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Yr 1 & 2 and U8 singles finals postponed.
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The Centre mixed fours on Thursday, rescheduled from last week, have now been rescheduled again to Jan. 29.
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 and Kim. Rowlands.
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Men’s Double triples 
Div. 1EP1 v EP2
Postponed until Tuesday, Jan. 27
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Women’s Double triples EP v Papanui Club No play
AC Pairs EP v Halswell. The players all turned up and unsurprisingly decided not to play. One might have thought that it might have been officially postponed?????
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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.
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Edwards Cup.
EP Blue v BU P.D. Smith 21 – 9 P. McKinnel 14 – 14 K. Nicholson 17 – 17
EP Gold v Fen E. Clarke 15 – 17 P. Felton 9 – 18 N. Buchanan 36 – 15
Points till 20/1 EP Blue 50 Fen 36 EP Gold 33 BU 23
Mid Week Round 1
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O60 7s
Div. 1 EP1 v Bowls Papanui Pairs: B. Morel 13 – 11 R. Hooper 16 – 16 Triples: T. Marshall 25 – 12
Div. 2 EP2 v Sumner 1 Pairs: K. Nicholson 7 – 22 N. Johnstone 20 – 18 Triples: E. Clarke 21 – 19
Div. 5 EP3 v Club Redcliffs Pairs: N. Buchanan 9 – 17 J. Walcott 11 – 28 Triples: P. Felton 18 – 9
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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
Rescheduled from last week. And now rescheduled again to Jan. 29.
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Well done to Matt Lewis who won his quarter (21 – 7) and semi final (21 – 15) men’s singles year 1 & 2 games today at West Melton to advance to the final scheduled for next Sunday 25 Jan. at Fendalton where he will play Brett Saunders of Bowls Papanui.
Spectators welcome.
Yesterday Matt was lead for the Lance Pascoe four; he played very well. Isn’t it great to see a “young” bowler in a championship team? Matt has a real future in the game.
Men’s Premier Watson Shield Rd 1
Sec. 3 EP1 v Barrington United
Fours: G. Porter 20 – 14 Triples: C. Wood 14 – 20 Pairs: L. Eathorne 23 – 12 Singles: J. Flint 25 – 24
Saturday Interclub Round 2 17 – 1 – 26
Women’s Premier Sevens
Div. 1 EP1 v Allenton
Pairs: T. Woodham 12 – 13 K. Rowlands 19 – 12 Triples: N. Tamati 14 – 17
Returning the favour. Allenton always supply morning tea when EP plays there.
Div. 2 EP2 v Morrison Ave No play
Men’s 3×3
Div. 1 EP1 v Burnside
D. Baker 29 – 12 R. Hooper 21 – 16 K. Nicholson 15 – 16
Div. 2 EP2 v Belfast
P. D. Smith 12 – 19 G. McClurg 17 – 20 B. McIntosh 11 – 28
Winners are grinners! The debut of Ben Harris. Div. 3 EP3 v Bowls Hornby
S. Cook 38 – 7 M. Lewis 24 – 12 J. Wagner 24 – 10
Div. 4 EP4 v Lincoln P. Felton 13 – 29 N. Buchanan 11 – 32 M. Brownie 20 – 23
AC8s
EP v Fendalton Fours: P. Trevella 13 – 23 Pairs: D. Kutia 12 – 42 T. Stewart 10 – 39
9.00 Centre Yr. 1 & 2 singles section play. Good luck to Matt Lewis and Annette Scully.
Well done to Matt who qualified.
Annette won her first game and was leading in her second but retired feeling unwell.
Quite a few defaults noted, from the hot temperatures possibly?
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. TamatiRescheduled January 22
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.
