Representative.

Bowls New Zealand High Performance Squad: Lance Pascoe, Emily Belton, team support.
Canterbury Southern Quad: .
Men: Lance Pascoe
Women:   Fiona Frew   Christine Buchanan   Kim Rowlands   Jan Shirley   Tania Woodham   Coach:  Emily Belton
Development men:   Chris Waldron
Development women:   Coach:  Neil Buchanan
Canterbury for the Super Sixes competition:
Senior men: Super Sixes:   Lance Pascoe   Kelvin Scott
Senior women; Super Sixes:   Fiona Frew   Jude Main   Tania Woodham
Development Tournament:
Development men:   Seddon Jury Jane   Chris Waldron
2023 Intercentre:
Senior men:   Lance Pascoe  Kelvin Scott [withdrew due to illness]
Senior women:   Fiona Frew   Christine Buchanan   Tania Woodham

Pre Christmas Results 2024.

		Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Place
Women's Premier 2/4s	Div 1	14	11		3	1st
Men's Premier 3/4s	Div 1	21	13		8	2nd
Men's Premier 3/4s	Div 3	21	11	1	9	3rd
AC 2/4s EP1	Div 1	14	8		6	3rd
AC 2/4s EP2	Div 2	14	7	1	6	4th
AC 2/4s EP3	Div 3	14	9		5	2nd
U5 Triples EP1	Div 2 Sec 3	7	6		1	1st Lost in final in play offs
U5 Triples EP2	Div 2 Sec 6	7	5		2	2nd
U5 Triples EP3	Div 2 Sec 5	7	5	1	1	1st Lost in semi final in play offs
AC Pairs EP1	Sec 4	7	4	3		4th
AC Pairs EP2	Sec 2	7	4	3		3rd
Women's Fives	Div 5	14	12		2	1st
Men's Double Pairs EP1	Sec 2	14	7	2	4	2nd
Men's Double Pairs EP2	Sec 3	14	10		4	1st Lost first play off game
Men's Double Pairs EP3	Sec 4	14	5		9	8/10
Men's Double Pairs EP4	Sec 1	14	7		7	4th
O60 Fives EP1	Div 1	14	6	1	7	5th
O60 Fives EP2	Div 2	12	9		3	2nd
O60 Fives EP3	Div 3	14	6		8	5th
O60 Fives EP4	Div 7	14	6	1	7	5th
O60 Fives EP5	Div 8	14	6	1	7	4th
Edwards Cup	EP Gold	27	14	2	11	2nd
Edwards Cup	EP Blue	27	21	1	5	1st
U5 Pairs EP1	Div. 2 Sec. 4	7	7			Won play offs
U5 Pairs EP2	Div. 2 Sec. 7	7	5		2	4th
U5 Pairs EP3	Div. 1 Sec. 5	7	5		2	2nd

Pre Christmas Highlights 2024.

* The high quality of both greens. Well done to Kelvin and Don.
* Award Noel’s Bowls from Lorraine McLeod to Kelvin Scott at opening day.
* Interclub First Places:   Women’s premier 2/4s  U5 Triples EP1  U5 Triples EP3  Women’s Fives  Men’s Double Pairs EP2  U5 Pairs EP1
* Interclub Second Places:  Men’s Premier 3/4s [Div. 1]   AC 2/4s EP3  U5 Triples EP2  Men’s Double Pairs EP1  U5 Pairs EP3   O60 5s EP
* Interclub Third Places:  Men’s Premier 3/4s [Div. 3]  AC 2/4s EP1  AC Pairs EP2
* Congratulations to our brilliant premier women’s team which recently won the Premier Bowls Canterbury Interclub Two Fours event in grand style.
They won all matches, 11 from 14 games, and ended up 10 points clear of the strong opposition, scoring 61 points out of a maximum 70.
2024 has been a stellar year, as our premier women’s team also won the post Christmas sevens from last season.
The two fours representatives were Tania, Fiona, Mary Ann, Nylla, Jude, Bev, Kim, Christine and Jan.

* U5s Centre sevens success
* The success of the men’s U5s, especially the triples, 2 firsts and a second. An influx of new U5 members meant a healthy number attempting to be club champion in the singles when compared to the three participants in last year’s U5 and Yr 1 & 2 club championships. Special mention must be made for the great work done by Phil Smith and Jamie Wagner.
EPBC entered a U5 sevens side that competed in the Canterbury Junior Sevens, and won!
This is the first time in recent history that the club has been in a position to enter a side in that competition, which is extremely pleasing. [This is the 8th year of this particular competition and the first time Elmwood Park has entered it!]
We have approximately 20 U5 full members currently at the club, which shows the strength and depth that the club is currently building.

Play Offs.
EP had several teams involved in play offs.
* EP2 were defeated in both games in the men’s double pairs play offs.
* Well done to the U5 pairs team of Steve Cooke and Phil Smith who defeated Woolston Park in a tight tussle, 16 – 13. They progressed to the semi final against Bowls Hornby.
What a game. The U5s EP1 played a close and tense game against Bowls Hornby winning 16 – 13. It was a quality game with both sides playing some superb bowls, none more so than the Bowls Hornby boys who picked up a six with a magnificent shot three ends from the finish to bring the score to EP 14 – 12.
It was bowls at its best, good skills and great camaraderie.
And so to the final.
On a damp and dismal evening some really quality bowls were played by both teams with EP winning 15 – 9. It was closer than that with Club Redcliffs being unlucky in what proved to be the final end. Club Redcliffs were holding two shots with the score at 11 – 9 but they disturbed the jack to EP’s advantage.
* The U5s triples, EP1 and EP3 maintained their high standards set during the interclub rounds by winning both their play off games at Cashmere this morning.
EP1    [Steve Cooke   Luke Jury Jane   Phil Smith]  v Fendalton 18 – 8
EP3  [Lloyd Foster  Dale Johnstone   Matt Lewis]  v Bowls Papanui 3 19 – 13
Semi finals followed.    The U5 triples teams of EP1 and EP3 did so well to get to the play offs but sadly they both failed at the final hurdle.
EP3 went down to Bowls Papanui 1 who continued on to win the play offs. EP1 accounted for Bowls Papanui 2 and faced Bowls Papanui 1 in the final. EP1 got away to a good start leading early on 9 – 7 but Bowls Papanui 1 pulled away to eventually win 22 – 9.

The Magnificent Seven.

 

 

President’s Triples: 26  – 10 – 24
22 – 3 – 25
A nice fine day and a superb green  saw the President’s Triples take place today. Disappointing that only 18 members participated.

1st]   K.Nicholson   B. Coulthard   M. Scott
2nd]   P. D. Smith   P. Felton   J. Chisholm
3rd]   T. Sandrey  A. Wood   J. Irving

 

 

Centre Events

Mixed Pairs:
Eight teams competed in this event. Steve Bowden & Joyce McKinnel, Kim Rowlands & Ray Hooper, Jan Shirley & Lucas Jury, Fiona Frew & Seddon Jury Jane, Glen Porter & Nylla Tamati, Bryan Burke & Bernie Burke, Bev Morel & Tony Smith and Paul McKinnel & Pam Rowley.
Fiona Frew and Seddon Jury Jane, Paul McKinnel and Pam Rowley, Glenford Porter and Nylla Tamati qualified for post section. Sadly they all fell in the first round.

O60 singles:
Entries were Tim Sandrey, Jonathan Flint, Bev Morel, Kim Rowlands & Chris Waldron.
Jonathan Flint progressed to finals day.

Men. Centre Singles:
Jonathan Flint, Jamie Wagner, Seddon Jury Jane, Glenford Porter, Liam Eathorne, Lukas Jury Jane and Chris Waldron entered.
Seddon Jury Jane and Chris Waldron advanced to post section play. C. Waldron went out first round while Seddon Jury Jane reached the quarter final stage but was defeated by eventual finalist Rodney Downes, 20 – 21.

Women. Centre Singles:
Fiona Frew, Nylla Tamati, Jude Main, Tania Woodham, Kim Rowlands and Christine Buchanan entered.
Four of our members participated in the Centre women’s post section singles today. A fantastic performance.
Nylla and Christine fell at the first hurdle. The draw meant that Kim and Fiona met in the semi final which was narrowly won by Kim. Fiona made the semi by defeating the well-performed Sandra Keith, a magnificent win.
Kim played Tayla Bruce on finals day.

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Men. Centre Triples:
Kelvin Scott, Gary Lawson & Ethan Kelleher; Chris Waldron, Ray Hooper & Don Baker; Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury Jane & Bryan Burke;  Paul McKinnel, Jonathan Flint & Ian Rule and Lance Pascoe, Liam Eathorne & Nathan Glasson.
Well done to the Lance Pascoe triple who won their first game and faced off against the Kelvin  Scott triple. Bragging rights up for grabs. The Chris Waldron triple also advanced.
Chris Waldron was beaten by Parkland’s Steve Lilly in his next game and Lance Pascoe gained bragging rights over Kelvin Scott [14 – 7] but was defeated in the semi final by former club member Rodney Greaney, 10 – 16.  

Women. Centre Triples:
Kim Rowlands Fiona Frew & Tania Woodham; Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan & Jude Main.
The Jude Main three advanced but lost their second game [semi final] 7 – 15 to Belfast..

O60 Triples: 
Teams of Tony Marshall, Kim Rowlands and Ray Hooper and Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan and Tony Smith entered in the week delayed tournament.
Both teams made post section where Tony Marshall went out first round but Bev Morel fell at the semi final stage.

Men’s Centre Fours.
Paul McKinnel, Liam Eathorne, Don Baker and Tony Marshall, Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury Jane, Brian Burke and Tony Smith, Lance Pascoe, Gary Lawson, Kelvin Scott.
The Pascoe and McKinnel teams qualified for post section.
In the men’s four Elmwood Park will have at least one team in the final as the Lawson and McKinnel teams will be playing off for one spot in the final. This game was played at a later date, finals day.

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Women’s Centre Fours:
A great result as all three teams qualified for post section play. Kim Rowlands, Fiona Frew, Nylla Tamati and Jude Main. Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan, Mary Ann Johnstone and Tania Woodham, Pam Rowley, Joyce McKinnel, Bernie Burke and Les Campbell.
Wow!!! Well done to the women’s fours team of Kim Rowlands, Fiona Frew, Nylla Tamati and Jude Main who have made it through to the final of the Centre women’s fours and played Donalda Scott of Christchurch on finals day.
The Pam Rowley four was eliminated first round while the Rowlands four and the Morel four made it through the first round, then guess what? The played each other with the Rowland’s four winning a close one 17 – 13. A big win over Burnside’s Liz Rossiter saw them into the final.

O60 Pairs:
Bev Morel & Tony Smith, Jonathan Flint & Ian Rule, Christine Buchanan & Ray Hooper and Chris Waldron & Jude Main participated in the Centre event on Thursday, Dec. 5. Bev Morel & Tony Smith, Jonathan Flint & Ian Rule, Christine Buchanan & Ray Hooper  qualified for post section.
Congratulations to Christine Buchanan and Ray Hooper who made the final of the O60 pairs to be played on finals day, March 2.
Along the way they defeated Jonathan Flint and Ian Rule 17 – 11 at the quarter final stage while Bev Morel and Tony Smith lost to former EP member Bruce Humphreys 15 – 16.

U5 Singles:
Seven of our U5 members have entered the Centre U5 singles on Saturday.
They were: M. Lewis, C. Waldron, L. Jury Jane, S. Jury Jane, D. Johnstone, B. Carson and P. Smith.
Qualified for post section play were S. Jury Jane, D. Johnstone, C. Waldron and P. Smith but all were early casualties.

Mixed Fours:
Mixed fours teams of Kim Rowlands, Kelvin Scott, Nylla Tamati and Lukas Jury Jane, Paul McKinnel, Mary Ann Johnstone, Pam Phair and Neil Johnstone, Don Baker, Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan and Tony Smith, and Jan Shirley, Glen Porter, Seddon Jury Jane and Elsa Porter entered the Centre tournament on Thursday, January 16.
Congratulations to the teams of Kim Rowlands, Paul McKinnel and Don Baker who qualified for post section. Welcome back to Pam Phair, her first game for some time. MuzzaWeb was informed that she played superbly.
Well done to the McKinnel mixed four who advanced to finals day and played former EP member Bruce Humphreys of Burnside who defeated Kim Rowlands at the semi final stage.

Women’s Centre Pairs:
Jan Shirley & Tania Woodham, Nylla Tamati & Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan & Jude Main, Mary Ann Johnstone & Joyce McKinnel, Kim Rowlands & Fiona Frew entered while Jan Shirley & Tania Woodham, Nylla Tamati & Bev Morel, Mary Ann Johnstone & Joyce McKinnel, Kim Rowlands & Fiona Frew qualified for post section.
Mary Ann Johnstone & Joyce McKinnel, and Kim Rowlands & Fiona Frew reached the quarter final stage while Nylla Tamati & Bev Morel reached the semi final stage where they were narrowly beaten by Donelda Scott.

Men’s Centre Pairs:
Nathan Glasson & Ricky Cook, Chris Waldron & Cameron Wood, Bryan Burke & Steve Bowden, Glenford Porter & Seddon Jury Jane and Paul McKinnel & Liam Eathorne entered and all qualified for post section. Great effort.
What a performance by the men.
Three teams reached the semi final stage meant at the very least one team woould advance to the final on finals day. Well done to Glenford Porter & Seddon Jury Jane, Paul McKinnel & Liam Eathorne and Chris Waldron & Cameron Wood for great performances.
Success continued in the Centre pairs post section.
WOW!!!!!  Two EP teams in the final.
Paul McKinnel and Liam Eathorne, who defeated Glenford Porter and Seddon Jury Jane ,19 – 13, in one semi final faced Chris Waldron and Cam Wood in the final on finals day.

Bowls3Five:
Bowls3Five team, Jan Shirley, Jonathan Flint and Fiona Frew competed in the Bowls3Five tournament on Waitangi Day at Papanui Club.
Lost to Halswell first games

O6o Fours:
Bev. Morel, Don Baker, Christine Buchanan and Tony Smith; Neil Johnstone, Mary Ann Johnstone, Pam Phair and Pete [PD] Smith; and Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule entered and all qualified.
   All three teams qualified for post section and will play at Parklands on Friday.
Congratulations to Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule who won their games and will participate in the final on finals day.
Also an interesting occurrence when a small child wandered on to the rink and shifted some bowls. No problem, bowls replaced, play continued.
At the time of publishing this final had not been played.
MuzzaWeb was interested to see  a composite team entered???????
Although the page in the Centre handbook on O60 events makes it clear that O60 entries can be composite it was a decision made by the Bowls Canty Review Panel and Board and against EP’s vote on the review panel.
EP remains strongly against this and it will likely result in four men cherry picking a top team as occurs in the nationals.
MuzzaWeb and President Neil are vehemently opposed to this practice in Centre events.
Apparently there was a lot of critical comment about this at Parklands where our teams did well.
The Final:
High drama in the O60 fours final. Kelvin Sc0tt, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule, who played another delayed event, won the title 20 – 19 against a very strong Belfast four skipped by Mark Schrader.
EP got away to a strong start and led by 14 – 2. Then they appeared to lose their way and with three ends to go they were down 14 – 19. A 1, on a measure, then a 2 and a 3 on the final end saw them emerge winners.
Congratulations guys, a great finish to the year.

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Year 1 & 2 Men’s Singles
Yr 1&2 singles on the artificial green at Lincoln, Lukas Jury Jane and Julian Mash, Philip Smith and Matt Lewis.
Well done to Philip who qualified for post section but went out at the quarter final stage.
Seemed very late in the season to be held.

Finals Day.     2 – 3 – 25

     Can you believe it?   Five titles.   

What a day. Eight sets of Elmwood Park players participated, and we came home with five titles.
Well done teams, you have done EP proud.
And tucked away in the midst of all that was the information that Paul McKinnel won his 5th Canterbury title, with his pairs win, and Mary Ann Johnstone gained her 15th Canterbury title. Congratulations to those two. Pam Phair gained her 11th Canterbury title. A great and courageous effort as she was unwell and played through the pain barrier and still managed to deliver quality bowls. Well done.
Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule are in the final of the O60 fours. Date and venue to be decided. [At time of publication date and venue still to be decided.]
Kim Rowlands, Fiona Frew, Nylla Tamati and Jude Main are in the Centre women’s fours. Saturday March 22, venue tbc.
J. Flint O60 singles v B. Shorter [Darfield] 21 – 18
Men’s pairs. P. McKinnel v C. Waldron     P. McKinnel and Liam Eathorne 13 – 12     Back to back titles.
O60 pairs. C. Buchanan and R. Hooper v Belfast 19 – 9
Men’s fours.  v Parklands Lance Pascoe, Gary Lawson, Lance Main and Nathan Glasson. 18 – 5
Mixed fours v Burnside Paul McKinnel, Mary Ann Johnstone, Pam Phair and Neil Johnstone.  17 – 10

Women’s singles. K. Rowlands v T. Bruce 5 – 21

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At Bowls Papanui. Blue shirts everywhere.
   Women’s Centre Fours final    EP defeated a strong Christchurch team in a very close game, 14 – 13, which went down to the successful last  bowl by Kim.
Ahead only once in the game but when it counted!!!!!   Kim Rowlands   Fiona Frew   Nylla Tamati   Jude Main
Winners are grinners.

Playoffs.
Watson Shield playoffs:  EP lost semi to Lincoln Black 2 – 2 [lost on differential   65 – 78]
U5 fours playoffs:   EP2 lost semi to Club Redcliffs 9 – 19
   Men’s Double Triples:   A great performance by our men’s double triples team, EP1 who had two wins in the playoff against Papanui Club 2.   B. McIntosh   T. Sandrey   N. Johnstone   31 – 6                    K. Nicholson   E. Clarke   J. Chisholm   15 – 14
The second year in a row EP has won this event.
U5 pairs, EP1 reached the semifinal, unplayed due to wet weather. MuzzaWeb had info suggesting a September game.
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Champion of Champion Events.

12 – 4 – 25     Semi Finals Day:
Fours:
Men’s fours: Liam Eathorne, Nathan Glasson, Gary Lawson and Kelvin Scott
Women’s fours, Mandy Boyd, Christine Buchanan, Bev Morel and Tania Woodham
Great performances!
Well done to the ladies who played Burnside in a semi final and the men who were to play Kaiapoi Riverside in a semi final, both at Woolston Park, on Saturday April 12.

Year 1 & 2 singles:  U5 singles:

Phil Smith competed in two champion of champions events over the weekend.
U5   Saturday. Reached the quarter final stage, a good effort.
Yr 1 & 2. Sunday. Congratulations, three reasonably comfortable wins, 21 – 1, 21 – 10, 21 – 10, saw Phil fronting up for the semifinals at Woolston Park on April 12.

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Triples:
Chris Waldron, Peter Smith and Ray Hooper and Bev Morel, Nylla Tamati and Christine Buchanan represented EP/
Both teams won their first two games.
The women lost their third game as did the men, only just. Well done to both teams, a great effort to get to the quarter final stage.

Singles:
In the singles  c of c 0n Saturday, Nathan Glasson lost his second game narrowly but well done to Mandy Boyd who won her three games and was in the semi finals at Woolston Park on Saturday April 12.

Pairs:
Kim Rowlands and Fiona Frew won both their pairs games and will play Belfast in a semi final at Woolston Park on Saturday April 12. Paul McKinnel and Bryan Burke lost their first game by 1.

Mixed Pairs:
The event was programmed or April 5 but the delayed mixed pairs EP representatives Tania Woodham and Steve Bowden were eliminated by eventual finalists Burnside, 5 – 14, in the second round on May 10. Seemed an extraordinary long delay.

13 – 4 – 25     Finals Day:
Woolston Park hosted the champion of champions finals; EP had  four teams participating.
The singles had two losses, oh so close, with Phil Smith in the Yr 1&2 men’s singles going down 19 – 21 and Mandy Boyd losing the women’s singles 20 – 21.
   Well done to our two champion fours teams who both registered wins, the men’s four; Gary Lawson, Kelvin Scott, Liam Eathorne and Nathan Glasson who defeated Bowls Hornby 27 – 11, and the women’s four; Mandy Boyd, Bev Morel, Christine Buchanan and Tania Woodham who defeated Club Redcliffs 18 – 12.
12 – 4 – 25     The women’s pairs team of Kim Rowlands and Fiona Frew lost their semi to a well-performed Belfast pair, 13 – 21.
The men’s fours and Phil Smith won their semis by default.
View the programme.

Post Christmas Results 2025.

		Played	Won	Lost	Drew	Place
Women's Premier 7s	Div 1 EP1	21	13	8		1st
Women's Premier 7s	Div 4 EP2	21	15	4	2	1st
Watson Shield	Div 1 Sec. 1	28	22	5	1	1st Playoffs, lost semi
Watson Shield	Div 1 Sec. 3	28	14	13	1	4th/6
Men's 3x3	Div 1 EP1	21	7	13	1	7th
Men's 3x3	Div 3 EP2	21	4	14 dnf 2	1	10th
AC8s	Div 3	21	1	7	1	8th [Withdrew 12]
AC Pairs	Sec 2	6	4	2		3rd
Men's Double Triples	Sec 1 EP1	12	9	3		1st Won playoffs 2 - 0
Men's Double Triples	Sec 1 EP2	10	5	4	1	5th
Women's Double Triples	Div 2 EP1	12	7	5		3rd
O607s	Div 1 EP1	21	13	6	2	2nd
O607s	Div 2 EP2	21	11	8	2	3rd
O607s	Div 5 EP3	21	14	6	1	2nd
O607s	Div 6 EP4	21	13	8		2nd
U5 Pairs	Div. 1 Sec. 3 EP3	7	4	3		3rd
U5 Pairs	Div. 2 Sec. 3 EP2	7	3	3	1	5th
U5 Pairs	Div. 2 Sec. 4 EP1	7	6	1		1st Playoff semi Delayed until Sept.
U5 Fours	Div. 3 Sec. 1 EP1	7	5	2		2nd
U5 Fours	Div. 3 Sec. 2 EP2	7	6	1		2nd Playoffs. Lost semi.
Edwards Cup EP Blue	Post Christmas	21	11	9	1
Edwards Cup EP Blue	Season	48	32	14	2	1st
Edwards Cup EP Gold	Post Christmas	21	15	5	1
Edwards Cup EP Gold	Season	48	29	16	3	2nd

Post Christmas Highlights 2024.

* The continued high quality of the greens. Thank you Kelvin, we will miss you, and Don.
* Jonathan Flint in the O60 singles [won]
* Kim Rowlands in the Centre women’s singles final
* Paul McKinnel, Liam Eathorne, Don Baker and Tony Marshall will play a semi final against Lance Pascoe, Gary Lawson, Kelvin Scott and Nathan Glasson. Winner will go to the final on finals day.
* Kim Rowlands, Fiona Frew, Nylla Tamati and Jude Main won the Centre women’s fours.
* Christine Buchanan and Ray Hooper won  the O60 pairs
* The mixed fours team of Paul McKinnel, Mary Ann Johnstone, Pam Phair and Neil Johnstone won the title
* 9/10 pairs teams qualified for post section in the Centre pairs. Tremendous effort. Then two men’s teams playing in the final. WOW!!!!!  Two EP teams in the final.
Paul McKinnel and Liam Eathorne, who defeated Glenford Porter and Seddon Jury Jane ,19 – 13, in one semi final faced Chris Waldron and Cam Wood in the final on finals day. [won]
* Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule who won their semi final in the O60 fours. Final still to be played at time of publication.
* Both premier women’s 7s teams won their divisions, div
* Men’s premier EP1 Watson Shield team that came 1st in their section.
* Men’s double triples, overall champions. Won the playoffs
* AC pairs a creditable third, sec. 2
* Women’s double triples, div 2, 3rd
* O60 7 s   All four teams placed, 3 seconds, 1 third
* U5 pairs EP1 reached playoff semi, not played. EP3 3rd
* U5 fours, div 3, both teams 2nd. EP2 lost playoffs
* Ed Cup   Both teams performed well  1 & 2nd

 

Comments and Opinions.

* Disappointing only two teams contested the new bowls3five idea promoted by Bowls Canterbury. Did EP miss a glorious opportunity to have this competition as an integral part of its programme and perhaps make a fun day out of it?
* AC8s had the final four games withdrawn due to illness and injuries. Disappointing. Questions need to be asked to ascertain the reasons here. With the number of changes to originally named teams and the frantic chases for people to play seems to suggest that maybe too many teams were entered in the first place.
* The so called Friday club day. Small attendances throughout but really fell away at the season’s end.
* Disappointing that the men’s triples was won on a default.
* The lack of a regular tournament. Shouldn’t we have one? MuzzaWeb doesn’t believe 3 bowl triples is the answer. No idea what the answer is but some creative thinking is probably required.
* After an error MuzzaWeb was pleased to see that the Manning Cup was entered in  interclub after Christmas. Disappointed this never eventuated.
* MuzzaWeb is still not a fan of the singles one life system.
* In the club championships MuzzaWeb believes stricter time schedules should be made and enforced.
* Muzzaweb would like to praise the U5 men who breathed life into proceedings and appear to be the future of the club. They had great success and special mention needs to be made of their mentors, Jamie Wagner and especially Uncle Phil Smith.

Club Championships.

11 – 1 – 25
Bowls Canterbury had decided in a programme review that clubs could decide themselves how to select their new bowls3five team to progress to next the Centre play off tournament on Waitangi Day, the winner to play the South Canterbury winner to go to the national tournament.
  Bowls3Five:   Jan Shirley   Fiona Frew   Jonathan Flint

  Men’s fours:   Gary Lawson   Kelvin Scott   Nathan Glasson   Liam Eathorne

  Women’s fours:   Mandy Boyd   Bev Morel    Christine Buchanan  Tania Woodham
   Women’s triples:  Bev Morel   Nylla Tamiti   Christine Buchanan

   Men’s triples:  Ray Hooper   Peter [P D.] Smith  Chris Waldron
  Women’s pairs:   Kim Rowlands   Fiona Frew
   Men’s pairs: Paul McKinnel   Bryan Burke
  Men’s singles champion:   Nathan Glasson
  Women’s singles champion:   Mandy Boyd
   U5 men’s singles champion: Yrs 2 & 2 men’s singles champion:   Philip Smith
   Mixed pairs:    Steve Bowden   Tania Woodham

Club Titles:
40   B. Morel [7th gold star]     How amazing!!!
10   K. Scott [2nd gold star]   N. Glasson [2nd gold star]   P. McKinnel [2nd gold star]   T. Woodham [2nd gold star]
8   G. Lawson
7   L. Eathorne
6   R. Hooper   F. Frew +B3Five  J. Shirley +B3Five
5   J. Flint + B3Five
4   C. Buchanan    N. Tamati.  B. Burke
3   S. Bowden
2   M. Boyd
1   C. Waldron   P.D. Smith   K. Rowlands