Bowls: Fine start for Northland

Gwen Lawson rounds up bowling news.

Northland men and Auckland women lead the chase for 1-5 Year Regional honours after they took out the event held at Mangawhai last weekend.

In the men's division, the Northland team had a fine start with four out of four wins in round one and 3.5 wins out of four in round two. They faltered in the last round, however, by winning only one match in the A4s, the other combinations losing to Far North (B pairs), Auckland (B Fours), and North Harbour (A Pairs).

North Harbour and Auckland are tied on 12 win points in second place with Far North on nine win points close behind.

In the women's division, Auckland got out to an unbeatable lead by winning three out of four matches in round one and four out of four in round two. Unfortunately for Northland, they had three withdrawals from their team with injury and a family bereavement. The replacement players performed well and the team is still handily placed to North Harbour with Far North also close behind. Auckland has a six point advantage to go into the next series of matches.

One vacancy left

This weekend sees the Centre Open Championships triples being played at venues throughout the area. Twenty-eight men's teams and 18 women's teams have entered. The winners of this event will represent the centre in the regional finals later in the season. There is only one vacancy left, anyone wanting a game should contact Gwen. Reporting time is 8.30am.

Women at Whangarei Greens:

Top: L. Wintle, D. Strawbridge, L. Pedro, P. Brewster, C. Todd, J. McLean, P. Murray, C. Crawford, An Other, A. Halls.

Bottom: L.O'Neil, M. Yovich, S. Stirling, P. Warth, A. Muir, A. Bateman, D. Lawrence, M. Attwood.

Men at Kamo: E. Pattillo, S. Nelson, A. Trimmer, J. Dunn, C. Van Haaften, K. Fitness, P. Wightman, C. Wintle, N. Franks, T. Mooney, P. Nicholson, T. Johnston, J. Jamieson, G. Mulligan.

Men at Mt Manaia: G. Bond, S. Prasad, I. Bowick, G. Wintle, P. Nicholas, G. Gallant, G. Herbert, D. Reader, K. Robinson, R. Heaton, R. Sowerby, M. Jones, T. Webb, C. Edmiston.

Reminders

Waipu men are seeking entries for their Urlich and Bradley sponsored mixed triples on October 17. The same day sees the Hikurangi Club with an Any Combination 2x4x2 pairs tournament, and a 2x4x2 women's pairs at Dargaville.

The next centre event is the Open Pairs to be played on November 2-3. Entries close October 24.