Bowls Napier lead Malcolm Stockwell studies an end during yesterday's Central Region national interclub fours playoffs. Photo/Paul Taylor
Bowls Napier lead Malcolm Stockwell studies an end during yesterday's Central Region national interclub fours playoffs. Photo/Paul Taylor
During his days as Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby team manager Dave Stevenson experienced some agonising losses.
The Magpies manager during 2006, '07 and '08, Stevenson, experienced similar forms of agony during Saturday's Central Region division one playoffs of the Bowls New Zealand inter-regional sevens at his Bowls Napier club andagain during yesterday's Central Region playoffs for the national interclub fours. On Saturday his Bowls Napier team finished second to Manawatu's Northern club by a one point differential and yesterday his Bowls Napier four, skipped by his brother Mark, was again second by one point differential to a Palmerston North four.
Yesterday the Stevenson brothers were joined by lead Malcolm Stockwell and two Whitu Lloyd. Stockwell and the Stevensons played on Saturday, the Stevensons as a pair and Stockwell in a four.
"We weren't quite there today and the Palmy boys were outstanding ... all four of them," Stevenson said pointing to Palmerston North skip Pat Horgan, three Clayton Simpson, two Dean Gilshnan and lead Mike Abraham.
However two Hawke's Bay teams qualified for the March 22 and 23 New Zealand inter-regional sevens at Palmerston North. They were the Heretaunga division one women's team of singles player Natarsha Grimshaw, pair Colleen Ferrick and Jane Selby-Paterson and four Lynn Stowe, Elaine Lange, Glenys Riddell and Lois Stewart and the Heretaunga division two men's team of singles player Byron Brook, pair Bill Hynd and Jim Riddell and four Paul Selby, John Young, Peter Wester and Bruce O'Sullivan.
Manawatu's Northern club's division one men and division two women also qualified on Saturday.
Ferrick, who is a member of both the Heretaunga and Taradale clubs, played three in a Taradale four which also included skip Angela Boyd, two Sheryl Glock and lead Barbara Exeter which finished second to a Gisborne-East Coast four of Ronnie Crone (skip), Lyn Trueman, Judy Taylor and lead Janet Munns from the Gisborne club.
The interclub playoffs, from which teams qualify for the Dunedin-hosted nationals from June 19-26 continue with the triples today, pairs tomorrow, singles on Wednesday and mixed pairs on Thursday.
