Senior citizens bowls champions crowned

CHAMPIONS ALL: Gisborne Senior Citizens indoor bowling champions are (from left) aggregate trophy winner Nancy Lewis, fours and trios winning skip Elaine Tamblin, blind and visually impaired national pairs champions Colleen Dwyer and Betty Atkins, fours winning team member Roy Selby, trios winner Janice Fouhy, pairs winning skip John Cording, fours and trios winner Babe Pointon, and singles winner Rose Raggett. Absent: fours and pairs winner Pat Griffin. Picture by Liam Clayton

GISBORNE Senior Citizens indoor bowlers found their fours, trios, pairs and singles champions in two-life competitions held over three months.

Starting in August, play took place on the second Wednesday of the month.

First came the fours, won by Elaine Tamblin (skip), Babe Pointon, Pat Griffin and Roy Selby.

Runners-up were May Selby (s), Alain Jorion, Kath Coates and Karen Corbett.

Winners of the trios were Elaine Tamblin (s), Babe Pointon and Janice Fouhy.

Runners-up were John Cording (s), Pat Zame and Karen Corbett.

Pairs winners were John Cording (s) and Pat Griffin, with runners-up being Alain Jorion (s) and Kath Coates.

Rose Raggett won the singles and May Selby was runner-up.

Nancy Lewis was the winner of the aggregate trophy for the year.

Club members Betty Atkins and Colleen Dwyer won the open pairs section at the New Zealand Blind and Visually Impaired Indoor Bowls Federation national championships in Hamilton last month.