Bowls: Reader beats Brewster in men's open singles at Mangawhai

The interclub sevens competition is to be played this weekend at Mangawhai, Waipu, Kensington, Onerahi, and Kamo greens.

The men's centre open singles were completed at the Mangawhai greens last weekend. Of the 26 starters in the event there were eight qualifiers.

Congratulations to Trevor Reader (Whangarei) who beat Dennis Brewster (Hikurangi) in the final, the score 21-15.

Reader got off to a great start and was 16-5 up on the 15th end in the race to 21 points.

Brewster then scored four on the 16th, one on the 19th and three on the 20th to be only three shots behind.

Reader scored one shot on each of the next three ends to reach the magic 21 shots and win the event.

Post-section play:

K Robinson (Maungaturoto) bt G Lyddiard (Kensington) 21-14.

D Brewster (Hikurangi) bt D McMurchy (Kensington)21-19

T Reader (Whangarei) bt J Dunn (Onerahi) 21-14

A Trimmer (Kamo) bt W Wrack (Maungaturoto) 21-6

Round two:

Brewster bt Robinson 21-13

Reader bt Trimmer 21-11

Final: Reader bt Brewster 21-15.

Women's Centre Open Triples

Eighteen teams took part in qualifying for this event and it wasn't easy to qualify as teams were of an even standard and it took four rounds of section play before any qualifiers were found.

Six teams eventually qualified and it is congratulations to the team of Caroline Downs, Joan Erceg and Margaret Gurney (Kensington) who took out the event with an outstanding display of draw bowls in every match.

In the final they defeated Lauren Mills, Diane Strawbridge and Eva Chrol (Kensington) soundly by 28-9.

Mills had a comfortable win in the semifinal over Pan Brewster's team (Kensington) but could not find their way in the final.

Likewise Downs had a comfortable semifinal win over the Anne Bateman (Hikurangi) combination 18-6.

Post-section play:

Round 1: Byes L. Mills, P. Brewster, A. Bateman (Hikurangi) bt S.Stirling (Kensington) 18-5; C. Downs (Kensington) bt P. Warth (Kensington) 26-7.

Round 2: Mills bt Brewster 17-11; Downs bt Bateman 18-6.

Final Downs bt Mills 28-9.

Inter-Club Sevens

The inter-club sevens competition is to be played this weekend at Mangawhai, Waipu, Kensington, Onerahi, or Kamo greens.

Seventeen men's teams of seven players and eleven teams of women will compete in this supreme NZ event.

The matches will be played in two divisions for men and women.

Play starts at 9am at all venues, with three rounds on Saturday and further section play and finals on Sunday.

Please check with your club and on the centre website for conditions of play and venues.

Winners will represent their club and Northland at regional finals to be played on December 16, the winner of that event going on to play in the New Zealand finals.

Club tournaments this week:

December 2 - Mamaranui MX Triples
December 5 - Kamo Ac Triples
December 6 - Arapohue Men's Pairs, Maungatapere MX Triples
December 6 and 7 - Mangawhai Women's Classic Fours
December 7 - Kensington AC Triples
December 8 - Whangarei AC Triples 4.30pm
December 9 - Arapohue MX Drawn – single entry.

On December 9 and 10 are representative team fixtures at Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay in North Harbour. The teams selected will be in this report next week and on the centre website.