Photo credit: R&S Hayes29 April 2000
Tournament Directors: Dean Norman and Michael Rocks.
This tournament was originally intended as an Anzac Day event, but a decision was made to change to the following Saturday due to the commemorative nature of Anzac Day. The weather on Saturday, although cold, was thankfully, much better than on Tuesday.
In a slight change from the usual format for single day tournaments, a series of knockouts were run after the conclusion of pool play. This kept all teams interested until, at least, the penultimate game.
The WPA seeding list was used to rank the top teams and it was nice to see that many of the unseeded teams have so little respect for past performance. The biggest single upset was probably George Brown and Tommy Werry thumping top seed Phil Doyle and John Moss 13-2 in the first round.
Phil and John recovered from the shock to reach the final against Barbara Johnston and Graeme Morris. After two ends it was 1-1 and then Phil and John scored 12 unanswered points over the next five ends to record a rather one-sided result.
Khandallah results were very good. Peter and Tony played to their seeding and it is only a matter of time before they pick up some silverware. Susan and Elizabeth had an excellent tournament - beating the Dykes for the first time and winning their pool.
In the plate, Khandallah was the winner on the day as Derek and Sandra edged out Pam and Ron in the final (13-9). This event has whetted Derek's appetite for competitive play and he is now looking for a partner for the Winter League.
Brenda and Neil had an erratic start to the day, but settled down later on to take out the Bowl final (13-5 over Gerald and Margaret).
In the Mug section Dorothy and Marj, in their first tournament together, overcame their slow start to win the top prize in convincing style (13-2 over Rosina and Vera).
Daphnie and Janet finally put a horror day behind them to beat Rex and Shirley 13-9 to win the Spoon final.
Thanks to all the teams for making it an enjoyable event, particularly the Hataitai club who mixed and matched some of their players to encourage new players to take part in the tournament.
Special thanks to Elizabeth Rocks and Susan Norman who donated the excellent raffle basket (won by Peter Dennett) and Karen Millar for running the sausage sizzle.
Photo credit: R&S Hayes
Round
Team Club Seed Pool 1 2 3 4 5 6 Div
1 Phil Doyle & John Moss HT 1 A L15 W17 W5 W11 W3 W2 T
2 Barbara Johnston & Graeme Morris MA 3 C W18 W6 W16 W12 W4 L1 T
3 Peter van Heusden & Tony Millar KH 4 D W13 W10 W19 W7 L1 W4 T
4 Susan Norman & Elizabeth Rocks KH - B W9 W14 W20 W8 L2 L3 T
5 Derek Batcheler & Sandra Fitzgibbon KH - A W11 W15 L1 W17 W8 W6 P
6 Pam Knox & Ron Knox KH - C L2 W12 W18 W16 W7 L5 P
7 Richard Lawson & Shirley McCauley HT - D W13 W10 L3 W19 L6 W8* P
8 Max Brown & Don Pettett WE 6 B W14 W20 W9 L4 L5 L7* P
9 Brenda Dykes & Neil Dykes KH 2 B W20 L4 L8 W14 W12 W10 B
10 Gerald Bryan & Margaret Fleck HT 8 D W19 L3 L7 W13 W11 L9 B
11 Harl Stevens & Noela Stevens KA - A L5 W15 W17 L1 L10 W12 B
12 Peter Dennett & Alun Hughes HT 7 C W16 W18 L6 L2 L9 L11 B
13 Dorothy Gordon & Marj Sellars KH - D L3 L7 W19 L10 W15 W14 M
14 Rosina Morrison & Vera Nobilo HT - B L8 W20 L4 L9 W16 L13 M
15 George Brown & Tommy Werry PA - A W1 L11 L5 L17 L13 W16 M
16 Melissa Beals & Pen Moore HT - C L12 W18 L2 L6 L14 L15 M
17 Daphnie Hendrie & Janet Partridge HT 5 A L1 L11 W15 L5 W19 W18 S
18 Rex Hayes & Shirley Hayes KA - C L2 L12 L16 L6 W20 L17 S
19 Claire Bradburn & Maggie Brown SI - D L10 L3 L13 L7 L17 W20 S
20 Marjorie Lekner & Peter Sledmere HT - B L9 L14 L8 L4 L18 L19 S
Club: HT = Hataitai, KA = Kapiti, KH = Khandallah, MA = Masterton, PA = Park Avenue, SI = Silverstream, WE = Wellington. Division: T = Trophy, P = Plate, B = Bowl, M = Mug, S = Spoon. * = default. Results indicate W/L against numbered opponent.