Lots of Years Ago.
23 – 1 – 04,
Lyndon Mason won the Canterbury Junior open singles.
Seventeen Years Ago
26 – 1 – 08
Colin Green keeping the troops informed of the World Champ women’s singles with the aid of a specially installed electronic scoreboard.
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Sixteen Years Ago.
23 – 1 – 09
Tens had begun but with a different format from the previous season; fours, triples, pairs and singles. And guess what? All the teams played at the one venue unlike the tens the following year with half at home and the other half away!!!
The club fielded two teams but what made the selections more interesting was the inclusion of the several younger players. They did very well too.
St. Albans-Merivale 1 had a clean sweep in the Section 15 against Elmwood 3.
Fours: B. Walsh 18-12
Triples: K. Tod 24 – 16
Pairs: A. Reid 23 – 17
Singles: B. Ware 25 – 17|
St. Albans-Merivale 2 team played Woolston Park one win and a draw.
Singles: M. Young 26 – 19, Triples: C. Green 20 – 20.
St. Albans-Merivale played Barrington in the Manning Cup with only Barry Milner winning.
It was a busy time in the club championships too with various internal competitions being played.
Fifteen Years Ago.
23 – 1 – 10
All interclub play cancelled.
Consider what occurred three years ago, great confusion with individual clubs making their own decisions.
Great to see this season that Bowls Canterbury had their info line
[351 2225] and the cancelled round of 23/1/10 caused no problems at all.
Six Years Ago.
19 – 1 – 18
A function was held at the Heaton Street clubrooms to celebrate the performances of Bev Morel, Sherrie Cottle, Paul McKinnel and Gary Lawson at the nationals in Dunedin.
21 – 1 – 18. Elmwood Park Finals Weekend Participation.
A fantastic finals weekend for Elmwood Park.
Wins to Jonathan Flint, 21 – 17, and Mat Bassett, 21 – 16. Both played exceptionally well with scores very close until both players got 4s to finish their respective games. Both players played quality bowls. Beating the well-performed Kerry Becks was no mean feat for Jonathan and Mat had a real fight on his hands from Methven’s Rob Fensom.
Sherrie Cottle wad defeated by Mandy Boyd 21 – 17 in a close tussle throughout although Sherrie faded in the last couple of ends when Mandy Boyd was accurate with her drawing.
Mat Bassett
Jonathan Flint
Sherrie Cottle.
Some of the many supporters from Elmwood Park. Thank you to the many club members who turned up to support the Elmwood Park players.
Six Years Ago.
23 – 1 – 19
The women’s double triples [Wednesday] was postponed until Saturday because of the high temperatures, 30°+.
Two Years Ago.
20 – 1 – 23
New Zealand selectors Peter Belliss and Sharon Sims have shown their hand for the first international event of 2023, naming a 14-strong squad for the upcoming Multi-Nations to be held on the Gold Coast in March.
Led by head coach Mike Kernaghan, New Zealand will put forward seven men and seven women to contest medals against South Africa, Ireland, Malaysia, Norfolk Island, Hong Kong and Australia with several players getting the nod to make their international debuts.
CONGRATULATIONS
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Several new faces have been introduced to the international set-up, rewarding them for their consistently high performances in recent seasons. Two of these are Lance Pascoe and Kelvin Scott. The club wishes them both every success in this upcoming tournament on the Gold Coast.
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Congratulations to Liam Eathorne, Jan Shirley, Tania Woodham and Nylla Tamati who were selected for the Super Sixes this year being held on Sunday 5 & Monday 6 February.
Interesting to note a format change in interclub sevens this year, no singles. Now two pairs and a triple. Saves the need for searching for a marker I suppose.
Sevens Div. 2 EP eliminated by Oxford in the semi final.Sevens Div. 1 EP defeated Burnside in the final of post section, 3 – 0 after the original date had heavy rain and games were forced to be abandoned.
Once again the Elmwood Park Bowling Club Men’s Premier Sevens team are the Canterbury Champions!!
