Bowls Napier hosting Gisborne-East Coast in lawn bowls fixture

Gisborne-East Coast representative lawn bowls teams are in action against Hawke's Bay in Napier this weekend.

Gisborne-East Coast senior men’s and women’s representative teams do battle with old rivals Hawke’s Bay on the Bowls Napier greens this weekend.

This is an annual fixture, with the centres taking turns as hosts. Last year Gisborne-East Coast won the the clash, held on the Gisborne Bowling Club greens.

Selectors Malcolm Trowell (men) and Bobbie Beattie (women) have some new faces in their selections. Warren Gibb, Kyle Pinn and Liam Pinn are introduced to GEC senior representative play, although indoor bowls maestro Gibb played rep lawn bowls a few years ago for South Otago.

In the women’s team, Jackie Horsfall, Deborah Hancock, Marise Raklander and Erica Thompson get to show what they can do in senior rep company.

The men’s and women’s teams play two rounds of games on the first day and two more on Sunday, in different combinations of singles, pairs, triples and fours.

Gisborne-East Coast teams

Men: Shaun Goldsbury, Steve Goldsbury, Liam Pinn, Kyle Pinn, Malcolm Trowell, Andrew Ball, Warren Gibb, Ricky Miller, Willy Murray and Steve Berezowski. Manager/reserve is Ron Nepe.

Women: Dayvinia Mills, Diane Murray, Glenda Kapene, Jessie Davis-Law, Joanne Wroe, Jackie Horsfall, Lesley Seymour, Marise Raklander, Erica Thompson and Deborah Hancock. Selector is Bobbie Beattie, manager/reserve is Kathryn Flaugere.