Marshall, Kapene to represent centre

BOWLS

Tolaga Bay Bowling Club’s Vern Marshall and Wairoa Bowling Club’s Glenda Kapene will represent Gisborne East Coast at the Bowls NZ National Champion of Champions Singles Finals at Naenae’s indoor green this weekend.

Both players will have four games of 21 shots against other winners of centre champion of champions singles titles.

Tomorrow morning, Marshall faces a tough opponent in Taranaki’s Dean Elgar, who skipped the winning national fours team this year and also has national singles titles to his name.

Marshall will then face David Clark, of Counties Manukau, and, in his third game, Neil Barron, of Hawke’s Bay.

He is back in action on Saturday morning to face Whanganui’s Allen Springer to complete his section play.

Glenda Kapene has one game tomorrow afternoon against Taranaki’s Rhonda Adams.

On Saturday afternoon, Kapene plays the Kapiti Coast’s Audrey Stevenson, who has over 50 centre titles to her name.

Kapene then plays North Harbour’s Jacqueline Broderson and, in her last game of section play, South Canterbury’s Barbara Tiffen.

The top two qualifiers in each section will play in the sudden-death finals that start on Sunday morning.