Lots of Years Ago.
14 – 11 – 1925
A special meeting confirmed more land purchase for £300 to expand the St. Albans Club’s playing area.
Eighteen Years Ago
November 2006
Elmwood’s Linda Burnell was selected for the Canterbury Development team while Andrew Kelly was selected for the NZ U 18 team.
Bev Morel, Lois Grey, Pam Phair and Theresa Woodham won the Centre Women’s Pathway 4s whilst the men’s team of Stephen Ditfort, Andrew Kelly, Ricky Cook and Ian Rule came runners up.
Fourteen Years Ago.
13 – 11 – 10
Elmwood men came and played their championship triples on the Hartmont Green. It was great to have them back at the club but again they won all our raffles. Perhaps the club should have charged them for using the green!!!!!
They were probably somewhat bemused when they all had to gather around the flagpole for a fire drill which was more by “word of mouth” as the bell was not able to be heard by many. Mmmm!!!! What would Health & Safety say about that?
Ten Years Ago.
11 – 11 – 14 World Bowls.
As you may be aware the World Bowls Singles Champion of Champions starts Monday 24th November until Sunday 30 November 2014 at the Fendalton Bowling Club.
Bowls Canterbury saw this as a fantastic opportunity to promote bowls in Canterbury and will be working hard to get as many people engaged in not only the event, but bowls in general.
One of the promotions we will be doing during this time is a bowls display in the Restart Mall within the city centre. This will involve our artificial bowls mats laid out for people to try a roll up, as well as a having a go at the new age bowls for the younger audience. They were in the Restart Mall on Thursday 27th November and Friday 28th November from 10am – 4pm. They were searching for volunteers to come and help at the site within the Restart Mall (which was directly opposite the Ballantynes’ entrance). Volunteers were needed to help engage the public and perhaps show them a few key pointers. Please note this may also have been an opportunity to meet potential new members face to face, so it could also have been a key opportunity for our own club promotion.
The last two days of the competition (Saturday 29th November and Sunday 30th November) is to be shown LIVE on Sky TV – Sky Sport 2, from 10am – 5pm and we will be promoting the event from the Restart Mall as well.
As for bowls coverage to remain on TV, the seats at the venue need to look full!
Nine Years Ago.
16 – 11 – 15
A pleasure to play in near perfect conditions, a warm sun on the back and no wind to speak of. No change in the ladies’ points in the Bernie Bigg Trophy.
What was of concern though was that St. Albans-Merivale had to borrow 3 players from other clubs to make up numbers!!!
Eight Years Ago.
16 – 11 – 16
The St. Albans-Merivale Bowling Club was very fortunate to have the Malaysian international team’s bowling coach, Simon Botha, who made himself available for some coaching. About dozen members were present for a fantastic session.
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Five Years Ago.
8 & 9 – 11 – 19
Both men’s and women’s 7s have had a busy and successful two days of competition, 11 wins from 12 games. Well done to the players. The men’s results deserve mention because their team was depleted with four regulars plying their trade elsewhere in the country. A very meritorious result. As you can well imagine the four replacements are feeling really good!!! They are leading their division and have a three point lead over Bowls Papanui. The ladies are currently 1st= with Burnside, both teams registering 10 wins each.
10 – 11 – 19
New Zealand Blackjack Andrew Kelly has combined with fellow Canterbury, and Elmwood Park representative, Nathan Glasson to take out the 2019 Stoke Stakes Men’s Pairs, overcoming a star-studded post-section field on the final day. Congratulations Nathan.
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Four Year Ago.
12 – 11 – 20
The President’s Triples for Friday 13th November had, for a number of reasons, late withdrawals from the event making the numbers very small and untenable and so, in consultation with others, it has been agreed to postpone this event to a date after Christmas when there are still a few gaps in the programme.
Perhaps Show Day is not a good day to run a tournament??????
Perhaps it was just as well it was postponed, the temperature at start time was 24º.
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Drilling being done on the old number 1 green to find out what’s below.
9 – 11 – 20
Edwards Cup
Cancelled. No not the weather!!!!! The Barrington greenkeeper failed to turn off the sprinklers, consequently one wet unplayable green. Too late for a venue change.
Did you hear about an Elmwood Park skip who arrived at Barrington to find nobody there. Thinking he may have had the wrong venue he then drove to the three other venues to find nobody at them also.
Points till 9/11 EP Blue 14 Fen 12 BU 12 EP Gold 10
9 – 11 – 20
Next year, on March 1, 2021, a new event will join the national lawn bowls calendar.
The Summerset National Mixed Pairs will be held across Central Otago, the day after the conclusion of the Summerset National Open Fours.
This will the first time a national open mixed pairs tournament has ever been held. Mixed pairs in national pathways events have taken place before, but never an ‘open’ mixed event.
The new tournament has been timed so that participants in the 2021 National Men’s and Women’s Fours can potentially re-jig their teams to also compete in the mixed pairs event.
Like other national open events, the Summerset National Mixed Pairs will begin with qualifying- competition games. Monday 1st and part of Tuesday 2nd March for qualifying. The afternoon of Tuesday 2nd March and Wednesday 3rd March will see quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final all played at Alexandra Bowling Club to wrap up the tournament.
12 – 11 – 20
From the President.
Exciting news for ALL club members.
For the second year in a row the Elmwood Park men have won the National Intercentre Sevens. Congratulations. Three wins in the final game against Manurewa Cosmopolitan ensured this.| Sevens. | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | |||
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| Women v Singles Pairs Fours | Queenstown 17 - 21 14 - 18 18 - 11 4th | Naenae 10 - 21 4 - 28 15 - 15 4th | Thames Coast 21 - 14 17 - 22 20 - 7 4th | Martinborough 21 - 19 7 - 18 8 - 21 4th | Takapuna 9 - 21 14 - 14 13 - 17 5th |
| Men v Singles Pairs Fours | Birkenhead 17 - 21 24 - 12 24 - 8 1st | Paratutu 21 - 8 9 - 17 13 - 13 2nd | Hastings 21 - 12 18 - 17 15 - 11 2nd | Alexandra 19 - 21 21 - 9 23 - 6 2nd | Manurewa Cosmo 21 - 19 24 - 8 13 - 10 1st |
The Magnificent Seven.In a dominant showing, Elmwood Park successfully defended their National Interclub Sevens status; spearheaded by reigning national singles champion Kelvin Scott, the return of former Blackjack Gary Lawson (with Steve Ditfort leading) and a powerhouse four of Lance Pascoe, Nathan Glasson, Liam Eathorne and Ricky Cook, the Elmwood seven ultimately proved too strong over five rounds.
A promising start from Manurewa’s David Clark in the singles kept things interesting in the early stages, though calling on all his experience, Scott remained composed and was equal to the task, running home in the later stages, 21-19.
Across rinks, the pairing of Lawson and Ditfort carried on their winning ways, stretching out a comfortable lead opposite Shane Drabble and Steve Bicknell, while the Pascoe-skipped four rounded out an unbeaten campaign, chalking up their fourth win of the day (one draw) to claim the National Interclub 7s trophy and keep the celebrations rolling on from 2021.
All eyes will now be on the second half of the season in a bid to find the 2023 National Interclub Sevens Champions, scheduled to take place April 13-16 in Wellington. Is a threepeat a possibility????
Commiserations to our women’s team which would probably have been a bit disappointed by their result. However, they did very well to qualify for these national finals. Elmwood Park was the only club in NZ which had both their men’s and the women’s teams playing in Auckland, which is an incredible result.
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