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A perfect Purvis Cup
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PHOTO: P. Hopey
Cup winners, from left: Mike Bridgland (s), Jill Hill and Dane Minson. No wonder the Wānaka Bowling Club is thriving.
With a new mat having been installed on the outside green, 12 Mixed Triples teams entered and idyllic evening weather - it could not have been more perfect conditions for the annual running of the Purvis Cup Mixed Triples.
Three games of eight ends were played and when all the results had been tallied up the results were:
Mike Bridgland (s), Dave Minson, Jill Hill 75 points, 1, Ewan Miller (s), Kathryn Mitchell, Lyn Leary 57 points, 2, Murray Finn (s), Tom Malcolm, Heather Malcolm 55 points, 3, Peter Herbert (s), Val Ransom, Yvonne Gale 54 points, 4.
Winning skip, Mike Bridgland is a relatively new member of the Wānaka Club having bowled for some 20 years in the Wellington area. Mike was well supported by Dave Minson and Jill Hill and their three straight wins placed them well ahead of the field. Recently a party of 17 members of the Kia Toa Bowling Club, from Hastings, visited and this was a huge success. The visiting club played against and with our Friday Progressive bowlers, who did a great job of hosting the visitors. The weather was perfect and the compliments about the scenery surrounding our amazing facilities were a plenty, not to mention the compliments about our tremendous southern hospitality.
– By Peter Wilson
PHOTO: P.Wilson Wānaka and Kia Toa Bowlers enjoyed a Friday progressive. Oisin Corbett
Wānaka players came home with three trophies from the fifth and final Head tournament in Dunedin at the weekend.
Oisin Corbett won the mixed A division, Kyan Prince won the mixed B division and Cody Armstrong the C division.
Kyan had a great battle with clubmate Matthew Botting to take the B division. The third place play off was another club clash, between Alex Resnick and Rui Fukaya, and Alex prevailed in four sets. Ethan Prince came fifth, giving the Wānaka juniors the first five placings. Harriet Sargood playing with an injury did well to complete all her games and finished eighth.
Both Cody Armstrong, who won the C division, and Cormac Smith, who placed third, produced excellent performances.
About 70 juniors competed in the 5 Head series events during the year with points being gained from each event. The Wānaka juniors have dominated the series with club juniors taking out the first six places.
Oisin was the overall winner, Matthew was second, Kyan, Ethan and Alex equal third and Rui sixth.
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