In the women’s final, Mills built a 7-0 lead over the first four ends. Tamanui-Murray closed the score to trail 18-14, but Mills picked up three crucial shots to seal the match.
Bowls Gisborne-East Coast 3yrs-and-under champion of champions singles runner-up Kelly Te Miha (left) and winner Nikau Seymour-Reid. Photo / Ron Nepe
Gray-Taingahue won a set and drew the other to win the 8-and-under junior competition for his first junior centre title.
The 3-and-under junior final went to a tie-breaker after the players won a game each.
Seymour-Reid drew the shot with his third bowl and Te Miha narrowly missed shifting it, giving Seymour-Reid his first junior centre title.
Te Karaka trio (from left) skip David File, John Dawson and Steve Goldsbury are the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions senior men's triples winners.
On Saturday, the champion of champions senior triples tournaments were held on the Wairoa greens while the junior competition was held at Gisborne.
Te Karaka trio David File (skip), John Dawson and Steve Goldsbury beat their Kahutia opponents Leighton Shanks (s), Kyle Pinn and Geoff Pinn 16-12 in the senior men’s final.
Tolaga Bay trio (from left) Veeshaye Smiler, Krystel Williams and Clara Taingahue beat (from fourth left) Anita Vaotuua, Jessie Davis-Law and Cheryl Jenkins, of Poverty Bay, in the final of the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions senior women's triples.
High-quality opening bowls from Goldsbury and Geoff Pinn set the stage for a competitive final. After a fast start from Kahutia, Te Karaka settled quickly, got their noses in front and stayed there.
Tolaga Bay’s Clara Taingahue (s), Krystel Williams and Clara’s daughter Veeshaye Smiler beat Poverty Bay’s Anita Vaotuua, her sister Jessie Davis-Law and Cheryl Jenkins 17-12 after 18 ends in the women’s final.
Tolaga Bay picked up three shots on the first end, Poverty Bay came back to level the scores at 7-7 after seven ends, but Tolaga Bay edged ahead and held their lead.
Bowls Gisborne-East Coast optional junior triples champion of champions winners were Te Karaka trio (from left) Andrea Tuhi, Barbara Tuhi and Alicia Ruru.
In the optional junior triples final, Te Karaka trio Barbara Tuhi (s), Andrea Tuhi and Alicia Ruru beat Tolaga Bay’s Malachi Gray-Taingahue (s), Rewi Castle and Usshani Kopua-Taingahue 6-1, 5-5.
Four teams played a round robin, and the top two teams contested the final. Games comprised two sets of five ends, and teams gained three points for winning a game, a point for each set won and half a point for a drawn set.
After three rounds, Te Karaka had 13 points, Tolaga Bay 8, Gisborne 6 and Kahutia 4. Five of the seven games were decided by tie-breaker.
