Bowls: Mangawhai, Kensington take triples titles

Gwen Lawson rounds out bowling news for the week.

The Centre Triples were completed last weekend at the Dargaville greens and it is congratulations to Mangawhai - Colin Wintle, John Wintle and Wayne Williams - and to Kensington - Maureen Parker, Pam Brewster and Linda Brockbank - who were the successful teams and will represent Northland in the Regional event in the New Year.

Both finals went down to the wire with scores tied on the last end. In both matches the opposition were from the Hikurangi Club - the men, Sam Nelson, Steve Mitchell and Don Cameron and the women - Anne Bateman, Betty Mitchell and Savanna Lauder.

For John Wintle it was his fifth centre title and his gold star.

There were seven qualifiers in the men's division and five qualifiers in the women's division from fields of 28 men and 18 women's teams entered.

In the men's final the score was close for the 10 ends and the score was 9-6 to Hikurangi. A run of seven shots scored in the next four ends gave the lead to Mangawhai. Hikurangi were only able to score on one of the last eight ends and the title went to Mangawhai 17-10.

In the women's final after eight ends, the Hikurangi combination had shot out to a 11-3 lead. Like they had in most of the games throughout the tournament, the Kensington combination came back, scoring on eight of the next 11 ends to go into the final end one point in front. It was a team game for the Kensington combination and a one scored on the last end gave them the win 14-12.

Post Section results were:

Men, Round 1: G. Herbert (Bye); C. Wintle (Mangawhai) bt G. Bond (Kensington) 17-12; S. Nelson (Hikurangi) bt G. Mulligan (Mangawhai) 15-13; K. Fitness (Hikurangi) bt P. Wightman (Mangawhai) 15-14.

Round 2: Wintle bt Herbert 19-7; Nelson bt Fitness 14-12.

Round 3: C. Wintle bt S. Nelson 17-10.

Women, Round 1: M. Attwood (Kensington) ; A. Bateman (Hikurangi); J. McLean (Kensington) byes; M. Parker(Kensington) bt L. Watson (Kensington) 16-15.

Round 2: Bateman bt Attwood 14-13; Parker bt McLean 20-12.

Round 3: M.Parker bt A. Bateman 14-12.

Sevens action

The first of three days' play for the Inter Club Sevens competition will be completed on Sunday at venues around the Centre. Twenty-five club teams playing singles, pairs and fours will take part.

The winning teams in each division will represent Northland in the Regional finals to be played in the New Year.

Clubs are reminded that they need to provide a marker for the singles competition with their teams.

Please also note the section two of Division 2 has a change of venue to Onerahi.

Teams competing are:

Men, Division 1 at Kamo: Kensington Blue, Onerahi 1, Whangarei No 1, Hikurangi No 1, Mangawhai green.

Division 2, Section 1 at Mangawhai: Kensington Navy, Maungatapere, Kensington White, Kamo White, Mangawhai White, Maungaturoto.

Division 2, Section 2 at Onerahi: Whangarei No 2; Waipu, Mangawhai Gold, Hikurangi No 2, Kamo Black.

Women, Division 1: Hikurangi No 1, Kensington Tigers, Mangawhai Women.

Division 2: Onerahi, Kensington Lions, Hikurangi 2, Kamo, Kensington Leopards.

Well done

Congratulations to Ann Muir and Chrissie Budge, Lauren Mills, Margaret Gurney, Dan Collett, Simon Reesby, Darren Mitchell and Ken Fitness who all reached the last eight or better in the recent New Zealand Trust Event played in Auckland.

Inter Centre

On December 13 the 1-5 and 1-8 Inter Centre competitions will be played at the Kamo greens. On Sunday, the Inter Centre competition for Open and Development will be played at the Whangarei & Kensington greens.

Four Centres will take part, a busy weekend of competition for all Northland representative teams.

Hikurangi 100th

The Hikurangi Club 100th Centennial Celebrations will be held this weekend. Many ex members have accepted invitations to be present and an enjoyable weekend should be had by everyone renewing old friendships.