Sunday March 3rd saw the Champion of Champion Fours played at the Kia Toa green.
Rd 1: Sharon Leonard, Jill Bennett, Julie McAulay, and Janice Williams (Kia Toa) played Eileen Rabbidge, Lyn Wilkie, Wendy Smith, and Judy Boyle (Timaru). These teams played 15 ends. Both teams were 5 all after 4 ends, Kia Toa scored 2 (7) while Timaru scored 6 shots, to be ahead at 11-7. Kia Toa scored 6 shots to reach 13 and Timaru did not score again to lose 11-13. Cathy Richards, Pat Parker, Karen Manning, and Sharon Hammond (Temuka) played Bridget Kitching, Rana Crabtree, Fiona Davies, and Glenis McDonald (West End). Both scored 3 shots each 3 all, Cathy scored 3, Bridget scored 5 shots, and 2 shots for Cathy to make it 8 all. Bridget scored 4 shots to give West End, 12 shots, while Cathy scored 6 shots to beat Bridget 14-12. Waimate and Geraldine had the bye.
Rd 2: Waimate’s team of Rosina Beker, Lyn Chave, Maria Griffin, and Natalie Campbell played Geraldine’s Barbara Tiffen, Linda Gallagher, Sandra Sutton, and Shelly McGrath. After 7 ends in this game, it was 6 -4 to Barbara. Barbara scored another single shot (7), while Rosina scored 7 shots, (11), Barbara scored 2 have 9 shots, while Rosina scored 4 shots to win 13-9. Kia Toa (Sharon Leonard) played Temuka (Cathy Richards), and after 4 ends Sharon had scored 2 shots, a 5, and a single to be 8 to Cathy’s 2 shots. Cathy scored 2 singles to have 4 shots, while Sharon scored 5 shots to lead 14-4, Cathy scored 1, Sharon scored 3 shots and Cathy scored 1 more, and Sharon’s team was too good for Cathy’s team, winning 17-6.
The final was between Rosina’s (Waimate) team and Sharon’s (Kia Toa) team and was pretty even most of the way. Rosina started with 3 singles and on the next end Sharon scored a 4, Rosina scored 2, Sharon scored 3, 7-5 to Sharon, Rosina scored a single, Sharon scored 2, Rosina scored 3, Sharon scored 1 to be 10-9 up. Rosina scored 2 shots, Sharon scored 1 to be 11 all after 13 of the 15 ends to play. Rosina scored a single to be 12-11 up, on the last end Rosina’s 3rd, Lyn Chave drew 2 lovely shots, and Rosina put in another shot to go to 15, Sharon had a yard on shot to move the shots but just missed on 2 occasions.
A great game for a final, which gives Waimate the Pairs and Fours Women’s Champion of Champions titles.
Kia Toa was thanked for hosting and thanks went to the greenkeeper and Umpire.
- Raewyn Crowe