Northland sport detail: Swimming, squash and bowls results

Northwave club member Ciara Smith has claimed Northland's first gold. Photo / File

Swimming results:

Northland results from the first day (April 16) of the 2019 National Age Group Championships in Wellington.

Ciara Smith (18, Northwave) won the first gold medal for Northland in 50m breaststroke. She was ranked first going into the final where she touched just three split seconds ahead of the Jasi Swimming Club's Kaylee Jackson to claim first place.

Northwave's Tyler Jepsen, 14, had an excellent first day, qualifying for two finals – 400m free and 100m back. He won bronze in the 400m free and impressively came home in second place in 100m back to claim silver.

Other Northland swimmers to make finals on the first day were Emilia Finer (14, Bay of Islands) 8th in 200m butterfly and Quin Walden (14, Northwave) who placed 9th in 100m backstroke.

Squash results:
Ten Northland junior players competed in the Oceania Junior Championships which were held at the Remuera Squash Club in Auckland over the weekend.

Top 10 finishes:

Natalie Sayes: 1st - U15 girls (formerly of Northland)
Annmarie Holst: 4th - U19 girls
Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist: 5th - U17 boys
Tane Trail: 6th - U11 boys
Devlin Gurr: 9th - U17 boys
Zac Laing: 9th -U11 boys
Josh Laing: 10th - U13 boys
Chelsea Trail: 10th - U15 girls

Bowls results:

Northland Indoor Bowling Centre

NZ Mixed Fours (April 14)

1st - Don Simpson, Kia Ward, John Colman, Kath Love - 4 wins, 28.5 ends, 44 points

2nd - Chris Watson, Judy Bethell, Kenny Ashby, Colleen Harvey - 3 wins, 24 ends, 48 points

Don, Kia, John and Kath will travel to Auckland In July to contest the zone final.

Whangārei Indoor Bowling Association

Sixteen Whangārei B players travelled to Kerikeri to compete against the Bay of Islands (April 13).

Whangārei won with 77 win points, 247.5 ends, 432 points

Bay of Islands 67 win points, 243.5 ends, 417 points

Top scorers for Whangārei - Betty Pattinson, Cathy Cole - 8 points; Eilean Rawson, Bruce Dawson - 6.5 points, Marion Hodgson - 6 pts

Top scorers for BOI - Peter Christiansen - 7.5 points; Pauline McKinley - 7 pts; Kenny Ashby - 6.5 pts; Leicester Budd - 5.75 pts; Bob McKinley, Des Hay - 5.25 pts

Dargaville Bowling Club:
Mixed Mini, Pairs (April 16).

1st: Bushy & Sandra.
2nd: Margaret & Janice.

Marist/Hora Hora Bowling Club:

Earnie Gunson drawn Handicap pairs (March 18)
Winners: Allyson Hayward and Jan Bartleet
Runner-up: Ruedi Marcel and Peter Schultz

Club night (April 1)
Winning team: Dave Ross, Ken Brown, Jan Bartleet, Sue Ainsley
Runner-up: Kia Ward, Allyson Hayward, Peter Schultz, Brian Massey

Championship pairs (April 15)
Winners: Marcel Ruedi and Peter Danker
Runner-up: Ton Kaan and Darren Johnston

Club night (April 15)
Winning team: Kia Ward, Allyson Hayward, Rae Bailey
Runner-up: Dave Ross, Marion Hodgson, Ame Danker