Canterbury Champ of Champ Pairs
played at Southbrook School
19 September.
5 teams qualified for Post Section play. Hornby (Mike King/Lillian Franks), GCLA (Dennis Levers/Norma Jeffs), St Pauls (MT Hooper/Lilian Wichman), Richmond (Robin Wolland/Steven Hartwell), Quinns Rd (Keith Hooper/Joy Mather)

Post Section Round 1 GCLA v Quinns Rd
Byes Hornby, St Pauls, Richmond
SEMI FINAL
St Pauls v Richmond

Hornby v GCLA​​

FINAL

Richmond v GCLA​
Won by Richmond (R Wolland/S Hartwell)
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SUPER SEVENS-FINAL RESULTS
Hornby 1 64, St Pauls 60, Hornby 2 52, Woolston 1 50, Paparua Temp/Halswell 43, GCLA 42, Kaiapoi 39,Woolston 2 38, Fernside 35, Richmond 34, Quinns Rd 31, Papanui 23, Sefton 19, Spreydon 16.
Congratulatuons to Hornby 1  winning this competition and St Pauls finishing second place, with Hornby 2 third place.
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CANTERBURY v MARLBOROUGH
Saturday 12 September in Blenheim

Canterbury wins by 4pts

Canterbury held onto the Joan Shearman Trophy in Blenheim on Saturday with a strong final round of Pairs. Trailing after the 1st session 17 - 19, we came back in the second to lead 38 - 34 but a disastrous final round of Fours (winning only one of the six games) took us into the final round of Pairs 4pts behind; 40 - 44. Marlborough came close to beating us in this last round. A couple of the games were lost by just 1pt. If just one of those games had gone to Marlborough, they would have drawn with us. As it was Canterbury won 7 of the 12 games and drew 2 giving us 16pts against Marlborough's 8 making the final score 56 - 52.
Congratulations Canterbury.
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NZ HENSELITE SINGLES
Saturday 12 September at Avonhead School

Ashley Diamond wins the 2015 Henselite Champion of Champion Singles today at Avonhead School. Diamond, representing the Upper Hutt School Club proved to strong for Grant Rayner of North Wellington beating him 16 - 3 in the final. Diamond's toughest challenge came in the quarter finals against Hugh Bosman of Otago. Bosman got away to an early 5pt lead before Diamond began to close the gap. Diamond caught him up and kept with him, each winning an end in turn. Playing the final end it was 10 - 10. Bosman had first bowl and it was a little bit behind. Diamond drew a toucher. Bosman changed hand and drew the shot off Diamond. Diamond's 2nd bowl missed and in perhaps a fatal mistake Bosman played the same way and also missed leaving a draw open for Diamond who didn't miss a second time. Bosman now had no position to play to - his first & third bowls were on the wrong side of the head but in a little run shot he managed to promote his own bowl and looked to hold the shot. Diamond went up for a closer look and came back with his hand outstretched - he still held the shot, no need to play his final bowl.

In the Plate event the final was a ittle closer but Paul Smith from the South City Club in Tauranga lead from the start and extended his lead in the last few ends over Graham Low of the Grasmere Club in Southland to take the title 15 - 7. Low wasn't able to repeat his semi-final performance where he came from behind and scored a 3 on the final end beating Les Heywood of Wanganui 15-13.

Our representative, Maurice Berkeley, got off to a flier winning his 1st game 14-7 but then lost his next game 4-20. Came back flying in the 3rd to win 22-3 and needed the 4th game to qualify. Playing Hugh Bosman, the score was 7-7 with about 4 ends to go but in these last few ends Bosman didn't miss. Berkeley was down 5 playing the last end. Game over. Bosman would go on to face Diamond in the quarter final.

Berkeley entered the Plate event and lost to John Zittersteijn who went on to win his next game then lose by 1 to Les Heyward.

In all thirty-three competitors lined up today to vie for the 2015 Henselite Champion of Champion Singles Trophy. All having won their district finals held earlier in the year.
The field of strong contenders included: NZ Rep and ex Cantabrian Ashley Diamond now playing for Upper Hutt Valley; North Taranaki's John Zitterstejin NZ Rep and member of this year's winning Welch Trophy team; North Wellington's Grant Rayner & Waikato's Linda McCurdy both NZ Reps; Taranaki's Sue Bourne & Southland's Graham Low. Another ex Cantabrian Brian Stewart also made the field having won the Marlborough final. Closer to home, Darryn Turner represented Ashburton; Nick Scriggens South Canterbury; Stefan Robb North Otago & Steven Bellis West Coast.

Congratulations to both winners & place getters.

All results can be viewed here (Google Spreadsheet)
or on the NZIB Website here
For Facebook click here for our Facebook group
or here for the NZIB Facebook page.
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WELCH TROPHY 4 - 6 SEPTEMBER
Lower Hutt

Canterbury Runners-up

Canterbury went into the final session Sunday morning with a half point lead over North Taranaki and played them & Counties in the Fours. Canterbury's Blair Spicer, James Sullivan, Kevin Anngow & Adam Williams played North Taranaki's Grant l'Ami, Alister Wilson, Sean Ridley & Elizabeth Morrow while Simon Thomas, Mike King, David Philpott & Deanne Osborne played Counties' Matthew Ellis, Jason Parker, Derek Bowman & Phil Spring. After 7 ends the score in both games was even then disaster struck. Firstly in Simon's game, 3 down on the head Simon had last bowl but it missed its target and gave away another 2 making them 5 down going into the last end. They played exceptionally and held 6 for the win but Ellis killed the jack forcing an extra end which we won but only by 1 leaving us 2pts shy of the win. In Blair's game we picked up a 2 on the 8th end to go into the final end 2pts up but that gave l'Ami last bowl and with his last bowl he drew another shot to give them 4 shots and the win by 2pts. North Taranaki lost their other Fours but their win against us put them 3.5pts ahead. In the Singles we closed the gap winning 5.5 games to N Taranaki's 4.5. It all came down to the final round of Pairs. We had to win 1 more game than N. Taranaki to claim the Trophy but they played their best round of Pairs for the tournament only conceding 1 draw. Final standings:
North Taranaki 108
Canterbury 99
Waikato 89.5
Counties 88.5
Upper Hutt Valley 82
Otago 73

The win is North Taranaki’s fourth Welch Trophy title having won the event in 1980, 2012, and 2013. It gives Grant Harvey his Gold Star and makes 16yr old Aidan Zittersteijn (who replaced an unwell Lindsay Willis in the final session) the youngest player to win a Welch medal.
Congratulations to North Taranaki.

Speaking at the Super 7s on the Wednesday following the Welch, Canterbury's team Captain, Rob Osborne, spoke highly of our team's effort praising their performance over the weekend and thanked all the members of the Squad and all those who travelled to support the team.

All results can be viewed here (Google Spreadsheet)
or on the NZIB Website here
To view the Facebook reaction click here for our Facebook group
or here for the NZIB Facebook page.
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MENS 10s
Saturday 29th August at Avonhead School
CHARTERED CLUB 32 points, 287
ASHBURTON MSA 24 points, 245
METRO 23 points, 258
CATHOLIC 20 points, 247
COUNTRY NORTH 12 points, 213
COUNTRY SOUTH 11 points, 214


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CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES
Sunday 23rd August 9am at Hornby
26 teams entered with 11 qualifying for post section play.
Rd 1: B Spicer, K Anngow, H Church (St Paul's) 7, D Levers, J Aldridge, P Botica Jnr (GCLA) 6
G Hill, J Hill, P Hartland (Hornby) 10, M Taylor, R Fraser, C Gilbert (Sth/Leeston) 7
J Sullivan, M Markham, A Clarke (St Paul's) 9, D McKay, G Stevenson, N Newton (Papanui) 7
Last 8: B Trembath, D Anngow, T Maclaren (St Paul's) 14, Spicer 3
MT Hooper, G Ashby, K Wealleans ( St Paul's) 7, S Thomas, M Lawson, J Thomas (St Paul's) 6
D Philpott, A Graham, B Diamond (Hornby) 8, S Cooper P Anngow, R Carlson (SAS) 7
Sullivan 7, Hill 2
Semi 1: Philpott 9, Sullivan 4
Semi 2: Hooper 11, Trembath 4
Final: Philpott 11, Hooper 3
In the semi finals both winning teams scored good ends in the early stages of their games giving them healthy leads which they held onto.
In the final, Philpott's team was consistently close leaving little option for Hooper but to run at the head and try to move the jack, killing it on one occasion - an end they never recovered from.
The win gave Ann & Bev their first Gold Star and Dave his 19th title.
Congrations to Ann, Bev & Dave.
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CANTERBURY
CHAMPION OF CHAMPION
MIXED PAIRS
Saturday August 22nd 9am at Woolston
11 teams entered with 5 qualifying for post section.
Rd 1: B Kamo, E Folau (St Paul's) 6, M Berkeley, J Kavanagh (Spreydon) 3
Semi 1: G Franks, V Tyson (Hornby) 8, N Inglis, J Mather (Woolston) 5
Semi 2: R Wolland, L Richardson (Richmond) 11, St Paul's 6
Final: Richmond 12, Hornby 3
Congratulations to Richmond Club's Robin Wolland and Lynn Richardson.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPION OF CHAMPION SINGLES
Sunday August 16 1pm at Hornby
13 players with 4 qualifying for post section.
Semi 1: D. Philpott (Hornby) 14, K. Anngow (St Paul's) 5
Semi 2: R. Wolland (Richmond) 10, C. Gilbert (Halswell) 8
Final D. Philpott 13, R. Wolland 10
Robin needed 4 in the final end to draw level to David and force an extra end but with his third bowl the jack shot out to the side of the mat giving Robin the shot but losing his bowl in the process bringing the end and the game to a close.
The win gives David his 5th Ch of Ch Singles Title earning him his first Silver Star.
Congratulations David on the win today and the Silver Star.
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VETERAN FOURS
sponsored by
Essie Summers Retirement Village
August 13 at Hornby
14 teams entered with 4 teams qualifying for post section.
Semi 1: A.Martin, J Nalder, A Craig and N Jeffs from G.C.L.A beat S Tyreman, F Seipkes, D Fuller and D Catermole from Spreydon 7 - 6.
Semi 2: M Berkeley, K Curtis, S Willaims and J Gray from Woolston beat W Trembath, D Anngow, T MacClaren and J Campbell from St Pauls 8 - 6.
Two very exciting games.
The final was a close encounter till the penultimate end with Maurice beating Audrey 17 - 8.
Congratulations to the Woolston team.
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Inter-Island Tour & Test Match
7 - 15 August

South Island fall one win shy of the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy in Auckland Saturday night.
Four medals to each team.

Congratulations to our Canterbury players who came home with medals:
Jenny Eden, Marie-Therese Hooper & Deanne Osborne - Women's Fours
James Sullivan - Men's Triples

At the end of round one the score was 8 all with each team winning two of the ladies games and two of the men's games.
At the end of round two the North held a 2pt lead with an extra draw against the men and four of the medals had been decided: Women's Pairs & Men's Triples to the South; Women's Triples & Men's Fours to the North.
The score was North 17 - South 15.
With 8 games to play and 4 medals still undecided the outcome was far from certain.
After four more games the gap remained the same with two wins each taking the score to 21 - 19 and both Singles medals decided: Ladies to the South & Men's to the North.
The fifth game to finish increased the North's lead as the Women's Pairs bt the South 20-15 having already conceded the medal to the South.
This took the score to 23 - 19 with just 3 games still playing.
One more win to the North would give them the trophy and it game with a win in the Men's Pairs 18-14 also winning them that medal.
The score was now 25 - 19.
The last two games went the way of the South as did the last medal, the Women's Fours.
Rd 1: 8-8
Rd 2: 9-7
Rd 3: 8-8
Final score: North 25 - South 23
Medals: 4 each
North:
Women's Triples, Men's Singles, Men's Pairs & Men's Fours
South:
Women's Singles, Women's Pairs, Women's Fours & Men's Triples

Congratulations to the North Island team for retaining the trophy. Well done to the South Island team for coming so close.
Congratulations to all medal winners.

For full results & a wrap of the test match, click here.

District matches:
With the district matches all done, the South went into the test match having won 6 of their 9 district matches losing to North Taranaki, Waikato & a combined Auckland/North Harbour team.
Auckland/North Harbour knocked the wind out of the Southeners sails Thursday night with an impressive first round losing only one game to lead 14-2, a gap that proved too large to close. Final score: 28 - 20.
Up till then the Southeners had won their previous four matches.

The women's singles player, Belinda Peard of Southland won 7 of her 9 disrict matches. Her only losses being to Mat Black Maureen Pruden from Waikato and to Auckland/North Harbour's Caroll Smyth.
The men’s triples team also won seven of their nine matches. Their only losses being to North Taranaki’s Alister Wilson, Ivan Phipps and Sean Ridley and Auckland/North Harbour's Paul Wright, Rodney Mills & Barry Kinnaird
The women’s fours team finished with six wins and a draw from their nine games also only losing to North Taranaki (Wendy Sarten, Michelle Watt, Yvonne Bailey & Ashleigh Stotter) and Auckland/North Harbour's Jenny Stockford, Carol Wright, Pam Cohen & Margaret Sterling. They drew with King Country's Ngaire Lawson, Mary Southey, Olga Barnes & Barbara Ryeburn.

Canterbury has 6 players in the South Island Team as follows:
Women:
Jenny Eden, Marie-Therese Hooper & Deanne Osborne
(all in the Women's Fours)
Men:
Blair Spicer (Men's Pairs), James Sullivan (Men's Triples) & Adam Williams (Men's Reserve).
For the full South Island Team & North Island Team, click here.

The team they faced in the test on Saturday had seven new caps and an impressive history having won the inter-island match for the last eleven successive years from 2004 to 2014 and overall has now won 25 (incl 2015) times to the South Island's 10 times.

Schedule & results as follows:
For the district teams, click here.

Friday 7 August v Taranaki at Normanby SOUTH WIN 34 - 14
Saturday 8 August v North Taranaki at New Plymouth SOUTH LOSE 18 - 30
Saturday 8 August v King Country at Otorohanga SOUTH WIN 33 - 15
Sunday 9 August v Waikato at Hamilton SOUTH LOSE 22 - 26
Sunday 9 August v Tauranga at Mount Maunganui SOUTH WIN 29 - 19
Monday 10 August v Thames Valley at Whangamata SOUTH WIN 29 - 19
Tuesday 11 August v CS/RD combined at Pukekohe SOUTH WIN 29 - 19
Wed 12 August v Northland at Kensington SOUTH WIN 28 - 20
Thursday 13 August v Auckland/North Harbour at Auckland SOUTH LOSE 20 - 28
Saturday 15 August North vs South Test Match, Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy at Auckland NORTH WIN 25 - 23

For full results of each day's play, click here.
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JACKSON CUP
The annual fixture between Canterbury and South Canterbury for the Jackson Cup was played in Timaru 8 August. After the first round Canterbury lead 32 to 24, and the development team trailed 12 to 16. The second and final round saw Canterbury win by 58 to 54 with the development team winning 32 to 24.
See the Rep Notices page for more details.
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CANTERBURY WON ITS ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURE
AGAINST ASHBURTON
WITH A WIN BY
107 points to Ashburton's 61 points.
Congratulations Canterbury
See the Rep Notices page for more details
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VETERAN TRIPLES
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
ESSIE SUMMERS RETIREMENT VILLAGE
8 qualified for Post Section Play
WINNERS W Trembath, E Maclaren, E Folau. (St Pauls)
RUNNER UP M Berkeley (s) K Curtis, J Grey (Woolston)
SEMI FINALISTS
J Hall, D McKey, J Baxter (St Peters)
B Henry (s), B Kamo, A Kendall (Woolston)

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PATERSON TROPHY 17-19 JULY

Canterbury wins Zone 5 Trophy!

Teams from 34 districts lined up for the annual Paterson Trophy competition this weekend.
Held at six separate venues, our team played at Blenheim for the Zone 5 Trophy against Ashburton, Golden Bay-Motueka, Marlborough, Nelson & West Coast.
Ashburton won the Trophy last year.
​First session Friday evening.
Canterbury will now go on to play for the Welch Trophy at Lower Hutt, 4-6 Sept.
Well done team & good luck for the Welch!
View results for Zone 5 here (Google Spreadsheet)

If you belong to Facebook, check out the photos and reaction on our Canterbury Indoor Bowls Group page

For full results see:
NZ Indoor Bowls on Facebook or
NZ Indoor Bowls website

Final results for all zones as follows:
*denotes 2014 winner

Zone 5:
Canterbury extended their lead going into the final session by 2pts to win by 8.5pts over their closest rival, Ashburton.
Ashburton needed to win a good number of their final session games against us to be in with a chance. They won half of them which wasn't enough to catch us.
* Ashburton 113.5
Canterbury 122
Golden Bay-Motueka 90
Marlborough 73
Nelson 86
West Coast 55.5

Zone 1:
Auckland (AK) 89
Counties (CS) 104.5
Northland (NL) 60.5
North Harbour (NH) 80
Roskill & Districts (RD) 85.5
* Thames Valley (TV) 78.5

Zone 2:
Bay of Plenty (BP) 77.5
Hawkes Bay (HB) 50.5
Poverty Bay (PB) 33.5
* Tauranga (TG) 76
Waikato (WK) 92.5

Zone 3:
King Country (KC) 45
* Manawatu (MN) 87.5
North Taranaki (NT) 102.5
Taranaki (TA) 51
Wanganui (WG) 74

Zone 4:
Bush Ruahine (BR) 67.5
Horowhenua (HO) 57.5
Hutt Valley (HV) 115.5
* North Wellington (NW) 103
Upper Hutt Valley (UV) 122.5
Wairarapa (WR) 79

Zone 6:
Central Otago (CO) 65
North Otago (NO) 54.5
Otago (OT) 121.5
South Canterbury (SC) 82.5
South Otago (SO) 95.5
* Southland (SL) 120

Congratulations to all zone winners.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS
played at Hornby Club Sunday 12th July
Proudly sponsored by
O'Sheas Publlic House, Marshland Rd

Simon & Julie Thomas of the St Paul's Club create history winning the Canterbury Championship Pairs.

In a repeat of the Mixed Fours, Simon again faced James Sullivan in the final.

James (again playing with Kevin Anngow) won the first end to lead 2-0 but after 6 ends was down 3-6, within reach but couldn't repeat the Mixed Fours win.
Sullivan was sitting on a hattrick having won the Pairs title the previous two years.
In a close semi-final the Thomas's were nearly put out by Blair Spicer & Adam Williams but Julie lead brilliantly to often have shot and position.

The win gives Simon his 20th Canterbury Title and makes him the first person to win 20 Canterbury Titles.

The win gives Julie her 14th Canterbury Title and equally impressive given this was her first tournament in over two years.

Congratulations to both Simon & Julie.

22 teams qualified for Post Section play.
Byes
D McKay/G Stevenson, D Philpott/B Diamond, M T Hooper/J Thompson, D Turner/J Gibbs,  W Trembath/E Maclaren, M Markham/M Bassett, D Levers/J Aldridge, S Thomas/J Thomas, M Berkeley/J Grey, M Fraser/R Fraser
Rnd 1
J Sullivan/K Anngow 7, L Ashby/J Muir 6
B Wolland/K Curtis 11, B Clemett/KR Botica 6
M King/V Tyson 8, N Inglis/A Martin 7
B Spicer/A Williams 11, K Mackenzie/R Mackenzie 4
B Henry/Sue Williams 9, C Sullivan/N Jeffs 5
D Osborne/J Eden 9, J Lewis/H Dodds 7
Last 16
D Philpott/B Diamond 9, D McKay/G Stevenson 4
M T Hooper/J Thompson 5, D Turner/J Gibbs 4
J Sullivan/K Anngow 10 W Trembath/E Maclaren 6
M King/V Tyson 6 B Wolland/K Curtis 4
B Spicer/A Williams 12, B Henry/S Williams 5
M Markham/M Bassett 5, D Osborne/J Eden 2
S Thomas/J Thomas 8, D Levers/J Aldridge 6
M Berkeley/J Grey 8, M Fraser/R Fraser 5
Last  8
M T Hooper/J Thompson (St Paul's) 7, D Philpott/B Diamond (Hornby) 3
J Sullivan/K Anngow (St Paul's) 10, M King/V Tyson (Hornby) 9
B Spicer/A Williams (St Paul's) 11, M Markham/M Bassett (Rakaia) 4
S Thomas/J Thomas (St Paul's) 11, M Berkley/J Grey (Woolston) 5
Semi
Sullivan​ 16, Hooper 2
Thomas 8, Spicer 7
Final​
Thomas 8, Sullivan 5
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SUPER SEVENS AFTER SIX ROUNDS
Super Sevens competition after a double header last week Hornby 1 leads on 31 points followed by Hornby 2 on 26, St Pauls 3rd on 25, Richmond and Woolston 1 dropping back to be 4th equal on 24 points. Full results on docs/draws/tournament results page.
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MIXED FOURS ZONE FINAL RESULTS
The St Paul's combination of James Sullivan, Kevin Anngow, Marie-Therese Hooper and Carmel Sullivan finished second to Ashburton's
Grant Wilson, Michael Lawson, Chris Talbot and Hazel Mitchell who will represent our Zone at Wanganui on 25th July.
Round 1
Ashburton 8, Canterbury 5
South Canterbury 14, North Otago 7
Round 2
Ashburton 12, South Canterbury 7
Canterbury 15, North Otago 5
Ashburton won their game on Grant Wilson's last bowl scoring a 5 after clearing South Canterbury's shot and nearest bowls off the head.
Round 3
Ashburton 8 North Otago 4
Canterbury 10, South Canterbury 10
Overall
Ashburton 3 wins, 14 ends,
Canterbury 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss 18 ends
South Canterbury 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss 13 ends
North Otago 3 losses 12 ends
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED FOURS
played at Hornby Club Saturday 27th June

18 teams entered this event with 10 teams qualifying for Post Section.
Byes
J Sullivan D Anngow, S Wyatt, M Fraser, M King, D Philpott
Round 1
Bruce Wolland (Woolston) 7, Dave McKay (Papanui) 6 Simon Thomas (Woolston) 9, Blair Spicer (Hornby) 7
Last 8
James Sullivan (St Pauls) 15, David Anngow (St Pauls) 3
Murray Fraser (GCLA) 12, Shayne Wyatt (Woolston) 0
Simon Thomas (Woolston) 8, Bruce Wolland (Woolston) 6
David Philpott (Hornby) 10, Mike King (Hornby) 4
Semi Final
James Sullivan, Kevin Anngow, Marie-Therese Hooper, Carmel Sullivan 11, Murray Fraser, Rick Fraser, Gretta Leigh, Norma Jeffs 6;
Simon Thomas, Rob Osborne, Deanne Osborne, Jenny Eden 9, David Philpott, Alan Clarke, Ann Graham, Bev Diamond 8
Final
Sullivan 8, Thomas 7

The winning team will represent Canterbury in the NZ Mixed Fours Zone Final at Oamaru on Saturday 4th July commencing at 1pm
Good Luck to James and his team.
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PATERSON TEAM NAMED
With several players unavailable from last season the selectors have named 4 new caps in this years team to compete in Blenheim
on 17th - 19th June
Congratulations to all selected.
Canterbury Black
Blair Spicer (skip), James Sullivan,
Kevin Anngow, Adam Williams
Canterbury Red
David Philpott (skip), Mike King
Gary Ashby, Deanne Osborne
Reserve - Rob Osborne
Manager-Paul Eden


JUNIOR SINGLES
10 players entered this event held at the Hornby Club on Sat 20th June
4 players qualified for Post Section
Semi Final
Findlay Herbert 15, Preston Ching 7
Katie-Rae Botica 15. Hamish Church 4
Final
Katie-Rae Botica (GCLA)12  Findlay Herbert (Arawa) 8
The winner to represent Canterbury in the
NZ Junior Singles final at North Wellington
on Saurday 29th August commencing at 10am.

North & South Island Teams Announced:

This year the South is touring the North.
Canterbury players selected in the South Island Team are:

Women:
Jenny Eden, Marie-Therese Hooper & Deanne Osborne

Men:
Blair Spicer, James Sullivan & Adam Williams (reserve).

The tour commences Friday August 7 & culminates with the annual North vs South Inter-Island Match for the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy at Roskill and Districts Hall, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland on Saturday August 15.

The full team is available here.
Details of the team & tour itinerary can be found on the NZIB website here.

Congratulations to those selected and good luck!
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The 66th Lion Foundation National Championships in Timaru 6 - 13 June.

James Sullivan wins Robertson Trophy for Player of the Tournament.
Sullivan's team of Blair Spicer(skip), James Sullivan, Kevin Anngow, & Jeremy Markham made it to the final of the Open Fours on Saturday where they met Grant L'Ami, Paul Midgley, Mike & Lorraine Phipps. L'Ami & Mike Phipps won the Open Pairs on Tueday but Sullivan's Semi-finals in the Singles & Triples gave him more points.
Well done James.
Hot on his heels was Jeremy Markham who played with Sullivan in the Pairs, Triples & Fours giving him the same number of points but Sullivan's performance in the Singles won him the trophy.

L'Ami's team proved too strong in the Fours beating Spicer's team 13-6 in the final. The win gave Grant L'Ami & Mike Phipps their second title for the Tournament.

Fay Donaldson(skip), Margaret Phillips, Elaine Williams & Margaret Bunt won the Masters Fours beating Lloyd Prattley(skip), Allan Gibson, Rana Bleeker & Graham Imms 12-8 in the final.

Full results of all Tournament play can be found here (Google Spreadsheet).
A summary of each day's play including the Academy & Masters Events can be found on the NZIB website here.
There's also the NZIB Facebook page
or Facebook feed (for those who don't belong to Facebook),
and our Facebook group (need to belong to Facebook)

Earlier results:

Teri Anderson, Paul Psaila & Grant Rayner(skip) retain their Open Triples Title on Thursday, beating Jacque Porter, Frank McKenna & Robin Porter(skip) 12-4 in the final.
This is the third time this team has won this title having won it in 2010, 2014 & now 2015.

Chris Guy, Jean Stratford & Stewart Stratford(skip) won the Masters Triples beating Diane Warwood, Helen Guthrie & Wayne Williams(skip) 12-5 in the final.

A canterbury team fell shy of the Open Triples final by one point:
Jeremy Markham, Matt Markham & James Sullivan(skip) lost in a thrilling semi-final 11-10 to the eventual winners.
The closing stages of the last end saw the jack parked in a corner of the mat. Rayner held the shot. Sullivan got down to draw to the jack and delivered what looked to be the perfect bowl to sit for shot but it ran slightly to far giving Rayner the win.

Northern teams won both the Academy & Masters Events Wednesday afternoon: 39-11 & 29-19.

Grant L'Ami & Mike Phipps won the Open Pairs beating Paul Wright & Richard Caddy 13-5 in the final.
This is their third Pairs win having first won the title in 2002 then 2014 & now 2015.

Ron & Rae Inglis won the Masters Pairs beating Barry & Jenny Chapman 8-7 in the final.

Avon Compton won the Open Singles beating Lloyd Bellis 9-4 in the final.
Ray Christensen won the Masters Singles beating Henry Pratt 10-8 in the final.

Compton beat James Sullivan in another thrilling Semi-final.
Compton was 6-1 up after 5 ends but Sullivan fought back to be 5-6 going into the last end.
A one on that end took the game to an extra end where Sullivan held three shots but without last bowl. A superbly executed bowl from Compton won him the game. Well done Avon and great effort James.

Canterbury results of note:
(players entered under Canterbury)

James Sullivan - Singles Semi-final
Simon Thomas - Singles last 16
Rob & Deanne Osborne - Pairs last 16
James Sullivan & Jeremy Markham - Pairs last 16
James Sullivan, Matt & Jeremy Markham - Triples Semi-final
Blair Spicer, James Sullivan, Kevin Anngow & Jeremy Markam - Fours final
Lloyd Bellis, David Philpott, Rhonda Bellis & Bev Diamond - Fours last 16
James Sullivan - Robertson Trophy

Well done to all participants.
Congratulations to all winners.
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Womens Tens Played 23rd May​
at Avonhead School
1st  Chartered Clubs        29 pts 154.5 ends
2nd  Catholics                25 pts 137.5 ends
3rd  Ashburton                20 pts 151 ends
4th  Metropolitan              19 pts 120 ends
5th  County North            17 pts 124.5 ends
6th  Country South          11 pts 121.5 ends
Congratulations to Chartered Clubs on their win.
The Catholic Association finished strongly to take out second place.
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2015 South Island Academy Team
CY Players
Womens Singles - Jenny Eden
Womens Pairs Lead - Bev Diamond
Reserve - Carmel Sullivan
Mens Singles - Kevin Anngow
Mens Pairs - Lead Adam Williams

2015 Southern Zone Masters
Womens Pairs Lead - Kathleen Curtis
Womens Fours Third - Jenny Hamilton
Womens Fours Second - Barbara Kamo
Reserve - Betty Barltrop
Mens Singles - Maurice Berkeley
Reserve - Murray Fraser
Captain Maurice Berkeley

MANAGER - Michael Lawson

GOOD LUCK TO ALL SELECTED
PLAYERS MUST WEAR
CANTERBURY UNIFORM
FULL TEAMS ARE ON NZIB WEBSITE

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Craw Cup Round One
Chartered Clubs 19 wins 2 draws = 40 points, Town 17 wins 1 draw = 35 points,
Country 16 wins, 1 draw = 33 points.
Round two will be played on
Wednesday 19th August.

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66th Lion Foundation National Championships

View draw here
The Nationals Draw is an online Google Spreadsheet. You can print this out if you wish, but you will get a booklet with the draw in it like normal.
This cloud-based spreadsheet is a first for NZIB, and should prove popular. It will be updated in real-time, so anybody can access it and see results as they happen, from any device - be it computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Good luck to all players.

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INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND 14-16 MAY 2015

New Zealand retain the Henselite Trophy beating Australia 38-28 at Mount Maunganui on Saturday afternoon.

New Zealand led going into the final session 29-25 and managed to extend their lead against a strong Australian challenge.

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Of the eleven Australasian Medals up for graps, Australia took out 5 and New Zealand 6.

Australasian Medals:

New Zealand 6 (Women's Singles - Teri Anderson; Women's Pairs - Fiona Wilson, Teri Anderson; Women's Triples - Lois Randall, Linda McCurdy, Denise Clarkson; Men's Singles - Ashley Diamond, Mixed 8-bowl Pairs - Ashley Diamond, Sheree Holmes; Men's Triples - John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith)

Australia 5 (Women's Fours - Monika Korn, Meredith Norton, Julie Zaporozec, Jodie Jones; Men's pairs - Tony Simpson, Simon Zaporozec; Men's Fours - Tony Simpson, Chris Price, Darren Vos, Simon Zaporozec; Mixed Fours - David Blyth, Ian Ogilvie, Caralyn Walsh, Barbara Hill, Mixed 6-bowl Pairs - Ian Ogilvie, Jodie Jones ).

Congratulations to all medal winners and congratulations to the Mat Blacks for retaining the Henselite Trophy.

Results Day Three:
Women's Singles: Teri Anderson (NZ) 27, Anne Draffen (AUS) 15

Women's Pairs: Fiona Wilson, Teri Anderson (NZ) 16, Monika Korn, Meredith Norton (AUS) 14

Women's Triples: Lois Randall, Linda McCurdy, Denise Clarkson (NZ) 12, Caralyn Walsh, Julie Zaporozec, Barbara Hill (AUS) 28

Women's Fours: Lois Randall, Fiona Wilson, Sheree Holmes, Denise Clarkson (NZ) 11, Monika Korn, Meredith Norton, Julie Zaporozec, Jodie Jones (AUS) 15

Men's Singles: Ashley Diamond (NZ) 27, Arthur Finch (AUS) 14

Men's Pairs: Grant l'Ami, Gary Low (NZ) 16, Tony Simpson, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 16

Men's Triples: John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) 20, Chris Price, Darren Vos, Arthur Finch (AUS) 19

Men's Fours: Grant l'Ami, John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) 15, Tony Simpson, Chris Price, Darren Vos, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 16

Mixed Fours: Paul Wright, Gary Low, Linda McCurdy, Maureen Pruden (NZ) 14, David Blyth, Ian Ogilvie, Caralyn Walsh, Barbara Hill (AUS) 13

Mixed 6-bowl Pairs: Paul Wright, Maureen Pruden (NZ) 17, Ian Ogilvie, Jodie Jones (AUS) 13

Mixed 8-bowl Pairs: Ashley Diamond, Sheree Holmes (NZ) 17, David Blyth, Anne Draffen (AUS) 16

Final Score after the final day of three: New Zealand 38, Australia 28.

Results: Day Two
Men's Singles: Ashley Diamond (NZ) 23 bt Arthur Finch (AUS) 18

Men's Pairs: Grant l'Ami, Gary Low (NZ) 18 lst Tony Simpson, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 19

Men's Triples: John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) 20 lst Chris Price, Darren Vos, Arthur Finch (AUS) 25;

Men's Fours: Grant l'Ami, John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) 16 drew Tony Simpson, Chris Price, Darren Vos, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 16

Women's Singles: Teri Anderson (NZ) 27 bt Anne Draffen (AUS) 14

Women's Pairs: Fiona Wilson, Teri Anderson (NZ) 23 bt Monika Korn, Meredith Norton (AUS) 16

Women's Triples: Lois Randall, Linda McCurdy, Denise Clarkson (NZ) 29 bt Caralyn Walsh, Julie Zaporozec, Barbara Hill (AUS) 9

Women's Fours: Lois Randall, Fiona Wilson, Sheree Holmes, Denise Clarkson (NZ) 10 lst Monika Korn, Meredith Norton, Julie Zaporozec, Jodie Jones 18

Mixed fours: Paul Wright, Gary Low, Linda McCurdy, Maureen Pruden (NZ) 13 lst David Blyth, Ian Ogilvie, Caralyn Walsh, Barbara Hill (AUS) 17

Mixed 6-bowl pairs: Paul Wright, Maureen Pruden (NZ) 14 lst Ian Ogilvie, Jodie Jones (AUS) 21

Mixed 8-bowl pairs: Ashley Diamond, Sheree Holmes (NZ) 20 bt David Blyth, Anne Draffen (AUS) 13.

Progress Score after the second day of three: New Zealand 23, Australia 21.

Results: Day One

Women's Singles: Teri Anderson (NZ) bt Anne Draffen (AUS) 26-15; NZ 2, AUS 0;

Men's Singles: Ashley Diamond (NZ) lost Arthur French (AUS) 20-23; NZ 0, AUS 2;

Women's Pairs: Fiona Wilson, Teri Anderson (NZ) bt Monika Korn, Meredith Norton (AUS) 19-16; NZ 2, AUS 0

Men's Pairs: Grant l'Ami, Gary Low (NZ) lost to Tony Simpson, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 14-19; NZ 0, AUS 2

Mixed 8 bowl Pairs: Ashley Diamond, Sheree Holmes (NZ) bt David Blyth, Anne Draffen (AUS) 34-11; NZ 2, AUS 0

Mixed 6 bowl Pairs: Paul Wright, Maureen Pruden (NZ) lost Ian Ogilvie, Jodie Jones (AUS) 12-26; NZ 0 AUS 2

Women's Triples: Lois Randall, Linda McCurdy, Denise Clarkson (NZ) bt Caralyn Walsh, Julie Zaporozec, Barbara Hill (AUS) 20-13 NZ 2, AUS 0

Men's Triples: John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) bt Chris Price, Darren Voss, Arthur Finch (AUS) 19-18; NZ 2, AUS 0

Women's Fours: Lois Randall, Fiona Wilson, Sheree Holmes, Denise Clarkson (NZ) bt Monika Korn, Meredith Norton, Julie Zaporozec, Jodie Jones (AUS) 27-17; NZ 2, AUS 0

Men's Fours: Grant l'Ami, John Zittersteijn, Grant Rayner, Paul Smith (NZ) lost Tony Simpson, Chris Price, Darren Voss, Simon Zaporozec (AUS) 11-34; NZ 0, AUS 2

Mixed Fours: Paul Wright, Gary Low, Linda McCurdy, Maureen Pruden (NZ) lost David Blyth, Ian Ogilvie, Caralyn Walsh, Barbara Hill (AUS) 16-19; NZ 0, AUS 2

Progress Score after the first day of three: New Zealand 12, Australia 10.

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NZ NATIONALS TIMETABLE
Singles:  Saturday    8.30am and 12.15pm Pairs: Monday  8:30am and 1.15pm
Triples:  Wednesday 8.30am
Fours:  Friday 8:30 am
The full draw should be posted on the website and programmes sent to districts within two weeks.
There are limited vacancies in the open fours and all events in the Over 60’s grades.
Contact National Office if you have bowlers interested.
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Veteran Pairs
proudly sponsored by
Essie Summers
Retirement Village
Beckenham
Congratulations to Maurice Berkeley and Ann Kendall on winning the CY Veteran Pairs today at Woolston Club.
From a field of 24 teams only 7 qualified for Post Section Play
Post Section Round 1
Maurice Berkeley - Bye
Ted Maclaren/Bill Trembath (St Pauls) 9 Bevan Matthews/Margaret Woods Hornby) 8;
Brad Henry/ Barbara Kamo (Woolston) 10  Sue Williams/Ray Breach (Woolston) 5;
David Anngow/Jean Campbell (St Pauls) 11 Audrey Martin/Gerald Smith (Garden City/Linwood Ave) 3
Semi Finals
David Anngow/Jean Campbell 9 Brad Henry/Barbara Kamo 8
Maurice Berkeley/Ann Kendall 7, Ted Maclaren/Bill Trembath 6
FINAL
Maurice Berkeley/Ann Kendall (Woolston) 13 David Anngow/Jean Campbell (St Pauls)  6
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NZIB May Newsletter available on their website
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Canterbury Championship Mixed Pairs played at Avonhead School Saturday 9 May.
In the final the husband and wife combination of Rob and Deanne Osborne played their club mates Brad Henry and Sue Williams.  The Osborne duo took the title winning 7 - 5. This was a golden moment for Deanne winning her 5th Canterbury title. Congratulations Deanne on earning your Gold Star.
Only 9 teams qualified from the field of 30 teams, with 5 points to qualify.
Post Section Round 1 Ann Graham/Colin Gilbert 5, James Sullivan/Jenny Eden 4.
Last 8
Brad Henry/Sue Williams 8 Ann Graham/Colin Gilbert 5
Tony Anderson/Pat Simpson 8 Maurice Berkeley/Carol Spicer 5
Rob Osborne/Deanne Osborne 11 Kevin Anngow/Marie-Therese Hooper 4
Bill Kamo/Jean Campbell 11 Jo Hill/Greg Hill 2
Semi Final
Brad Henry/Sue Williams (Woolston) 9 Tony Anderson/Pat Simpson (Spreydon) 8 (a deciding end was played)
Rob Osborne/Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 11 Bill Kamo/Jean Campbell (St Pauls) 4
FINAL
Rob Osborne/Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 7 Brad Henry/Sue Williams (Woolston) 5

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CANTERBURY V OTAGO
Canterbury won the Annual Representative Fixture finishing on Sunday morning in Dunedin.
A special thank you to Mainland Foundation for the donation to cover accommodation
for our Canterbury team.

Round 3
Fours were even with three games each following the final singles round Canterbury were ahead 116 to Otagos 112. Canterbury stormed home with an excellent final round of pairs to finish the competition well ahead.
Canterbury 134, Otago 118

Round 2
The annual clash between Canterbury and Otago for the Speights Trophy is a close contest with Canterbury taking the overnight lead. Following the fours in the second session scores were level at 48 all, however the second session of leads and seconds singles saw Otago inch slightly ahead CY 59 OT 61. The thirds and skips results was the reverse of the lead and seconds the scores were then level at CY 72 OT 72. In the final round of pairs for the day CY won 7.5 games while OT won 4.5 games.  The overall score is CY 87 OT 81. Otago currently holds the Trophy.  The third and final session will be held on Sunday morning.

Round 1
Progress from the Annual Representative Fixture against Otago for the Speights Trophy after the first round of Fours Points were 6 all (3 games each) CY 6 OT 6, however in the Singles 9 games to CY and 15 games to Otago. Points CY 24 OT 36. The Pairs Games saw Canterbury peg back some of the deficit with CY winning 8 games while OT only managed 4. At tea on day one CY 40 OT 44. One more full round tonight with the third session being played tomorrow morning.
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Canterbury Championship Singles
at Hornby Club.
played Monday 27th April (ANZAC Day Holiday)
Post Section Results
Rnd 1
Byes K Anngow, A Williams, B Spicer M Fraser
G Hill. J Eden, D Levers, A Graham, R Fraser, K Curtis, M Berkeley, J Shirley

M King 15, D Bullock 7
D Osborne 8, D Woods 7
D Philpott 10, G Richardson 2
C Gilbert 12, R Osborne 7

Last 16
K Anngow 12 A Williams 6; B Spicer 9 M Fraser 6; J Eden 11 G Hill 8; D Osborne 11 M King 8; D Philpott 16, C Gilbert 8;  A Graham 9 D Levers 6; K Curtis 13, R Fraser 9; M Berkeley 10 J Shirley 3

  Last 8
B Spicer (St Albans Shirley) 9, K Anngow (St Pauls) 5
D Osborne (Woolston) 10, J Eden (Woolston) 7
A Graham (Paparua Temp RSA) 11, D Philpott (Hornby) 6
M Berkeley (Woolston) 9, K Curtis (Woolston) 7

Semi Final
Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 14
Blair Spicer (SAS) 12;
Maurice Berkeley (Woolston) 12
Ann Graham (Paparua Templeton RSA) 10

FINAL
MAURICE BERKELEY 12
DEANNE OSBORNE 5

Congratulations to Maurice who will represent Canterbury at the NZ Henselite Singles Finals, hosted by Canterbury at Avonhead School on Saturday 12th September.
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No West Coast Rep Game this year.
See Rep Notices page for more details.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
CIBA HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SELL BOOKS AS A MAJOR FUNDRAISER
DETAILS WILL BE SENT TO CLUBS SOON

Congratulations to James Sullivan of St Pauls who won the first Canterbury Event of the Season
CY OPEN SINGLES
played Sunday 29th March 2015
16 players qualified for Post Section Play.
Rnd 1: R Wolland 9, M Fraser 8; D Levers 9, J Eden 8; J Barltrop 12, K Curtis 6; A Williams 7, M King 6, G Hill 12, R Fraser 5; D Philpott 10, Ann Graham 8, A Martin 9, V Tyson 5; J Sullivan 17, J Lewis 5.
Last 8: D Levers 11, R Wolland 5, A Williams 9, J Barltrop 5, D Philpott 9, G Hill 6; J Sullivan 14, A Martin 5.
Semi: D Levers (Garden City/Linwood Ave) 12, A Williams (St Pauls) 7, J Sullivan (St Pauls) 12, D Philpott (Hornby) 7.
FINAL JAMES SULLIVAN (ST PAULS) 14, DENNIS LEVERS (GCLA) 8.

Academy and Masters Nominations forms
are now available for eligible layers
attending NZ Nationals in Timaru in June.
Please make sure that the CY Selectors or CIBA Secretary know well in advance of closing date so you can be given a form.


Some Laws of the Game have changed
Down load the full Laws of the Game here
Law books are available from CIBA Secretary, $2 each.


CONGRATULATIONS TO ASHLEY DIAMOND ON HIS SELECTION IN THE NZ TEAM

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID BULLOCK ON HIS NZ INDOOR BOWLS
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

SELECTORS FOR 2015
Paul Eden (Convenor)
Murray Fraser
Jan Shirley
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