Bowls: Locals face busy summer

Gwen Lawson rounds up bowling news.

The New Zealand National Championships have concluded for another year.

The final matches were the Fours competition for Men and Women. No Northland women reached the post section of the event.

Five Northland teams qualified in the Men's section with congratulations to Trevor Reader, Steve Smith, Dan Collett and Gary Fraser (Whangarei) and Ken Fitness and Peter Dorreen (Hikurangi), playing with Mike Bradshaw and Neville Hill of Onehunga, who reached the last 16 in the competition.

Other teams to qualify were Graham Gallant (Kensington), Sam Nelson (Hikurangi) and Colin Wintle (Mangawhai).

Unfortunately for our local teams they met one another in the first and second rounds of qualifying with only one team being able to go forward as the winners.

Greenkeepers

-On the local scene the Kensington Women's annual fours tournament has been played this week and will conclude today.

-The Green Keepers Association are holding their annual tournament at Mangawhai greens today.

-Sunday will see the Kitty Hawks under-21 year Singles event being played in Auckland. Good luck to those from our area that are competing.

Forums

Player forums to discuss the Centre programme for 2015-16 will be held in February. These are scheduled for February 17 at Waipu, February 24 at Whangarei and February 25 at Dargaville. Notices will be forwarded to all clubs and these forums are open to all players.

Selected

Congratulations to Lauren Mills (Kensington) and Savanna Lauder (Hikurangi) who have been selected to play for the North Island in the annual North versus South Talent Identification tournament in Wellington next month.

Entries close

Clubs are reminded that entries for the 1-5 Year Inter Club Sixes tournament close today. Teams are made up of a singles player, pair and triples team. The event will be played at the Kamo greens on Anniversary Day, January 26.

Next fixture

The next Centre Fixture will be the 1-5 Year Junior Pairs for Men and Women. This event is scheduled for the end of the month and entries close on January 22.

Interclub

The Inter club 7's Regional finals will be held in the North Harbour Centre on February 22. Northland Representatives will be Hikurangi Women and Kensington Men (Division 1) and Onerahi Women and Maungaturoto Men (Division 2).