Zane Carlson 5th in Milo AllStars Youth Boys Graded Masters

Congratulations to Zane Carlson from Whangaparaoa, for finishing 5th in the Youth Boys Graded Masters in the Milo International Junior All-Stars in Kuala Lumpur. After qualifying 27th out of 32 with a 221 average, Zane raised his game in the Masters, bowling a 226 average over 10 games, to climb up to a highly creditable 5th placing.

Update

Update: Zane has continued his tremendous form in the Milo International AllStars, in qualifying for the Youth Open Boys masters, bowling a 729 series over 3 games, a 243 average. Zane qualified 10th out of 12 bowlers in the international field, into the masters field of 44 bowlers. This field contained stars like Adrian Ang and Muhd Nur Aiman, both of which have represented Malaysia at the Commonwealth Champs, and 2010 Australian Masters Champion Sam Cooley.

In the Masters, Zane kept up his massive efforts, to finish 18th, well inside the top half of the field, with a 220 average over 10 games.
Congratulations to Zane for his tremendous achievements in KL, well done.

Results can be found here

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National Bowling Tour qualifying - 300 Game Payouts


TBNZ is pleased to acknowledge the Sponsorship received from Shoefresh during 2011. ($3400 this season) Shoefresh have advised that they had the pleasure of paying out Daniel Simon and Jason Waters their share of the $1000 prize for bowling 300 games during this years qualifying rounds of the NBT Tour.

Daniel bowled 2 perfect games and Jason one, meaning Daniel received $666 and Jason was paid $333.

 

 

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National Tour Final

The last major tournament of the year was held at Strike, Porirua over the weekend of December 10, 11. After 8 tour stops throughout the North Island, most of the top bowlers contested for the overall National Tour Champion for each of the divisions.

On the first day all competitors bowled on a short condition and for most of them, found it difficult, with the scores reflecting this.

The second day was then contested on a longer pattern and by the end of this, the top 4 bowlers from each division were found. From this point on, they bowled a match play format with two different patterns on each lane.

James Kelly and David Davies contested the final, in the open division with David Davies eventually winning two out of 3 games. In the women’s, Sarah Young competed against local bowler Brooke Malone, winning this in two games. German Ebue and Wayne Booth contested the senior’s final with German, easily winning this. In the youth division, Adrian Hoggard and William wells fought it out over 3 games with Adrian eventually coming out the victor.

The junior final also went to three games between Josh Stretton and Alex Harman with Josh winning this.

All the finalists then bowled one game to find the overall National Tour Champion, Sarah Young from Auckland, easily winning the Grand Tour Champion Title.

See full results here:

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The 47th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

Congratulations to Julieanne Mollet, qualifying for the top 24 at the World Cup, she finished on a 201 average for 20 games and in 19th place. Julieanne bowls a further 8 games, 10.pm NZ time on Tuesday evening.

Johannesburg, South Africa is the venue for the 2011 Bowling World Cup. New Zealand's representatives, Julieanne Mollet and Craig Nevatt will compete against the best in the world, we wish them all the best. The Tournament starts on November 30th and runs through to December 7th. Watch their progress on the link below:

http://www.qubicaamf.com/World-Cup/2011-Johannesburg-South-Africa.aspx

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National Bowling Tour – Stop 8
The last of this year’s Tour stops, before the final, was held at Pins Lincoln, Auckland. The qualifying scores were high across all the divisions in the weekend which spectators and supporters enjoyed. Youth bowler Andy Lee showed his talent at his home centre, qualifying for both the open and youth divisions. Top qualifiers in each of the 5 divisions were Jason Waters, Mel Lister, Terry Mustchin, Andy Lee and Kieran Davis.
In the junior division masters, Tauranga based Josh Stretton won comfortable ahead of Sean Powell and Ayron Williams. On sunday morning both the open and ladies divisions were contested where spectators continued to see some great bowling. Local bowler and top qualifier Mel Lister took out this title with a healthy 219 ave ahead of Laura Sinclair, Julieanne Mollet finishing 3rd.

In the open division (placegetters pictured) Jason Waters continued his winning form taking out his 2nd consecutive NBT title just ahead of Sonny Reguerra and Daniel Simon. Daniel also repeated what he did in the last NBT and bowled another 300 game. The youth and seniors were up next on Sunday afternoon with Paul Housham winning the youth division ahead of Zane Carlson, Blake Brooks finishing third. In the seniors, Phil Wright continued his dominance of this division, winning comfortable ahead of Alain Cossardeaux with Terry Mustchin finishing third.

Full results now available
The National Tour final will now be contested in Wellington over the weekend Dec 10, 11.

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11th Asian Seniors Bowling Championship

John Van Der Linden   Allan Heald,
Terry Mustchin           Chan Harris,
Roger Tucker             John Bloomfield,
Wayne Booth             Fred Housham

Coach Allan Heald
Manager Fred Housham

11th Asian Seniors Bowling Championship
Wednesday 23rd, November 2011 to 30 Nov
The 11th Asian Seniors Bowling Championship will be held at the Central Lanes Bowling Center, Tamuning, Guam.

The team leaves on Saturday the 19th and returns Friday the 2nd of December . They are competing in singles, doubles and teams with the top sixteen competing head to head in a masters. One team of seniors and one team of Grand Seniors.

Congratulations to Roger Tucker for finishing second in the All Events of the seniors division. Roger also finished third in the singles and fourth in the doubles with Terry Mustchin.
Terry finished one spot behind Roger in the singles, finishing fourth, he also finished 14th in the All Events.

To view the results of the Asian Zone Senior Champs in Guam, please click here.

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Sunraysia Cup - AU$10,000 first prize

TBNZ is pleased to announce that we have received an invitation for any TBNZ member to compete in the above tournament, to be held in Sunraysia Tenpin Bowl, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, on January 27th, 28th and 29th 2012.

First prize is AU$10,000. Total prize fund is AU$37,000.

More information can be found through the TotalBowling forum here

Flights from NZ to Mildura can be obtained through Air New Zealand, through it's alliance with Pacific Blue.

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DHC International Bowling Championships

TBNZ is pleased to announce that we have received an invitation for any Tenpin Bowler from New Zealand to compete in the above tournament, to be held in Fukuoka Western Japan commencing on 7th February 2012 with a Trial for the Tournament, This Tournament is open to any Bowler, Professional or Amateur.

Download the three files for further details and details of the prize fund offered:
Invitation Letter
Tournament Trial
DHC International Bowling Championships

Australian Youth Teams Challenge

TBNZ is pleased to announced that the following athletes have been selected to represent New Zealand at the Australian Youth Teams Challenge and Australian Youth Cup to be held at Werribee, Melbourne in January 2012

Ashley Lorigan Emily Law Laura Sinclair Stephanie George

Anthony Carbonell Blake Brooks Paul Housham William Wells

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Coke HighRoller

The 2011 Coke High Roller tournament was held at Strike Entertainment Lower Hutt over the weekend of November 25-27. As a 'high roller' type event, lane conditions were more challenging than some recent events, so the scoring pace overall was generally lower.

The unique format of this event has most finalists qualifying by their highest individual game, with only the highest male and female series earning qualifying outside of the high game list. 4 spots in the final were reserved for bowlers with entering averages under 175, to give them some experience of a higher level final.

David Davies took the male high series spot in the final with a 1377 series over 6 games (231 average), and Stephanie George took the female high series spot with 1099 over 6 games. Jason Waters topped the high game list with 267, followed by Dion Leslie (265) and William Wells (257). The high game score required to qualify for the final in the Open division was 234. Coco Tuason topped the <175 qualifying list with a 232 game.

In the finals, there was a cash payout for the bowler bowling the highest game, each game. If the highest game was 10 or less pins higher than the next highest game, then half the payout was paid to the bowler, and the other half jackpotted to the next game. The challenging nature of the conditions meant that no games over 250 were bowled, and resulted in a lot of games being won by less than 10 pins, and a lot of jackpots.

As the winner of the most money in the final, David Davies was declared champion, followed by Dion Leslie and David Brown.

Full results can be viewed here.

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National Bowling Tour Stop 7 - Hutt Valley

The 7th stop of the National Tour was held at Strike Entertainment Centre, Hutt Valley, Wellington, over the weekend of November 4-6. The lane conditions were highly conducive to high scores. Given that it was Guy Fawkes weekend, this seemed ironically appropriate, and led to plenty of fireworks on the lanes.

Rachel Boswell, Stephanie George and Sarah Young led the qualifying for the Junior, Youth and Ladies divisions respectively. Wayne Booth and Phil Wright both topped the 1300 mark in leading the qualifying for the Senior Division. In the open division Chris Haynes, David Brown and Adrian Judd all topped the 1400 mark (233 average) and the mark to make the masters was 1300+. Chris Haynes bowled over 800 for his first 3 games of qualifying.

In the Masters, all sorts of records were set. Alex Harman pipped Josh Stretton at the post in the in the Junior Division, ahead of Ash Ball finishing 3rd, with all 3 bowlers managing 1 game of 200+. In the Youth division, Blake Brooks won comfortably from Kaleb Allardyce and Jordan Tuite, with all 3 bowlers averaging over 200+. Sarah Young (pictured, centre) prevailed ahead of Tanya Allardyce in a very close finish with in the Ladies division, ahead of Ashley Lorigan. Again all 3 bowlers averaged 200+. In the Open division, Jason Waters continued his excellent run of late, winning ahead of Daniel Simon and Adrian Judd in what was a very closely fought and very high scoring masters event. The lead seemed to change every game, with the top 5 bowlers averaging 220+. Jason averaged over 236 per game, yet he still lost 5 games out of 11. It was common for bowlers to bowl games over 230 and still lose. There were 5 games bowled over 270+, including a 300 game by Daniel Simon, during the masters.

But the fireworks weren't finished yet. In the Senior Division, Phil Wright and Wayne Booth had a ding dong battle, both bowlers averaging 220+, and eventually finished tied for first place. Allan Heald finished a distant 3rd. In the playoff game, Phil Wright eventually prevailed in a very close battle, 204-194.

Full results can be found here.

The 8th and final stop is at Pins Lincoln in Auckland, Nov 18-20. Entry forms and other information can be found here.

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William Wells competing in PBA World Series of Bowling USA

We would like to convey our support and best wishes to William Wells in the 2011 PBA World Series of Bowling at Las Vegas, USA November 04 - 20.

William has had a phenomenal year receiving the Mens Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2011 National Teams Championship in Tauranga. He made the Adult AllStars team as well. Three months later, he topped the Youth AllStars team and also took out the National Youth Champion at Bowlarama Newtown smashing all sorts of records. William is also a current member of the New Zealand Adult and Youth squads, and has been selected for the NZ Youth Team to go to the Australian Youth Teams Challenge in January 2012. The PBA World Championship November 04 - 20 is held at the South Point 64 lane Bowling Center in the South Point Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, USA .

Bowlers go through 4 qualifying round of 8 games on 4 different PBA oil patterns - Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark. The top 25% of the field after 32 games will make it to the Cashiers Round. They will bowl another 8 games with the top 16 advance to TV for the quarter-final elimination round. Then the final.

The field consists of professional PBA bowlers eg Chris Barnes, Rhino Page, Walter Ray Williams Jr, Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen, Parker Bohn III, Jason Couch, Norm Duke, Pete Weber, Sean Rash, Mike Fagan, Wes Malott, Osku Palarma, Mika Koivuniemi, Jason Belmonte, Kelly Kulick, Diandra Asbaty, and others from around the world.

Good luck and high scoring.

Results and general tournament news will be available here as the tournament progresses.

A live video streaming and video highlights package service can be found here.
Please be aware this is not a free service.

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Walter Rachuig Trophy

The team to represent New Zealand at the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy is:
Ladies team:
Julieanne Mollet, Dairne Kaimoana, Lynnaire Churchill, Annabelle Swain, Sarah Young, Ashley Lorigan

The men’s team who will defend the 2010 Walter Rachuig Title is:
Craig Nevatt, Chris Haynes, Daniel Simon, Adrian Judd, Jason Waters, Carl Mollet.

Day One
A good start for the New Zealand Team on day one for the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy. The ladies are currently sitting 1st equal with old rivals New South Wales, highlight of the day was Julieanne Mollet bowling a 277 game, currently high game for the ladies overall, Julieanne is also sitting third for the All Stars.
The men are also bowling well currently sitting 2nd again equal with New South Wales, just one point behind ACT. Overall with combined points New Zealand is currently sitting 1st with New South Wales.
Day Two
Another good day for the New Zealand team as they compete at the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy. One of the highlights of the day is Julieanne Mollett continuing her winning form and bowling a 234 ave for the day. Julieanne also bowled another 277 game still the highest for the tournament and now currently number one All Star for the women. The current standings at the end of the day is the men are sitting in 3rd position just 4 points behind the leaders ACT and only 1.5 points behind NSW currently sitting in 2nd. For the women they are currently in 2nd place only half a point behind NSW and 14 points clear of Victoria.
Overall in the combined points New Zealand is sitting in 2nd position just 2 points off first place, NSW and 20.5 points clear of 3rd, Victoria. All the best for the third and final day New Zealand.

Day 3 VICTORY for New Zealand at the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy. New Zealand have won the gold medal for the overall combined points for the first time since New Zealand has been competing in the tournament. The men also successfully defended last years gold medal by winning the gold again in the men's division. The women also had a great finish winning bronze in their division, with Julieanne Mollet holding on to the top All Star spot, with Jason Waters finishing in 9th spot for the men's division. Well done to the 2011 New Zealand Adult Team.

The New Zealand adult team is in Sydney, Australia from October 15th to the 23rd and will be competing in the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy on the dates of October 25-27th see results here:

http://www.tenpinevents.org.au/2011_Adult_Nationals/Rachuig_Teams.htm

They will also be participating in the AMF Australian Masters with over One Hundred Thousand Dollars in prize money, watch their progress here:

http://www.tenpinevents.org.au/2011_Adult_Nationals/Masters_Qualifying.aspx

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New Zealand Team for the VI Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships

Having successfully bid for the hosting rights for the 2012 Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships (“CTBC”) to be held at Pins Lincoln in February 2013, TBNZ has reviewed the selection criteria for the New Zealand team who will earn the opportunity to represent our country on home soil for the first time. The New Zealand Team Selection Policy Criteria provides that the top two males and females available from the New Zealand rankings at 31 December of the year prior to the tournament will be selected for the New Zealand team. TBNZ has determined that for the VI CTBC the rankings cut-off date will be 31 December 2011 for the following reasons:

•	The VI CTBC was scheduled to be held in 2012 and due only to time constraints and a packed calendar in the second half of 2012 the Championships have been delayed by a few months and will be held in February 2013, rather than at the end of 2012 as previously envisaged;
•	The team details will be required to be submitted to the organising committee before 31 December 2012;
•	Had the VI CTBC not been going to be held in New Zealand the rankings cut-off date for selection would have remained 31 December 2011;
•	When the 2010 CTBC were delayed from 2010 until February 2011 the ranking cut-off date of 31 December 2009 remained;
•	All athletes in New Zealand were aware on 1 January 2011 that the CTBC is a bi-annual Championship and then next Championships were scheduled for 2012 and therefore knew that they needed to be ranked in the top two males or females at 31 December 2011 to earn selection for the 2012 CTBC

Members of the TBNZ management team that have been or are in contention to be part of the Commonwealth Championships team abstained from any discussions or vote on this issue.

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National Coach

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NEW ZEALAND WINS BID!
Auckland’s attractions boost bid to host VI Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship view further details

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Cancun Bowl Open 2011
Cancun Bowl Federation hereby extends a cordial invitation to all recognized players of your Federation to participate in the CANCUN BOWL OPEN 2011 tournament that will take place from November 28th to December 3rd, 2011.
Cancun Bowl Open 2011 is an event that aims to bring together more than 450 national and international players from all over the world to experience a sporting and social event, creating a healthy competition and fun atmosphere.
Download the invitation letter for further details, costs and details of the prize fund offered

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Lane Certification Course

Venue Pins Lincoln
12 – 13 November 2011
Cost $185
Applications close 28 October 2011
Application form download
For more information please email technical@tbnz.co.nz

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Seniors Team in Sydney for the Senior Team Challenge.

Woman’s Team
Sandy Hoare , Donna Fletcher , Annabelle Swain and Anne Mcnaull

Men
Terry Mustchin , John Bloomfield , Wayne Booth and Fred Housham

Watch the New Zealand’s Seniors Team as they take on Australia in the
Senior Team Challenge all results here:
http://www.tenpinevents.org.au/2011_Adult_Nationals/Seniors_CH_points.aspx

Congratulations to Sandy Hoare for finishing second in the ladies singles.


SENIOR NATIONAL’S at Rooty Hill, Sydney Australia

The NZ Senior Team started their bowling on the 8th October 2011 at Rooty Hill Sydney Australia.
The first Tournament entered was the Australian Senior National Championships. Our athletes entered the Classic, A and B Grades accordingly with their TBNZ Averages. The Tournament finishes later this month.
The bowling started out a bit slow as our three new “Rookies” found their feet with the newness of the centre, the tournament and the anticipation of doing well; not only for their Country but also for themselves, and the thought of getting to know other bowlers was a daunting task for some.
The Medium Lane Pattern being used holds up very well and a good shot could be had for those that were consistent, accurate and kept their game plan simple. And as with any good foundation skills that were NOT implemented the spares became elusive for many. However our bowlers did very well in this area “most of the time”.
As the days progressed and the success started rolling in - our athletes began to build their confidence and forge game plans for future play. But the LANES (ever the fickle mistress) kept changing and changing and those that were the fastest to read the lanes were the ones that kept abreast of the others.
The Senior Cup: 3 Women and 4 Men made the top 24 cut for the playoff of the Senior Cup. One of our ladies however had to pull out due to illness. Though no one made the top 8 Finals the athletes gained insights into their own game and learnt much about themselves and their need for a higher level of foundation skills and to strengthen their knowledge base.

Mens team going to Guam for the 11TH Asian Bowling Championships

Seniors
Fred Housham , Wayne Booth , John Van Der Linden and Roger Tucker

Grand Senior
Allan Heald , Chan Harris , John Bloomfield and Doug Couch

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National Bowling Tour Stop 6
Round 6 of the National Bowling Tour took place at AMF Panmure, September 23-25th. Compared to other tour stops the conditions were challenging for most bowers and this was reflected in the lower than normal qualifying scores. Qualifying took place on Friday and Saturday with top qualifiers in each division being Greg Nicolas, Sarah Young, Fred Housham, Williams Wells and Joshua Stretton.
The first of the Masters was held Saturday afternoon for the junior division, where Sean Powell took out the title ahead of top qualifier Joshua Stretton, Ayron Williams finishing third. With day light saving starting on Sunday it was an early start for both the open and ladies divisions. World Cup and Rachuig representative Julieanne Mollet took out top honours in the ladies, just ahead of Melonie Lister with Sarah Young another Rachuig representative finishing third. At the same time the Open division was being contested with Adrian Judd eventually taking out this title ahead of Jason Waters, both Rachuig representatives, Sonny Reguerra finishing third.

Next up was both the seniors and youth divisions and this saw Andy Lee in the youth, completely dominating the Masters finishing in first place 245 pins ahead of Williams Wells with Paul Housham finishing third. In the seniors, Wellington bowler Greg Nicolas won this just ahead of NZ Seniors representative Terry Mustchin, Alain Cossardeaux finishing third. Pictured, T Mustchin, Greg Nicolas, A Cossardeaux

Full results here:
Next stop, Strike Lower Hutt, November 4-6

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Walter Rachuig Trophy
The team to represent New Zealand at the 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy is:
Ladies team: Julieanne Mollet, Dairne Kaimoana, Lynnaire Churchill, Annabelle Swain, Sarah Young, Ashley Lorigan
The men’s team who will defend the 2010 Walter Rachuig Title is: Craig Nevatt, Chris Haynes, Daniel Simon, Adrian Judd, Jason Waters, Carl Mollet.
The team will be away from October 15th to the 23rd in Sydney, Australia, the Walter Rachuig Trophy will be contested, October 18-21st. Congratulations to all bowers who were selected to represent New Zealand.

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Tauranga Senior Series.
The spring tournament of the Senior Series at Tauranga was held over the weekend of September 17, 18. This was the 3rd and final one for 2011 and this time around 20 bowlers from the North Island contested the 18 game format. In a reversal from last time everybody bowled 10 games on the long oil condition on Saturday. This pattern was conducive to high scoring for most bowlers and again Phil Wright show his dominance and finished on top for the men with a 229 ave for the first day. Sue Lock bowled well and finished on top for the ladies with a healthy 192 ave.

The second day was always going to be the challenging condition with more oil along with a shorter pattern. Only 7 bowlers bowled a higher ave compared to the day before, however this evened the field out. In the men’s division Terry Mustchin made his move to try to catch Phil Wright, however Phil stayed ahead of the field all day and ended up the victor ahead of Terry Mustchin with Fred Housham finishing third. Sue Lock managed to hang on to the top spot despite a strong challenge from Rhonda Colyer with Sandy Hoare finishing third.

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2011 Waitakere Masters
In a new and exciting format the inaugural Waitakere masters was bowled at Pins Lincoln, September 10th. Qualifying started 3 weeks before to find the top 24 bowlers to contest the final. The final was bowled on a 40 foot oil pattern and the new format consisted of everybody bowling head to head best of five matches.
This tested a lot of bowlers but proved to be exciting to watch with top scores bowled. After 3 rounds of match play where a lot games went to the full 5 games, the top bowlers were found to contest the semi-finals. Craig Nevatt and Jason Waters went to just 3 games with Craig winning and progressing to the final. While this match was being bowled the other two semi-finalists, Adrian Judd and Sonny Reguerra faced off. This match also just went to 3 games with the second game being a strike fest, Judd, 269 to Reguerra, 253.
In the final, Adrian Judd won the first two games with Craig Nevatt fighting back and winning the third, Adrian Judd eventually winning the fourth and talking out the title of the first Waitakere Masters.

Note: Craig also picked up the 7-10 split during the finals.

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New Zealand Team Selection Criteria Policy

Due to a variety of suggestions pertaining to National Squads and teams being raised in recent months the TBNZ Management Team has deemed it necessary to make amendments to the New Zealand Team Selection Criteria part way through the year. Whilst none of these amendments will affect any New Zealand Teams travelling overseas for the remainder of 2011, they will take effect early in 2012 and therefore it was deemed necessary to ensure that everyone was made aware of the changes as early as possible. The key changes relate to the following:

•	The establishment of a selection policy for New Zealand Teams attending the Open Combined World Championships and its associated qualifying tournaments;
•	The reduction of the Youth age group to under 21 as at the 1st of January of the current year. This will apply from 31 January 2012;
•	An increase in the length of entitlement to a position in National Squads, with immediate effect;
•	The entitlement for the top two (2) Youth bowlers from the Youth Rankings at 31 December to join the National Adult Squad the following year. This will apply from 31 December 2011.

The Youth age restriction has been changed to bring New Zealand back into line with the International standard which has gradually changed over the last couple of years. All other changes are focused on developing more athletes at a higher level to continue to improve New Zealand’s performance at International Championships. For more information please refer to the minutes of the last management meeting and the updated New Zealand Team Selection Criteria.

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National Bowling Tour – Stop 5

Manukau Super Strike was the venue for the National Bowling Tour stop 5. Having no idea what the lane condition was for the weekend prior or during the tournament, the turnout of bowlers from all over the North Island experienced challenging conditions that did offer scoring opportunities to the bowlers that could recognize the rapid transitions and make adjustments accordingly.

The top qualifiers in each division were David Davies with a 1386, Julieanne Mollet, 1193, Roger Tucker 1242, Andy Lee, 1253, and Sean Powell with a 969 to top the Juniors.
While Squad F was being held, where bowlers have the last opportunity to qualify for the finals in their respective divisions, the Junior Masters were held. Rachel Boswell took out top honours in this ahead of Sean Powell and Aryon Williams respectively.

On a cold Sunday morning, both the Open and Ladies contested the master’s finals, with some great scores being bowled including a 300 game from Jason Waters. Jason went on to win the Open division with an impressive 223 average just ahead of Adrian Judd, and Craig Nevatt. In the Ladies division, Sarah Young pulled off the win with a narrow margin of just 8 pins ahead of Laura Sinclair, Ashley Lorigan finishing 3rd.

After Lane conditioning, the tournament was concluded with the Senior and Youth divisions. Current Youth National Champion William Wells took out top honours ahead of National Youth Masters Champion Blake Brooks, with Adrian Hoggard finishing third.

In the Seniors, newcomer into this division Terry Mustchin, won this title ahead of Roger Tucker with Tony Rollo finishing third.

View results here

Next Stop is Panmure, September 23rd -25th

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2011 TBNZ Junior/Youth Nationals.

The 2011 Junior/Youth Nationals are currently underway at Bowlarama Newtown, Wellington. The All Events have been completed, and the masters will finish on Thursday July 21, ahead of the National Youth Teams Champs on Friday and Saturday.

The star of the show in the All Events is William Wells from Auckland. In the Youth Mens Singles, he smashed the pre-existing 14 year old record of 1374 pins (229 avg) by shooting 1445 (242.5 avg). He went on to also beat the Youth Mens All Events record of 2641 (220 avg over 12 games, also 14 years old) by racking up 2693 (224 avg). Blake Brooks also bowled a 201 average to finish 2nd, and Anthony Carbonell bowled a 197 average to finish 3rd. Other long standing records to be broken were as follows: - Junior Boys Singles, Anthony Carbonell bowled 1225 over 6 games to beat the record of 1182 from 2000. - Youth Boys Doubles, Andy Lee & Blake Brooks bowled 1271 over 6 games to beat the record of 1248 from 2002.

In the Youth Girls All Events, Bianca Tofilau prevailed with a 194 average, ahead of Laura Sinclair and Stephanie George. In the Junior Boys All Events, Anthony Carbonnel showed he is the man to beat with a 203 average, winning ahead of Blake Brooks and George Lambert. In the Junior Girls All Events, Rachel Boswell won ahead of Carlene May and Michelle Powell In the Junior Graded division, young Christian Karatau (pictured) showed why he is one to watch out for, bowling a 225 average with handicap to win the Junior Graded All Events ahead of Sean Powell and Shinae King. The masters events commence today (Wednesday) with the Junior Graded masters, and conclude tomorrow. The National Youth Teams Champs commence on Friday and conclude on Saturday. Full results can be found here

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Junior Youth Nationals – Masters In the Junior Graded Masters, Shinae King prevailed ahead of Alyssa McLean and Shaydon King, bowling a 217 average with handicap. Christian Karatau continued his good form to finish 4th, and prevail as Graded National Champion ahead of Shinae King and Sean Powell. In the Junior Boys Masters, Josh Stretton (pictured) bowled a 204 average, winning all 7 games, to win ahead of Anthony Carbonell and Sean Powell. Anthony’s good form was enough for him to prevail as National Champion ahead of Blake Brooks and Joshua Stretton In the Youth Girls Masters, Laura Sinclair bowled a 211 average to win ahead of Stephanie George and Ashley Lorigan. Laura also won the National Champion award ahead of Bianca Tofilau and Stephanie George. In the Youth Boys Masters, Blake Brooks bowled a 211 average to prevail ahead of a fast finishing William Wells, with Anthony Carbonell finishing 3rd. William prevailed as National Champion ahead of Blake and Anthony. Full results can be found here.

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National Youth Teams Champs

The 2011 National Youth Teams Champs were held at Bowlarama Newtown over July 22-23, and some exciting competition was witnessed. On the first day of competition on a short pattern, a 4 horse race developed between the defending champs North Harbour, the returning teams from Auckland and Tauranga, and Lincoln. At the end of day 1 North Harbour and Auckland were tied, with Tauranga a very close 3rd only 2 points behind, and Lincoln a further 3 points back. On to day 2, and competition moved to a long oil pattern. The morning session was very closely fought, with the lead seemingly changing with each game. At the lunch break North Harbour were once again tied with Auckland, with Tauranga still only 2 points back. However the afternoon held some swings in fortune for all teams, and North Harbour held on to take the title by 3 points ahead of Tauranga, with Auckland 3rd. The all stars team comprised Angela Boswell, Laura Sinclair and Ashley Lorigan, William Wells, Paul Housham and Anthony Carbonell. The Outstanding Achievement awards went to Sam Perkins and Michelle Powell (pictured), and Michelle also took the sportsperson award. Full results can be found here.

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Australian Masters

The Games are looking to attract over 10,000 competitors including 1,000 international participants along with a further 4,000 volunteers, sports officials and support people to come to Adelaide between 7 and 16 October 2011.

The Games provide the opportunity for participation and competition for everyone, regardless of background or ability with the aim of encouraging lifelong participation in sport. The only requirement is that you meet the minimum age, which is 30 years for most sports.

While competition is important one of the key attractions of this unique event is the social interaction and spirit of camaraderie experienced by participants. A special feature of this years Games will be the City of Adelaide Games Village which will host an entire social program- the Opening and Closing ceremonies and a variety of nightly entertainment throughout the ten days.

This is a great opportunity to organise a group holiday to South Australia with your friends and while you're here, why not head to Semaphore for a classic beach escape, visit the Adelaide Central Markets for the freshest local produce and wander down Rundle Mall to indulge in some retail therapy. Adelaide is also located close to all of the State?s most recognised destinations, including the Barossa which has some of the best wineries, the Murray River and Kangaroo Island. Travel together and support each other at the Games!

We are seeking your support of the Games through increasing the general event awareness by placing some information on our Games that can be included in a newsletter, e-news and on your website.

We would also appreciate and encourage you to place the 13th Australian Masters Games on your calendar of events, provide a link to our event website and become a fan of our Facebook and Twitter page in which you can keep up to date with all the latest information that you can further distribute to your club members.

If you are interested in supporting this request and would like some more information please contact Marketing on marketing@13amg.com or phone 011 61(08) 8409 1911.

To register or for more information about the Games go to website or call 011 61(08) 8409 1900.

VIA ELITE CLASSIC 2011

Bowlarama Newtown was the venue for the 3rd annual VIA Elite Classic, over the weekend of July 8-10. This years event featured a brand new 3 way head to head Matchplay format, that gave more bowlers the opportunity to compete in Matchplay.

Day 1 of qualifying was held on the Long oil pattern. Carl Mollet showed how things should be done on this pattern, averaging 220 to lead the qualifying after day 1, ahead of Chris Haynes and Tim Swain.

Day 2 of qualifying was held on the Short oil pattern. Kurt Sturgess was the best bowler on this pattern, averaging 213, ahead of Terry Mustchin and Adrian Judd.

At the end of qualifying, Chris Haynes was still on top with an overall average of 214, ahead of Wayne Booth and Carl Mollet.

On to the Matchplay, held on the Medium oil pattern, and pinfall from the qualifying carried through to the matchplay. Julieanne Mollet & Terry Mustchin came through the field to join Chris Haynes in the top 3 to contest the stepladder, with Terry averaging about 220 apiece. Craig Nevatt also mounted a charge from the back of the field, averaging 218, but just finished short of the Top 3 Stepladder.

As 2nd and 3rd seeds, Julieanne and Terry contested the first game of the stepladder, with the winner to challenge top seed Chris Haynes for the title. Julieanne and Terry both finished with 175, so we had a 2 frame playoff. Terry won the playoff 29-28, but required a lucky spare of the 1-2-10 on his last shot to win, and move on to the title match against Chris Haynes.

In the title match, Chris continued his domination of the event, winning 198-182.

The final placings in the top 3 were as follows:

1st – Chris Haynes
2nd – Terry Mustchin
3rd – Julieanne Mollet

Full results can be found here.

TBNZ Rule book.
Listed below are Rule numbers that have had changes.
Rule 122 Average - Definition of, addition "The same rule apply etc etc
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Tauranga Seniors Winter Tournament
The 2nd tournament of the Tauranga senior series was bowled over the weekend of June 18, 19th at Tenpin 13th ave and for the first time it was bowled on two lane conditions with a separate ladies division. The first day was on a 38 foot pattern and most bowlers struggled on it however it evened the field some what. Rhonda Colyer and Phil Wright lead both divisions after 10 games on the first day.
The second day was on a 44 foot pattern and the scores improved for a lot of bowlers. In the ladies division Sue Lock finished on top after bowling the 18 games over two days with Sharon Arena and Rhonda Colyer 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the men’s division Phil Wright continued his dominance in the senior ranks winning with a 204 ave over both days with Terry Mustchin and Stu Turnbull 2nd and 3rd. An enjoyable but competitive tournament was had by all. September 17, 18th is the spring tournament.
See full results here:

2011 Melbourne Tenpin Cup
Congratulations to Craig Nevatt for making the top 16 with a 229 ave at the 2011 Melbourne Tenpin Cup. Craig went on to bowl 15 games match play and finished in 11th place, earning himself a priority flag.
David Davies and William Wells also bowled in the Melbourne Cup, David finishing in 25th with a 215 ave with William just behind him in 26th on a 214 ave.
Bec Whiting and Jason Belmonte went on to win the ladies and men’s division. View results here

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2011 TBNZ National Championships
Pins Lincoln Road, Auckland was the venue for the 2011 TBNZ National Championships, where bowlers from Auckland to Invercargill competed in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and teams. The best in the singles, doubles and teams disciplines then competed in the Masters to find the 2011 National Champions from the graded, ladies and men’s divisions.

The lane conditions totally dictated lower scores in comparison to previous years, most bowlers finding it difficult. However this leveled the playing field across all 3 divisions with no one bowling over a 200 scratch ave in the all events. Full scores and results can be found on the link below for all divisions in each discipline.

The Masters on sunday was hard work for all involved and only one bowler averaged over 200 scratch. The men were first up on Sunday morning and only 155 pins separated 1st and 16th when they first started out, however this soon changed dramatically with only one bowler leading from start to finish.

Craig Nevatt took out both the Masters and the National Championship race winning his first National Champion title in style, adding to his world cup victory earlier bowled this year. Sonny Reguerra and David Davies finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively in both the Masters and the National Championship.

The graded and the ladies divisions were up next in the afternoon and 12 year Michelle Powell showed them all that age was not a factor winning both the Masters and National Champion titles in the graded division, her beaming smile reflecting to all us, how she felt. Edwin Osa and Grant Rollo finished 2nd and 3rd in the masters with Gordon Glas and Edwin Osa 2nd and 3rd respectively in the National Championship.

The ladies division was a close finish in the Masters, with Sarah Young taking out this title ahead of Melonie Lister and Angela Boswell.

The National Champion was basically decided half way through the competition with Melonie Lister winning the title ahead of this years world cup winner Julieanne Mollet, Sarah Young finishing third.
Full results here:

37th Hong Kong International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships

May 18,2011
The President/Chairman Member Federations Asian Bowling Federation

Dear President/Chairman

Re: 37th Hong Kong International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships July 9 - 17, 2011 Hong Kong Bowling City, Kowloon, Hong Kong

We take pleasure in inviting your Federation/Association to participate in the captioned tournament which will be held on July 9 - 17, 2011 in the 44 AMF synthetic lanes centre, Hong Kong Bowling City, G/F, Emax, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong which is the official venue for the World Women Championships 2011 in September.

The Hong Kong International Open is also one of the legs for the 2011 ABF Tour, which will be held on July 18, 2011 in the same centre. The top 16 Asian men and 16 Asian women in the Open Masters Final will be eligible to participate in the ABF Tour - Hong Kong.

The Official Hotels are Regal Oriental Hotel and Royal Plaza Hotel. These 2 hotels are also the Official Hotels for the World Women Championships 2011 in September.

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National Bowling Tour Stop 4 – Porirua

Strike Porirua was the venue for the 4th stop of the National Bowling Tour, held over the weekend of May 13-15. The lane conditions were set up so that if you were consistent and accurate with your shot execution and made the right adjustments, some huge scores were on offer. However if you weren’t consistent and accurate, or you made the wrong adjustments, you paid the price.

Carl Mollet and Greg Nicolas set the early qualifying pace in the Open division on Friday, both averaging 215+, and were never bettered. Craig Nevatt qualified 3rd with a 212 average. Tanya Allardyce topped the Ladies qualifying with a 199 average ahead of Stephanie George and Dairne Kaimoana, whilst Stuart Cunningham led the Seniors field with a 204 average, ahead of Macca Manawaiti and Fred Housham.


Tim Swain (pictured) had the high game of the tournament 288.

Andy Lee found his way to the top of the Youth qualifying with a 216 average, closely followed by William Wells on a 213 average. Kaleb Allardyce was 3rd with a 202 average. In the Junior qualifying Josh Stretton led the field with a 173 average, followed by Alex Harman and Rachel Boswell. Rachel continued her good form in the Junior masters, winning with a 175 average ahead of Kieran Davis and Alex Harman.

On to Sunday, and some huge scores & battles were witnessed by those who were in attendance. David Davies struck a real purple patch of form to win the Open masters with an amazing 236 average, all 11 games were over 200. However, this was not a one horse race, Craig Nevatt mounted a huge challenge and eventually finished 2nd with a 223 average. Nathan Berry finished 3rd with a 209 average.

Dairne Kaimoana prevailed in the Ladies masters with a 200 average, ahead of Annabelle Swain and Kelly Wilson. Delfin De Guzman proved to be the most consistent bowler in the Senior masters, winning with a 205 average, ahead of Roger Tucker and Allan Heald.

William Wells made sure he was going to win the Youth masters, jumping out to a huge early lead, averaging 250 for the first 4 games. William eventually won with a 222 average, well ahead of Andy Lee and John Miklos.

Full results can be found here.

The tour now takes a break for a few months, but returns in August with the first stop of the year in Auckland. Tenpin Manukau is the venue, on August 19-21.

2011 TBNZ Annual General Meeting

The TBNZ Annual General Meeting is to be held at 7.30pm on Friday 3 June 2011 at AK West Motel, Swanson Road, Swanson, Auckland.

Please advise attendance to admin@tbnz.co.nz no later than 1 June 2011
Motions to change the TBNZ Constitution will be required to be received by 13 May 2011.
Any other motions will be required to be received by 27 May 2011.

Nominations to stand for the positions of Central North Island Director, Lower North Island Director and South Island Director must be received 27 May 2011.

All remits and discussion items will be displayed on the TBNZ website Agm 2011 page

Please submit to admin@tbnz.co.nz or post to P O Box 11 361 Ellerslie AUCKLAND

2011 National Team Championships

Tauranga played host this year to the 2011 National Team Championships. There were eight teams this time around, all from the North Island with no teams representing the South Island due to Mother Nature and recent events.
For the first time the teams event was bowled on three different lanes patterns which proved to be challenging for most bowlers, this was combined with bowling seven games per day. The first day was bowled on a medium pattern and by the end of the day all standings were close. In the ladies standings there was only half a point separating Wellington Kapiti-Mana and Wellington South, Waitakere was third. The men’s standings were just as close with 3 points separating the top 3 positions, North Harbour, Waitakere and Auckland. Overall Waitakere lead by just one point ahead of Wellington Kapiti-Mana and Auckland.
The second day was bowled on the most difficult condition, short, and the scores changed significantly. By the end of this day, standings also changed and last years champions started to pull away in the overall standings. Wellington Kapiti-Mana held onto second with North Harbour third. The ladies of Waitakere took the lead ahead of Wellington Kapiti-Mana and the local team of Tauranga finishing third. As usual the rivalry between Waitakere and Auckland in the men’s division was heating up, Waitakere just ahead of Auckland with North Harbour in third place.
The third day for both ladies and men’s came down to the afternoon session with only a few points separating first and second in both divisions.

The ladies wasn’t decided until the last game in an exciting finish with Waitakere coming out the victors just ahead of Wellington Kapiti-Mana, Tauranga finishing third.

The men’s division also came down to the last few games, with last years champions Waitakere eventually taking out the men’s title ahead of Auckland and Wellington Kapiti-Mana.

The overall standings were a clear victory to Waitakere for the 5th year in a row with Wellington Kapiti-Mana ending up in second position and North Harbour third.

The All Stars for 2011 in the women’s division are Julieanne Mollet, Lynnaire Churchill, Dairne Kaimoana, Ashley Lorigan and Laura Sinclair. The top five men are Chris Haynes, Daniel Simon, Craig Nevatt (seven years in a row), William Wells and Pete Richardson.
See full results here:

FIQ - Sports Hub Multi Sport Video Platform

From the Media and Communications Department of the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs we are glad to inform you that we have uploaded new videos in the Sports Hub Multi Sport Video Platform:

- Ninepin: KEGEL WELTMEISTERSCHAFT 2010 IN RITZING

- Tenpin: Highlights of the Brunswick Euro Challenge 2011

- Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships in Abu Dhabi

- Australian Masters Tenpin Bowling.

You may access the FIQ SportAccord channel by clicking on the corresponding icon on the FIQ webpage, www.fiq.org, by clicking on the corresponding icon on the SportAccord website, www.sportaccord.com , or by clicking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/user/fiqchannel

We urge you to collaborate with this media and communications project for the promotion of our sport by sending us your videos so that we may help you in the diffusion and promotion process.

Invitation for 44th Singapore International Open 2011

We are pleased to extend an invitation to your Federation / Congress / Association to participate in the above-mentioned tournament which will be held from 24 May to 4 June 2011 at Orchid Bowl @ Orchid Country Club, Singapore. Priority will be given to overseas bowlers from 30 May 2011 onwards.

Attached herein, please find the Tournament Rules & Regulations, Squad Schedule, Prize List as well as Hotel & Flight Information details for your necessary action.

We would appreciate if you can send the confirmation of participation, hotel and flight schedule by 16 May 2011.

Thank you for your support and we shall look forward to seeing you in Singapore.

National Bowling Tour Stop 3

Bowlarama Newtown in Wellington was the venue for the 3rd stop of the 2011 National Bowling Tour, over the weekend of April 8-10. Lane conditions were conducive to high scores for those bowlers that adjusted properly. This was a surprise to most bowlers as the venue has a reputation for tough lane conditions and low scores.

Local bowler and recent High Roller champion Nathan Berry showed his class in leading the Open field in qualifying, with a 223 average, ahead of David Davies and Wayne Booth. Stephanie George continued her recent run of good form to lead the ladies qualifying with a 191 average, ahead of Tanya Allardyce and TJ Hirini.

Ron Morgan showed us all a trick or 2 to lead the senior qualifying with a 225 average, ahead of Wayne Booth and Billy Te Tau. Stephanie George also led from the front in the Youth qualifying, this time bowling a 196 average and qualifying ahead of William Wells and John Miklos. Kieran Davis lead the Junior qualifying with a 157 average.

In the Masters, Alex Harman showed that he is one bowler to watch out for in the future, winning the Junior Masters with a healthy 174 average, ahead of Kieran Davis and Clarisse Harman. William Wells also proved that he is also no slouch with the bowling ball, winning the Youth masters with a 204 average, ahead of Liam Hunt and Anthony Carbonell. TJ Hirini won the Ladies masters with a 195 average ahead of Stephanie George and Tanya Allardyce.

In the Open and Senior divisions, the bowlers really put on a show for those spectators fortunate enough to watch. Sonny Reguerra led from the front from game 4 in the Open masters and a 216 average was eventually good enough to prevail in a tight race ahead of Tim Swain and Adrian Judd. And Wayne Booth showed why he was the man to beat in the Senior masters, shooting a 221 average to win comfortably ahead of Allan Heald and Fred Housham.

Full results can be found here.

Next stop is in Porirua, May 13-15.

2011 QubicaAMF World Cup NZ Finals.

After 3 weeks of qualifying 30 bowlers converged on Pinz Lincoln Road, Auckland to find one man and one woman to represent New Zealand at the 2011 QubicaAMF World Cup.
The tournament was held over 2 day’s with 3-6 game blocks, 7 games of match play, all culminating with a stepladder final. Lane conditions were conducive to high scoring and bowlers and spectators were not let down. The first 6 game block, David Brown, Craig Nevatt and Melonie Lister were the top 3 bowlers; this also included a 300 game from Lyall Lister. The second block was no different with the top 3 bowlers, Craig Nevatt, Daniel Simon and Clinton Beacham all bowling over 1300, again Lyall Lister bowling the high game with a 268.
The top 12 bowlers then moved on to the third block with Clinton Beacham bowling a 299 game first up, Clinton also went on to finish on top with Julieanne Mollet and Adrian Judd close behind. From this block the top 8 bowlers moved on to 7 games of match play to find the top 3 bowlers to contest the stepladder final, Craig Nevatt bowling the high game with a 268. The three bowlers to contest the stepladder final were separated by just 13 pins with Craig Nevatt finishing on top by just one pin ahead of David Brown, Julieanne Mollet finishing third.
David and Julieanne then went on to bowl for the right to play Craig Nevatt for the title with David eventually winning the match 234 to 193. Then came the final and it started out strike for strike for the first 5 frames between Craig and David, the match ending with Craig bowling a 263 to David’s 234, Craig winning this tournament for the first time. With Julieanne the highest female finalist for the second year running, she now joins Craig as New Zealand’s representatives at this years World Cup. see results here

2011 National Bowling Tour – Stop 2
Tenpin 13th Ave was the venue for the 2nd stop of the year with Tauranga living up to its high scoring reputation. All squads on Saturday were full with all the highest qualifiers scoring big numbers for their respective divisions. Craig Nevatt was the top qualifier for the open with an impressive 244 ave and Julianne Mollet with a 223 ave in the women’s. Jim McNamara bowled a 202 ave in the seniors division, with William Wells bowling a 213 ave in the youth, Joshua Stretton bowling a 169 ave in the juniors, all top qualifiers.
In the Masters, Joshua Stretton carried on his winning ways and took out the junior division ahead of Rachel Boswell and Ayron Williams. First up on Sunday morning were the open and women’s divisions with scoring not as high as the day before. Top qualifier Julianne Mollet won the women’s division holding on to the top spot for most of the competition, with youth bowler Stephanie George and Cathy Smith finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the open division the lead changed though out the masters with James Kelly prevailing in the end, winning the open, David Brown and Adrian Judd 2nd and 3rd.
In the afternoon the youth and seniors were up next with the top qualifier William Wells winning the youth division just ahead of his brother Daniel, Stephanie George finishing 3rd. In the seniors division it was a three horse race until the last game with Chan Harris eventually winning just 8 pins ahead of Terry Mustchin with Alain Cossardeaux finishing third.
Full results here
Next Stop, April 8-10, Newton.

Subject: NZ Sports community - ChCh Earthquake appeal

Hi everyone,

We are all saddened and concerned about what has happened in Christchurch and our hearts go out to our family, friends, work colleagues and the wider sporting community who have been affected by this tragic event.

It is heartening to see kiwis everywhere rallying to help in the wake of the earthquake, and the sports community is stepping up to play its part. It was fantastic to see the Nick Willis athletic meet in Wellington over the weekend raise $20,000 for the Christchurch relief fund.

I know many of you are reaching out, in your own way, to help, but here is an opportunity to come together as a sporting community to support our mates in Christchurch.

Today (Tuesday March 1st ?) at 12:50pm, Radio Sport launched an auction on Trade Me,of sports goods and sporting memorabilia, with the proceeds going towards the victims of the Christchurch Earthquake, through Red Cross.

SPARC is getting in behind the auction, and I urge you all - sports organisations and sports fans - to do the same.

Here’s how it’ll work. A list of items will be on display on Trade Me from today, and added to each day, with the auction open for two weeks.

Here’s how you can get involved.

Donate something to the auction. Take a photo of it and send it through to Chris Gregory at The Radio Network (ChrisGregory@radionetwork.co.nz). Include a message to the victims of the quake from yourself or your organisation. The actual items can then be sent or dropped off to Dave Birnie, Level 3, Radio Network House, Cnr Abel Smith and Taranaki Streets Wellington.

Check out the auction on Trade Me, bid on items, and tell your friends to as well.

I know all of you have memorabilia - signed balls, t shirts, photos, playing gear etc ..........and other items of value (maybe not to you, but to collectors and fans). I urge you to donate and join the sporting sector in raising money.

Here at SPARC, we’ve decided to donate some of the memorabilia athletes and teams have given to us over the years in appreciation of our support – signed photos, playing tops, singlets and sports gear etc . Those sentiments have meant, and will continue to mean, a lot to us. But we know those who have given them to us would agree this is now the best use for them.

New Zealanders are passionate about sport, and Canterbury is a proud sporting province. This is a great way to raise money, which is so urgently needed by those who’ve been affected by this terrible tragedy.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Kind Regards

Peter Miskimmin

NBT Stop 1 – Kapiti

The 2011 National Bowling Tour got underway over the weekend of February 11-13. The first stop was held at Kapiti Tenpin, Paraparaumu, north of Wellington. This was the first time Kapiti Tenpin has hosted a tour stop. The 2011 Tour features a new Open division instead of the Mens division, where anybody (mens and ladies) can compete.

Qualifying was held over Friday/Saturday, with the top qualifiers in each division being Rachel Boswell in the Juniors with a 166 average, Laura Sinclair in the Youth division with a 186 average, Ivena Heald in the Ladies with a 191 average, Greg Nicholas in the Seniors with a 200 average, and Craig Nevatt in the Open division with a stunning 227 average.

On to the Masters on Sunday, and Rachel Boswell held off all challengers to win the Junior division ahead of Alex Harman and Kieran Davis. Stephanie George held off a strong challenge from Laura Sinclair to win the Ladies division, with Angela Boswell finishing 3rd. Roger Tucker won a very close tussle in the Open final from Sonny Reguerra and Paul Housham. German Ebue prevailed in the Senior division ahead of Open division winner Roger Tucker and Rob Pollock, and Paul Housham proved himself to be a class above the rest in the Youth division, winning comfortably from Anthony Carbonell and William Wells.

Full results can be found here, the next stop is at Tauranga, March 25-27.

Commonwealth Champs, Masters Results
Local bowler Adrian Ang from Malaysia dominated the field finishing on top after 12 games ahead of Matt Chamberlain from England and Remy Ong from Singapore. New Zealand bowler Craig Nevatt finished in 12th position with a 193 ave, a very respectable finish for the tournament. In the stepladder Remy Ong took out the gold medal ahead of top qualifier Adrian Ang.

In the women’s division it was an all England affair for the top two positions after 12 games with Hayley White finishing on top with a 218 ave ahead of her team mate Nicki Ainge with Shayna Ng from Singapore in third place. In the stepladder final Hayley eventually took out the gold medal ahead of Shayna Ng.

Commonwealth Champs, Mixed Team Results

Singapore has taken out the gold medal in the mixed teams event winning comfortable ahead of the local Malaysian team, New Zealand finishing in 9th position.

Congratulations to Craig Nevatt finishing in 5th position in the men’s all events, he now proceeds to the masters today.

Overall James Kelly finished in 17th position, Annabelle Swain 20th and Nhung Mai 24th.


Commonwealth Champs, Mixed Doubles Results

Following on from their gold medal win in the men’s doubles England take out the gold in the mixed doubles with the combination of Nicki Ainge and Matt Miller ahead of the local Malaysian combo.

Craig Nevatt and Nhung Mai finished in 15th place with a total pinfall of 2197, Annabelle Swain and James Kelly finishing in 20th position.

In the all events Craig is currently sitting in 7th with James Kelly just 24 pins outside the top 12.

Today the New Zealand team competes in the mixed team event.

Full results and other tournament info can be found at the Commonwealth Champs website www.ctbc2011.org

Commonwealth Champs, Doubles Results

Craig Nevatt and James Kelly have continued their good form in the Mens Doubles event yesterday, shooting a combined pinfall of 2396 (199 average) to finish 5th.

Matt Miller and Matt Chamberlain won the gold medal for England, shooting a combined pinfall of 2611, an overall ovaverage of 217.

Nhung Mai and Annabelle Swain finished 12th in the ladies doubles.

Craig is also averaging 217 overall and is placed 6th in the All Events, only 127 pins behind Adrian Ang of Malaysia.

Today the Mixed Doubles event is scheduled, with squads at 4pm and 9pm NZ time.



Commonwealth Champs, Singles Results

James Kelly and Craig Nevatt have both made excellent starts to the Commonwealth Champs in Malaysia, finishing 6th and 9th respectively out of a field of 25 bowlers. James’s 6 game series was 1305 (217.5 average) and Craig’s series was 1286 (214.3 average).

Zulmazran Zulkifli won the gold medal for Malaysia with a 1426 series, an awesome average of 237.7.

Annabelle Swain and Nhung Mai finished 21st and 23rd respectively.

Commonwealth Championships Team

The team that will represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships is:
Craig Nevatt, James Kelly, Annabelle Swain and Nhung Mai. The tournament will be held in Kuala Lumpur February 19-26, 2011. They will be competing in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and teams, during this period. The top 12 bowlers from the above all events will proceed to a masters roll off. We wish them all the best.
Landmark travel bonus announced.
Website and results here: www.ctbc2011.org

Honour scores in 2010

After a complete absence of honour scores (300, 299 and 298 games, and 800+ series over 3 games) in New Zealand in 2009, there has been a surge of honour scores in 2010. Whilst honour scores have happened in all parts of the country this year, from Auckland to Invercargill, the strongest concentration of honour scores is in the Wellington area, particularly towards the end of the year.

The occurrences of honour scores in 2010 have been as follows:

300 games: None in 2009, six in 2010, of which three have been done in the last couple of months. Three of the six 300 games have been bowled in Wellington, and one was done in Australia. The others were bowled in Invercargill and Tauranga.
299 games: None in 2009, one in 2010, at Tenpin Takapuna
298 games: None in 2009, none in 2010.
800+ series: None in 2009, two in 2010, both of which were bowled in Wellington.

Full details of all these games/series can be found on the honour scores links on the tournament results page, here..

Congratulations to all bowlers who have achieved honour scores in 2010, we look forward to more in 2011.

2011 TBNZ Senior National Championships

After last year’s inaugural Championships, this year’s tournament was anticipated to be bigger and better and it certainly proved that with more entries than 2010. With a few bowlers joining the senior ranks for the first time, along with a larger contingent of Australian bowlers crossing the Tasman to participate in the 2011 Senior National Championships it was a lot more competitive but still enjoyable for all.
The lane conditions were fair for all bowlers with the scores reflecting this. There were two divisions, open and graded with the tournament kicking off Friday afternoon and finishing early Sunday evening. Bowlers contested singles, doubles, teams and all events, culminating with the masters for both divisions, see the below link for all results in each individual event.

Results for the all events and masters are as follows:
All Events winners:
Maggie Richardson -Graded ladies/ Lito Crisostomo - Graded men
Jeanette Baker - Open ladies/ Phil Wright - Open men
Masters winners:
Del Edwards – Graded ladies/Colin First – Graded men
Ivena Heald – Open ladies/Phil Wright – Open men
2011 National Champion winners:
Del Edwards – Graded ladies/ Colin First – Graded men
Ivena Heald – Open ladies/Phil Wright – Open men

Congratulations to all winners of this year’s Senior National Championships, next year the tournament will be held in Tauranga.
Full Results here.

LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE

TBNZ is pleased to be holding a Level 1 Coach training course in Wellington.

Venue: Strike Porirua, Kenepuru Road, Porirua
Date: 4th February – 6th February 2011
Start Time: 6.00pm Friday 4th February 2011
Cost: $185

The course will cater for a maximum of 12 and we have a couple of spaces still available.

Please contact Allan Heald if you are interested in attending.
heald@paradise.net.nz
H.04 938 9311
M 021 650 783

New Zealand Squad Manager - VIEW FLYER

TBNZ is currently seeking interested applicants for NZ Team manager for the Adult Squad, this position is vitally important to the continued success of our National Team and provides a great opportunity to be involved with our National Team on the world stage.
Any interested parties should review the appropriate Job Description, complete the Application form and return it to:

TBNZ Tenpin Bowling New Zealand Inc
P O Box 11 361
Ellerslie
AUCKLAND

Please send all applications to the following email address:hpmanager@tbnz.co.nz

Applications close 30 January 2011

Supplement Warning

Tenpin Bowling New Zealand Inc warns all athletes to carefully consider their use of supplements following nine positive Australian test results for the prohibited stimulant methylhexaneamine. Over the past two years, there has been increasing evidence that methylhexaneamine is present in supplements and other products and this spike in positive test results is a timely reminder to the sporting community to exercise the utmost caution in checking the contents of supplements and other products that athletes use. For more information please refer to http://www.drugfreesport.org.nz.

New Zealand Youth bowlers competing in Australia
Follow our Youth bowlers in the National Youth Cup January 8th - 9th 2011 and National Youth Teams Challenge January 10th -13th 2011.

The NZ Youth team competing in the Teams Challenge in Australia is:
Blake Brooks, Paul Housham, Andy Lee, Mathew Willemse
Angela Boswell, Stephanie George, Zoe Godfrey, Laura Sinclair
Coach Craig Nevatt Assistant Coach Julieanne Mollet, Manager Sue Housham

Results available here from 8th January, News releases from team available here for both tournaments.