler's new title comes on the back of another major milestone earlier this year when she took out the World Cup (Indoor) title for the third time.
"It's unprecedented to win a World Cup and a World Champ of Champs in the same year,'' New Zealand national bowls coach Dave Edwards said. "It's an absolutely unbelievable achievement, and I told her that I'm not sure she's totally aware of what she's done.'' Edwards' response was "yeah, you're probably right. I'm not sure it's sunk in yet, but I'm really delighted.'' As Edwards' husband and her coach, Dave Edwards is perhaps more keenly aware of the significance of the win, as it also means New Zealand has won the event for the second year in a row.
Black Jack Jan Khan won the same title last year in Norfolk Island. Beginning her campaign a week ago, Edwards rolled her way through the world's best female bowlers, only losing two matches in the entire event (to Hong Kong and Singapore), and into a semi-final battle with elite Guernsey bowler Alison Merrien - the same opponent she defeated in the World Cup. Merrien proved to be a difficult challenge, but one that Edwards was more than ready to meet.
She defeated Guernsey 3-10, 8-7, 6-0, in Saturday's semi-final and then moved on confidently to address her Scottish rival in the finals; and once again prove that she really is the world's best female bowler.
