Around the Greens

WINNING MIXED PAIR: Norma Miller and skip Jeff Davis won Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s 2-4-2 mixed pairs tournament on Saturday.Picture supplied

Poverty Bay

Players from four clubs contested the Mangapapa Garage 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs Tournament at the Poverty Bay Bowling Club greens on Saturday.

Sixteen pairs each played four games of 90 minutes.

Two teams had four wins. Jeff Davis (skip) and Norma Miller were placed first as they won 26 ends.

Kathryn Flaugere (s) and Andrew Ball were second with 23 ends.

Three teams had three wins and a loss. Third place went to Ngawai Turipa (s) and Bruce Gledhill, who won 24 ends.

Boon McIlroy (s) and Holli Elkington won 23 ends, and Lex Kennedy (s) and Win Baker won 22 ends in a very close competition.

Players needed wet-weather clothes at times in the morning but play was not interrupted.