College duo take Bond trophy

Wairarapa College duo Jason and Mike Hannah emerged as winners of Bowls Wairarapa's Ian Bond Trophy college bowls competition.
A further two rounds of matches were recently played on the Park Bowling Club';s atroturf green and the Hannahs topped the results list with three wins and a draw,
Chasing them home with three wins were Ari Te Tau and Kumara Rimene from Makoura College and third place went to another Makoura College combination in Shontelle Dixon and Matt Keen
Other pairings to make their mark without making the major placings were Shaun Rolleston and Logan Mikoz from Wairarapa College, Hamish Graves and Bradley Fairbrother from Chanel College and Matthew Panster and Colin Pedersen from Makoura College.
A feature of this competition was that players gained experience in playing two bowl pairs with each team member taking turns at playing lead or skip.
The Carterton Bowling Club will be holding their opening day on Saturday, September 24 ., starting at 1.30pm Their Tuesday evening competition will get under way on October 4 with shoes and bowls provided for any newcomers wanting to take part.
Bowls Wairarapa held their official opening ceremony in association with that of the South End Bowling Club on Sunday, September 18.
South End president Mike Leach extended a warm welcome to club members, centre officials and several new club members. He expressed concern at the number of open tournaments and galas not reducing in line with overall membership and invited other clubs to meet and review the situation.
Keith Hannam, Bowls Wairarapa president, supported South End's concerns over the number of fixtures on his remarks.
Regional development committee member Trevor McGomish was introduced
and he explained his committee's role in assisting and developing bowls in the Wellington, Kapiti and Wairarapa areas.
Park Bowling Club held a graded pairs competition on Saturday.Sepember 17 with the combinations of Nelson Tepu and Trevor Haxton and Don Glasgow and Brian Tutty both having four wins and an equal number of wins. However, Tepu and Haxton had the greater number of points, 29 over 24.
Park club president Ron Corbett has had to relinquish the position for health reasons and another election has been held with Doug McLean taking up the role.
Featherston Bowling Club have held their opening day with president Darkie Barrow extending a warm welcome to new and old members and looking forward to a busy season. Patroness Gwen Hart delivered the first jack and a new member in Cliff Grimwood delivered the first bowl.
The Featherston club will celebrate their centenary with an open triples tournament on October 8 and 9
Meanwhile Wairarapa women's bowls selector John Polson has expressed disappointment at the results achieved from a series of practise sessions in which the focus has been on draw bowls, the bread and butter of the game.
Players were set several tasks where the emphasis was on shot and decision making with results being recorded on a percentage basis.
Polson described these results as "very disappointing" although noting that some players had been unable to attend all four sessions and some had actually done well.
He said he had made the statement that the criteria for representative selection, particularly now that the new format of two bowl games is in vogue, included consistency in draw play , in particular, but in all other phases as well.
Polson said it was clear that if Wairarapa were to compete well against other regions their players needed to improve in a number of areas and that while it was early in the season there was no real excuse for bad performance, using the old adage of once you have learnt to ride a bicycle you don't forget.
The next practise session for the women players will be at the Greytown Bowling Club on Saturday, September 24, starting at 10am.
Coming events are: September 24,Park Trust House open mixed triples; October 1 and 2, South End Lion men's triples; October 2, Masterton opening at 1.30pm; October 4, entries close for Wairarapa superbowls preliminary; October 5, round two of midweek triples at Greytown starting 1.30pm; October 8 and 9, Featherston centennial DB mens triples; October 13, South End WBS farmers fours; October 14, Masterton WBS mixed triples; October 15,Super Bowls Wairarapa preliminary at Greytown.