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NZ Herald
15-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Historic win for Poverty Bay East Coast at Gribble Rosebowl indoor bowls tournament
At the end of the first day, BoP led with 78 points, followed by PBEC on 73, Tauranga 71 and HB 66. Scoring remained close on Sunday. The day started with a round of singles from which HB surged to the lead on 93, two ahead of PBEC (91), followed by BoP on 87 and Tauranga 81. At the completion of the pairs round, BoP had regained the lead with 105, PBEC trailed on 100 and HB and Tauranga were close behind on 99 and 96 respectively. A tense round of fours determined the final placings. PBEC secured all 16 points from their matches to secure overall victory. The final points were PBEC 116, HB 109, BoP 105 and Tauranga 102. Top PBEC scorers were Dylan Foster with 7.5 wins from nine games; Leighton Shanks, Warren Gibb and Keith Setter with seven wins; Matthew Foster with 6.5 wins; and Kayla Trowell with six wins. While the PBEC team were in Napier, brother and sister Sean and Sophie Haskins travelled to Whakatāne for the North Island Eastern Zone singles and pairs event for players with up to five years of indoor bowls experience. From a field of 14, Sean and Sophie qualified in the singles event. Sean made it to the final against defending champion Matthew Spargo, of Tauranga, who retained the title with a 14-5 win.
NZ Herald
02-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Road trip a success for Poverty Bay East Coast indoor bowlers
David Lynn (PBEC) and Kevin Boothby (Thames Valley) also donated a trophy for the PBEC-Thames Valley match-up. The long-time friends have played together at several national competitions and, with the late Graeme Pedersen, won the 2003 North Island triples competition. The inaugural contest for the Boothby/Lynn Trophy was narrowly won by PBEC, 36-32. Top scorers for the day were Jay Casey, Kayla Trowell, Rachael Rickard and Andrew Rickard with six wins from eight games. On Sunday, PBEC contested the Bill Moore Memorial Cup against Rotorua, Whakatāne and Thames Valley in Whakatāne. PBEC emerged victorious on 89 points to retain the cup, Whakatāne were second on 79.5, Thames Valley third on 63 and Rotorua fourth on 56.5. PBEC also retained the Sunshine Trophy against Whakatāne, 25-23. Top scorers, with five wins from six games, were Keith Setter, Casey, Matthew Foster and Trowell. In other news, a group of PBEC bowlers competed in the Hawke's Bay Easter tournament. While several qualified for post-section play in several events, Lynn achieved the best PBEC player result of runner-up in the fours competition with Rodney Mills, Lisa Gould and David Pollard.
