17 – 12 – 11
New shirts worn for the first time at St. Albans-Merivale at a club day following the morning cancellation of interclub.The final round of the Edwards Cup before Christmas was played in extremely hot conditions at St. Albans-Merivale. It was so hot that the games all finished early so the green could be watered.
Fendalton with a good performance gained the lead while St. Albans-Merivale slipped to second and Elmwood went to last.
Tom Doocey modelling the new Elmwood shirt. It was too hot for the new blue trousers!
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Nine Years Ago.
17 – 12 – 15
Elmwood won the mixed tens for the third consecutive year. They were unbeaten throughout the season. They won the final 4 – 0 against arch rivals Burnside.
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Eight Years Ago.
20 – 12 – 16
Parking that available for members and visitors on the Nurse Maude areabehind the west end of the Hartmont Green has come to an end.
An earlier update on Nurse Maude car parking relative to bowling club, a recent discussion with building manager suggests there will be no building activity on the site till at least sometime 2017, so no problems with car parking for the club. They have cleaned off the area including the “tee” piece which now gives much cleaner access. The St. Albans-Merivale Bowling Club is grateful to Nurse Maude for allowing the club to use its site for parking.
Sadly for the club there has been an influx of motorists using the area for a parking zone Nurse Maude has decided to park there you will need a permit.
No problem for our members but difficulties with visitors to the club.
Seven Years Ago.
15 – 12 – 17
Proposed new logo and shirt shown for the first time.
18 – 12 – 17
Congratulations to the section 1 vets pairs team who won their section convincingly. They won every game playing 7 for 7 wins. The team was D. Vujcich & T. Woodham and N. Johnstone & M.A. Johnstone. They were 15 points ahead of the second placed team, Papanui Club 3. The section 2 team consisting of B. Morel & L. Grey and P. Phair & B. Humphreys had 6 wins and 1 draw and were 1st= with Bowls Papanui 2, the team they had drawn with.
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These two teams were involved in playoffs on Monday 18th a the Centre green. The two Elmwood Park teams progressed to the finals by defeating Belfast and Bowls Papanui.
The final resulted in a comprehensive win to Bev Morel & Lois Grey and Pam Phair & Bruce Humphreys, 31 – 17
22 – 12 – 17
Curves closed its doors for the final time today. A sad occasion as Curves had been a good source of income for the St. Albans-Merivale Bowling Club since the earthquakes. Curves was the first fitness and weight loss facility dedicated to providing affordable, one-stop exercise and nutritional information for women.
Six Years Ago.
17 – 12 – 18
What a great day at the Centre Green with three out of four teams in the vets double pairs playoffs coming from Elmwood Park.
B. Morel & B. Humphreys 16 S. Greenland & R. Hooper 17 P. Phair & T. Woodham 26 K. Nicholson & L. Brown 22
Beaten but not disgraced. The winners had to work very hard for their win.
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16 – 12 – 20
A busy morning at the Papanui Club with the men’s double pairs playoffs. Elmwood Park had two teams playing. EP 2 played Hornby 1 but were defeated, A. Reid & G. Edlin 18 – 18 and B. Humphreys & R. Hooper 9 – 18. A hard draw as they were facing two very good skips in Paul Anning and Andrew Bramham.
EP 1 faced Bowls Hornby and came out victorious, K. Nicholson & B. Lyttle 30 – 12 and D. Vujcich & N. Johnstone 12 – 20. The final against Halswell was oh so close with Halswell just winning each game by one point. D. Vujcich 14 – 15 and K. Nicholson 13 – 14.
One Year Ago.
17 – 12 – 23 Centre Sevens.
Both our men’s teams took part today in the Centre Sevens.
The Div. 2 men lost their first round, 0-3, to Barrington United who were beaten finalists.
Action at Burnside. 
Congratulations!!!! 
The men’s premier sevens team went through undefeated and consequently won the Centre Sevens title for the fifth consecutive time. This was a particularly praiseworthy performance as there were three elite players who were unavailable and had played in the previous wins.
Many would doubt they would succeed in their quest for five in a row.
First up was Belfast, a team that had defeated EP in the premier 3/4s by 3 – 0 earlier in the season. Second they defeated Oxford and finally accounted for a strong Christchurch team.
Well done guys.
Fours: J. Flint P. McKinnel L. Eathorne B. Burke Pairs: N. Glasson R. Cook Singles: K. Scott
