In Round 2, Team Murton defeated Team Kapua 16-12 and Team Macpherson defeated Team Vaotuua 17-9 with the latter team deciding not to play the last end.
In Round 3, Macpherson's team — as the only two-lifers — had the bye. Vaotuua's team defeated Murton's 16-14, eliminating Team Murton from the championship.
Round Four, the potential final, was a real cat and mouse game. Macpherson's team got off to a good start, only for Vaotuua's team to claw their way back and break even by the 11th end.
Macpherson's team scored four points over the next three ends, making them look more comfortable. However, their opponents picked up a four-pointer on the 15th end making it all square at 16-all.
An extra end was required and this was a nail biter. Vaotuua drew close to the jack with his last bowl for the shot. Taylor asked his skip to drive it off the head. Macpherson hit it as clean as a whistle and then it was down to a tight measure to see who had the shot.
Macpherson, Taylor, Ruwhiu and Brown won the game 17-16, which meant they won the championship undefeated.
There were two teams in the junior men's fours.
In Round 1, Willy Murray (s), Allan Parker (3), Frank McLoughlin (2) and Ray Young (lead) defeated Andrew Ball (s), Marty Ryan (3), Chris Hewson (2) and Graham Atkins (lead) 21-9.
In Round 2, Team Ball turned the tables, narrowly defeating Team Murray 13-12.
Round 3, the potential final with no time limit, ended up as a final with a cliff-hanger score of 14-13 on the final end with skip Murray driving the opposing team's counter off the head to win the match.
Two teams vied for the women's championship fours.
Glenys Whiteman (s), Marie Wright (3), Lucy Shanks (2) and Paige Richter (lead) played Carol Jukes (s), Joyce Wagner (3), Marie Thomas (2) and Pat Bayley (lead).
In Round 1, Whiteman's team ran away with the points, winning 22-5 with the time limit finishing the game on the 13th end.
Round 2 was a different story. This was the potential final, and Jukes's team played a steady game. They were 7-6 up on the eighth end. However, they didn't score for the next three ends, which gave Whiteman's team an advantage of four.
On ends 11 and 12, Jukes picked up two more shots and one on the 14th end. The final score of 12-10 meant the championship went to Whiteman, Wright, Shanks and Richter.
Completion of the mixed pairs results was held over to a later date.
Val McGreevy (skip) and Lesley Seymour won Poverty Bay Bowling Club's women's championship open pairs in a tournament held over two days using the two-life format.
It was not an easy journey, however, as they lost a life to Joy Davis (s) and Marilyn Knowles, who beat them 17-9 in the fifth round.
In the 15-end final, McGreevy and Seymour defeated Davis and Knowles 12-11. They led 12-3 after 10 ends but Davis and Knowles picked up their game, winning the last five ends to finish one point behind the victors.
In the men's championship open pairs, Ian Carroll (s) and Jeff Davis went through to win the title with their two lives intact.
They had close games. In the first round, they defeated Larry Kaloukava (s) and John Andrews 11-10. In the second, they defeated Steve Berezowski (s) and Bruce Ball 15-14 and in the final they defeated Lex Kennedy (s) and Barrie Denham 14-12.
A fun tournament was held at the club before members watched the Melbourne Cup. Two teams had three wins so the winners, decided on ends won, were Dave Hooper (s), Ray Young and Trish Leach, with 14 ends. Second were Marilyn Knowles (s), Bruce Gledhill and Otto Louw, with 10 ends. Third place went to Dawne Abraham (s), Lesley Seymour and Joan Gledhill with two wins. Marion Jones, Robyn Arthur and Colin Evans also had two wins but won fewer ends. Thanks to Colin Evans and helpers for organising the sweepstake. Thanks to Bruce Smart for his sponsorship.
The 17 teams competing in the Gisborne Bowling Club's senior and junior pairs championship had to contend with wind from all directions on the first day of play.
This proved to be a bit of a challenge for some pairs, who struggled for rhythm on the slick greens, making it an even playing field with some interesting results.
In the junior women's competition, some pretty experienced players stepped up to the mark. All three teams had one life each entering the second day.
Margot Willock and Adrienne Torrie beat Libby Clay and Diane Oates, only to lose to Barbara Gibson and Karen Pinn in the final, 17-14.
Four teams competed in the junior men's competition — Geoff and Liam Pinn, Steve Ward and Peter Clay, Ron Roberston and Don Oates, and Bruce Gledhill and Kyle Pinn.
Robertson and Oates, with two lives intact, won the final against Geoff and Liam Pinn, 20-9.
Five teams contested the senior women's title, with the final being fought out between Queenie Takurua and Dayvinia Mills and the Tanya Harrison/Diane Phillips combo.
Harrison and Phillips had two lives, having defeated Carol Hawes/Janice Allan previously, but they were beaten twice by the accurate play of Mills and Takurua.
Six teams contested the men's open pairs.
On the Sunday, Charlie Ure and Tim Sherriff defeated John Kora and Rod Young 18-6 to win the right to play Robin Jefferson and Jamey Ferris, with two lives, in a potential final.
In this game Ure and Sherriff got the jump on the opposition and played some good, tight bowls to claim the first game 19-7.
However, they knew that Ferris and Jefferson would come back in the final, which they did, claiming the senior men's pairs with a convincing 22-8 victory.
The next major event at Gisborne is the Bellerby, a graded fours tournament which is one of the highlights of the season.
