Winners: M Brown, C Walker, R Nasey, M Nasey

Runners-up: M Hadrup, G Earle, R Baxter, M Sokol

The qualifiers for post section play were seeded as follows:

1) Mike Hadrup, Geoff Earle, Ross Baxter, Mladen Sokol

2) Mark Brown, Craig Walker, Rob Nasey, Mike Nasey

3) Tere Brunton, Ross Hammonds, Trefor Jones, Cameron Marsh

4) Fred Gerber, Bert Sharp, Colin Harris, John Almond

The semi finals, in which 1) played 4) and 2) played 3), were both won by the highest qualifier resulting in a Hadrup vs Brown final.

The final was a tight and tense game that saw the score at 11-10 to Brown after the penultimate end. The Naseys drew slightly closer than Sokol and Baxter on the last end. Earle and Hadrup were unable to move the jack to a pocket of bowls through the head giving Brown a 12-10 win.

The Champ singles will be continued this Saturday 17th December starting at 1pm.   

Linda Ralph is representing Pakuranga in the final of the Auckland Open Singles this Saturday at the Howick Bowling Club.  The final is set to start at 9am.   We wish Linda good luck and great bowls. 

The Vet Pairs has been rescheduled for Thursday 15th March 2012.  Please mark this in your diary.

The Grandparents Triples scheduled for this Thursday the 15th December has been rescheduled for 1 March 2012.

There will be Twilight bowls on at the club this Thursday the 15 December with a start time of 6pm.  Cost is $5 for members, $10 for non-members.  A light meal is included.   Single entry, just turn up on the night or ring the club after 4pm and leave your name.

Women’s Division 1

The women’s Division 1 team beat Carlton-Cornwall on Sunday 2-1 to take out the title for the second year in a row! They will now represent Auckland in the regional finals in Northland in March 2012.

Pictured is the winning team of L-R (back)        Alison Rennie, Jill Fraser, Karen Hema, Sharon Siegruhn, Diane Harris, Mike Nasey (Manager). Front – Margaret Davies, Tania Wrigley. Congratulations.

Women’s Division 2

The Women’s Division 2 team qualified top in their section after the 1st day of qualifying but unfortunately were unable to keep the momentum going losing to Mangere in the first round of post section on Sunday. Thanks to Joylene Young for a wonderful job as manager.

Men’s Division 1

The Men’s Division 1 team won four games and failed to qualify finishing below Carlton-Cornwall and Pringle Park.

Men’s Division 2

The Men’s Division 2 team won their section but lost the first post-section game on Sunday to Howick.

The Women’s Drawn Handicap Pairs was completed on Sunday 30 October.  The winners were Priscilla Holt (s) & Joylene Young with the runners up Sue Peters (s) and Ra Brunton. 

The Women’s Championship Fours was completed on Sunday.

From Left to Right: Runners-up; Marleen Brunton, Priscilla Holt, Sue Peters and Linda Earle and Winners; Sharon Siegruhn, Diane Harris, Jo Stanton and Linda Ralph.

Congratulations go to the Men’s Division 3 team upon finisihing in second place. This secures promotion to Division 2 for next season.

The Men’s Division 9 narrowly missed promotion finishing third.

The Women’s Premier Division finished in fourth place but were only 1 point behind the three teams above them and with a far superior points differential to two of them.

The Men’s Premier Division and the Women’s Division 1 each finished in 7th place and will be dropping down a division next year.

The Women’s Premier side won 5 from 9 in the weekend and lie in fourth place. They lie 3 points behind Onehunga but only 1 point behind Mangere and Blockhouse Bay. A good final two rounds could see them take second place.

The Men’s Premier side had a less than impressive day gaining only 1 win. This leaves them in second to last position and 5 points below their next closest opposition. With only two rounds remaining they will have to play well to avoid relegation.

The Women’s Division 1 side also lie deep in the relegation zone and while the Men’s Division 9 side lie in last place they are only 2 points behind four teams in second equal place.

The Saturday Interclub competition for men and women got underway last Saturday. The Men’s Division 9 and the Women’s Division 1 teams played at home while the remaining teams were scatterred far and wide.

Men’s Premier Division is tight at the top with Blockhouse Bay 1 and Maddren Homes Hillboro Red on 10 points apiece. Southern Cross Cables Onehunga 1 and Pakuranga Red share 3rd spot on 6 points each.

In the Women`s Premier Division Blockhouse Bay Gold is holding top spot on 10 points with Pakuranga Gold and Southern Cross Cables Onehunga 1 are on 7 points.

Howick  has scooped two of the three top spots in Women’s Division 1 at the moment with Howick Blue on 10 points ahead of Carlton Cornwall Gold and Howick Maroon on 8 points. Pakuranga Blue lies with 2 points.

Men’s Division 3 is has Southern Cross Cables Onehunga  2 and Glendowie Eagles each with four wins on Saturday and then the next four teams all with three wins. Pakuranga Blue lies with 2 wins.  That division will remain wide open with all in with a good chance at the moment.

Men’s Division 9 is also an interesting result with Mt Albert Team Advantage ahead on 10 points and then the next four teams, icluding Pakuranga Green, on 6 points each. So with only four points separating all six teams it will be a battle to watch.

The Men’s Handicap qualifying was played on Saturday 3/9/2011 and the knockout completed on the Sunday. Geoff Earle and Colin Byers where the winners with Mark Brown and George Thompson coming runners-up.