Category: Competitions
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Well done Bradley & Amber!
Congratulations to Bradley Down winning the College Sport Wellington Boys Singles Championship playing out of Onslow College and beating Seamus Curtain (Aotea) 16-11 in the final. And sister and new Victoria member Amber Down taking out the Girls Singles as well. Amber also attends Onslow College and was a most emphatic winner in the final…
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Well done Bradley!
Great work from Bradley Down picking up two club titles in his first season playing club champs at Victoria, and going on to reach the quarterfinal of the Wellington Champ of Champ fours last week (which equalled the furtherest he had been in a Wellington senior event), and winning the Champ of Champ singles this…
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Well done Tereska, Kay, Helen & Leigh
Congratulations to Tereska Knap, Kay Carr, Helen King and Leigh Griffin successfully defending the Wellington Champ of Champ Fours they won last seasons. They were comfortable winners throughout most of their games beating Upper Hutt 22-4 in the semifinal and Lyall Bay 19-9 in the final at Titahi Bay on Sunday. This was Tereska’s 2nd,…
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Blackjacks women bowlers causing headaches for national selectors with Kirsten Griffin impressing on debut
REVIEW: National coach Dave Edwards says the Blackjacks’ women bowlers are starting to give the selectors some pleasant headaches as they look to finalise their team for the November world championships. The women’s squad – featuring four young players, including debutant Kirsten Griffin – beat arch rivals Australia in two tests in the just-completed trans-Tasman…
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Ka Pai Kay!
Well done Kay Carr for winning the Aotearoa National Fours title yesterday at Wainiuomata. Kay played at 3 for Paula Meredith with Lili George and Janet Nehemia up the front representing the Whanganui a Tara tribe. The team beat Natarsha Grimshaw (Whanganui a Tara) 9-6 in the semifinals and Doreen Jensen (Tamaki Makurau) 13-7 in…
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Kirsten new cap in Blackjacks for Six Nations! Congrats Nic and Bradley!
Kirsten Griffin is the only new cap in the Blackjacks bowls squad for the Trans-Tasman and Six Nations series in Christchurch in March. The 24-year-old, who won her first national title in Christchurch last Friday as a member of the champion fours team, has clinched selection after not initially being part of the Blackjacks extended…