The Centre First Year Singles were completed last weekend, and 18 players took part.
In the men’s division, first place went to William Carey of Mamaranui, who was the only player on the day to win all their matches. Second place went to Staun Popham of Leigh, and third place to Andrew McKinlay of Kensington.
In the women’s division, the winner in a very close competition was Lorraine Davies of Mangawhai. Second place went to Viki Hurring of One Tree Pt, and third place to Pauline Hall of Kamo. Well done to everyone - a great start to their bowling career.
Meanwhile in Christchurch, the Centre men’s and women’s representative squads were fighting it out in the New Zealand Championship. The women failed to qualify in their section when they went down to the eventual winners of the event, Nelson. The bronze medals came north when the men’s squad won their section and then went down to the eventual winners of the event, Wellington, in the semifinals, with one shot and five millimetres being the difference in the winning of the pairs competition.
The last end was killed by the Wellington skip, with it having to be replayed, and Northland lost out on playing for gold.