Family links were strong among the winners in Te Karaka Bowling Club’s three-bowl pairs marquee event at the weekend.
Fifteen-year-old twin brothers Kyle and Liam Pinn, of Kahutia Bowling Club, won Division 1 of the tournament, while father-daughter combination Don and Krystel Williams, of Tolaga Bay, won Division 2.
The 16-team field played four rounds on the first day and were divided into two divisions based on results.
Division 1 teams, with their first-day results:
Andrew Ball (Gisborne) and Erica Tamanui Thompson (Te Karaka) 4 wins, +41 differential, 31 ends won; July Hoepo and Gerry Taingahue-Kora (Kahutia) 3 wins, +44 diff, 33 ends; Kyle Pinn and Liam Pinn (Kahutia) 3 wins, +39 diff, 32 ends; Alisha Ruru (Te Karaka) and Peter Mitchell (Tolaga Bay) 3 wins, +23 diff, 27 ends; Boon McIlroy (Tolaga Bay) and Greg Flett (Te Karaka) 3 wins, +15 diff, 25 ends; Lucan Taingahue and Rewi Castle (Tolaga Bay) 3 wins, +5 diff, 21 ends won; Janet Baty and Bub Smith (Te Karaka) 3 wins, -8 diff, 27 ends; Willy Murray (Kahutia) and BJ Seymour (Poverty Bay) 2 wins, 1 draw, +3 diff, 26 ends.
Going into the last end of the Pinns’ fourth game of the day, against Alisha Ruru and Peter Mitchell, the Pinns were up 13-9.
Ruru and Mitchell held five shots as Kyle Pinn prepared to play his second bowl. Kyle indicated to Liam that he would deliver a run shot to either kill the end or reduce the number of shots their opponents held. He achieved the former, driving the jack into the ditch to clinch the win.
Kyle and Liam Pinn won Division 1 with four wins and a +31 differential.
Hoepo and Taingahue-Kora were second, with four wins and a +26 differential.
Ball, Baty and Ruru had two wins each, while Murray, McIlroy and Taingahue found wins harder to come by.
