Category: Competitions
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Well done Lisa & Helen!
Congratulations to Lisa White and Helen King for winning the Wellington Easter 2-4-2 Pairs. It was just as well they went on to win as they knocked out two other Victoria combinations on their way to the title. And for the second week in a row, the final became a crucially important Victoria v Petone…
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Well done Nina, Kay & Leigh!
Congratulations to Nina De Munnik, Kay Carr and Leigh Griffin in winning the Wellington Champ of Champ Triples. They beat Debbie Hanna’s Petone Central team comfortably 20-7 in a crucial final that could decide the Bowls Wellington Women’s Club of the Year between the two clubs. The win also gave Leigh her 25th Wellington Women’s…
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Well done Laurie & Lou!
Congratulations to Laurie Guy and Lou Newman for reaching the final of the Wellington Champ of Champ Pairs at the Park Avenue club at the beginning of April. They lost to Isi Taito and Bruce Henderson of Johnsonville 11-22 after surviving a tight semifinal battle with Wainuiomata 15-13 in the morning. The runner-up placing consolidated…
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Well done Lisa, Helen, Hayley, Leigh & Mercia!
Congratulations to the Wellington Womens Intercentre team finishing runner-up in the National Intercentre competition at the Wilton club at the end of March which included four Victoria players. Lisa White and Helen King were the pair, and Hayley May (lead) and Leigh Griffin (skip) were members of the Wellington four, while Mercia Downes was the…
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Premier Womens Interclub Team 3rd in NZ!
The Victoria Premier Interclub team finished a very creditable third in the National Interclub Finals in Palmerston North in late March. All of the disciplines won three out of five matches for an overall team total of 18 points, 4 points behind the winners Carlton Cornwall (Auckland). The pair of Nicole Toomey and Leigh Griffin…
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Well done Nic & Tim! …and Kirsten, Kay & Leigh!
In a big day of bowls in the Wellington centre on Monday, Nicole and Tim Toomey won the regional play-offs of the National Mixed Pairs competition at the Johnsonville club beating some esteemed players along the way. They started with a tight 17-15 victory over Eileen Jones and Ray Boffa (Kapiti Coast), carried on with…