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NZ Herald
23-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Paddy Stewart named Bowls Gisborne-East Coast men's player of the year award
While Stewart has been outstanding value for Te Karaka Bowling Club during his four years in Gisborne, he has also been a mentor for younger bowlers. Most improved junior men Kyle and Liam Pinn are among those who have benefited from his advice and encouragement. Women's player of the year Whiteman won three centre titles this season – the women's open singles, women's open triples and champion of champions women's open triples with Dayvinia Mills and Karen Pinn. Whiteman and her team will play in the national champion of champions women's triples in Auckland from August 22 to 24. Sixth-year bowlers Kyle and Liam Pinn, of the Kahutia and Poverty Bay bowling clubs, won the Kahutia senior men's pairs and represented the club in the champion of champions senior men's pairs. They also won the champion of champions junior triples alongside their father Geoff Pinn, and the Burnside Trophy for the mixed junior (up to eight years of bowls experience) interclub alongside Geoff Pinn, Gerry Kora and Salvie Rickard. Kyle and Liam had encouraging results in their first three-day Kittyhawk national under-21 singles tournament in Wellington. Kyle finished fourth equal in the second division of the competition and Liam was third in Division 3. First-year bowler Raklander, of Gisborne Bowling Club, finished third-equal in the centre women's open singles and won her first centre title as a member of the winning team in the Ella Gibson Women's Open Fours. She was selected and played in the senior women's octagonal and intercentre. Raklander was out of town when the prizegiving was held.
NZ Herald
06-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Kahutia Bowling Club wins Burnside Trophy in junior interclub final
Kahutia Bowling Club's team won the Burnside Trophy for junior interclub competition when they beat Tolaga Bay in an entertaining final, played on Poverty Bay Bowling Club's greens. The team of twins Liam and Kyle Pinn, their father Geoff Pinn, Gerry Kora and Salvie Rickard won the pairs and triples in two sets straight. July Hoepo managed the winning team. Tolaga Bay Bowling Club's junior interclub team members were Clara Taingahue, Shane Smiler, Vee-Shay, Malachi Taingahue and Krystel Wlliams. Third-equal were Poverty Bay Bowling Club Team 1 (Karen Pinn, Kandyce Bevan, Keith Tamanui, Jack Clark and Rob Hicklin) and Gisborne Bowling Club Team 3 (Peter Clay, Libby Clay, Andrew Ball, Chris Bunyan and Peter Ferris).
