GEC beat southern neighbours

women's reps: The Bowls Gisborne-East Coast senior representatives defeated Hawke's Bay on the Gisborne club greens last weekend. The GEC women were, back (from left): Anita Vaotuua, Dianne Phillips, Joy Davis, Kathryn Flaugere, Jessie Davis-Law and Lesley Seymour. Front: Dayvinia Mills, Sharon Olsen, Bobbie Beattie, Glenda Kapene, Jasmine Merrick and Carol Hawes. Pictures supplied

Gisborne-East Coast senior representative bowlers beat Hawke's Bay by two points in a two-day tournament on the Gisborne Bowling Club greens.

GEC scored 39 points, with a differential of minus-3, while Hawke's Bay scored 37 points with a differential of plus-3.

The teams played singles, pairs, triples and fours across four rounds of games last weekend.

The GEC men were: Charlie Ure, Boon McIlroy, Geoff Pinn, Andrew Ball, Steve Goldsbury and Malcolm Trowell (Gisborne), Paddy Stewart (Te Karaka), July Hoepo-Williams (Kahutia), Steve Berezowski (Poverty Bay), Ben Elkington and Marcus Merrick (Tolaga Bay). Manager: Tim Sherriff.

The GEC women were: Carol Hawes and Dianne Phillips (Gisborne), Dayvinia Mills (Kahutia), Jessie Davis-Law, Lesley Seymour, Joy Davis and Kathryn Flaugere (Poverty Bay), Jasmine Merrick (Te Karaka), Sharon Olsen (Tolaga Bay) and Glenda Kapene (Wairoa). Selector: Bobbie Beattie. Manager: Anita Vaotuua

Results (GEC names first) —

Round 1 — Singles: Paddy Stewart drew 22-all with Merv Brown; July Hoepo-Williams defeated Paul Harrison 25-17; Dayvinia Mills def Cheryn Menhennett 25-19; Sharon Olsen lost to Coral Lukies 25-21.

Pairs: Boon McIlroy (skip) and Charlie Ure lost to Pat McLeary (s) and Bevan Webb 27-17; Marcus Merrick (s) and Geoff Pinn lost to Grant Sargison (s) and Campbell Cochrane 18-10; Glenda Kapene (s) and Dianne Phillips def Sue Rogers (s) and Louise Greeks 26-15; Jessie Davis-Law (s) and Kathryn Flaugere lost to Jackie Morgan (s) and Lyn Hunn 19-14.

Fours: Malcolm Trowell (s), Steve Goldsbury, Ben Elkington and Andrew Ball def Dwayne Cameron (s), Paul Sorensen, Mark Kilmister and Jon Pearce 16-15; Carol Hawes (s), Jasmine Merrick, Joy Davis and Lesley Seymour def Jenny Sargison (s), Lillian Robinson, Liz Fitch and Di Howard 17-16.

Round 2 — Pairs: McIlroy (s) and Goldsbury lost to Harrison (s) and Pearce 14-11; Hoepo-Williams (s) and Pinn def Sorensen (s) and Brown 21-9; Hawes (s) and Jasmine Merrick lost to Menhennett (s) and Rogers 15-13; Kapene (s) and Olsen lost to Morgan (s) and Greeks 20-17.

Triples: Trowell (s), Ure and Elkington def Cameron (s), Grant Sargison and Webb 23-12; Davis (s), Phillips and Flaugere lost to Jenny Sargison (skip), Lukies and Fitch 18-9.

Round 3 — Singles: Stewart def Kilmister 25-14; Hoepo-Williams def Sorensen 25-17; Mills def Rogers 25-10; Olsen lost to Menhennett 25-11.

Pairs: McIlroy (s) and Goldsbury def Cameron (s) and Brown 20-14; Marcus Merrick (s) and Ball lost to Harrison (s) and Webb 27-23; Kapene (s) and Phillips def Rogers (s) and Morgan; Davis-Law (s) and Flaugere lost to Lukies (s) and Greeks.

Fours: Trowell (s), Berezowski, Pinn and Elkington lost to Grant Sargison (s), McLeary, Cochrane and Pearce 21-8; Hawes (s), Jasmine Merrick, Davis and Seymour def Jenny Sargison (s), Robinson, Hunn and Fitch.

Round 4 — Pairs: McIlroy (skip) and Ure lost to Cameron (s) and Webb 29-9; Hoepo-Williams (s) and Elkington def Grant Sargison (s) and Sorensen 20-7; Marcus Merrick (s) and Berezowski lost to Harrison (s) and Cochrane 17-11; Trowell (s) and Goldsbury def McLeary (s) and Pearce 21-15; Stewart (s) and Ball lost to Kilmister (s) and Brown 20-10; Davis (s) and Flaugere lost to Rogers (s) and Greeks 19-11; Hawes (s) and Seymour def Hunn (s) and Howard 19-13; Mills (s) and Jasmine Merrick def Morgan (s) and Lukies 19-13; Davis-Law (s) and Olsen lost to Menhennett (s) and Jenny Sargison 19-11; Kapene (s) and Phillips def Robinson (s) and Fitch 24-7.