Bowls
Kamo Bowling Club
Craig Rule Plumbers Open A/C Triples (July 23) - 1st: L Wyatt, C. Jellick, M. Wyatt - 3 wins, 21 ends; 2nd: E. Coates, L. Lenne, L. Spratt - 3 wins, 17 ends; 3rd: E. Edlin, S. Renes, G. Sandilands - 3 wins, 16 ends.
Open A/C Triples (July 30) - 1st: E. Edlin, S. Renes, M. Yovich - 3 wins, 18 ends; 2nd: D. Orford, B. Scott, D. Stuck - 2 wins, 18 ends; 3rd: C. Jellick, M. Wyatt, L. Wyatt - 2 wins, 18 ends.
Dargaville Bowling Club
A/C Pairs sponsored by Don and Noeline Munn, and Arcade Meats (July 28)
Fourteen duos from around the north had a pleasant session on the carpet chasing the sponsor's goodies. None of them could manage perfect scorecard of four wins.
1st: Allan and Totty Rakich - 34 ends; 2nd: Ray and Barbara Bell - 33 ends; 3rd: Bryce and Eileen Wyatt - 29 ends.
Thanks to the sponsors for making this day a success.
Indoor Bowls
McLeod Bay Indoor Bowls Club
Championship drawn triples round-robin - sponsored by Duder Construction Ltd (July 16, 23)
1st: Ken Rozell, Geoff MacDonald, Gavin Boland - 3 wins, 1 loss, 21/37; 2nd: Graeme Richards, Jack Mortimore, Norma Boland - 2 wins, 1 loss, 19/28; 3rd: John Thompson, Lorna Wuthrich, Carol Hall - 2 wins, 1 loss, 17.5/28.
T.E.C. Bruce Piper, Joy-Marie Richards, Jon Franklin
Morris & Morris Charity Night, which raised $890 for Bream Head Conservation Trust (July 30)
1st: Graeme Richards, Norma Boland (McLeod Bay), Robyn Lieffering (Conservation) - 4 wins, 13/41; 2nd: Ernie Wuthrich (McLeod Bay), Karol Maple (Conservation) - 3 wins, 1 loss, 12.5/35; 3rd: Geoff MacDonald, Gavin Boland (McLeod Bay), Mal Maple (Conservation) - 3 wins, 1 loss 10/36; 4th: John Thompson, Dennis Bailey (McLeod Bay), Bill Mallett (Conservation) - 3 wins, 1 loss 10/27.
T.E.C. Ken Rozell, (McLeod Bay), Sheryl O'Gorman (Guest), Jack Mortimore (McLeod Bay)
Hamper: 1st: Cheryl Irvine - 102, 2nd: Greg Innes 485, 3rd: Tony - 250
Whareora Indoor Bowls
July 24 - 1st: Alan McFarlane, Margaret Fillery - 3 wins, 20 points; 2nd: Dave Dobson, Eleanor Holt, Heather Jaggard - 1 win, 22 points.
Progressive Pairs (July 31) - Skips: 1st: Alan McFarlane - 2 wins, 24 points; 2nd: Dave Dobson - 2 wins, 20 points.
Leads: 1st: Eleanor Holt - 3 wins, 26 points; 2nd: Heather Jaggard - 2 wins, 23 points.
Northland Indoor Bowling Centre
Umpires 9 Bowl Triples - 17 teams (July 27) - 1st: Dave Ross, Peter Sole, Janet Sole - 4 wins, 23.5 ends, 51 points; 2nd: Eilean Rawson, John Rawson, Allyson Hayward - 4 wins, 22 ends, 29 points; 3rd: Mike Tierney, John Vincent, Sheryl O'Gorman - 4 wins, 20 ends, 33 points.
Le Roy Pairs (July 28) - mixed pairs tournament contested by six teams from each of four associations - Far North, Bay of Islands, Northern Wairoa/Rodney, Whangārei.
Top pair: Noel Bethel and Marion Banks from Bay of Islands - 5 wins, 33 ends, 57 points.
Bay of Islands and Whangārei finished the day on 22.5 wins, with Bay of Islands winning the day with 180 ends and 334 points and Whangārei a close second on 176.5 ends and 336 points.