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NZ BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDOOR BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Held in Fielding over Labour Weekend

Congratulations to Canterbury's John Taylor from the Canterbury Blind Indoor Bowls Club on winning the NZ Totally Blind Men's Singles Championship in Fielding on Sunday the 23rd of October.
He was guided by Martin Jefferson of the Arawa Indoor Bowls Club.
John was also a quarter-finalist in the Pairs with Joe Queen and Queen was a semi-finalist in the Partially Sighted Men's Singles Championship.
This is John's first Singles Title having been runner-up twice before.
Click here for a photo of John & Martin.
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CIBA PRIZEGIVING
Sunday 9th of October at the CIBA Hall

Player of the Year
Mike King (Hornby)

Volunteer of the Year
Audrey Martin (Avonhead)

Gold Star Recipients
(Canterbury Titles)
David Philpott (Hornby) - 20
Julie Thomas - 15
Mike King (Hornby) - 10

Silver Star Recipients
(Champ of Champ Titles)
Murray Fraser (GCLA) - 5
Robin Wolland (Richmond) - 5

All Gold & Silver Star recipients (Julie put in an apology) spoke of those who had taught, influenced or inspired them over the years, what the game means to them and regaled us with memorable moments from the mat.
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JUNIOR DRAWN PAIRS
Saturday 8 October, CIBA Hall, 2pm

8 players entered, drawn into a 4 team Round Robin.
The winning team on a countback of ends with 2 wins & 14 ends were:
Dylan Campbell (St Paul's) & Rebecca Jelfs (Woodend)
Second place with 2 wins & 12 ends:
Katie-Rae Botica (Avonhead) & Maddison Maher (Southbridge/Leeston)
Third place also with 2 wins & 11.5 ends:
Luke Tahu (Woolston) & Trinity Blair (GCLA)
Rounding out the competition winning 9.5 ends were:
Nikita Blair (GCLA) & James Maher (Southbridge/Leeston)

Luke & Trinity won their first two games but lost to Katie-Rae & Maddison in the final round.
Dylan & Rebecca lost to Luke & Trinity in the first round but won their next two games to claim the title on a countback of ends.

Congratulations to all and thank you to James for filling in for an unwell player.
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SUMMER BOWLS
Summer bowls got underway 7:30 Wednesday night (the 5th of October) at the CIBA Hall.
We had 22 teams of Drawn Pairs.
4 games played with a break after third game for tea & biscuits.
No booby prize but prizes for the top 4 teams.
Play finished approx. ten past ten.
An aggregate is running as well.
All are welcome. Cost: $3
Please be at Hall by 7:15
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED PAIRS
Played Sunday 2nd October at CIBA Hall, 9am.
Won by:
Michael Lawson & Julie Thomas (Rakaia)

Following on from their success in the Canterbury Fours, Lawson & Thomas picked up another title today winning the Canterbury Mixed Pairs. They played Chris Matthews & Kathleen Curtis in a final that echoed the Final in the Fours with the winning team dominating the mat. Matthews conceded defeat after 8 ends.
Both semi-final games were closer.
Matthews & Curtis played Mike King & Nikita Blair with the score 4-4 after 6 ends. Matthews picked up the next two ends to go into the final end 9-4 up.
Lawson & Thomas played Murray Fraser & Rosemary Ashe and their score was 6-6 after 7 ends. Lawson picked up a 4 next end to go into the final end 10-6 up.

14 teams qualified:
2 byes:
Michael Lawson/Julie Thomas (Rakaia),
Merv Taylor/Ngareta Orchard (Southbridge/Leeston)
Rd 1:
Tony Anderson/Pat Simpson (Spreydon) 11, John & Beryl Dishington (Kaiapoi) 4
Murray Fraser/Rosemary Ashe (GCLA) 12, Jeremy Markham/Maire Philpott (Templeton RSA) 4
Dennis Levers/Sue Williams (Avonhead) 11, Robin Wolland/Judith Walsh (Richmond) 5
Rob & Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 7, Simon Thomas/Jenny Eden (Woolston) 6
Mike King/Nikita Blair (Hornby) 9, Gary Ashby/Katrina Wealleans (Kaiapoi) 6
Chris Matthews/Kathleen Curtis (St Paul's) 7, Ann Graham/Kevin Anngow (St Paul's) 3
Quarther-finals:
Lawson 12, Anderson 5
Fraser 19, Levers 4
King 11, Osborne 5
Matthews 7, Taylor 3
Semi-finals:
Lawson 14, Fraser 6
Matthews 9, King 7
Final:
Michael Lawson & Julie Thomas (Rakaia) 10
Chris Matthews & Kathleen Curtis (St Paul's) 3

36 teams entered: P Botica, D McKay, S Tyerman, Al Graham; S Thomas, M Fraser, D Anngow, J Barltrop; I Cope, D Jamieson, J Dishington, R Dalkie; C Spicer, J Markham, D Philpott, N Inglis; L Hall, D. Kara, M T Hooper, B Wolland; R Carlson, R Osborne, V Osborne, M King; T Anderson, B Tulett, R Wolland, W Kamo, M Taylor, D Levers; K Anngow, M Coad, C Matthews, J Thomas, K Wealleans, C Sullivan.
                       
PLAYERS PLEASE BRING OWN LUNCH
​Tea/Coffee/Biscuits available during byes
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CHAMPION OF CHAMPION FOURS
CIBA Hall, Sunday 25 September
Won by: GCLA
(Murray Fraser, Marie Philpott, Nikita Blair & Trinity Blair)
Congratulations to Murray Fraser on winning his Silver Star for 5 Champion of Champion Titles.

GCLA capped off a good weekend with a win today and runners-up yesterday.
Halswell had a strong win in the semi-final against Kaiapoi but had a horror start in the final against GCLA dropping a 4 on the 1st end then 1s on the 2nd & 4th ends to be 6-1 down after 4 ends. They fought back to be 6-5 down after 7 ends but missed a shot on the 8th end leaving the head open for Murray who drew a second shot. Another 1 to GCLA on the 9th end left Halswell in the same situation as GCLA faced in yesterday's final - needing 4 or more on the last end.

3 teams qualified from the field of 10.
Semi-final:
Halswell (Colin Gilbert, Jason Hipper, Lewis Hall, Jeanette Hipper) 11,
Kaiapoi (Terry Miller, TBA, Judy Harrison, Andrea Stevenson) 5;
Final:
GCLA 9, Halswell 6

Teams entered:
ARAWA, GCLA, HALSWELL, HORNBY, KAIAPOI, QUINNS RD, RICHMOND, SPREYDON, ST PAUL'S, WOOLSTON
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CHAMPION OF CHAMPION TRIPLES
CIBA Hall, Saturday 24 September
Won by: Richmond
(Carol Spicer, Valerie Fretwell & Ray Dalkie)

Both Richmond & GCLA had strong semi-final wins. The final was closer. 4-6 down with 3 ends to go, Richmond picked up a 5 (Murray missed with a run shot & Carol drew another) to take the score to 9-6. Richmond picked up 1 on the next end leaving GCLA needing 4 or more on the last end.

4 teams qualified from the field of 12.
Semi-finals:
GCLA (Murray Fraser, Marie Philpott, Nikita Blair) 13,
Quinns Rd (Brian Ward, Mary Hunter, Heather Hansford) 3;
Richmond (Carol Spicer, Valerie Fretwell, Ray Dalkie) 10,
St Paul's (David Anngow, Carmel Sullivan, Lilian Wichman) 3
Final:
Richmond 10, GCLA 7

Teams entered:
ARAWA, CELTIC, GCLA, HALSWELL, HORNBY, KAIAPOI, QUINNS RD, RANGIORA RSA, RICHMOND, SPREYDON, ST PAUL'S WOOLSTON
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HARCOURTS GOLD REDWOOD SUPER SEVENS - FINAL RESULTS
Won by:
Hornby 1, consisting of:
Alan Clarke, Jullie Dalley, Bev Diamond, Pat Hartland, Jo Hill, Mike King, Dave Philpott, Alan Quirke, Jan Shirley & Vanessa Tyson

Hornby1 held onto 1st place following the final round of Super Sevens on Wednesday night at CIBA Hall.
Going into the final round with a 1pt lead over second placed Woolston and playing Woolston, whoever won the night was going to claim the title (though a draw would have been suffice for Hornby1). Hornby1 lost the Fours to Woolston but won the Singles and Pairs to increase their lead to 3pts. (A later recount showed Hornby1 went into this final round with a 4pt lead so Woolston needed all 3 games to beat them.)

4pts back, only 1pt separated 3rd & 4th place holders and with the teams not playing each other each could score 6pts moving them into contention for 2nd place.
As it was, Richmond/Woolston won enough to keep them ahead of St Paul's but not enough to catch Woolston. Woolston's one win against Hornby1 was enough to keep them ahead of the composite Richmond/Woolston's one and a half wins.

Final standings:
Hornby1 59, Woolston 53, Richmond/Woolston 51, St Paul's 49, Hornby2 39, Kaiapoi 38, Fernside 32, Templeton 32, GCLA 31, Papanui 28, Spreydon 23, Quinns Rd 18, Avonhead 15.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS
Sunday 18 September at CIBA Hall
Won by:
Simon Thomas, Michael Lawson, Julie Thomas & Jeremy Markham (Rakaia)

The Thomas's & Lawson showed again today the strength & class of their team in this event. Having won the title in 2013, 2014 & semi-finalists last year (all with Mat Bassett playing lead or second), they returned this year with Jeremy Markham as lead and easily took the title. Even the depth of talent in Graham's team had no answers in the final. Eden did outdraw Markham most ends but the head would soon change leaving little chance for Graham's team to get in and get the shot. Can anybody take a win from this team? Last year showed that they can be beaten but it took a fellow NZ Rep to do so. This is Simon's 21st Canterbury Title, Julie's 15th, Michael's 3rd & Jeremy's 1st.

In other results, Spreydon's team of Tony Anderson, Maurice Coad, Dave Fuller & Merilyn Coad did well to make it to the Semi-finals. They defeated the father & son team from Stoke, Nelson, Mike & Kaleb Johnston playing with Kevin Anngow & Katie-Rae Botica 10-8 in the first round of post-section and won their next game 11-4 before losing to Graham's team 6-10 in the semi-final.

The other semi-final saw Dave Bullock again come up against Simon.
Different teams but runner-up to Simon in 2014, put out by Simon in Quarter-finals last year and put out by Simon in Semi-finals this year 8-13.
That sounds very cruel of Simon. Maybe Dave's turn next year.

12 qualifiers from the field of 30.
Byes:
D Bullock, A Martin, R Hamilton, Al Graham (Hornby)
C Matthews, MT Hooper, W Kamo, J Thompson (St Paul's)
K Hooper, J Walsh, K Guild, C Prattley (Quinns Rd)
Ann Graham, R Osborne, D Osborne, J Eden (Woolston)
1st Rd:
S Thomas, M Lawson, J Thomas, J Markham (Rakaia) 13, M Fraser, R Fraser, M Taylor, R Ashe (GCLA)  6
A Perkins, I Cope, P Clement, B Lawton (Celtic) 7, A Clarke, D Philpott, J Shirley, B Diamond (Hornby) 3
T Anderson, M Coad, D Fuller, M Coad (Spreydon) 10, M Johnston, K Anngow, K Johnston, KR Botica (Nelson) 8
S Cooper, M Spicer, R Carlson, C Spicer (Richmond) 14, L Ashby, E Ashby, J Muir, J Beckingsale (Kaiapoi) 1
Quarter-finals:
D Bullock 7, C Matthews 5
S Thomas 10, A Perkins 5
T Anderson 11, S Cooper 4
Ann Graham 6, K Hooper 3
Semi-finals:
Simon Thomas, Michael Lawson, Julie Thomas, Jeremy Markham 13, Dave Bullock, Audrey Martin, Richard Hamilton, Alistair Graham 8
Ann Graham, Rob Osborne, Deanne Osborne, Jenny Eden 10, Tony Anderson, Maurice Coad, Dave Fuller, Merilyn Coad 6
Final:
Thomas 11, Graham 5
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CHAMPION OF CHAMPION PAIRS
Saturday 17 September
Won by: Kaiapoi
(Gary Ashby & Glenda Ellis)

3 teams qualified from a field of 10 on the day.
Chris Matthews & Dylan Campbell of St Paul's played Richmond's Robin Wolland & Brian Nelson in the semi-final.
St Paul's were 5-1 up half way through but a kill by Matthews 2 ends later brought the scores level and Richmond went on to win 8-6.
A similar pattern in the final. Richmond was up 4-2 with 3 ends to go but Kaiapoi got the last 3 ends scoring 2, 2 & 1 to win 7-4.
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HARCOURTS GOLD SUPER SEVENS
Wednesday 14 September at CIBA Hall
Rd 12

Sunday 9th October at CIBA Hall.
Doors open at 4.30pm.
Cost $15pp includes Finger Food and 2 Raffle Tickets.
RSVP to CIBA Secretary no later than Monday 3rd October.
E mail [email protected]
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SUMMER BOWLS - DRAWN PAIRS
Canterbury Indoor Bowls will be running Summer Bowls on Wednesday evenings during October & November starting on 5th October.
Please be at Hall by 7:15pm so draw can be done and play commence by 7:30pm.
Cost: $3 pp includes light supper.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS
To be played at CIBA Hall 9am start
Sunday 18th September
30 teams have entered this event:

9am D Bullock, C Sullivan, V Osborne, M Fraser, L Blank, G Hill, L Ashby, K Hooper, D Kara, D McKay, D Philpott, C Matthews, R Wolland, A Graham, A Perkins, J Lewis, J Barltrop, R Dalkie, M Johnston, D Wheeler, T Anderson, B Stevenson, S Cooper, M Berkeley.
The following byes start at approx 9.50am
D Levers, N Ward, S Thomas, J Dishington, M King, D Anngow.

PLAYERS PLEASE BRING OWN LUNCH
TEA/COFFEE/BISCUITS AVAILABLE DURING BYES.
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CHAMPION OF CHAMPION PAIRS
To be played at CIBA Hall 9am start
Saturday 17th September
11 clubs have entered this event:

ARAWA, AVONHEAD, GCLA, HALSWELL, HORNBY, KAIAPOI, QUINNS RD,RICHMOND, -----------------------------------------------------------

CANTERBURY v MARLBOROUGH
Saturday 10 September in Christchurch

Marlborough claim the Joan Shearman Throphy defeating Canterbury 69 - 39.

A battle-hardened Marlborough team which included most of their Paterson team proved too strong for Canterbury today leading through every round of 4s & Pairs.
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HENSELITE CHAMPION OF CHAMPION SINGLES
Saturday 10 September in North Wellington
Won by:
Geoff Coughey (Tauranga)

Coughey defeated our representative, Chris Matthews, 12-11 in the semi-finals and defeated Nigel Warnes of Golden Bay-Motueka 15-6 in the final.
In the other semi-final, Warnes defeated Counties' Matthew Ellis 11-10.

14 players qualified from the field of 34.
Matthews had a strong qualifying round scoring 3 and a half wins out of 4.
Only two other players went through undefeated: Counties' Matthew Ellis & Waikato's Teri Anderson.
In post-section, Matthews defeated Doc Tipene of Poverty Bay-East Coast 11-8 and then Otago's Daniel French 11-2 before narrowly losing to Coughey.

In the Plate event, Joseph Zino of Hutt Valley defeated Alister Wilson of North Taranaki 11-8.

Full results can be viewed on Googlesheets here.
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WELCH TROPHY 2 - 4 SEPTEMBER
Christchurch

North Taranaki retained the Welch Trophy on Sunday finishing just two pts ahead of 2nd place getters, Ashburton and four pts ahead of 3rd place getters, Counties. NT got off to a good start on Friday scoring 29 out of a possible 36. CS trailed on 19 and AS 17. NT retained that margin through to the 3rd session when a strong round by both CS & AS saw them close the gap to just 3pts. The fourth session saw AS close the gap to just 1.5pts. The final session was a near repeat of last year's except this time it was Ashburton not Canterbury battling it out with N. Taranaki and this year N. Taranaki went into the fifth session with a slender lead but it still came down to the final round of Pairs. Just 3.5pts ahead, NT lost all bar one of their games but that one win was enough to keep them ahead of Ashburton's win and a draw and Counties' two wins. None of those top three teams played each other in that last round of Pairs so any of the three could have taken the title. It was a close exciting finish and congratulations to North Taranaki on their win and 5th Welch Trophy.
Final standings:
North Taranaki - 105.5
Ashburton - 103.5
Counties - 101.5
Upper Hutt Valley - 85.5
Waikato - 81.5
Otago - 62.5

Full results on Googlesheets here.

Teams were:

Ashburton (AS)
Team 1: Simon Thomas (s), Grant Wilson (3), Des Hawkins (2), Chris Talbot (l).
Team 2: Michael Lawson (s), Matt Markham (3), Mark Sheard (2), Ken Mackenzie (l).
Reserve Geoff Laird. Manager John Cuthbertson.

Counties (CS)
Team 1: Roger Andrew (s), Jason Parker (3), Angela Leslie (2), Jakeb White (l).
Team 2: Matthew Ellis (s), Brian Macdonald (3), Derek Bowman (2), Kath Arvidson (l).
Reserve Phillip Spring. Manager Cindy White.

North Taranaki (NT)
Team 1: Grant l’Ami (s), Alister Wilson (3), Paul Midgley (2),  Dennis Behrent (l).
Team 2: John Zittersteijn (s), Mark Ridley (3), Sean Ridley (2), Aidan Zittersteijn (l).
Reserve Grant Harvey. Captain Grant l’Ami. Manager Clinton Hook.

Otago (OT)
Team 1: Daniel French (s), Daniel Sinclair (3), John Williams (2), Jonty Horwell (l).
Team 2. Dave Webb (s), Brandon Williams (3), Nicholas Sinclair (2), Kristen Gould (l).
Reserve Craig Cowan. Manager Barry Cadogan.

Upper Hutt Valley (UV)
Team 1: Ashley Diamond (s), Lisa White (3), Willie Downing (2), Robert Fuge (l).
Team 2: Brandon Fuge (s), Sheree Holmes (3), Lisa Gould (2), Chris McAdam (l).
Reserve Dave Pollard. Manager/ Reserve Mary Holmes.

Waikato (WK)
Team 1: David Archer (s), Shaun Blackbourn (3), Maureen Pruden (2), Rochelle Hastie (l).
Team 2:  Gheorghe Sirbu (skip), Mark Hastie (3), Linda McCurdy (2), Teri Anderson (l).
Reserve Lesley Monk. Manager Alex Jones.
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CHARTERED CLUBS WINS MEN'S 10s
Played at CIBA Hall, Sat 27 August.

Congratulations to the Chartered Clubs team on winning this competition.

Well done: Rob Osborne, Bruce Wolland, Robbie Wolland, Dave McKay, David Philpott, Greg Hill, Mike King, Neill Inglis, Leo Ashby, Rob Carlson, Mel Spicer and Shane Cooper. Managers: Carol Spicer & Ann Graham.

2nd place - Country South: Tony Jones, Warren Hobbs, David McKenzie, Murray Lancaster, Minty Thomas, Morrie Ashby, Paul Berkeley, Luke Clark, John Anderson, Mike Leigh, Dennis Herrick & Kevin Pivott.

In the closest competition we've seen for some years, only 6pts seperated the field. In fact after 3 of the 5 rounds only 2pts (one win) seperated 1st from last.

Final Results:
CHARTERED CLUBS - 23 points, 134.5 ends, 228 score
COUNTRY SOUTH - 22 pts, 133 ends, 213 score
ASHBURTON MSA - 20 pts, 145 ends, 241 score
CATHOLICS - 20 pts, 128.5 ends, 221 score
METROPOLITAN - 18 pts, 135 ends, 229 score
COUNTRY NORTH - 17 pts, 131 ends, 237 score
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NZ JUNIOR SINGLES
Sat 27 August, North Wellington
Won by:
Jonty Horwell (Otago)

24 players from around the country lined up to compete for the 2016 Junior Singles Title at the North Wellington Indoor Bowls Hall today having won their district championships.
Our representative, Katie-Rae Botica, got off to a good start beating South Canterbury's Cameron Ellis & Ashburton's Taylor Mackenzie then had a loss to South Otago's Daniel Cook. A win against Nelson's Kaleb Johnston in the final round (some will remember Kaleb from his semi-final placing in our Canterbury Singles just 4 weeks ago) saw Katie-Rae qualify for Post Section play.
11 of the 24 qualified.
Katie-Rae lost to Povety Bay's Leighton Shanks in the first round and previous winner (2014), Otago's Jonty Horwell, beat last year's winner, North Taranaki's Aidan Zittersteijn, 10-9 in a close final.

Full results including the HGC McLachlan Trophy match & tomorrow's Secondary Schools Competition can be viewed on the NZ Indoor Bowls website.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPION OF CHAMPION SINGLES
9am Saturday 20th August at CIBA Hall
Won by: Richmond
(Robin Wolland)

In a repeat of last year's final, Richmond again played Hornby. Last year, Hornby's David Philpott took the title earning Dave his Silver Star. This year saw Robin play Hornby's Jo Hill and after getting away to a comfortable 8-1 lead after 4 ends, Robin was happy to concede 1s. But with the score 11-8 on the final end, Robin realised he was 3 shots down on the head and missed with a run shot. Two extra ends had to be played to find the winner. Crucially for Robin he had last bowl each end. He didn't play his last bowl first end thinking he held shot but a measure declared the end drawn. The second end saw Robin score 2 earning him his Silver Star. It was an exciting end to a final that at one stage looked to be all over.

The two semi-final games were also close and crucially for Jo & Robin they both had last bowl for although they were up on the card they were down shots on the head.

In all, 6 players qualified from a field on the day of 15.
Rd1:
Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 14, Jason Hipper (Halswell) 7
Robin Wolland (Richmond) 13, Kevin Anngow (St Paul's) 9
Semi-final:
Jo Hill (Hornby) 10, Rick Fraser (GCLA) 8
Wolland 10, Osborne 9
Final:
Wolland 13, Hill 11
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NORTH V SOUTH TEST MATCH
This was won by the North 31-17.
The Men's and Women's Fours Teams won their 3 games to both earn Inter Island Medals.
The Women's Fours team of Suzanne Mackie (SL) Marie-Therese Hooper (CY)
Deanne Osborne (CY) and Alanna Preddy (SO) and Men's Team Simon Thomas (AS) Michael Lawson (AS) Daniel French (OT) and Grant Wilson (AS) were the successful teams from the South.
Congratulations to all!
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONP OF CHAMPION SINGLES
To be played on Saturday 20th August commencing at 9am at CIBA.
16 clubs have entered this event:

ARAWA, AVONHEAD, CELTIC, FERNSIDE, GCLA, HALSWELL, HORNBY, KAIAPOI, PAPANUI, QUINNS RD, RANGIORA RSA, RICHMOND, SOUTHBRIDGE/LEESTON, SPREYDON, ST PAUL'S, WOOLSTON
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CANTERBURY v ASHBURTON
August 7 in Ashburton

Canterbury reclaims the trophy 86 - 82 after a mix up with the scoring originally gave the win to Ashburton.

Check back soon for more details.
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CANTERBURY v S. CANTERBURY & N. OTAGO
August 6 in Christchurch & Oamaru

Canterbury retains the Jackson Trophy against South Canterbury 57-55 while the Development Team saw a win to South Canterbury 34-22.
North Otago claims the Williamson Trophy 30-18.
Check back soon for more details.
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VETERAN FOURS
Proudly Sponsored by:
Essis Summers Retirement Village
Thursday 4 August, 9:30am
Won by:
Robin Wolland, Bruce Wolland, Mel Spicer & Dave Jamieson (Richmond)

In a close fought final, the decisive moment came in the 8th end. Six all on the card, Robin, with the last bowl of the 8th end, picked up the jack and moved it back to sit for four. Despite not having last bowl on the final end, they just needed to cover to not drop a four. As it was they picked up one to take the final score to 11-6.

7 teams qualified from the field of 18.
Bye:
M Jefferson (Arawa)
Rd 1:
R Wolland (Richmond) 12, J Blackburn (Papanui) 2
D Anngow (St Paul's) 7, M Berkeley (Woolston) 5
I Capill (St Joseph's) 8, K Richardson (St Joseph's) 4
Semi-final:
R Wolland, B Wolland, M Spicer, D Jamison (Richmond) 11,
M Jefferson, B Barltrop, E Cummant, L Jefferson (Arawa) 8;
D Anngow, W Kamo, E Maclaren, E Folau (St Paul's) 13,
I Capill, D Taylor, V Capill, G Taylor (St Joseph's) 3
Final:
Wolland (Richmond) 11, Anngow (St Paul's) 6
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NORTH v SOUTH TOUR & TEST
Friday 5 August - Saturday 12 August

GoogleLive Results can be viewed here.

The North Island tours the South Island this year beginning with Central / South Otago on Friday & culminating in the North Island vs South Island Test Match for the Henry Eddy Trophy in Christchurch, 10am Saturday August 12 at the CIBA Hall.
Tour itinerary:
Friday 5th v Central / South Otago
Saturday v Southland
Sunday v Otago
Sunday v South Canterbury / North Otago
Monday 8th v Ashburton
Tuesday v West Coast
Wednesday v Marlborough / Top Of The South
Thursday 11th v Canterbury (CIBA Hall, 7pm)
Saturday - North Island vs South Island Test Match, Henry Eddy Trophy (CIBA Hall, 10am)

The Canterbury team to play the North Island can be viewed here.
Canterbury has five players in the South Island team:
Jenny Eden, Marie-Therese Hooper, Deanne Osborne, Ashley Diamond & James Sullivan
with Mike King reserve.
Results & full N/S teams can be viewed here.

As always, all are welcome at our Hall to watch, support, cheer etc. Soft soled shoes only please.
Safe travels to the touring team and good luck to all.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
Proudly Sponsored by:
John Rhind Funeral Directors
9am Sunday 31 July at CIBA Hall
Won by:
Mike King (Hornby)

King won both the semi-final & final with his last bowl. One down in the semi-final against Chris Matthews (St Paul's), King drew the jack back a few inches to sit for two. The final against Mike Johnston (Stoke, Nelson) was decided on an extra end. Seven each after 10 ends, they both got ones to make it eight each after 12 ends. Then down on the extra end, King moved the jack out with his third bowl. Johnston drew to the jack but to the side and King with his last bowl drew the jack off to take the win and claim his tenth Canterbury Title.
The other semi-final saw Johnston stop his son, Kaleb, in his tracks. President Dave commented in the prize giving that maybe Kaleb wanted a ride home and it was gracious of him to let his father win. Kaleb said his mum didn't think so.

In all, 25 players qualified from the field of 55 including our four outside players.
Byes:
J Hill, M King, J Hipper, R Osborne, M Johnston, MT Hooper, J Aldridge
Rd 1:
Neill Inglis (Woolston) 15, Ian Sale (Papanui) 6
Avon Compton (North Wellington) 12, Murray Fraser (GCLA) 11
Jenny Eden (Woolston) 15, Tony Anderson (Spreydon) 8
Chris Matthews (St Paul's) 13, Kevin Anngow (St Paul's) 6
Robin Wolland (Richmond) 10, Greg Edwards (Golden Bay-Motueka) 2
Ann Graham (Templeton) 10, Brad Henry (Woolston) 8
Vicky Osborne (Richmond) 7, Steve Williams (Papanui) 5
Kaleb Johnston (Stoke, Nelson) 13, Dennis Levers (Avonhead) 8
Deanne Osborne (Woolston) 8, Vanessa Tyson (Hornby) 6
Last 16:
Mike King (Hornby) 12, Jo Hill (Hornby) 4
Jason Hipper (Halswell) 11, Rob Osborne (Woolston) 3
Compton 13, Inglis 6; Matthews 6, Eden 5
Wolland 8, Graham 7; K Johnston 9, V Osborne 7
Mike Johnston (Stoke, Nelson) 8, D Osborne 4
Maire-Therese Hooper (St Paul's) 9, James Aldridge (Avonhead) 6
Last 8:
King 14, Hipper 8; Matthews 12, Compton 3
K Johnston 8, R Wolland 7; M Johnston 9, MT Hooper 7
Semi-finals:
M King 11, C Matthews 10
M Johnston 15, K Johnston 6
Final:
Mike King (Hornby) 9, Mike Johnston (Stoke, Nelson) 8
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VETERAN FOURS
Proudly Sponsored by:
Essie Summers Retirement Village
to be played at the CIBA Hall, 25 Kearneys Rd, Thursday 4th August 9.30am
Draw on Docs/Draws/Tournament Results page.
18 teams entered
Brad Henry, Maurice Berkeley, Ray Breach, Dave McKay, Ann Scott, John Blackburn, John Hall,
Brenda Sunbeam, Donna Kara, Martin Hansford, Ken Richardson, Ian Capill, Martin Jefferson,
David Anngow, Robin Wolland, Julius Thompson, Dave Fuller, Audrey Martin
MORNING TEA AFTER THE SECOND GAME WILL BE SUPPLIED BY OUR SPONSOR ESSIE SUMMERS RETIREMENT VILLAGE
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CANTERBURY CHAMPION OF CHAMPION MIXED PAIRS
9am Saturday 30th July at CIBA Hall
Won by:
Chris Matthews & Elaine Folau (St Paul's)

4 teams qualified from the field of 10.
Richmond, GCLA, Woolston & St Paul's.
GCLA had a good semi-final win against Richmond but were out drawn by St Paul's in the final.
Semi-finals:
Pat Botica Jnr, Trinity Blair (GCLA) 9, Robin Wolland, Val Fretwell (Richmond) 4
Chris Matthews, Elaine Folau (St Paul's) 9, Maurice Berkeley, Barbara Kamo (Woolston) 5
Final:
St Paul's 15, GCLA 3

This was open to all Club Championship Mixed Pairs winners.
10 clubs entered:
Avonhead, Arawa, Celtic, GCLA, Hornby, Quinns Rd, Richmond, Spreydon, St Paul's, Woolston
Morning Tea Available
Players Bring Own Lunch
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OTHER CHAMPION OF CHAMPION DATES

AUGUST
Sat  20  Champ of Champ Singles - Entries close 10 Aug

SEPTEMBER
Sat  17  Champ of Champ Pairs - Entries close 7 Sept
Sat  24  Champ of Champ Triples - Entries close 14 Sept
Sun  25  Champ of Champ Fours - Entries close 14 Sept
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
Proudly sponsored by:
John Rhind Funeral Directors
9am Sunday 31st July at CIBA Hall
Tea/Coffee Biscuits Available during byes
Players Bring Own Lunch

55 Players Entered:
Neill Inglis, Heather Dodds, Tony Cook, Vicky Osborne; Jason Hipper, Rob Osborne, Lewis Hall,
John Barltrop; Rick Fraser, Ed Ashby, Bruce Wolland, Vanessa Tyson; Mike Johnston, Steve Williams,
Carmel Sullivan, Maurice Berkeley; Justin Thompson, Lilian Wichman, Kylie Gould, Avon Compton;
Kane Tahu, John Lewis, Donna Densem, Craig Aldridge; Leo Ashby, Lucas Tahu, Tony Anderson,
James Aldridge; Ian Sale, MT Hooper, Shaun Osborne, Mike King; Kevin Anngow, Blair Clemett,
Shane Cooper, Deanne Osborne; David Bullock, Chris Matthews, Steven Hartwell, Colin Gilbert;
Brad Henry, Jo Hill, Phil Anngow, Gordon Dixon.
The following byes start at approximately 9:30am:
Greg Edwards, Robin Wolland, Dennis Levers, Richard Hamilton, Jenny Eden, Kaleb Johnston,
Murray Fraser, Simon Thomas, Greg Hill, David Jamieson, Ann Graham.
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NATIONAL UMPIRES EXAM

Heather Dodds
recently sat and passed the National Umpires Exam.
Congratulations Heather on becoming a National Umpire.
If you are interesed in becoming an Umpire
contact Dave Jamieson or David Anngow.
Exams are now held twice yearly.
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NZ MIXED FOURS & NZ MIXED PAIRS
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 July in Lower Hutt

Congratulations to
Ashley Diamond & Sheree Holmes
winners in both the
NZ Mixed Fours & NZ Mixed Pairs

The eight zone winners in each discipline competed for the two titles in Lower Hutt over the weekend.
Our zone was represented by Canterbury in the Mixed Fours & Ashburton in the Mixed Pairs.
Our Mixed Fours team of David Philpott, Mike King, Bev Diamond & Vanessa Tyson (Hornby Club) finished 5th & Ashburton's Mixed Pairs team of Simon & Julie Thomas (Rakaia) finished 3rd.

The NZ Mixed Fours was won by:
Ashley Diamond (skip), Brendon Fuge, Lisa White & Sheree Holmes (Upper Hutt Valley)
They went through undefeated as had second place getters, Tim Vale (skip), Bruce Meyer, Sarah Warrington & Ann-Marie Warrington (Manawatu) until they met Upper Hutt Valley in the last round. Only 1pt separared the two teams (Manawatu drew their first game) & Diamond's team took the title beating Vale's team 8-7.

Final standings:
Upper Hutt Valley - 14
Manawatu - 11
Tauranga - 8
Golden Bay-Motueka - 6
Central Otago - 6
Canterbury - 5
Northland - 3
Taranaki - 3

The inaugural NZ Mixed Pairs was won by:
Ashley Diamond & Sheree Holmes (Upper Hutt Valley)
Following on from their success in the Mixed Fours, Diamond & Holmes again went through undefeated, this time with 5 wins & 2 draws.
They drew with second place getters, Grant & Tania l'Ami (North Taranaki) in the 3rd round but a loss in the 5th round to Wairarapa's Donald & Janice Leighton put the l'Ami's out of the running.

Final standings:
Upper Hutt Valley - 12
North Taranaki - 11
Ashburton - 8
Counties - 8
Wairarapa - 6
Tauranga - 5
Nelson - 4
Southland - DNP
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CIBA FUNDRAISER QUIZ NIGHT
Held on Friday 22nd July at CIBA Hall

A big thank you to all who supported our fundraiser and to all those who helped on the night and to prepare for the night.

Thank you to all who donated prizes especially the following businesses:
Premium Tyres & Auto, Countdown Ferrymead, The Warehouse, Pharmacy Ferrymead, The Bottle-O Ferrymead, Casual & Country Ferry Rd, Bishopdale Giftware, Subway Northwood, Valentinos, Brent Hooper Painting and Decorating,

Congratulations to the winning team of Heather Dodds, Kylie Gould, Chrisitine Prattley and John Lewis (One Non Blonde).
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CRAW CUP - ROUND 2
Wednesday 20 July at CIBA Hall, 7:30pm.

Chartered Clubs win the Craw Cup with Town second & Country third.
Final standings:
Chartered Clubs - 99
Town - 70
Country - 47
Round 2 of the annual match Town v Country v Chartered Clubs for the Craw Cup saw Chartered Clubs have a strong first round lossing only one game. Town had good second & third rounds to trail CC by 9pts.
Round 2 points:
Chartered Clubs - 49
Town - 40
Country - 19
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CIBA FUNDRAISER QUIZ NIGHT
Friday 22nd July at CIBA Hall, 7:30pm.
25 Kearneys Rd, Bromley.
Teams of 4
$10 pp
Great prizes, raffles, supper.
RSVP to CIBA Secretary by Wednesday 20 June
email: [email protected]
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PATERSON TROPHY
July 15 - 17

Ashburton win the Zone 5 Paterson Trophy.
Well done to the Ashburton team who pulled away from Nelson & Canterbury in the middle rounds to win by 20.5pts.
Ashburton finished second to Canterbury last year.
Canterbury had a strong final round this year to just miss taking second place from Nelson.
Well done to all teams and good luck to Ashburton for the Welch Trophy here on the first weekend in September.

Final standings:
Ashburton  133
Nelson  112.5
Canterbury  107
Marlborough  71.5
Buller-Greymouth  59.5
Golden Bay-Motueka  56.5

Live Googlesheet Results,
Click Here

34 teams from around the country compete for the six Paterson Trophies.
Divided into six zones, our zone (Zone 5) was played here in Christchurch this year at the CIBA Hall, 25 Kearneys Rd, Bromley.
Canterbury were the defending champs.
Rd 1 Friday 7:00pm
Rds 2, 3 & 4 Saturday from 9:00am
Rd 5 Sunday 9:00am
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VETERAN TRIPLES
Proudly sponsored by:
Essie Summers Retirement Village
CIBA Hall, Thursday 14 July, 9:30am
Won by:
Maurice Berkeley, Kathleen Curtis & John Grey (Woolston)

Morning Tea Supplied
Players Bring Own Lunch

22 Teams Entered
Martin Hansford, Donna Kara, Brian Ward, Maurice Berkeley, Robert Mather, Brad Henry,
Martin Jefferson, Alistair Graham, Ken Richardson, Andy Wilson, Bob Bennett, John Blackburn, Sheryl Tyerman, Maurice Coad, John Hall, Brenda Sunbeam, Audrey Martin, Robin Smith, Robin Wolland, David Anngow, Julius Thompson, Sue Williams.

With the recent passing of Bill Trembath, defending title holders, Ted Maclaren & Elaine Folau played under a new skip but were eliminated in section play with only 7 of the 22 teams qualifying. Last year's runners-up, Berkeley, Curtis & Grey comfortably won their two post section games to make the final and were too strong winning the final 12-3. Bennett's team was lucky to make the final. 9-3 down to Sunbeam after 7 ends, Sunbeam's team relaxed too soon and failed to get anything near the kitty in the last two ends. Bennett, with last bowl on the 8th end, picked up a 3 and on the 9th end, was holding shots when the skips came up to play. Bob drew close. Brenda, with her first bowl, played into the head but was wide. Bob drew another close. Brenda now 4 possibly 5 down had another go at the head but again just missed. That's bowls and shows that a game is never over till the last end's been played.

7 teams qualified.
Bye: B Sunbeam, L Hardwick, G Dobbs (St Peter's)
Rd 1:
B Bennett, S McKey, R Bennett (Papanui) 9, Sue Williams, B Nelson, M Tullett (Tui) 7
M Berkeley, K Curtis, J Grey (Woolston) 10, J Hall, D McKey, J Baxter (St Peter's) 3
M Jefferson, J Walsh, M Thompson (Arawa) 9, B Ward, G Franks, A Bailey (Quinns Rd) 5
Semi-final:
Berkeley 17, Jefferson 4
Bennett 10, Sunbeam 9
Final:
Berkeley 12, Bennett 3
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS
Proudly Sponsored by
O'Sheas Public House
Won by:
Alan Clarke & Gary Ashby (Kaiapoi)

Hornby's Alan Clarke with Kaiapoi's Gary Ashby won the first full tournament in the newly refurbished CIBA Hall, Kearneys Rd, Sunday July 10, beating Hornby's Mike King & Julie Dalley 11-8 in an interesting final that saw Clarke pick up 3's on the 3rd & 4th end to be 8-1 up after 4 ends thanks to some excellent lead bowls by Ashby sewn up nicely by Clarke. Not deterred, King won the next three ends (including a restarted 7th end - a reminder to players to make sure all bowls are back behind the line) to bring the score back to 6-8 after 7 ends. It was a mat that suited draw bowls and this was shown again in the 9th end when Dalley with her last lead bowl, two shots down, tried to open the head up but killed the end. An extra end was played but Clarke & Ashby were playing too well to lose 5pts up.

In the semi-finals, Clarke beat Bruce Wolland & Kathleen Curtis (Woolston) 10-7 and King beat Neill Inglis & Jan Shirley (also Woolston) 10-1.

In all, 22 teams qualified from a field of 55 including two junior players from yesterday, Katie-Rae Botica & Lucas Tahu who both made it through to the quarter-finals. Katie-Rae, leading for father Pat (GCLA), lost to King 5-4 and Luke, leading for Robin Wolland (Richmond), lost to Robin's brother Bruce also 5-4.

Post Section Results:
Byes:
M King, S Osborne, P Botica Jnr, D Morriss, J Hamilton
R Wolland, B Clemett, M Spicer, G Ashby, V Osborne
Rd 1:
M Berkeley (Woolston) 8, D Osborne (Woolston) 7
N Inglis (Woolston) 8, G Hill (Hornby) 7
K Anngow (St Paul's) 10, R Osborne (Woolston) 3
B Wolland (Woolston) 8, R Fraser (GCLA) 7
B Henry (Woolston) 6 M Fraser (GCLA) 4
Ann Graham (Templeton RSA) 9, S Cooper (SAS) 6
Last 16:
M King (Hornby) 15, S Osborne (Woolston) 2
P Botica Jnr (GCLA) 6, D Morriss (Kaiapoi) 2
M Berkeley 5, J Hamilton (Hornby) 3
N Inglis 11, K Anngow 8
B Wolland 6, B Henry 5
R Wolland 8, Ann Graham 2
M Spicer (Richmond) 7, B Clemett (GCLA) 2
G Ashby (Kaiapoi) 11, V Osborne (Richmond) 3
Quarter-finals:
King 5, Botica 4; Inglis 12, Berkeley 4
B Wolland 5, R Wolland 4; Ashby 8, Spicer 6
Semi-finals:
Mike King/Julie Dalley 10, Neill Inglis/Jan Shirley 1
Gary Ashby/Alan Clarke 10, Bruce Wolland/Katleen Curtis 7
Final:
Clarke 11, King 8
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JUNIOR SINGLES
Proudly Sponsored by
David Philpott & Associates
Saturday 9 July, CIBA Hall, Kearneys Rd, 10am

Won by Katie-Rae Botica (Avonhead) who went through the five game round-robin unbeaten with four and a half wins. She drew her first game againt second place getter Dylan Campbell (St Paul's) who finished with three and a half wins - an impressive effort for Dylan who only started playing in April. Controller and CIBA President, David Bullock, summed up the play when he said that all games were closely fought with only six and a half ends separating the first and last place getters.
Well done to all participants.
Good luck to Katie-Rae for the NZ Junior Singles Final in North Wellington on Saturday the 27th of August.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS
Proudly Sponsored by:
O'SHEAS PUBLIC HOUSE
CIBA Hall, 25 Kearneys Rd
Sunday 10th July, 9am start.
Draw posted on Docs/Draws Page
55 teams entered:
Note:- Regulation footwear only.
T Cook, G Hill, B Wolland, R Dalkie; V Hopkins, K Anngow, D Philpott, D McKay; W Peters, L Ashby,
Bill Kamo, R Hamilton; J Mather, M Spicer, G Ashby, MT Hooper; B Matthews, B Henry, V Osborne,
D Morriss; J Barltrop, D Bullock, S Osborne, R Wolland; P Botica Jnr, N Gould, J Lewis, R Somers;
T Berkeley, T Maclaren, N Inglis, P Felton; B Clemett, M Day, M Harris, M Berkeley; J Thompson,
R Fraser, T Hocking, A Martin; A Scott, M King, T Anderson, J Dishington.
The following byes start at 9:40am:
C Gilbert, M Fraser, D Osborne, Alistair Graham, D Levers, L Blank, C Sullivan, Ann Graham,
R Carlson, R Osborne, D Anngow

TEA/COFFEE & BISCUITS AVAILABLE DURING BYES
PLAYERS BRING OWN LUNCH
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
Canterbury's David Philpott, Mike King, Bev Diamond & Vanessa Tyson (Hornby Club);
WINNERS OF NZ MIXED 4S ZONE FINAL
Good Luck for the National Final on
23rd July.
It ended up a close call. We beat Ashburton first up then both teams won their second games. We lost our third game 10-9 to South Canterbury and Asburton won theirs giving both teams two wins each but our 3 end lead going into the last game was enough to keep Ashburton at bay.
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Mixed Pairs Zone Final
won by Ashburton's Simon & Julie Thomas (Rakaia) with 3 wins.
All other teams had one win each with our team of Ann Graham & Colin Gilbert (Templeton RSA) finishing second on a countback of ends.
We won our first game but lost our second 6-5 to North Otago meaning we needed to beat the Thomas's and win at least 7 of the 10 ends. We were 1 up going into the last end but a loss on the 7th end meant that we had already lost 4 ends.
Good luck to Ashburton for the National Final on the 24th of July.
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NZ MIXED FOURS & MIXED PAIRS ZONE FINALS
Eastern Zone Finals to be held in Ashburton on Sat 2 July both commencing at 1pm.
Competing teams are (skips first):

NZ Mixed Fours:
Ashburton: Russell Ellis, Geoff Laird, Bernice Laird, Gaylene Smith
Canterbury: David Philpott, Mike King, Bev Diamond, Vanessa Tyson (Hornby Club);
South Canterbury: Arthur Brokenshire, Lex Gibson, Maree Bowen, Helen Brokenshire;
North Otago: Bede Mallon, Norman Robertson, Beverley Robertson, Rhonda Sinclair.

NZ Mixed Pairs:
Ashburton: Simon and Julie Thomas;
Canterbury: Ann Graham, Colin Gilbert (Templeton RSA Club);
South Canterbury: Lyn Brown, James Blissett;
North Otago: Michael Howard, Rhonda Lockerbie.

Note - The pairs event has been introduced this season.
The winners will represent our Zone in the National Finals on the weekend of 23rd & 24th of July in LOWER HUTT with the Fours on Saturday and the Pairs on Sunday.
Good luck everyone.
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JUNIOR SINGLES
Proudly Sponsored by
David Philpott & Associates
NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Saturday 9th July commencing at 10am
at the CIBA Hall 25 Kearneys Rd
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS
Proudly sponsored by O'Sheas Public House
Will now be played at the newly refurbished CIBA Hall 25 Kearneys Rd
on SUNDAY 10th JULY 9am start.
Those already entered will be included in the draw unless otherwise notified, anyone else who would like to enter please do so through your club secretary or with the CIBA Secretary no later than 1st July.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused by this late change.
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NORTH & SOUTH ISLAND TEAMS NAMED

The North and South Island teams were named after section play in the Fours at the National Championships in Tauranga on Thursday.
Congratulations to all those selected.
Canterbury players to make the SI team are:
Women
Jenny Eden - Pairs Lead
Maire-Therese Hooper - Fours 3rd
Deanne Osborne - Fours 2nd
Men
James Sullivan - Singles
Ashley Diamond - Pairs Skip
Mike King - Reserve
Click here to view the full teams.
The annual clash for the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy takes place this year here in Christchurch on Saturday August the 13th.
Good luck everyone.
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67th NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Maurice Berkeley & Jenny Eden (Woolston CY) won the Johnstone Electrical 2016 SI Pairs Saturday night beating Ken & Rowena Mackenzie (Rakaia AS) in an exciting final which saw Berkeley & Eden come from 6-0 down after 4 ends to 9-6 up playing the final end. Holding two shots and a close third, McKenzie needed to knock Berkeley's bowl off the head to sit for 3, possibly 4 but it didn't move far enough and they got 2 to make the final score 9-8.

In the semi-finals, Mike King & Vanessa Tyson (Hornby CY) lost to Berkeley 10-12 on an extra end and Suzanne Mackie & Brian Hotton (N Inv SL) lost to Mackenzie 7-11.
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Canterbury results of note:
(players entered under Canterbury)

Maurice Berkeley, Jenny Eden - Pairs Title
Mike King, Vanessa Tyson - Pairs semi-final
Rob Osborne, Maurice Berkeley, Jenny Eden - Triples last 8
Mike King, Dave Philpott, Vanessa Tyson - Triples last 16
Mike King, Dave Philpott, Marilyn Paterson (fill in for Bev Diamond), Vanessa Tyson - Fours Title
Rob Osborne, Maurice Berkeley, Deanne Osborne, Jenny Eden - Fours last 8

No results have been added to the Google Sheet.

Follow results live on Google Sheets here.
(also includes the Nationals later this month)
Check also the NZ Indoor Bowls Latest News page.
There's also our Facebook Group and the NZIB Facebook page.
Also check back here for Canterbury results and a summary of each day's play.
Good luck to all participants.
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CY CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES
Won by:
Mike King (skip), Jullie Dalley & Vanessa Tyson (Hornby)

Played at Southbrook School Sun 29 May.
10 teams qualified from a field of 30.
Note: CT = Composite Team
Round 1:
A Martin, B Clemett, K-R Botica (Avonhead-CT) 9 R Wolland, V Osborne, L Tahu ( Richmond) 3;
L Blank, R Blank, J Small (Sefton) 6 M Fraser, M Berkeley, R Fraser (GCLA-CT) 4
Quarter-finals:
R Macauley, E Archer, R Ashe (Fernside) 10 Martin 4;
D Philpott, Ann Graham, B Diamond (Hornby-CT) 6 G Hill, J Hill, P Hartland (Hornby) 5;
C Matthews, K Curtis, J Grey (St Paul's) 9 Blank 4;
M King, J Dalley, V Tyson (Honby) 7 J Thompson, J Hamilton, R Hamilton (Hornby) 5
Semi-finals:
Matthews 10 Philpott 3;
King 10 Macauley 5
FINAL:
King 9 Matthews 5

With 4 teams qualifying & all drawing the bye, Hornby's chances of having a team in the final looked good, but in the Q-finals all 4 Hornby teams drew each other and by half way through the S-finals both remaining Hornby teams trailed. Philpott picked up a 1 first end but dropped the next 5 ends to trail 7-1 to Matthews after 6 ends. Matthews was playing too well. Any time Philpott's team held shot or position, Matthews would draw or move the jack.
In the other S-final, King trailed 3-2 to Macauley after 5 ends. Macauley's team were playing lovely draw bowls to lead 3-0 after 3 ends and to drop 1s in the next two ends. But on the 6th end, Macauley missed a crucial cover shot and it looked like King would pick up a 2 with his shot but with all the back bowls the shot moved the jack to sit for 5. A two on the next end and Macauley went from 3-2 up after 5 to 9-3 down after 7.
The final looked to be going Matthews' way. Both teams played beautiful draw bowls. King picked up a 3 on the 3rd end but the other first four ends went to Matthews to make the score 5-3 to Matthews after 5. In the second half the tables were turned. King picked up 1 on each of the next 3 ends to lead 6-5 after 8. Matthews faced a horrible sight with his last bowl on the 9th end. No position and several shots down he needed to move the jack back up the mat or get through and sit for shot. The jack did move but went out & off rather than up. 9-5 to King, last end. Tyson drew close, Grey drew touches, Dalley drew a toucher, Curtis drew close. King covered. Matthews drew to knock Dalley's bowl out but was long. His second bowl drew the bowl he was after but Dalley's stayed put. Final score 9-5.
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CRAW CUP - ROUND 1
Wedmesday 25 May at Hornby, 7:30pm.

Round 1 of the annual match Town v Country v Chartered Clubs for the Craw Cup was played at Hornby Club last night. After the first round of Fours & Singles, Town lead with 16 followed by Chartered Clubs 11 and Country 9. Following the second round (Pairs & Triples) Chartered Clubs took the lead on 28 points with Town and Country equal on 22 points. The last round (Fours & Singles) saw Chartered Clubs increase their lead to finish the night on 50 points with Town second on 30 points and Country 28 points.

Points after round 1:
Chartered Clubs - 50
Town - 30
Country - 28
Round 2 will be played on Wednesday 20th July.
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CANTERBURY TRIPLES TO BE PLAYED AT SOUTHBROOK SCHOOL, TORLESSE ST RANGIORA ON SUNDAY 29TH MAY 2016 9am

J Thompson, J Barltrop, R Dalkie, D Levers; L Blank, D Bullock, R Smith, R Wolland; S Cooper, M Fraser, G Hill, C Matthews; B Wolland, P Felton, I Sale, D Philpott; W Trembath, S Hannaford, T Hocking, R Terras; R Macauley, M Hansford, M Spicer, A Martin
The following byes commence at approx 9.40am
M Taylor, C Sullivan, R Osborne, L Ashby, M King, M T Hooper

TEA/COFFEE & BISCUITS AVAILABLE DURING BYES
PLAYERS BRING OWN LUNCH
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2016 South Island Academy Team
CY Players
Women's Triples 2nd - Bev Diamond
Women's Fours Skip - Carol Spicer
Women's Fours Lead - Carmel Sullivan
Men's Pairs Lead - Jeremy Markham
Men's Fours 3rd - Dave Philpott
Captain - Dave Philpott

2016 Southern Zone Masters
Women's Singles - Kathleen Curtis
Men's Singles - Kevin Anngow
Men's Triples Lead - John Grey
Men's Fours Skip - Mel Spicer
Reserve - Bevan Matthews

MANAGER - Michael Lawson

GOOD LUCK TO ALL SELECTED
PLAYERS MUST WEAR CANTERBURY UNIFORM
View the Press Release here
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ASHBURTON WINS WOMEN'S 10s
Played at Avonhead School Saturday 21st May.
Sponsored by SBS Bank.

Congratulations to the Ashburton team on winning this competition.

Well done: Rosemary Bennett, Joyce Cleghorn, Wendy Cullen, Maureen Eden, Joan Hardy, Gaynor Hurst, Bernice Laird, Rowena Dellow Mackenzie, Helen Rennie, Adrienne Richards, Gaylene Smith, Chris Talbot. Managers: John Cuthbertson, Geoff Laird.

Second Place - Chartered Clubs - Kathleen Curtis, Julie Dalley, Jenny Eden, Ann Graham, Jenny Hamilton, Jo Hill, Barbara Kamo, Noeline Newton, Deanne Osborne, Carol Spicer, Gaynor Stevenson, Vanessa Tyson. Manager: Mike King.

Final Results:
ASHBURTON - 30 Points, 166 Ends, 289 Scores
CHARTERED CLUBS - 25 Points, 141.5 Ends, 256 Scores
CATHOLICS - 20 Points, 142.5 Ends, 260 Scores
COUNTRY SOUTH - 19 Points, 126.5 Ends, 225 Scores
COUNTRY NORTH - 16 Points, 120.5 Ends, 219 Scores
METROPOLITAN - 10 points, 108 Ends, 206 Scores.
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  SUPER SEVENS RESULTS
Now on the Docs/Draws/Tournament Results page.
Click here for standings after round 2.
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NZ NATIONALS PROGRAMME BOOKS AVAILABLE NOW.
One only for each player.
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CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES
To be played at Southbrook School, Sunday May 29 at 9am.

Entries close this week (Wed 18 May) through your club secretary.

NOTE: Championship Singles date swapped. Now 31st July.
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HENSELITE SINGLES
Won by Chris Matthews (St Paul's)

Played at Avonhead School
Sat 14 May 8:30am.
16 qualifiers from a field of 40.
Round 1:
N Inglis 15 D Philpott 9; M Fraser 12 G Ashby 1
J Barltrop 14 M. King 7; M-T Hooper 10 K Anngow 7
C Matthews 9 R Osborne 4; R Wolland 11 G Hill 4
R Fraser 12 B Wolland 9; V Tyson 7 M Berkeley 5
Quarter-finals:
Inglis 13 Fraser 3; Barltrop 7 Hooper 6
Matthews 11 Wolland 6; Tyson 10 Fraser 6
Semi-sinals:
Barltrop 8 Inglis 5; Matthews 16 Tyson 4
Final:
Chris Matthews 13 John Barltrop 7

Matthews led from the outset and kept in front throughout the game. Barltrop closed the gap to 1 on the 5th & 8th end but then Matthews would pick up a 3.

The winner goes on to represent Canterbury in the NZ Henselite Singles Final in North Wellington on Saturday the 10th of September.
Good luck to Chris.
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9 teams qualified for Post Section play.
Defending title holders Maurice Berkeley & Ann Kendall made it to the final but were no match for Hall & McKey who continued playing outstanding bowls to race away to an early lead and never looked like faulting. Berkeley picked up a 3 one end to keep them in the game but faced the final end 8-4 down.
Congratulations to John & Dave.

Quarter-finals:
W. Trembath 11 A. Scott 1; J. Hall 13 E. Hardwick 2;
M. Berkeley 10 D. Anngow 1; W. Kamo 4 B. Henry 2
Semi-Finals:
Hall 12 Trembath 3; Berkeley 14 Kamo 4
Final:
John Hall/Dave McKey 9 Maurice Berkeley/Ann Kendal 4
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CY CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED FOURS
SPONSORED BY HPAC ENERGY CENTRE
20 teams have entered the Canterbury Championship Mixed 4s on Saturday 7th May commencing at 9am at Avonhead School. Full mat draw will be posted Thursday on our website, players please remember to bring own lunch. Tea/Coffee and Biscuits will be available in bye rounds. Winner to represent CY in NZ Mixed 4s Zone final in Ashburton on 2nd July.

Teams entered:
C Matthews, D Philpott, R Osborne, T Stowell; M Spicer, D Anngow, J Lewis, B Wolland; S Tyerman, M Fraser, K Anngow, G Hill, M Taylor, L Ashby, T Anderson, J Barltrop.
The following byes start at approx 10am
D Levers, D McKay, G Ashby, R Smith.

VETERAN PAIRS
SPONSORED BY ESSIE SUMMERS RETIREMENT VILLAGE
To be played at Woolston Club Sports Hall on Tursday the 5th of May starting at 9:30am.
Lunch available in the bistro.
28 teams entered:
R Somers, R Mather, D Kara, M Berkeley, B Henry, D Jamieson, E MacLaren, K Curtis, W Kamo, D Anngow, D Fuller, A Martin, S Hoy, J Hall, E Hardwick, M Jefferson, A Scott, B Bennett, J Byron, M Clark, A Wilson, J Smith, Sue Williams, J Thompson, M Spicer, B Matthews, R Smith, Al Graham.
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Canterbury wins both the McLeod and Speights Trophies!

In their annual clashes against West Coast and Otago, both Canterbury teams led from the outset and held on to their leads to win both trophies.

Final Results:

CANTERBURY v WEST COAST
Saturday 30 April in Westport

Canterbury 47, West Coast 33

CANTERBURY v OTAGO
Saturday 30 April & Sunday 1 May in Christchurch

Canterbury 140, Otago 112

After an absence last year, West Coast was back under a new format. A team of 16 played Fours and Pairs then split into four teams of Triples and Singles. Still played over two rounds. Canterbury led comfortably after the first round 28-12. West Coast had a better second round beating us 21-19 but not enough to catch us.

Otago also trailed from the outset but after the first day's play were only 6pts behind Canterbury with the score 87-81. With Otago hot on their heels, Canterbury dug deep and extended their lead throughout the final round on Sunday.

Congratulations to both teams.
Full results to be posted soon.
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Online ordering of the 2016/17 Entertainment Book is available now!
NZ MIXED PAIRS (Canterbury Heat)
Won by:
Ann Graham & Colin Gilbert (Templeton RSA)

Played at Hornby Club Sunday 17th April
30 teams entered this event with 13 teams qualifying for Post Section.
Byes
A Graham, D Anngow, D Philpott
Round 1
V Osborne (Woolston) 10, R Wolland (Richmond) 9
D Bullock (Hornby) 12, G Ashby (Kaiapoi) 3
M Fraser (GCLA) 6, M King (Hornby) 3
G Hill (Hornby) 8, R Hamilton (Hornby) 6
K Anngow (St Pauls) 7, B Wolland (Woolston) 6
Last 8
A Graham (Templeton) 14, D Anngow (Papanui) 1
V Osborne 12, D Bullock 7
M Fraser 13, G Hill 4
D Philpott 11, K Anngow 9
Semi Final
Ann Graham, Colin Gilbert 14 Vicky Osborne Ray Dalkie 1;
Murray Fraser, Katie-Rae Botica 9 David Philpott, Bev Diamond 1
Final
Graham 5, Fraser 4

In one of the tightest finals we've seen in a while the score was 1-1 after 5 ends, a contrast to their convincing wins in both the quarters & semis. Graham broke away in the 6th end scoring 3 shots but Fraser picked up a 1 and 2 on the next two ends to take the score to 4-4 for the 9th & final end. The winning shot was Graham's second bowl. Fraser held 3 shots with one bowl to come but the jack was out in the open for a draw. Graham drew one close and blocked the draw forcing Fraser to try a slight run at the head to tap the jack over to their 3 but his bowl just missed leaving Graham not needing to play her last bowl.

The winning team will represent Canterbury in the NZ Mixed Pairs Zone Final in Ashburton on Saturday the 2nd of July.
Good Luck to Ann & Colin.
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UPDATES TO CIBA PROGRAMME

Work on the final stage of the Hall, delayed due to a difference in the flooring moisture levels, is now underway but with the completion date still a couple of months away, events scheduled to be played there have had to be moved and / or rescheduled.
We expect to be back in the Hall mid season. Thank you for your patience and we apologise if these changes cause any inconvienence. Please contact any of the Executive if you have any concerns or questions.

Changes are as follows:
(also included in April's newsletter)

Veteran Pairs on the 5th of May are now at the Woolston Club 9:30am

CY Championship Mixed Fours is now on the 7th of May at Avonhead 9am
and is combined with NZ Mixed Fours (closes 27 April)

Henselite Singles on the 14th of May is now at Avonhead 8:30am

The Women's 10s on the 21st of May is now at Avonhead 9am

Round 1 of the Craw Cup on the 25th of May is now at Hornby 7:30pm

CY Championship Triples is now on the 29th of May at Southbrook 9am (closes 18 May)

CY Championship Pairs is now on the 26th of June at Hornby 9am (close 15 June)

And finally:
CY Championship Singles will now be on the 31st of July in the completed hall, all going well:-)
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NZ Mixed Pairs (Canterbury Heat).
To be played at Hornby Club. Starting at 12:30pm.
NO FOOD TO BE TAKEN INTO HORNBYCLUB
D Anngow, R Osborne, M King, C Matthews; D Levers, J Lewis, V Osborne, A Graham; B Trembath, G Ashby, Steve Williams, B Henry; MT Hooper, G Hill, R Fraser, T Anderson; B Broomhall, R Hamilton, K Anngow, M Fraser; L Hall, B Wolland, D Bullock, J Bradford.
The following byes start at 1:10pm
D Morriss, D Philpott, R Wolland, D McKay. J Barltrop, M Spicer

MAT DRAW is on DOCS/DRAWS RESULTS PAGE
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Mike King wins the Open Singles on Saturday beating Murray Fraser 10 - 6 in the final.

King was 3pts ahead going into the final end. Fraser delivered an excellent last bowl to hold 3 shots to force another end but King had last bowl and he drew the shot to take the win.
Check back soon for full Post Section results.
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CHANGES TO CIBA 2016 PROGRAMME

Please also note the Canterbury Championship Singles will now be played on 31st July, and Canterbury Championship Triples on 29th May due to size of Hall available on 29th May. Watch Facebook and our website for venue changes for events being played in May. Entry Forms will be sent to clubs later this week when the venues should be finalised.
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FUNDRAISING TRIPLES TOURNAMENT
HELD AT SOUTHBROOK SCHOOL
SUNDAY 20th MARCH 
6 GAME FORMAT Thank you to all who supported this tournament.
1st - MT Hooper, Carmel Sullivan, Norma Jeffs
2nd - Ray Terras, Ray Pulley, Lois Terras
3rd - Murray Fraser. Rick Fraser, Colin Gilbert

A special thank you to all
fundraising tournament sponsors
listed below
Scenic Circle/Heartland Hotels
Baillies Bar & Restaurant
Sequoia Restaurant
Citta Outlet
Vegeland
St Albans Pharmacy
Coasters Tavern
Redwood Pharmacy
Brent Hooper Painting & Decorating
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2016 PROGRAMME BOOKS
NOW AVAILABLE
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SUPPORT OUR CIBA FUNDRAISER THROUGH CROWDFUNDING PAGE
GIVEALITTLE Click Here

This is funding is to assist getting our hall refurbishment completed and open post earthquakes and arson attack.
Your support would be appreciated
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At the CIBA Annual General Meeting
on Tuesday 1st December 2015 Affiliation Fees have increased $3 and
at the NZIB AGM
the Capitation Fee increased $3.
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