Bowls: 46 teams in Open Champ Triples clash

Gwen Lawson rounds up bowling news for the week.

This weekend will see the Centre Open Championship Triples played in the western area, with the women's section playing at Dargaville and the men at Arapohue and Ruawai greens.

There are 28 men's teams and 18 women's teams taking part. Post section play on Sunday will be at Dargaville for both sections. The draw is as follows:

Men at Arapohue: J.Dunn, W. Wyatt, G. Herbert, J. Jamieson; P. Nicholson, I. Bowick, K. Robinson, W. Williams; N. Franks, G. Wintles, G. Bond, L. Lilly.

Men at Ruawai: G. Mulligan, D. Collett, J. Matich, E. Smitton; M. Jones, T. Johnston, G. Blackman, S. Nelson; A. Booth, D. Reader, C. Spence, K. Fitness; T. Webb, T, Mooney, D. Somers-Edgar, P. Wightman.

Women at Dargaville: D. Lawrence, A. Graham, M. Attwood, P. Hayward; G. Lawson, A. Bateman, S. Stirling, P. Warth; A. Muir, J. McLean, A. Halls, M. Yovich; L. Sheehan, R. Child, M. Parker, L. Watson, J. Rutledge, L. Mills.

Latest reporting time is 8.30am.

Well done, players

Congratulations are in order for the Northland players who competed in the NZ Trust event, held by the Auckland Centre last week. Many qualified and reached the last 16 in the singles, pairs and triples. A special well done to Margaret Gurney and Lauren Mills, who played in a composite team with Denise Samuels and reached the final of the women's triples. Also to Ken Fitness, who did exceptionally well in the Singles and the Men's Triples, coming home with some of the prizemoney in both events.

Interclub Sevens

Next weekend will see the first day of the Interclub Sevens competition, where we have 17 men's teams and eight women's teams taking part. The second and third rounds will be played on December 20-2.

Hikurangi centennial

The Hikurangi Club are celebrating their centennial on December 5-6. Registration, dinner and social evening will be held on Friday from 6pm. This will be followed by a centennial tournament on the Saturday, with a luncheon included. There are still a couple of vacancies available for the tournament. Please contact Steve Mitchell if you would like to take part.