South Otago Drawn Pairs Championship

(Sponsored by Murray Sim AMP)

21 teams; 8 qualifiers

Plate winners - Jim Hamilton & Evelyn King (Hillend)

Quarter Finals

Barry Leslie & Lyn Brown (Katea) 10 - Gail & Lance Ibbotson (Katea)  9

Chris Moffitt & Hannah Botting (Paretai) 11 - Biddy Craig & Mark Kingi-Poteki (Waitapeka) 5

Peter Grant & Peter Mathison (Glenledi) 7  - Ross Agnew & Sue Kingi-Poteki (Waitapeka)  4

Kathryn Edgar & Graeme Miller (Tapanui) 6 -  Doug Grant & Colin Gosden (Glenledi) 3

Semi Finals

Chris Moffitt & Hannah Botting 5 - Barry Leslie & Lyn Brown  4

Peter Grant & Peter Mathison 7 - Kathryn Edgar & Graeme Miller  6

Final 

Chris Moffitt & Hannah Botting  8 - Peter Grant & Peter Mathison  4

South Otago Champion of Champion Singles Results

(Sponsored by Bella Vista Motels & The Wilson family)

Played on two life system

Mens

Winner - Robert Wilson  (Clutha RSA)

Runner up - Ian Bennett  (Te Houka)

3rd - Chris Moffitt  (Paretai)

4th - Tony Cook  (Hillend)

Womens

Winner - Eileen Grant  (Lawrence)

Runner up - Kathryn Edgar - (Tapanui)

3rd=  Shona Preddy  (Paretai)

3rd=  Biddy Craig  (Waitapeka)

South Otago Championship Fours results

(sponsored by Bottings Butchery)

13 teams; 5 qualifiers

Plate winners - David Fenton, Biddy Craig, Ross Agnew, Colleen Fenton​​​​​​​

Round 1

Eileen Grant, David Grant, Rosemary Stevenson, Alec Melville beat Kevin Giles, Sue Giles, Maureen Little, Greta Jenkins   9 - 6

Semi Finals

Tony Cook, Reilly Paterson, Jennifer MacKenzie, Marilyn Paterson beat Graeme Hislop, Robert Wilson, Graeme Hill, Chris Moffitt   16 - 2

Stephen Preddy, Alanna Preddy, Christine King, Shona Preddy beat Eileen Grant, David Grant, Rosemary Stevenson, Alec Melville   8 - 3

Final

Tony Cook, Reilly Paterson, Jennifer MacKenzie, Marilyn Paterson beat Stephen Preddy, Alanna Preddy, Christine King, Shona Preddy    16 - 8

North Island vs South Island Test

While the South Island team couldn't get up to beat the North Island in this annual fixture for the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy, our South Otago players represented their teams and the South Island exceptionally well with some solid performances.

Alanna Preddy, as part of the Womens Four was the most successful of the three, deservedly winning her first Inter-Island medal as her and team mates Suzanne Mackie, Marie-Therese Hooper and Deanne Osborne put away the North Island combination in all three games. The Southern Four complemented each others game extremely well, taking every opportunity on offer and giving the Northerners no real chance in any of the three matches to get back into contention.

Robert Wilson playing in the middle of the Mens Triple, had three tough battles in their set, losing the first two games narrowly but getting up to win the final match thanks in part to a perfectly weighted final bowl from skip Gary Low. The first two games could have gone either way but the North as they seem to have knack at doing, knew when to apply pressure and convert those close games into wins.

Kathryn Edgar, in the middle of the Womens Triple pushed their rivals hard all day but along with Ann Cottrell and Elaine Carnie, were unable to overcome the exceptionally strong North Island Triple consisting of Lisa Gould and two current New Zealand representative players - Lois Randell and Linda McCurdy. The first two games were very even contests most of the way through, but the experience of the New Zealand players showed through towards the latter stages of these games, capitalising on any Southern mistake and converting this into points.

Results

North Island  31    South Island  17

Women:

Singles: Denise Clarkson (Hutt Valley) 26, 18, 17; Belinda Peard (Southland) 19, 14, 11. (North Island)

Pairs: Sheree Holmes (Upper Hutt Valley), Teri Anderson (Waikato) 21, 15, 23; Rhonda Bellis (Nelson), Jenny Eden (Canterbury) 13, 18, 16. (North Island)

Triples: Lois Randall (Hutt Valley), Linda McCurdy (Waikato), Lisa Gould (Upper Hutt Valley) 18, 19, 25; Ann Cottrell (Otago), Kathryn Edgar (South Otago), Elaine Carnie (Southland) 13, 16, 10. (North Island)

Fours: Jude Martin (Bush Ruahine), Jessie Moffat (North Wellington), Sue Bourne (Taranaki), Rochelle Hastie (Waikato) 9, 13, 14; Suzanne Mackie (Southland), Marie-Therese Hooper (Canterbury), Deanne Osborne (Canterbury), Alanna Preddy (South Otago) 20, 16, 18. (South Island)

Men:

Singles: Avon Compton (North Wellington) 18, 20, 23; James Sullivan (Canterbury) 16, 15, 12. (North Island)

Pairs: Paul Smith (Tauranga), Jason Parker (Counties) 20, 16, 20; Ashley Diamond (Canterbury), Hayden Warnes (Golden Bay-Motueka) 17, 16, 14. (North Island)

Triples: Grant Rayner (North Wellington) capt, Paul Wright (Auckland), Alex Reed (Auckland) 19, 20, 18; Gary Low (Southland), Robert Wilson (South Otago), Matt Markham (Ashburton) 13, 19, 19. (North Island)

Fours: Steve Fisher (Auckland), Matthew Ellis (Counties), Tim Veale (Manawatu), Mark Hastie (Waikato), 12, 11, 7; Simon Thomas (Ashburton), Michael Lawson (Ashburton), Daniel French (Otago), Grant Wilson (Ashburton) 24, 20, 26. (South Island)

South Otago Triples Championship results

Sponsored by Richardson Jewellery

20 teams; 7 qualifiers​​​​​​​

Plate winner - Christine King, David Fenton, Colleen Fenton

Bye:  Geoff Reeves, Dawn Reeves, Linda Gardyne.

Quarter Finals

Stephen Preddy, Alanna Preddy, Shona Preddy beat Robert Wilson, Graeme Hill, Neville Thompson    9 - 5

Mark Preddy, Marilyn Paterson, Lily Paterson beat Biddy Craig, Ross Agnew, Tony Chittock   5 - 4

Doug Grant, Peter Grant, Peter Palmer beat Eileen Grant, David Grant, Rosemary Stevenson   11 - 4

Semi Finals

Stephen Preddy beat Geoff Reeves   9 - 5

Doug Grant beat Mark Preddy   8 - 5

Final

Doug Grant beat Stephen Preddy   9 - 6

Triangular Representative match results

Held at Balclutha on Saturday 30th July

1st Southland 92.5 pts

2nd South Otago 89 pts

3rd Central Otago 34.5 pts.

Very close final result with some great performances. Top scorers - 

6 Wins: Biddy Craig (South Otago) & Stephen Langley (Southland)

5 Wins & 1 Draw: Caleb Hope & Hannah Wilson (Junior’s from Southland)

5 Wins: David Grant (South Otago); Shona Preddy (South Otago); Suzanne Mackie (Southland); Mathew Heads (Southland)

4 Wins & 2 Draws: Alanna Preddy (South Otago).

Top Performer from Central Otago was Gloria Hurley with 3 wins.

South Otago Club Championship

In 1966, Waitapeka last won the South Otago Club Championship title. It's taken 50 long years, but last Saturday (24th July) they broke that drought by taking out the 2016 competition. 

David & Colleen Fenton with Sue Kingi-Poitiki were the best performing team on 4 wins and a draw. 

Congratulations to the Waitapeka club on a huge effort!

Winners   Waitepeka  21 pts

2nd =  Tuapeka West & Glenledi  17pts

4th =  Stirling & Te Houka  12 pts

6th    Tapanui  11 pts

Henselite Singles Results

25 ENTIRES; 9 QUALIFIERS

Byes - Christine King, Doug Grant, Chris Moffitt, Colleen Fenton, Peter Grant, Alanna Preddy, David Fenton. 

Round 1

Sue Giles beat Eileen Grant   9 - 7

Quarter Finals

Sue Giles beat Christine King  8 - 7

Doug Grant beat Chris Moffitt  16 - 6

Peter Grant beat Colleen Fenton  14 - 9

Alanna Preddy beat David Fenton  12 - 10

Semi Finals

Doug Grant beat Sue Giles   15 - 6

Peter Grant beat Alanna Preddy  12 -10 (extra end)

Final

Doug Grant (Glenledi) beat Peter Grant (Glenledi)16-4

Results from Quadrangular Tournament held in Oamaru on 25th June 2016

Otago  80 pts

North Otago 49 pts

South Otago 46 pts

Central Otago 38 pts

Top scorers for South Otago - Alex Melville, Ian Bennett, Gordon Duthie and Eileen Grant with 4 wins.

New Zealand National Championships Fours

South Otagos Stephen Preddy and Kathryn Edgar joined forces with Ashburtons Michael Lawson and Matt Markham to finish runner up in the Open Fours event in Tauranga.

After a slow start to the final and finding themselves 7-0 down after 4 ends against the Nelson combination of Lloyd Bellis, Kath Arvidson, Rhonda Bellis and Debbie Warren, the Ashburton team clawed their way back into the match to be only 2 down going into the last end.

Unfortunately skip Michael Lawson couldn't pick up the 2 needed with his last bowl to force a deciding end and the Nelson team finished up 11-7 winners.

The appearance in a National final was the first for both Stephen and Kathryn, playing lead and second respectively. Both performed admirably in what was in the end, a very even contest.

2016 South Island team

Three South Otago players have been selected in the 2016 South Island team to take on the North Island in the annual clash for the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy. This years test match will take place in Christchurch on Saturday 13th August.

Robert Wilson retains his place in the Mens Triple but moves down one position to allow current New Zealand representative Gary Low of Southland to come in as skip.

Kathryn Edgar retains her position in the middle of the Womens Triple, though she has two different team mates this year, with Ann Cottrell of Otago skipping and Elaine Carnie from Southland leading.

Recalled to the team after two years on the outer is Alanna Preddy, who comes as lead of the well performed Womens Four, this year being skipped by Suzanne Mackie of Southland.

One could argue that on paper, this South Island team looks to be possibly the best chance the South has in the past 13 years to defeat their Northern rivals and lift the coverted trophy.

South Island Team

Women 

Singles:  Belinda Peard (SL)

Pairs: Rhonda Bellis (NN) Jenny Eden (CY)

Triples: Ann Cottrell (OT)  Kathryn Edgar (SO) Elaine Carnie (SL)

Fours:  Suzanne Mackie (SL)  Marie-Therese Hooper (CY)  Deanne Osborne (CY) Alanna Preddy (SO)

Reserves:  Marilyn Holmes (OT) Barbara Reid (SC)

Men 

Singles:  James Sullivan (CY)

Pairs: Ashley Diamond (CY) Hayden Warnes (GB)

Triples: Gary Low (SL) Robert Wilson (SO) Matt Markham (AS)

Fours: Simon Thomas (AS) Michael Lawson (AS) Daniel French (OT) Grant Wilson (AS)

Reserves:  Lloyd Bellis (NN) Mike King (CY)

Captain: Ashley Diamond (CY)

Manager: Nigel Warnes (NN)

Quadrangular Rep Team

The following players have been selected to play in Oamaru on Saturday 26th June. The bus will leave at 7.00am from the Ritchies Bus Depot, Baxter Street. The cost for the day is $25 and players are to wear full South Otago uniform.

Robert Wilson, Kathryn Edgar, Colleen Fenton, Marilyn Paterson, Eileen Grant, Gordon Duthie, Alistair Allison, Sue Giles, Barry Gray, David Grant, Barbara Read, Diane Bennett, Stephen Preddy, Geoff Reeves, Craig Botting, Graeme Hill, Ross Agnew, Greg Keach, Ian Bennett, David Roxburgh, Alex Melville, Lindsay McCaughan, Peter Grant, David Fenton, Daniel Cook, Biddy Craig, Shona Preddy.

2016 South Island Championships

Saturday 4th June

Johnstone Electrical Pairs 

115 teams; 37 qualifiers

Byes to Last 32 - D Stewart, D Webb, K Anngow, E Grant, D Cooper, M Berkeley, N Sinclair, G Low, C King, T McKewen, C Hope, M Lawson, D Philpott, A Brokenshire, A Thompson, G Fortune, K McKenzie, B Cowan, A Begg, C Langley, B Williams, D Ruffell, B Black, S Mackie, B Mallon, R Wilson, C Braithwaite.

Round 1 Post section

L McCaughan 6 C Cowan  5

R Osborne 11 C Ormandy 5

K Goodwin 7 P Carnie 5

N Gould 9 B Crawford 5

M King 11 MT Hooper 2

Last 32 results 

L McCaughan 10 R Osborne 6

N Gould 9 K Goodwin 7

M King 9 D Stewart 8

D Webb 13 K Anngow 4

E Grant 11 D Cooper 10

M Berkeley 8 N Sinclair 7

G Low 14 C King 4

C Hope 13 T McKewen 6

M Lawson 10 D Philpott 6

A Brokenshire 8 A Thompson 7

K McKenzie 13 G Fortune 8

B Cowan 10 A Begg 7

C Langley 8 B Williams 7

D Ruffell 10 B Black 9

S Mackie 13 B Mallon 4

C Braithwaite 13 R Wilson 7

Last 16 results 

N Gould 9 L McCaughan 8, M King 9 D Webb 5, M Berkeley 11 E Grant 7, C Hope 12 G Low 6, M Lawson 9 A Thompson 8, K McKenzie 8 B Cowan 4, C Langley 8 D Ruffell 5, S Mackie 11 C Braithwaite 3

Semi Final results

Ken & Rowena Mckenzie 11 Suzanne Mackie & Brian Hotton 7, Maurice Berkeley & Jenny Eden 12 Mike King & Vanessa Tyson 10

Final

Maurice Berkeley & Jenny Eden 9 beat Ken & Rowena Mckenzie 8

2016 South Island Championships

Sunday 5th June

Fours

55 teams, 19 qualifiers

Byes to Last 16 -

D Cooper, G Low, M Lawson, N Gould, S Mackie, J Leyser, B Cadogan, R Cowan, R Bennett, D French, M King, L McCaughan, R Wilson 

Round 1

R Osborne 15 R Allen 2, M Howard 11 B Chapman 5, B Williams 9 P Cabral 8

Last 16 results -

R Osborne 7 M Howard 6, D Cooper 7 B Williams 5, M Lawson 7 G Low 6, S Mackie 7 N Gould 5, B Cadogan 16 J Leyser 6, R Bennett 8 R Cowan 4, M King 11 D French 3, R Wilson 9  L McCaughan 6

Quarter Final results -

D Cooper 9  R Osborne 8

S Mackie 12  M Lawson 1

B Cadogan 14  R Bennett 10

M King 8  R Wilson 7

Semi Finals results -

Mike King (s), David Philpott, Marilyn Paterson, Vanessa Tyson (Hornby WMC, Canterbury) beat Daniel Sinclair (s), Barry Cadogan, Mike Harte, Brent Sinclair (Green Island, Otago) 10 - 8

Derek Cooper (s), Matt Begg, Carolyn Cooper, Daryn Turner (Timaru Town & Country, South Canterbury) beat Suzanne Mackie (s), Brian Hotton, Jason Gray, Ann Mackie (North Invercargill, Southland) 8 - 7 on extra end

Final

Mike King (s), David Philpott, Marilyn Paterson, Vanessa Tyson 13 beat Derek Cooper (s), Matt Begg, Carolyn Cooper, Darryn Turner 3

2016 South Island Championships

Monday 6th June

Balclutha Subway Triples

65 teams; 25 Qualifiers

Byes to Last 16 -

L Rance, B Craig, B Crawford, D French, C Langley, L Prattley, D Horrell

Post section to last 16 results -

M Lawson 10 H Dodds 5, J Leyser 11 H Gould 7, R Osborne 9  N Gould 7, M King 6 D Cooper 5, G Fortune 12 C Moffitt 8, K Gould 14 B Mallon 11, M Wederell 13 A Leslie 4 , G Low 12 C Hope 4, P Carnie 15 G Severinson 5.

Last 16

L Rance 7  P Carnie 6, B Crawford 6  B Craig 5, C Langley 7  D French 5, D Horrell 19  L Prattley 3, M Lawson 11  J Leyser 5, R Osborne 9  M King 5, G Fortune 9  K Gould 7, G Low 11 M Wederell  5

Quarter Final results

M Lawson 8  R Osborne 7

G Fortune 10  G Low 5

B Crawford 7  L Rance 6

D Horrell 11 C Langley 2

Semi Finals

Michael Lawson (s), Ken Mackenzie, Stephen Preddy (Rakaia, Ashburton) 7 beat Grant Fortune (s), Brent Keen, Trevor Burgess (Invercargill WMC, Southland) 6

Bob Crawford (s), Marilyn Holmes, Alan Gillespie (Momona, Otago) 11 v  David Horrell (s), Kathryn Edgar, Greame Miller (Tapanui, South Otago) 4

Final

Michael Lawson (s), Ken Mackenzie, Stephen Preddy (Rakaia, Ashburton)  11 beat Crawford (s), Marilyn Holmes, Alan Gillespie (Momona, Otago) 6

Player of the Tournamant - Ken Mackenzie, Rakaia club, Ashburton.

South Otago Open Singles

Sunday 1st May

Sponsored by Colin & Mollie Tiffany

28 entries; 12 qualifiers

Byes: Reilly Paterson, Tom Dallas, David Fenton, Marilyn Paterson

Round 1

Tony Cook beat Stephen Preddy     9 - 7

Christine King beat Chris Moffitt   11 - 5

Colleen Fenton beat Eileen Grant  13 - 5

Doug Grant beat Kathryn Edgar     18 - 8

Quarter Finals

R Paterson beat T Dallas                7 - 6

T Cook beat C King                          12 - 11

D Grant beat C Fenton                     10 - 7

D Fenton beat M Paterson             11 - 9

Semi Finals

T Cook beat R Paterson                 11 - 5

D Grant beat D Fenton                     10 - 9

Final

D Grant beat T Cook                          9 - 5

South Otago Open Mixed Pairs

Saturday 7th May

Sponsored by Wynyard Transport

14 teams; 6 qualifiers

Byes: David & Colleen Fenton, Alanna Preddy & Chris Moffitt

Quarter Finals

Eileen & David Grant beat Lindsay McCaughan & Biddy Craig   11 - 9

Doug Grant & Barbara Reed beat Stephen & Shona Preddy           12 - 8

Semi Finals

Eileen Grant beat Alanna Preddy    20 - 5

Doug Grant beat David Fenton          9 - 6

Final

Eileen Grant beat Doug Grant            8 - 7

South Otago 13's

Sunday 8th May 

Owaka retained the Sub-association 13's title for another season, clearing away from the field early on to win comfortably.

The results were very tight with the bottom three teams all ending up on the same points, meaning the final placings were decided on countback of ends.

Results

Owaka           36 pts

Lawrence      24 pts

Milton            20 pts

Balclutha       20 pts

West Otago   20 pts

South Otago Open Mixed Fours

Saturday 14th May

12 teams; 6 qualifiers

Byes: Eileen Grant (s), David Grant, Alec Mellville, Rosemary Stevenson -  Chris Moffitt (s), Graeme Hislop, Alanna Preddy, Jaime McElrea

Quarter finals

Stephen Preddy (s), Biddy Craig, Craig Botting, Shona Preddy beat Tom Dallas (s), Gail Ibbottson, Don Jenks, Nola Anderson    7 - 6

Doug Grant (s), Peter Grant, Barbara Reed, Sue Giles beat Christine King (s), David Fenton, Colleen Fenton, Greg Keach                      9 - 8 

Semi Finals

Stephen Preddy beat Eileen Grant    11 - 4

Chris Moffitt beat Doug Grant           11 - 5

Final

Chris Moffitt beat Stephen Preddy   11 - 10

South Otago Sub Association Super 8's

Lawrence knocked Owaka off it's perch by taking out this years Super 8's competition in a very close encounter on Sunday 15th May.

Owaka had held the trophy for the past 6 seasons but this year the Lawrence and Balclutha teams proved very worthy opponents, with both sub assosciations finishing ahead of the perienial champions.

A decisive last round of 5 and a half wins from a possible 8 matches saw Lawrence edge out a strong finishing Balclutha who could only manage 5 wins, by 53 pts to 52.

Final Results

Lawrence     53

Balclutha     52

Owaka          46

Milton           41

Clinton          30

West Otago  30

South Otago Open Pairs 

Sunday 29th May

sponsored by Beryl & Gordon Duthie

Plate winners: Jaime McElrea & Greame Hislop

20 teams, 6 qualifiers

Byes : Eileen & David Grant; Biddy Craig & Shona Preddy

Round 1

Doug & Peter Grant beat Alanna Preddy & Chris Moffitt                                               8-6

Robert Wilson & Noddy Thompson beat Christine King & Mark Preddy                      10-4

Semi Final

Eileen Grant beat Robert Wilson  8-4

Biddy Craig beat Doug Grant        9-7

Final

Biddy Craig beat Eileen Grant       7-5 (extra end)

Zone 6 Paterson trophy results

OTAGO    129

SOUTH OTAGO    111

SOUTHLAND       101

NORTH OTAGO       74

SOUTH CANTERBURY   63

CENTRAL OTAGO       62

Tournament top scorer  

Marilyn Paterson - South Otago, 25pts

Zone 6 Junior Singles

Main Event Winner -  Daniel Cook

Plate Runner up - Lily Paterson

Zone 6 Junior Pairs

​​​​​​​Semi Finalists  - Scott Chittock & Ryan McCaughan

- Daniel Cook & Hannah Botting

Plate Winners

- Anna McCaughan & Lily Paterson

South Otago/Central Otago Combined vs

North Island

SO/CO  10

North    38

South Otago Development team v Southland Development team results

South Otago 82

Southland  62

* Last round of pairs not played

Top performers:

Daniel Cook, Lily Paterson and Rosemary Stephenson, 5 wins

Hannah Botting, 4 wins and a draw

Lance Ibbotson, 4 wins

Ryan McCaughan, 3 wins and a draw.

Five juniors played in the team and 4 are in the top 6; a great effort.

South Otago Senior /Junior Pairs

Sun 19th June

10 teams; 3 qualifers

Bye: Alanna Preddy & Emma McCaughan

Semi Final - 

Tony Cook & Anna McCaughan beat Craig & Kurt Botting 11 - 8

Final -

Alanna Preddy & Emma McCaughan beat Tony Cook & Anna McCaughan 13 - 5

Results from South Otago v Southland

Southland    137

South Otago  88

Top scorer for South Otago: Shona Preddy - 4 wins 2 draws

Results from South Otago Development vs Eastern Southland

South Otago   33

Eastern Southland    31

Top scorers for South Otago: Don Jenks, Ray Low, Tony Chittock, 4 wins

2016 Zone 6 Womens 8's competition

Final results

Otago                124

South Otago    110

Southland     105.5

South Canterbury  85           

North Otago   65.5

Central Otago 48.5 

Top scorers for South Otago

Alanna Preddy & Marilyn Paterson with 11 wins

2016 New Zealand Masters Games

Christine King and Shona Preddy picked up Bronze medals in the 40-60 year old Pairs event at the recent New Zealand Masters Games held on Dunedin over the weekend of February 7th & 8th. The ladies pair had a tense battle with eventual champions Brent Sinclair and Nigel McLennan, taking them to an extra end in the semi.Christine and Shona combined the following day with Colleen Fenton and Biddy Craig in the Fours. Again the South Otago team qualified for post section, only to go down once more in the semis and pick up another Bronze. This time the team was beaten by the eventual winners John Williams, Richard Baird, Lynne Baird and Jacqui Williams from Otago.Congratualtions to the four South Otago women on the weekends bowls and their Bronze medals.