Leading Auckland women's bowler Karen de Jongh has a chance today to add to her impressive recent record in the Trusts New Zealand Open when she contests the pairs final with her Carlton-Cornwall club-mate Bev Crowe.
A win would give de Jongh a complete set of Open titles, as she won the singles in 2014 and with Crowe and Diane Hazelton the triples last year.
In the final today de Jongh and Crowe will meet Lauren Mills and Caroline Downs, from Whangarei's Kensington club, who were in good form yesterday in the semifinals with a 17-10 win over Linley O'Callaghan and Bronwyn Stephens.
Another long standing Auckland representative, Reen Stratford, now of Wanganui, will contest tomorrow's women's singles final against Papakura's Natarsha Grimshaw, who yesterday won a 21-20 epic semi-final against Queenstown's Christine Buchanan.
The men's singles finalists will be in-form Aucklander Scott Cottrell and the Australian-based former Black Jack Richard Girvan, winner of the title in 2009.
