Young Women Dominate as Severe Weather Stops Play at NZ Open

Thursday, November 7, 2013

MEDIA RELEASE

Event: The Trusts New Zealand Open 2013

Dates: Thursday, November 7 – Friday, November 15, 2013

Venue: Henderson Bowls (Headquarters),
2/20 Alderman Drive
Henderson, Auckland

Young Women Dominate as Severe Weather Stops Play at NZ Open

Inclement weather got the better of Auckland greens on the first day of competition at The Trusts New Zealand Open 2013 and play was abandoned.

The Trusts women's singles and Ryman Healthcare men's pairs qualifying competitions were stopped due to monsoon-like rain that made play untenable before all bowlers were able to complete the three rounds of games.

Qualifiers were found from the section winners who played either three rounds, two rounds and ten ends, or two rounds only in The Trusts women's singles and Ryman Healthcare men's pairs.

Among the women who went through into post-section play were two rising young stars: 17-year-old Tayla Bruce (Burnside, Canterbury) and Nicole Toomey (Victoria, Wellington).

The young women won both rounds they played today, with Toomey (18) rolling out multiple national title-holder Anne Bateman in round two, 21-10.

Indicative of a growing pool of elite young bowlers, the pair represented New Zealand this year at the Trans-Tasman Test Series in the under-18 competition against their Australian rivals. Toomey also won the National Secondary School Championships singles event in 2011.

Men's singles and women's pairs qualifying matches will be played from 9am tomorrow morning at clubs around Auckland.

For full results, images and updates as they happen, please go to the Auckland Bowls website, here: http://www.aucklandbowls.co.nz/

Or visit the Auckland Bowls Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/AkBowls

The Trusts New Zealand Open 2013 Qualifiers

Men's Pairs (skips)
Bob McAuley (Composite); Laurie Guy (Mt Victoria); Alvin Gardiner (Composite); Allan G Smith (Blockhouse Bay); Grant Moran (Pauanui); Petar Sain (Composite); Raymond Martin (Victoria); Kevin Smith (Hinuera); Warwick Frederikson (Blockhouse Bay); David Hood (Composite); Bob Howitt (Takapuna); Bevan Beckham (Composite); Warren Dawson (Pringle Park); Grant Goodwin (Hillsboro); Monte Pawa (Composite); Paul Hickey (Howick); James Ballard (Pukekohe Cosmopolitan); Peter Nathan (Birkenhead); Neville Hill (Composite); Ken Fitness (Hikurangi); Lou Newman (Composite); Graham King (Pt Chevalier); Frank Arnerich (Orewa); Dennis Matthews (Birkenhead); Adam Allan (Glen Eden); Dennis Brewster (Hikurangi); Ian Coombe (Mairangi Bay); Laurence Wickliffe (Pt Chevalier); Colin Gawith (Composite); Stephen Cottam (Composite); Nick Gregicevich (Mt Albert); Teo Turua (Bridge Park); Rob Ashton (Composite); Kevin J Robinson (Composite); Barry Aspin (Te Atatu Peninsula); Warwick Alexander (Howick); Terry Cullen (Helensville); Les Brown (Howick); Paul Wightman (Mangawhai); Garry Banks (Mairangi Bay); Jordan King (Onehunga); Doug Tyrrell (Mairangi Bay); Terry Campbell (Glenfield); John Walker (Browns Bay); Leon Wech (Mairangi Bay); Merv Garred (Birkenhead); Bruce Shand (Browns Bay); Jeremy Brosnan (Glen Eden); Gordon Smith (Pringle Park); Eric Pattillo (Kensington); Graham Growcott (Blockhouse Bay); Graham Skellern (Composite); Lance Walker (East Tamaki); John Simons (Tauranga South); Colin O'Brien (Composite); Junior Ngavaevae (Composite); Glenn Newton (Clarks Beach); John Hindmarch (Birkenhead); Barry Columbus (Composite); Patrick Stanaway (Carlton Cornwall); Mark Watt (Composite); Phillip Bennett (Frankton Railway); Greg Newby (Northcote).

Women's Singles
Nicole Toomey (Victoria); Dianne Ratcliffe (Tauranga South); Diane Strawbridge (Kensington); Christine Buchanan (Queenstown); Betty Pouwhare-Mitchell (Hikurangi); Debbie White (Hinuera); Margaret Gurney (Kensington); Tayla Bruce (Burnside); Emma Waerehu (Mangere); Etsuko MacKessack (Balmoral Women's); Margaret Barlow (Tauranga South); Pauline Bax (Hikutaia); Jill Fraser (Pakuranga); Reen Stratford (Birkenhead); Jenny Jones (Pt Chevalier); Doreen Jensen (Onehunga & Districts); Janet Alexander (Omanu); Karen Hema (Carlton Cornwall); Leigh Griffin (Victoria); Karen de Jongh (Carlton Cornwall); Cheryl Hunia (Manurewa Cosmopolitan); Rae Hammond (Mangere); Sue Curran (St Heliers); Cindy Henley (Orewa); Adrienne Tilyard (Pukekohe Cosmopolitan); Raewyn Willis (Omanu); Adrienne Owen-Jones (Carlton Cornwall); Jo McKenna (Pt Chevalier); Linda Ralph (Pakuranga); Jean Ramaekers (Henderson); Elaine McClintock (Browns Bay).

ENDS

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