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GISBORNE

A disappointing entry of 10 teams contested the Alex White Memorial Eight-point Triples in hot weather and on an immaculate green last week.

No team managed four wins but five teams had three wins.

Of those teams, Lyn Trueman, Bill Campbell and Ray Young won, with a superior differential of +25.

Lex Kennedy, Marilyn Knowles and Tam Buckingham finished second on +19, closely followed by Carol Hawes, Dennis Raggett and Lesley McIntosh, on +17.

The other teams on three wins were Jeff Davis, Joy Davis and Erin Sutherland, and Ray Taylor, Judy Taylor and Beverly Davy.

KAHUTIA

The club’s Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Five-point Pairs tournament was won by Marie Wright and Dayvinia Mills.

They were the only team to win all four of their games in the first division of post-section play on Sunday.

The top 16 teams after Saturday’s play each played four games of 90 minutes on Sunday.

Five teams had three wins and one loss. Second place overall went to Mark Bain and Murray Duncan, with a differential of +33, from Robin Jefferson and Tim Sherriff, on +24.

A fourth-place prize went to Ray Smith and Mick Maunder, on +10.

The 12 teams who missed out on Section A played off for three prizes in Section B.

Kevin Bright and Jock Smith were the only undefeated team in this section.

They took first place after surviving a torrid challenge from Ray Taylor and Dennis Raggett to win their last game 16-15.

Mike Chisholm and Chris Hewson were second, with three wins and +28 differential, while Ian Carroll and Erin Sutherland finished third, with three wins and +17.