Lots of Years Ago.
New club shirts came into existence for St. Albans-Merivale during November, 2001. Made a bit of a change than the various styles of plain white shirts worn since 1902.
Showing off the new shirts.
Sixteen Years Ago.
4 – 11 – 09
An unnamed St. Albans-Merivale junior played lead for the Canterbury rep side in Timaru in the Patricia Wilson Trophy. Imagine her embarrassment when her very first delivery was a wrong bias.
“In front of all those bloody selectors, hell I was embarrassed!!!” she stated.
Thirteen Years Ago.
5 – 11 – 12
Look at the points table. St. Albans-Merivale heading the table in both competitions. This hasn’t happened too often in recent years.
The men certainly enjoyed playing on a superb green at Barrington. Pity about the wind though which made conditions somewhat challenging and certainly chilly
Edwards Cup. SAM 9½ Elm 9 Fen 8 BU 5½
Bernie Bigg Trophy. SAM 3½ Fen 3 Elm 3 BU 2½
Twelve Years Ago.
4 – 11 – 13
For the first time St. Albans-Merivale went “outside the square” and had a fives tournament.
In the morning pairs [2x4x2] and triples [2 bowls] were played, each team member having 2 games. In the afternoon there were fours and singles, once again each team member played 2 games.
The format proved very successful and the tournament will undoubtedly become a permanent fixture on the tournament programme
The tournament was blessed with fine weather, conditions were very pleasant and quite a change from the wintery conditions of the previous Saturday.
First: Morrison Ave. Ian Munro
Second: Papanui Jim Stenhouse
Third: St. Albans-Merivale Dave McLennan
The programme was computer generated and it had its challenges. MuzzaWeb would like to acknowledge the help of AJ, Ken and Lester of the Burnside Bowling Club for their help and patience.
This really was a good tournament and MuzzaWeb wonders if Elmwood Park could get involved in a tournament like this.
Eleven Years Ago.
8 – 11 – 14
Two good wins at Woolston Park secured a division win for the St. Albans-Merivale sevens. Well done guys, it was a good effort.
Brian Walsh played well to comfortably win his singles while the fours played really well to have a good win in their game. The final score was a little unfair to Woolston Park as they played really good bowls only to see their shot bowls outdrawn or taken off by some good work especially by third Wayne Robertson and skip Peter Felton.
Fours: P. Felton 20 – 9
Pairs: A. Reid 8 – 31
Singles: B. Walsh 25 – 16
While the sevens’ team was justifiably pleased with a division win it has to be said that a five week competition including a bye is not really acceptable.
Realising it may well be difficult to always have the correct numbers perhaps it may have been preferable to reorganize division two into four sections using up the three byes. Many would not be too concerned if all teams did not play each other.
Not a perfect solution certainly but better than being short changed as MuzzaWeb believes we were. And funny that there were complaints last season when some teams were short changed in the number of games they played. Both the premier men’s and women’s 3/4s and 2/4s only had five games. Good to see it hasn’t happened this current season.
Nine Years Ago.
2 – 11 – 16
The Malaysian bowling team played games against Elmwood. Those watching were treated to some quality bowls by our international visitors.
7 – 11 – 16
Today marked the first time Elmwood and St. Albans-Merivale ladies played in mixed teams in the Bernie Bigg Trophy. St. Albans-Merivale was represented by seven ladies with Elmwood supplying the rest.
St. Albans-Merivale/Elmwood v Fendalton
B. O’Malley 12 – 16 A. de Lambert 10 – 11 J. Johnson 11 – 16
Elmwood/St. Albans-Merivale v Barrington United
M. Wheatley 20 – 10 J. Fergusson 13 – 15 J. Hazelhurst 10 – 11
Points. Fen. 3 BU 2 Elm/SAM 1 SAM/Elm 0
Eight Years Ago.
5 – 11 – 17
Elmwood Park had several players who were selected to participate in the Town v Country game played on Sunday, November 5.
Town: P. McKinnel J. Flint J. McKinnel S. Cottle E. Robbins [Development] Country: M. Bassett R. Greaney
6 – 11 – 17
The first time that the Bernie Bigg Trophy was played for with the newly formed Elmwood Park providing two teams.
EP Blue v BU J. Hall 8 – 10 A. de Lambert 9 – 9 J. Taylor 17 – 11 EP Gold v Fen O’Malley 9 – 17 P. Nicholson 9 – 15 J. Hazlehurst 9 – 18
Points: Fen 3 EP Blue 1½ BU 1½ EP Gold 0
Seven Years Ago.
9 – 11 – 18
The club’s second open fours tournament was cancelled today. We were not having much luck as the first one was cancelled too. Let’s hope it will be a case of third time lucky!!!!!!!The next scheduled tournament was to be on Friday, December 14.
Six Years Ago.
3 – 11 – 19
This weekend on Sunday 3 November the first of our representative fixtures were played with the Town and Country event. Congratulations to the members of Elmwood Park that were selected.
Canterbury Senior Women – Black Singles: Kirsten Rowe Pairs: Chris Kibblewhite Fours: Fiona Frew
Canterbury Senior Women – Red Pairs: Joyce McKinnell Canterbury Development Women – Red Pairs: Emily Robbins
Canterbury Senior Men – Black Singles: Nathan Glasson Pairs: Kelvin Scott and Liam Eathorne Canterbury Senior Men – Red Pairs: Gary Lawson and Steve Ditfort
Five Years Ago.
6 – 11 – 20
The club’s second drawn triples Reddifords Financial Services sponsored tournament was held today with 10 teams taking part. The predicted rain stayed away although it was rather chilly especially during the final game.
Tim Sandrey delivering the rules of engagement.
The action.
1st. Ken Nicholson, Murray Scott and Owen Simonsen.
2nd. Kyle Bingham, Owen Dryland and Shirley Herd.
But more importantly two awards were presented that covid prevented being awarded earlier.
Mary Ann Johnstone getting the Life Members Award. [For points accumulated throughout the season.]
Pam Nicholson receiving the Russell Brinston Memorial Cup for the volunteer of the year.
3 – 11 – 22
What a momentous week for Elmwood Park Bowling Club with our new number 1 green at Heaton Street finally being sprayed with seed. The team, led by the wonderful Don Baker, had been working very hard behind the scenes to get the green prepped for seeding. Special thanks to the lads from Super Seeders for their work and everyone else who has been involved along the way! When the new club house and green is up and running, it will be the best NZ can offer!
In a record payout for a New Zealand fours’ event, Lance Pascoe, Shannon McIlroy, Kelvin Scott and Tony Grantham have claimed the lucrative $20,000 winners’ cheque, playing their way through to the silverware at the 2022 Nelson Bowling Club Premier Fours.
Now in its fourth year and recognised as part of the Bowls New Zealand Summer of Bowls calendar, the format sees sixteen teams split into four sections, with the top two of each section advancing to the quarter-finals and the remaining teams contesting the plate event.
