The Nationals: Fours and Mixed Pairs.
Quite a few of EP members are taking part in the upcoming nationals.
What MuzzaWeb found pleasing was the fact that several teams are fully made up of club members.
Fours:
Club Teams: Greg McClurg, Peter D Smith, Stephen Cooke, Philip Smith L L W L L L Paul McKinnel, Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury-Jane, Bryan Burke W W L L W W W
Composite Teams:
Mandy BoydW W W L W W Tania WoodhamW L L W L dnp Bev Morel & Christine Buchanan W W W W dnp dnp Fiona Frew & Kim RowlandsW W W W dnp dnp Jan Shirley L W L L W dnp Nylla Tamati & Jude Main W L L L dnp dnp Ray Hooper & Tony Marshall W W L W W L Gary Lawson W W W W W L Neil Buchanan W L W L L L Ethan Kelleher W W W W dnp dnp Liam Eathorne W W W W L dnp Lance Pascoe L W W L W W Nathan Glasson & Kelvin Scott W W W W dnp
Ray Hooper & Tony Marshall W W L W W L Gary Lawson W W W W W L Neil Buchanan W L W L L L Ethan Kelleher W W W W dnp dnp Liam Eathorne W W W W L dnp Lance Pascoe L W W L W W Nathan Glasson & Kelvin Scott W W W W dnp W
Fours Post Section:
Congratulations to the EP players who have qualified for post section play 
with special high fives for the club men’s fours team of Paul McKinnel, Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury-Jane and Bryan Burke 
who made the grade with a fourth win on their final game against Ray Hooper and Tony Marshall.
Paul McKinnel, Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury-Jane, Bryan Burke W W Mandy Boyd W W Bev Morel and Christine Buchanan L Fiona Frew and Kim Rowlands W W Ray Hooper and Tony Marshall L Gary Lawson W W L Ethan Kelleher L Liam Eathorne L Lance Pascoe L Nathan Glasson and Kelvin Scott W W W
Semi finals: Kim Rowlands & Fiona Frew
Quarter finals: Nathan Glasson & Kelvin Scott Paul McKinnel, Glendora Porter, Seddon Jury Jane & Bryan Burke
Isn’t it great to see a club team get so far? Well done guys.
Mixed Pairs: Feb. 24 – 27:
Club Teams:
Mandy Boyd & Lance Pascoe Neil Johnstone & Mary Ann Johnstone Glenford Porter & Elsa Porter Fiona Frew & Seddon Jury Jane Paul McKinnel & Pam Phair
Composite Teams:
Jude Main Joyce McKinnel Kim Rowlands Greg McClurg Kelvin Scott Bryan Burke Nylla Tamati Jan Shirley Gary Lawson Chris Waldron
18 – 2 – 25
Edwards Cup
Edwards Cup cancelled
Next game March 4 @ EP EP Blue v Fen EP Gold v BU
Points to 18/2 EP Blue 83 EP Gold 75 Fen 53 BU 37
Mid Week Round 5
17 – 2 – 25
O60 7s
Div. 1 EP1 v Lincoln Gold
Triples: T. Marshall 36 – 4 Pairs: B. Morel 16 – 16 R. Hooper 26 – 12
Div. 2 EP2 v Sumner
Triples: E. Clarke 9 – 22 Pairs: K. Nicholson 15 – 18 T. Sandrey 15 – 21
Div. 5 EP3 v Burnside 2
Triples: G. McClurg 9 – 21 Pairs: P. Rowley 18 – 18 P. Smith 10 – 23
Div. 6 EP4 v Parklands
Triples: N. Buchanan 23 – 15 Pairs: P.D. Smith 19 – 13 M. Brownie 10 – 21
19 – 2 – 25
Men’s Double triples
Sec. 1 EP1 v Burnside 2 B. McIntosh 15 – 28 K. Nicholson 32 – 11
Sec. 2 EP2 v Burnside 3 P. D. Smith 17 – 9 P. Trevella 12 – 17
Women’s Double Triples
Div. 2 EP v Papanui Club 1 B. Morel 22 – 11 P. Phair 4 – 31
AC Pairs
Sec. 2 EP v Woolston Park K. Rowlands 15 – 18
Congratulations to Seddon Jury Jane who was a member of the winning fours team who won the Maori National Fours tournament held in Gisborne. The first time this trophy had been won by a South Island team.
Good luck to the O60 fours teams of Bev. Morel, Don Baker, Christine Buchanan and Tony Smith; Neil Johnstone, Mary Ann Johnstone, Pam Phair and Pete [PD] Smith; and Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule who are all playing at Parklands on Thursday.
All three teams qualified for post section and will play at Parklands on Friday.
Congratulations to Kelvin Scott, Tony Marshall, Ray Hooper and Ian Rule who won their games and will participate in the final on finals day.
Also an interesting occurrence when a small child wandered on to the rink and shifted some bowls. No problem, bowls replaced, play continued.
MuzzaWeb was interested to see a composite team entered???????
Although the page in the Centre handbook on O60 events makes it clear that O60 entries can be composite it was a decision made by the Bowls Canty Review Panel and Board and against EP’s vote on the review panel.
EP remains strongly against this and it will likely result in four men cherry picking a top team as occurs in the nationals.
MuzzaWeb and President Neil are vehemently opposed to this practice in Centre events.
Apparently there was a lot of critical comment about this at Parklands where our teams did well.
