Six players had 16 points, so they competed with one bowl each for third place. Carole James was the successful bowler.
The Twilight Series is sponsored by Hello World Gisborne. Another series of three evenings starts on Thursday next week.
All bowlers are welcome and the $5 entry fee includes pizzas at the end of play. Lex Kennedy is to be commended for running these evenings.
The club's open singles championships for men and women were played on January 25 and 26, with eight men competing but only two women.
Marilyn Knowles took 12 ends to start scoring against Kathryn Flaugere in the opening game of the women's competition. Flaugere had amassed 19 shots and achieved the last two points on the 15th end.
Their second game was much more even. Flaugere had a flourishing start but Knowles drew level at 10-all on the 11th end.
Thereafter the play was balanced, and after 22 ends the score was 19-all. After two more ends, Knowles clinched the win, 22-19.
In the final, Flaugere again raced to an early lead, 10-3 after seven ends, but Knowles then took control. With very consistent draw bowling, she lost only three of the last 11 ends to win 22-15 and take the title.
Three of the eight men contesting the open singles still qualified as juniors. All three — Glen Henry, Otto Louw and Dawson Owen — reached the third round.
Dawson and Louw met each other in Round 4. Owen won through to play eventual champion Lex Kennedy in Round 5.
Games were limited to 90 minutes, except in the finals.
Bruce Gledhill lost his first life to Peter Walters in Round 1, but fought his way through to Round 4 where he led Kennedy 18-14 when they were timed out, earning himself a bye to the final.
Kennedy played his way into the final by beating Owen 20-10.
Kennedy took early control of the final and led 17-4 after 14 ends. Gledhill then roared into life, playing superbly with precise draw bowling to press his challenge. After 20 ends he had closed the score to 18-15.
Kennedy would not be denied, however, and became champion with a 22-16 win.
During one of the hottest weekends so far this summer, the club's junior mixed pairs championship was contested.
Four teams competed and none of the spectators could predict the result due to the excellent quality of the bowling.
In the final, it was a case of experience triumphing over enthusiasm.
Dawson Owen and Trish Leach played the more consistent bowls to win 17-11 after 15 ends against Otto Louw and Joan Gledhill, who played with flare and boldness usually seen from more seasoned players.
Owen and Leach kept a clean sheet until they received a bye to the potential final.
They beat Andrew Ball and Kathryn Flaugere 12-5 in Round 1 and Ngawai Turipa and Glen Henry 13-12 after an extra end in Round 2.
Louw and Gledhill lost a life, 12-11, in a close tussle with Turipa and Henry in their first game. However, they went on to defeat Ball and Flaugere, and take revenge on Turipa and Henry in Round 3.
After taking a comfortable lead to be 10-4 up after eight ends they dropped eight shots over three ends to trail 12-10. However, they had a great run of seven shots in the final three ends to progress to the potential final, where Dawson and Leach were waiting.
Louw and Gledhill played magnificent bowls to take that game 16-11. This set the stage for an exciting final, and all players showed flashes of brilliance.
Owen and Leach won this game 17-11 and, as champions, were presented with the Ann Tam Trophy.
