In the semifinal, against 2020 and 2021 Henselite singles local winner Nathan Trowell, Foster was 16-8 up with only two ends of the 15-end game left. On the 14th end, Foster played an upshot, taking two of Trowell's bowls off the mat to secure a 16-10 win.
In the final against his brother Matthew, the score was locked at 4-4 after five ends. But by the 10th end, Dylan was 10-6 up. From then on, Dylan went into overdrive, and the brothers shook hands after End 14.
This earned Dylan his eighth centre title. He will travel to Whakatane in July to contest the zone finals against Waikato, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty and Tauranga bowlers.
Nathan Trowell, the New Zealand under-18 singles titleholder, has qualified for this year's u18 singles final in Porirua, defeating his younger sister Kayla Trowell in the local final. Nathan has now won the local event four years running. Kayla also will contest the New Zealand final in Porirua, as the runner-up is also eligible to contest the final.
Warren Gibb, Doc Tipene, Pauline Stone and Lois Lamont will represent Poverty Bay-East Coast in the zone finals of the masters fours event in Whakatane early in July. They will play Waikato, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty and Tauranga fours in the zone finals.
Poverty Bay-East Coast were third in the Gribble Trophy event held in Rotorua. Sixteen players took part, with Keith Setter the standout bowler for Poverty Bay-East Coast. Tauranga won the event, followed by Bay of Plenty. Hawke's Bay were fourth.
The Poverty Bay-East Coast team started the event well, leading at one stage, but on Day 2 struggled with mats that were difficult to judge.
