Bowls
Wairarapa registered a stunning effort to share the honours with Kapiti in the men's section of the Quadrangular Trophy outdoor bowls competition at the Massey Avenue Bowling Club in Woburn.
Wairarapa and Kapiti finished with 14 points with Kapiti having the better points differential; plus 14 to plus four. Hutt Valley and Wellington finished on 10 points.
The highlight for Wairarapa in this competition for players with five or less years of experience was the effort of singles player Scott MacKenzie in winning all three of his games. He comfortably beat his Kapiti and Hutt Valley opponents and prevailed in a 17-16 thriller with Wellington
First round: Singles: Scott MacKenzie beat Kapiti 25-15. Pairs: Richard Anderson and Jurgen Snyman beat Hutt Valley 21-17. Triples: Greg Calkin, Evan Morsh and Hayden Freer beat Wellington 17-11. Fours: Ray Simonsen, Steve Willis, Rodney Taucher and Jake Halford lost to Kapiti 9-26.