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Good Neighbours’ Cup 2023



The 34th playing of the Good Neighbours’ Cup resulted in Burnside narrowly retaining the trophy from Bowls Papanui. Sixteen Fours each played two games of 10 ends on the two attractive Condell Avenue greens in warm temperatures and a gusty wind on the afternoon of Sunday, 15 January 2023. The first round of games was won decisively by Burnside 5-2 with one game drawn. Each team changed greens for the second game and a sea change occurred in this round as the tide turned dramatically in Papanui’s favour. The home side won four games games to the visitors’ two, with two games drawn. The final result was a very nervy win, 7-6 games to Burnside with 3 games drawn.


The only Burnside Four to win two games was Roger Brown, Millie Knox, James O’Kane skipped by Ray Moody. Well done also to the team that led 12-6 into the final end of their second game, but hung on grimly to deprive the opposition of a seventh shot and so recorded a memorable draw.


All 64 players contributed something very worthwhile on the day and more importantly enjoyed the contest played in a very friendly spirit followed by a great afternoon tea. Executive member, Alistair Salt gratefully accepted the Cup on behalf of the Burnside team. Thanks to Papanui’s Robin Dunn who skilfully organised this event. We look forward to next year’s match to be held at Burnside.





Women's Championship Fours



Lead: Jill Lee

Second: Lyn Martin

Third: Tracy Fickling

Skip: Carol Dawe


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Ken and AJ's Super Saturday



Best Skip

Sean Quinn (3/13/29)

Best Second

Phil Black (3/14/37)

Best Lead

Warren Broughton (3/13/35)

Other Three winners

Millie Knox (3/13/32)

Ray Moody (3/11/31)





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Hayman Trophy



Overall

1 Brad Sinclair 69

2 Gordon Morrison 66

3 Evan Owens 64

4 Don McClelland 63

5= Michael Weeks and Kevin Rowe 62

7 Pat Bonham 61

8 Jayden Owens 58

9= Paul Beecroft and Ryan Bonham 56

Women

1 Pam Clark 2 Beth Mehaffey 3 Clare Churcher

Under 5 Years

1 Evan Owens 2 Jayden Owens 3 Mike Mehaffey

First and Second Years

1 Paul McOscar 2 Shaun Gore 3 Ken Stevens

Village People

1 Murray Harper 2 Graham Tate 3 Pierre Alexandre



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ken's report



Orchard Trophy



Laing Green

First was David Crombie's team.

Second was Beryl Murphy's team - both three winners.


Orchard Green

First was Michael Mehaffey's team - the only team with three wins on Orchard. Second was Neil Andersen's team with two wins and a draw.


Overall winner was Michael Mehaffey's team - with Cliff John subbing for Sharyn Pryde with Don Thurlow playing second.



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Mid Week Fours - Thiele Trophy



Congratulations to Mike Murphy (S), Mike Weeks, James O'Kane and Alistair Salt who are winners of the Thiele Fours Trophy. They had four wins from four games.


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Teams and Results



Hornburn Trophy



88 players tussled for the Hornburn Trophy on a cold day in a biting wind. The quality of the 11 rinks on the Davie and Laing Greens however added to the general enjoyment of the event. Thanks Jamey and Barry. Each Four played 2 nine-end games before retreating to the warmth of the clubhouse. The final result was that Burnside won 12 games to the 8 games won by Bowls Hornby with 2 games drawn. Burnside led 6/5 after the first round but was behind on differential 84/93. Burnside rallied in the second round 6/3 with 2 games drawn, with the differential 114/84. Overall Burnside triumphed for the first time in four years, 12 games to 8 with 2 drawn. Every Burnside team contributed to this tally but special mention should be made of the only two teams that won both their games David Wilson, Lois Clarke, John Switalla, skipped by Peter Quinn, and Kevin Callaghan, Rod Kearney, Graham Rees skipped by Pat Bonham. Barry Bunting’s Four of Jill Lee, John Church and Lynne Brown achieved a win and a draw to remain unbeaten as did the one Burnside Four representing Bowls Hornby, Robyn Owens, Jayden Owens, Neil Andersen skipped by Vice President Hamish Wilson.

Hornby’s President Keith McSkimmin, graciously presented the trophy to Burnside’s President, Richard Bruce and after pleasantries, the highlight for many, the afternoon tea was devoured. Thanks to Brenda Turner, Rhonda Reid, Jan Harmon and all their helpers on the day. This was an enjoyable contest, played for in earnest but in excellent spirit. We look forward to next year’s event to be played at Bowls Hornby.

Meanwhile 47 members were engrossed in their Festival Bowls tournament on the Orchard Green. They endured the same conditions as those on the front greens albeit for a shorter time. There were some great bowls played out the back and over 20 players won two out of their three games. Results 1. Alan Bryce (3wins, 15 ends, 29 points), 2= Doug Youl & Lou Dent (3/14/34), 4. Ken Stevens (3/14/25), 5. Carol Dawe (3/13/25), 6. Ron Boyce (3/11/30), 7. Rosemary Harper (2½/12/28), 8. Lloyd Guest (2½/ 11/25), Consolation – Ray Moody (2½/ 11/25).

All in all 135 players were on the greens this Saturday afternoon!

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Opening Day Trophy



The 2022-23 bowling season was officially opened on September 3 in the Club lounge by Christchurch Mayor, Lianne Dalziel. Action on the greens however was delayed until the afternoon of September 17 when 95 players enjoyed warmish temperatures under blue skies on true and evenly paced greens. The Opening Day Trophy was the prize and the format was two-bowl triples, 4 games of 5 ends each. The Festival Bowls card system successfully mixed the teams and each player played with up to 20 others during the afternoon. Two greens and 16 rinks were fully utilised. The Trophy was presented to the Skip, Second and Lead with the best results, with prizes also for the best Skips, Seconds and Leads from each green. The next 5 best scores from either green won prizes as did 4 lucky, unlucky players. For most of the others the “tea/coffee on the run” was among their highlights. A good afternoon of Bowls in pleasant conditions in good company!


Results: Only three players won all four of their games, all from the same green and each filling a different playing position

- Skip Jamey Ferris

- Second Karolyn Boon

- Lead Trevor Thornton

This trio won the Opening Day Trophy 2022.


Laing Green Winners Geoff Clarke Phil Black Michael Mehaffey.

Orchard Green Winners Brian Clarkson Tracy Fickling Estelle Jarvis.

Next best 5 Leo Crimmins, Graham Tate, Lois Clarke, AJ van Hasselt,
Pauline Huggins.


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Welcome to the New Season



Members are warmly invited to attend the opening day function in the upstairs lounge from 3.30pm this Saturday 3 September. The bar will be open from 3.30pm and the official opening starts at 4pm, with Hon. Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, and local councillor Sam MacDonald attending. The event is a great opportunity to reconnect over chatter, food and drink before we head into another great bowling season. We look forward to seeing you all there.





Breaking News



President Richard Bruce is very pleased to announce that Fiona Head, your local Rawleigh’s Independent Distributor, will be Burnside Bowling Club’s major sponsor for the next three years. This generous sponsorship package, which includes supporting the Burnside Stewart Buttar Pairs, has been given Platinum Plus status.

A huge thank you to Fiona for supporting the Club in this way





Alan Bryce - Community Service Award



Great news for Alan Bryce and we congratulate him. Alan works tirelessly as a volunteer for our club. He was also recently made a Burnside BC Life Member.





Deane's Remarkable Story



At the Burnside Bowling Club-New Zealand this morning, Deane Robertson shared his life-changing story about his vision. His life has changed in many ways with his new visibility but also his Bowls game. Listen in to hear the full story on Newshub.


We were fortunate enough to have Nigel Avery, the New Zealand Team Chef De Mission for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, presenting Deane with his Games uniform, which he proudly accepted. You won't want to miss this inspiring story of Deane's Bowls journey and heartfelt interview with Director, Kevin Smith.



Herald Article



Executive Team for the 2022-23 Season



Richard Bruce - President



Hamish Wilson - Vice President



Jill Lee - Secretary



Alistair Salt - Treasurer



Pat Bonham



Kerrie Bruce



Rod Kearney



Richard Mitchell



Evan Owens





Annual General Meeting



We had a great turn-out for this afternoon’s AGM. Thanks to all those who attended.


Burnside welcomes three new Life Members: Alan Bryce, Graham Lowery, and John Reese. All three have contributed hugely to our Club and are well-deserving of this special recognition. Congratulations to them all.


Outgoing President Brenda Turner was acknowledged for all her years on the Executive, mainly as Secretary, then for the last two years as President.

Thank you, Brenda.


We welcomed in a new Executive for the 2022-2023 season:

President: Richard Bruce

Vice President: Hamish Wilson

Secretary: Jill Lee

Treasurer: Alistair Salt

Executive members:

Pat Bonham, Kerrie Bruce, Rod Kearney, Richard Mitchell, Evan Owens.


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