The Diamond Buttons (women) and Diamond Buckles (men) are old Wellington competitions played for between Wellington Centre clubs. They are pairs competitions which involve drawing bowls into a segmented diamond and scoring is complicated. It is a challenge format and the holder retains the Buttons/Buckles until a challenger wins. |
This season the Silverstream women retained the Diamond Buttons throughout the season, repelling all challenges. Congratulations to Robyn Tuckett and Josie Coombe who played in most of the challenges and to Margaret Opray who also played. Well done! The Silverstream men had one unsuccessful challenge.
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We recently received this report from Tim Lovell-Smith: "Claire Bradburn, Silverstream along with Jean Parley and Margaret Maher from Auckland are now the Oceania Women’s Triples Champions. This is the first time NZ has had any of its teams get past the second round. In the quarter finals they beat a team from Tahiti who are seen as the top Country in Oceania. In the semi finals they took out New Caledonia, meaning they had to beat Wallace in the final. This game started about 9pm and after 2 ends players had to leave the terrain and attend a dinner and formal ceremony attended by the Minister and other dignitaries. The NZ team returned to the terrain as soon as the speeches were over rather than have a meal. When the officials returned the game recommenced and ended up finishing at 12.30am. with NZ winning 15-11. All finals were played to 15 but the rest went to 11. Claire, Jean and Margaret were popular winners and were given great support during the final particularly from the Vanuatu players and locals. NZ has been last in the standings and while this didn’t change the position for the Team it was a great boost for all concerned. The presentations finished at 1.30am. Claire has a quick turnaround getting home on Tuesday afternoon and going to Alexandra on Thursday as she is in the Trans-Tasman team to play Australia." Well done Claire!
Also on Sunday 21st February our Year 1-5 triples teams of James Florance, Brian Ruby and Tim Barling competed in ther Gibbons Trophy, a long standing competition for Hutt Valley teams, winning the second grade. Well done! On Wednesday 24th February, Mates in Bowls Round #5 was played. On Friday 26th February our Grant's Corner to Corner competition concluded. Congratulations to winner Warwick Dugdale. The runner up was John Eggleton from our Mates In bowls group. Warwick and John no go on to ply in the regional finals. On Saturday 27th February/Sunday 28th February/Monday 29th February the Centre Open Triples was held. One of our four men's teams qualified for post section play, whilst our women's team battled through to win their event! congratulations to Robyn Tuckett, Margaret Opray and Kennie Critchlow. See also the photo on our latest news page, posted 29/2/16. On Tuesday 1st March Round #6 of the Club Aggregate Shield was played. On Wednesday 2nd March our Men's Pennants teams were in action. The Division One team regorded a 6-0 win over Stokes Valley whilst the Division Three team lost to Petone Central by the same score. Also on Wednesday 2nd March, Mates in Bowls Round #6 was played. Our two Club Championship Fours winners travelled to Whitby (women) and Titahi Bay (men) on Saturday 5th March to play in the Champion of Champion Fours event. Both teams were eliminated in the first round. There was a Club Day on Tuesday 8th March. Both our Men's Pennants teams lost 0-6 on Wednesday 9th March. Our two Club Championship winners travelled to Johnsonville on Saturday 12th March to play in the Champion of Champion Singles event. Both players were eliminated in the first round after tight matches. Our Women's Years 1-5 Singles Club Championship was held on Saturday 12th March. This year it was a combined competition with Stokes Valley. The Winner was Kennie Critchlow (Silverstream) and the runner up was Helen Baker (Stokes Valley). Our 27th First Year Invitation Singles Tournament took place on Sunday 13th March and yet again the weather was good for this event. Congratulations to winners Marie Crookston (Tawa) and Ian McLeod (Miramar). On Tuesday 15th March Round #7 of the Club Aggregate Shield took place. The last Round of Division 1 of the Men's Pennants was held on Wednesday 16th March. Our team lost 2-4 but managed to avoid bottom spot in the Division. Our Division Three team completed their programme a week earlier and finished mid table. This will be the last Results/Activities Update covering a period of time as we are approaching the end of the season. Further results will be reported individually in Latest News.
On Friday 26th January we played the finals of our Grant's Corner to Corner competition. Sponsored by Grant's Whisky, this competition proceeds through club and regional level to national level. Our final included all our Friday night winners and congratulations go to overall winner, Club member Warwick Dugdale and runner up John Eggleton from our Mates In Bowls group. Warwick and John will now compete in the regional final to be held at the Wilton Bowling Club on Saturday 5th March, starting at 2pm. Best of luck to you both!
Here is a message from Margaret Opray: " Many thanks to those who supported social bowls today. We had 10 full members, 2 casual members, 1 social member, 2 mates in bowls and 1 overseas visitor. Although numbers were very disappointing all those who played had a great time and the weather was kind to us The winners were Iain Opray, Paul Smith and David Crombie - no prizes, just the pleasure of winning a good day out. Robyn Tuckett was the lucky participant who won the $50 bar tab for playing in this and attending the mid year update. We also give a huge thanks to Aaron Wall, Dave Hewitt, David King and Graham Mudgway who donated the Pak n Save vouchers they won after an Interclub game to provide the meat, bread and onions for a free barbecue to all who were there. Aaron Wall also cooked the barbeque, so further thanks to him. Thanks to Don McMurray for always having the green ready for us and to Ian Prince for ironing it." Finally a big thanks to Margaret for organising the afternoon.
Adam Turner, who was selected to represent Wellington in the Manawatu Hexagonal Tournament playing on 20th/21st February. Josie Coombe and Robyn Tuckett, for being selected to represent Hutt Valley in the Janet Lynch Trophy , to be played on 24th February. David Hewitt, Dennis Coombe, Don McMurray, Ian Prince and Hylton Tuckett, for being selected to represent Hutt Valley in the Bambery Trophy, to be played on 24th February.
On Wednesday 27th January, Mates In Bowls was cancelled as the Wednesday weather curse struck again. On Saturday 30th January the First Year Singles championship was concluded. Congratulations to winner Christine Hewitt. The Runner Up was Rachel Fiso. Saturday 30th January saw the second day of qualifying for the Club Championships Men's Singles. a further four qualifiers were found, making a total of nine who will play off for the title on 6th February. On Sunday 31st January our Year 1-5 four played in the annual McArthur Henry Shield competition for Hutt Valley Clubs. The reached the final, just losing a very tight match. Well done James Florance, Brian Ruby, Tim Barling and Christine Hewitt. On Sunday 31st January we played the Club Championship Mixed Pairs, which was organised by Paul Smith. Congratulation to winners Margaret Opray and Rob Leach. Runners Up were Hylton and Robyn Tuckett. On Tuesday 2nd February, the Club Aggregate Shields Round #3 was played. On Wednesday 3rd February, our Mens Teams did battle in Pennants Round #8, with the Division One team winning 4-2 and the Division Three team losing 0-6. On Saturday 6th February to Club Championship Men's Singles and Women's Pairs were concluded. Congratulation to winners Paul Smith and Josie Coombe & Robyn Tuckett . Runners up were Adam Turner and Margaret Opray & Christine Hewitt. On Tuesday 9th February, the Club Aggregate Shields Round #4 was played. On 13th/14th February the Club Championships Men's Triples took place. Congratulation to Steve Critchlow, Hylton Tuckett & Brian Ruby who beat Don McMurray, Dennis Coombe & Roy Rogers in the final. On Wednesday 17th February, Men's Pennants was canned yet again due to the weather.
First up at 12.30pm is a social bowls triples, open to all members. You can enter as a team or as an individual and you will be put in a team. To enter, put your name(s) on the entry form on the Club notice board or email [email protected] At 4.00pm our Mid Year Update Meeting will be held. This is open to all categories of members and provides an opportunity both for our Committee to provide an update on how we are progressing this season and for members to give their thoughts. The Update historically lasts less than an hour. One person who attends the Update will win a $50 bar tab. Following the Update there will be a barbeque for all. Four of our men members have generously donated vouchers which they won so that we can purchase meat and supply a barbeque free of charge to all at the end of the day. The Club will provided salads. Hope to see you on Sunday afternoon!
This time to Kennie Critchlow and Adam Turner for being selection in the Wellington team to play in the Wellington Canterbury Quadrangular on 13th/14th February.
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On Sunday 10th January or annual Double Singles competition took place, organised by Paul Smith, which was a lot of fun. Congratulations to Peter Alsop, the winning skip and to Roy Rogers, the winning lead. On Tuesday 12th January the Club Aggregate Shields competition started. On Wednesday 13th January the Mens Pennants competition started up again with Round #2 being played which was postponed from 4th November. Two 6-0 scorelines were recorded, a win to the Division Three team and a loss to the Division One team. On Saturday 16th January the final of the Club Championship Women's Triples took place. Congratulations to winners Robyn Tuckett (s), Mary Sue Critchlow and Christine Hewitt. Runners Up were Josie Coombe (s), Margaret Opray and Rachel Fiso. Also on Saturday 16th January, the Club Championship Men's Singles got under way with the first section playing qualification matches. Five players qualified for post section play. The second section will play their qualification matches on Saturday 30th January. On Tuesday 19th January the Club Aggregate Shields competition was canned due to the weather. On Wednesday 20th January our Mens Pennants teams were in action again playing another postponed round, with both teams losing 2-4.. On Thursday 21st January our Womens Pennants team played in Rounds #7 & 8, losing both matches 0-8.
Yes, it's that time of year again! Our extremely popular Mates In Bowls starts on 27th January and continues on Wednesday evenings through to early March. Each year returning players are joined by new ones. These are fun evenings for newcomers to bowls and for those who have played just a little bit. You can find all the details on our Bowls Silverstream facebook page, including an application form. Get your name down now and join in the fun!
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