News from 2016

14 September:

Champ of Champ Triples played tonight, won by Mark Andersen, Gael McRoberts & Denise Dorman of Elsdon, who beat James Sullivan, Jess Moffat, Bev Lindsay of Tawanui in the final 10 - 6. This gave Denise Dorman her first North Wellington title, playing in her first year of bowls! See the Champ of Champ results above to view the full results

7 September:

Champ of Champ Pairs played tonight, won by Avon & Lyn Compton of Newlands, who beat Selwyn Joyce & Karen Ambler of Porirua Club in the final 9 - 8. See the Champ of Champ results above to view the full results

31 August:

Champ of Champ Singles played tonight, won by Graham Munro of Tawalin, who beat Derek Roylands of Westpark in the final 14 - 7. See the Champ of Champ results above to view the full results

20 August:

Results of todays North Wellington Open Triples

11 entries - 5 qualifiers:

Marcus Trlin, Denise Clarkson, Shelley Jacombs

Grant Rayner, Paul Voorend, Jeff Stuart

Avon Compton, Kyle Waldron, Sam Anderson

Jess Moffat, Trevor Rayner, Terry Moffat

Brandon Fuge, Ashley Diamond, Rob Fuge

Last 8 playoff:

Grant bt Marcus 8-7

Semi Finals:

Avon bt Grant 9-7

Brandon bt Jess 10-5

Final:

Brandon bt Avon 13-7

31 July:

Results of today's North Wellington Open 4's

9 teams entered, 4 teams qualified:

Jess Moffat, James Sullivan, Trevor Rayner & Terry Moffat (NW);

Josh Andersen, Mark Andersen, Ray Riauba (sp) & Gael McRoberts (NW);

Brandon Fuge, Roger Jones, Carmel Powell & Rob Fuge (UV);

Dave Pollard, Jenny Gosnell, Graham (?) & Lisa (?) (UV)

Jess's team played Dave's team in one Semi, and Josh v Brandon in the other Semi.

Jess won 13-9 and Brandon won 11-7.

Brandon won the final 12-5.

12th July

The North Wellington Junior Singles was held tonight, with 8 players attending. 3 qualifiers were found - Lachlan Young from the Salvation Army club, and Pippa Gold & Allanah Pene, both from Elsdon IBC.

Lachlan & Pippa played in the only semi, Allanah was lucky enough to get the bye into the final. Lachlan beat Pippa 11-0

The final was hard fought, and won on the last bowl. Allanah came through to win 7-5.

Well done Allanah, you now represent North Wellington at the National Junior Singles championships on 27th August

10th July

Today the closed NW singles was played, and the winner of this goes through to the National Henselite final. This was won by Selwyn Joyce, who beat Jess Moffat in the final. The losing semi-finalists were Kyle Waldron & Terry Moffat.

9th July

Congrats to the North Wellington Top 16, who defeated Wairarapa today. 5 rounds were played, and two NW players were undefeated - Gary Hedgeman & Deborah Crook. Also well done to Terry Moffat who had 4 1/2 wins from 5 games

3rd July

A very well done to our Ladies 8, who defeated Manawatu today for the first time since 2009! They won 40 points to 20, without having to play the last round of pairs. Very convincing win!

2nd July

Today the Mixed Pairs & Fours zone finals were played at the Hutt Valley Bowling Club. This was played between North Wellington, Hutt Valley, Upper Hutt Valley & Horowhenua.

Despite our two teams best efforts, both of these events were won by Upper Hutt Valley, skipped each time by New Zealand Black Jack Ashley Diamond. Fellow Black Jack Sheree Holmes combined with Ashley for the Mixed pairs, and they were joined by Brandon Fuge & Lisa White for the Mixed Fours.

The Mixed Fours result was found out by countback of ends, after both UHV & NW teams had the same number of wins, with their last game against each other ended up as a draw after an extra end. But UHV had won more ends over their 3 games.

They will now play in the Mixed Pairs & Fours National Final, against the other Zone winners from around the country.

26th June

Today the North Wellington Open Singles was held. We had 42 entrants and 16 qualifiers. It was an all-Valley affair, with all semi-finalists from the Hutt Valley and Upper Hutt Valley centres.

The final was between Richard Corry & Denise Clarkson. Richard avenged his loss in last year's final, to come out victorious 9-6.

19th June

The National Open Championships were held last week, and we had many good performances over the week. Notable performances are:

Singles: Avon Compton & Grant Rayner both reaching Semi-Finals, but both losing. Jess Moffat reached the Final 16.
Pairs: Avon Compton & Kyle Waldron reached the quarter-finals, Paul Voorend & Jeff Stuart reached the Final 16.
Triples: Avon Compton, Paul Voorend & Kyle Waldron reached the Quarter Finals. Jeff Stuart, playing with Mike Sackfield, reached the Final 16.
Fours: Jess Moffat, playing with Linda McCurdy, reached the Quarter Finals.

Masters Pairs: Carl Jamieson reached the Final 16
Masters Fours: Carl Jamieson & Terry Moffat reached the Final

7th June

Queens Birthday weekend hosted a number of tournaments around the country. Here is an overview of major results:

Catholic Nationals:

Fours Winners: Avon Compton, Paul Voorend, Kyle Waldron, Jeff Stuart
Pairs Quarter Finals: Avon Compton & Kyle Waldron; Paul Voorend & Jeff Stuart

Rotorua:

Dale Rayner played with Grant Harvey and got to the final of the Pairs, but were beaten by Alex Reed & Colin Williams 7-5

29th May

Well done to Dale Rayner, who made the Final of the Hutt Valley Open Singles today. Dale played well, but was beaten by Ashley Diamond of Upper Hutt, 15-4.

22nd May

Well done to the North Wellington team of Grant Rayner, Paul Voorend, Kyle Waldron & Jeff Stuart, who won the Upper Hutt Valley Open Fours. They beat Mark Jacombs, Marcus Trlin, Paul Rybinski & Jonathan Austin of Hutt Valley in the final. This gave Kyle his Upper Hutt Valley Gold Star for 5 Open titles

21st May

The Mens & Ladies Singles were played today, and they were won by Jeff Stuart & June Wairau respectively.

Jeff defeated Kyle Waldron 11-7 in their final & the defeated semi-finalists were Paul Voorend & Grant Rayner

June defeated Jess Moffat 11-9 in their final, and the other qualifier was Deborah Crook.

15th May

Well done to the North Wellington team of Grant Rayner, Paul Voorend, Jeff Stuart & Max Rayner, who won the Hutt Valley Open Fours. They beat Lois Randall, Shelley Jacombs, Denise Clarkson & Laurie Knol in the final. This was Max's first ever open title, and at 10 yrs old, he played well. It also gave Jeff Stuart his Hutt Valley Gold Star for 5 Open titles.

14th May - Ladies Quad

This was a rep match played between North Wellington, Hutt Valley, Upper Hutt Valley & Horowhenua.

It was taken out by Upper Hutt Valley, North Wellington in 2nd, Hutt Valley 3rd and Horowhenua 4th.

8th May - Open 2-4-2 Pairs

This was won by a top North Wellington pairs combination of Grant Rayner & James Sullivan. They defeated the defending champs from last year Ashley Diamond & Sheree Holmes from Upper Hutt. This was James' first NW open title, having recently moved here from Christchurch.

3rd equal places went to Brandon & Rob Fuge, and Ernst Schuch & Christine Maddock.

7th May - Thurlow Trophy

This trophy is played for annually between North Wellington, Hutt Valley & the Catholic Association. This year Hutt Valley took this out, by a very narrow margin of 7 points.

4th May - Mixed Pairs Post Section

The Post section for the Mixed Pairs was held tonight, between 6 Qualifiers. Results are:

Voorend 12, Compton 11
Waldron 11, J Andersen 5

Semi Finals:

Waldron 9, Voorend 4
Rayner 9, M Andersen 7

Final:

Rayner 8, Waldron 5

1st May - Mixed Fours

This was played on a round-robin basis, due to the low number of entries (6).

The winners were Grant Rayner, James Sullivan, Jess Moffat & Dale Rayner, who won 5 games out of 5. Runner's up were Avon Compton, Paul Voorend, Judith McNickle & Stacey McKenzie, with 4 wins out of 5 games.

The winners now play in the Zone final, against the winners of Hutt Valley, Upper Hutt & Horowhenua. The winners of the Zone Final then go on to the National Final, to play the other Zone winners from around the country, for the National Mixed Fours Title.

30th April - Open Posselt Pairs

This is played a 2-life system straight from the start, so those that keep winning keep their lives, and those that lose both lives are knocked out.

The final game was between Jess Moffat & Jim Strachan from North Wellington vs Ashley Diamond & Sheree Holmes from Upper Hutt. Ashley & Sheree still had both lives, having been unbeaten all day, while Jess & Jim were on their last life.

Jess & Jim won the first game 8-7, taking away one of Ashley / Sheree's lives. Ashley & Sheree then won the second game 9-8, taking out the title.

The next best team was Carl Jamieson & Terry Moffat, who was 3rd.

20th April: Mixed Pairs results, first night:

In the evening of Wednesday 20th April, 17 teams competed in section play of the North Wellington Mixed Pairs. There were 6 qualifiers:

1. Kyle Waldron & Gwen Duggan (Newlands)
2. Josh Andersen & June Wairau (Elsdon)
3. Paul Voorend & Judith McNickle (Composite)
4. Avon Compton & Stacey McKenzie (Composite)
5. Mark Andersen & Catherine Ryan (Elsdon)
6. Grant Rayner & Dale Rayner (Tawanui)

Post Section Draw:

First round:
Waldron/Duggan v J Andersen/Wairau
Voorend/McNickle v Compton/McKenzie

Byes to Semi-finals
M Andersen/Ryan v Rayner/Rayner

17/18 April: North Wellington wins the NWWTH Trophy

The North Wellington top 16 rep team was successful in winning back the NWWTH Trophy, played between themselves, Wanganui, Taranaki & Horowhenua. This year it was held in Stratford, and Wanganui were the defending champions.

Napier Easter Tournament - 25-28 March

Avon Compton - Quarter-final singles, Semi-final Pairs, Quarter-final triples
Kyle Waldron - Quarter-final singles, Semi-final Pairs, Quarter-final triples
Paul Voorend - Quarter-final Pairs, Quarter-final Triples
Reece Wickenden - Quarter-final Pairs, Quarter-final Triples


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