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Good luck to those teams who have entered the Centre mixed fours on Thursday.
P. McKinnel, P. Phair, N. Johnstone & J. McKinnel B. Morel, C. Buchanan, D. Baker & T. Smith S. Jury Jane, R. Hooper, F. Frew & J. Wyatt K. Rowlands, G. Porter, S. Cooke & N. Tamati
Good luck also to Kim Rowlands in the C of C singles at Riccarton Racecourse.
The men will be at Morrison Ave.
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Men’s Double triples
Div. 1 EP1 v Riccarton Racecourse K. Nicholson 17 – 16 B. Mc(Intosh 19 – 13
Div. 2 EP2 v Burnside 2 G. McClurg 14 – 17 P. Felton 11 – 20
Women’s Double Triples
Div. 2 EP v Rangiora C. Buchanan 14 – 9. P. Phair 15 – 22
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Men’s Double Triples [Rescheduled game from last week.] EP1 v EP2
EP1 2 EP2 0
K. Nicholson 22 P. D. Smith 20 B. McIntosh 19 P. Felton 13
Edwards Cup.
EP Gold v BU G. McClurg 14 – 12 P. Felton Won by default N. Buchanan 24 – 13
EP Blue v Fen P. Nicholson 13 – 17 P. McKinnel 20 = 12 K. Nicholson 19 – 21
Points till 27/1 EP Blue 53 Fen 42 EP Gold 42 BU 23
Mid Week Round 2
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The EP greens being closed added complications to the day. EP1 were able to play at Lincoln but EP3 were unable to change as Morrison Ave’s greens were also closed.
O60 7s
Div. 1 EP1 v Lincoln Gold
Pairs: B. Morel 18 – 14 K. Rowlands 16 – 15 Triples: T. Marshall 21 – 12
Div. 2 EP2 v Woodend 1
Pairs: K. Nicholson 22 – 10 N. Johnstone 20 – 16 Triples: E. Clarke 13 – 19
Div. 5 EP3 v Morrison Ave. Did not play.
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Men’s Premier Watson Shield Round 2
Div. 1 EP1 v Beckenham
Fours: G. Porter16 – 19 Triples: C. Wood 30 – 12 Pairs: G. Lawson 21 – 12 Singles: J. Flint 25 – 18
Round 3
Women’s Premier Sevens
Div. 1 EP1 v Christchurch Pairs: B. Morel 18 – 11 K. Rowlands 26 – 18 Triples: N. Tamati 16 – 16
Div. 2 EP2 v New Brighton
Pairs: J. Wyatt 23 – 5 P. Nicholson 28 – 14 Triples: J. McKinnel 28 – 4
Men’s 3×3
Div. 1 EP1 v Christchurch
P. McKinnel 25 – 10 R. Hooper 22 – 13 K. Nicholson 17 – 20
Div. 2 EP2 v St. Martins P. D. Smith 22 – 11 G. McClurg 24 – 9 B. McIntosh 15 – 20
Div. 3 EP3 v Belfast
S. Cook 14 – 22 M. Lewis 26 – 19 J. Wagner 7 – 24
Div. 4 EP4 v Parklands Parklands closed
AC8s
EP v Sumner Fours: P. Trevella 13 – 13 Pairs: T. Stewart 10 – 34 D. Kutia dnf [10 -8] Lost defaulted
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Yr 1 & 2 and U8 singles finals postponed. Now March 29 @ Fendalton. Good luck to Matt Lewis.
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Congratulations to the Canterbury players who have been selected to compete in the Super Sixes Tournament on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 February! Nelson, Marlborough, Central Otago, Dunedin and South Canterbury to our region for a weekend of exciting and tough competition! “
The tournament will be proudly hosted by Bowls Papanui and Elmwood Park Bowling Club.
EP has several players who will be participating. Congratulations to Kelvin Scott, Lance Pascoe, Gary Lawson, Christine Buchanan, Fiona Frew, Tania Woodham and Kim. Rowlands.
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U5 Pairs
EP1 v Morrison Ave EP2 v Fendalton EP3 v Papanui Club 5
The U5 pairs round one is postponed, continue with round two next Thursday, 29 January.
The Story of the Nationals.
Jan. 2 – Jan. 9
EP was a host club and a special thanks go to all the volunteers who assisted with everything. Well done to to Steve Street and Don. Baker for their efforts in producing such good greens.
Well done to the club members who participated and special congratulations to all wh0 qualified for post section.
And the finals, to have four club members in the finals is just awesome.
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As with any time the nationals are played in Christchurch many of EP members took the opportunity to partake.
Good luck everyone.
Well done to those who qualified for post section.
Men’s Singles: C. Waldron l w l l l G. Lawson l w w w w l G. Porter w l l w w w K. Scott w w w w L. Pascoe w w w w w w S. Brown w l l w w w S. Bowden w w l w w S. Jury Jane w l w l l C. Wood w l w l l l
Women’s Pairs: EP Teams: B. Morel & A. Scully l l w l l K. Rowlands & N. Tamati w w w w P. Phair & F. Frew l w w w w
Composite Teams: J. Wyatt w l l w l l C. Buchanan w w w w w M. Boyd w w w w w T. Woodham w w w l w J. Main w l w l w l J. Shirley w w w w
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Congratulations to the players who have got through to post section.
EP can feel proud that fifteen club members made it through to post section. Great effort!
Women’s pairs:
Burnside: L. O’Callaghan & C. Buchanan L S. Keith & T. Woodham W W W
Bowls Papanui: M. Boyd & K. Edwards W W W P. Phair & F. Frew L
Elmwood Park: K. Rowlands & N. Tamati L B. Stevens & J. Shirley W L
Men’s singles:
Woodend: S. Bowden L Bowls Hornby: S. Brown W L Woolston Park: L. Pascoe L
Belfast: K. Scott W W L Burnside: G. Lawson W W L G. Porter L
Around the greens.
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Good luck on finals day to Tania and Mandy as both have reached the semi finals in the women’s pairs.
Kim and Nylla at EP. Post section pairs.
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Wow!!! Both Tania and Mandy have made it through to the women’s pairs final. Two EP players from four is a pretty good ratio. At the end of the day EP will have one national champion and one runner up! Awesome.
Final: S. Keith & T. Woodham 13 v M. Boyd & K. Edwards 18
Two EP members shared the limelight as they fought for the National pairs title.
It was a closely fought match and after 14 ends it was 12 – 12 and it could have gone either way but a three to Mandy on the 13th end gave them a break that kept them ahead.
Congratulations Kirsten and Mandy, a good win.
Good luck to all those members participating in the Nationals today.
Women’s Singles: J. Wyatt W L W W W J. Main L L L K. Rowlands W W L L W W M. Boyd W W W W N. Fukuhara L L L W N. Tamati L L W L T. Woodham L L W W
Men’s Pairs: EP Teams: B. Burke & S. Bowden W L W W L W C. Wood & C. Waldron W L W L L D. Vujcich & N. Johnstone L W W L W W G. Porter & S. Jury Jane L W L W W W G. McClurg & M. Lewis L W W L L
Composite Teams: T. Pascoe W W L W W G. Lawson has W W W W W L. Pascoe W W W W W P. McKinnel W W L W W S. Brown W W L L L A. Kelly W W W W W K. Scott W W W W W B. Coyle W W W L W
7 – 1 – 26Well done to those who made it through to post section.
Women’s singles: Sumner: J. Wyatt L Morrison Ave: M. Boyd W W W W K. Rowlands W L
Men’s pairs: Bowls Hornby; L. Pascoe & J. Hill W W W W A. Diamond & K. Scott W L M. Kreft & B. Coyle W W Bowls Papanui: D. Vujcich & N. Johnstone L P. McKinnel & G. Hassell W L B. McNish & T. Pascoe W W L EP: B. Burke & S. Bowden L Belfast: T. Grantham & G. Lawson W W W W K. Darby & A. Kelly W L. Papanui Club: G. Porter & S. Jury Jane W L
Three club members will advance into finals day.
Mandy Boyd will face the well-performed Blackjack Katelyn Inch in the singles semi final while the two pairs teams of Lance Pascoe & Jamie Hill and Tony Grantham & Gary Lawson are into the quarter final and may well meet in the semi final. New club member Brian Coyle was defeated by the Pascoe team in round 4. Brian came from Southland and holds several Southland titles. He is available for interclub and should prove to be a real asset.
Mandy Boyd defeated Katelyn Inch to advance to the final. Down 8 – 13 she then won seven ends in a row to go 19 – 13 to finally win 21 – 14.
Tony Grantham & Gary Lawson won their quarter final 17 – 16, the penultimate end being 16 – 16. The same scenario with Lance Pascoe & Jamie Hill, they won 14 – 13 from a 13 – 13 second last end. Two games down to the wire. These two now meet in the semi final, the upside is that EP will have one team in he final. What a game that should be, bragging rights up for the winners.
Overc0ming a spirited fightback from Leeanne Poulson, keeping calm under pressure Mandy Boyd won her first NZ singles title 21 – 
16. Well done Mandy, a great performance. It was a great game with both players performing well especially in the windy conditions.
And so to the final, a replay of the 2024 final, Tony Grantham and Gary Lawson v the Kelleher Brothers.
What a game. 14 – 14 going into the final end. Grantham’s first bowl on kitty. Ethan’s first bowl a drive which put kitty in the ditch with his bowl close by in the ditch. Virtually game over!
Third place, men’s pairs. J. Hill & L. Pascoe. 
Runner up men’s pairs. T. Grantham & G. Lawson.
