Twenty-five teams took part in the Regional Doubles Championship at Horowhenua, which was four more than the previous year.
The Trophy final featured Myles Cowper and Michael Rocks against Moises Burgos and Lee Taffard. Lee and Moises took an early lead that they held until the end to win their first Regional Championship.
The Plate final was won by Christine Strichen/Claire Wilson against Carolyn Graham/Shirley MacDonald.
Graeme Morris/Lynne Shepherd defeated Dave Gwerder/Linda Millard to win the Bowl final.
Upper Hutt Maidstone Mêlée had a total of 36 entries locally and from Haitaitai, Kapiti and Naenae. Despite some pretty heavy rain the day before, the pistes were clear of any residual water although one or two pistes were quite damp.
The weather was fine for the most part and a good time was enjoyed by all.
The first boule was thrown by Upper Hutt Mayor, Wayne Guppy.
The winner on plus 31 was John Clarke (Upper Hutt) and second was Emiel Smeets (Upper Hutt). Well done to both of them.
Special thanks to Eileen Murray for acting as scorer for the day. Likewise to all who helped set up and tear down and put away. Also thanks to food donors and the raffle organisers.
Otaki New Year Mêlée
8 January 2019
Gary Brunton and Claire Wilson.
Beautiful weather and 56 entries made for a great start to the new year.
The top 5 players were:
Claire Wilson (Wanganui East) 1;
Rafick Koleejan (Kapiti) & Dave Smart (Manawatu) 2 equal;
Bronwyn Ritchie (Kapiti) 4;
Dave Gatchell (Horowhenua) 5.
Congratulations to the winner and thanks to everyone who took part.
Report and photo: Ann Hogg.
Khandallah Mixed Doubles
14 January 2019
2019 Khandallah Mixed Doubles participants
Sixteen teams took part in the Khandallah Open Mixed Doubles. The weather was fine and a good time was enjoyed by all.
The trophy final featured the two undefeated teams Paul Bonsey/Lynley Watt (Upper Hutt) and Moises Burgos (Upper Hutt)/Michelle Maxwell (Kapiti). It was a close game until Paul and Lynley being down 9-8 picked up a 5 to win the trophy final 13-9.
In the Plate section Adrienne and Dave Gwerder came back to win the Plate final 13-8 over Geoff and Linda Brown.
Erica Drake and Andrew Joe won the Bowl final 13-5 over Robin Mann and Bruce Stephenson.
The Cup final was won by Anne and Simon Grant who beat Sue Boaden and Bruce McDonald 13-6.
The video of the 2018 WPA Open Triples final at Otaki between Steve Frampton/Ann Hogg/Shirley MacDonald and Murray Porter/Michael Rocks/Brian Smith is now on YouTube.
Representative Teams
14 January 2019
Twelve Wellington Region players have been named in the New Zealand Trans Tasman team to play against Australia. The match will be held in Newcastle, New South Wales, over the weekend of 16-17 March.
Senior Women
Claire Bradburn, Ann Hogg, Shirley MacDonald, Angela Maxted, Sheryl Parslow, Anne Shields. Reserve: Kay George.
Senior Men
Dave Gatchell, Tony Gatford, Bill Peachey, Richard Swaney, Lee Taffard, Paul Tamagushiku. Reserve: Merv Wilson.
Twenty-two teams took part in the WPA Open Triples at Otaki on the 8th December. In a close final Murray Porter, Michael Rocks and Brian Smith managed to come back and win the Trophy final 13-9 over Steve Frampton, Ann Hogg and Shirley MacDonald.
The Plate winners were Kathy Gatford, Tony Gatford and Lynne Shepherd who beat Liz Donaldson, Barbara Smith and Maureen Walker.
Finally, the Bowl winners were Annick LeGuen, Christine Strichen and Claire Wilson who beat Alan Cameron, Ngaire Eriksen and Marc Khull.
Eight clubs took part in the inter-club competition played at Kapiti. There was a total of fourteen teams split into two divisions. Division 1 had eight teams (one from each club) and division 2 had 6 teams.
Congratulations to Kapiti for winning the inter-club competition 2019.
