Tenpin Lincoln Road hosts
the 2007 National Bowling Tour Grand Final.
40
bowlers contested the grand final to find the 2007
National Bowling Tour Champion. The new format,
with handicaps, allowed all divisions to bowl together
to find the overall champion.
The
conditions proved to be very challenging for all
bowlers, this evened the field considerably with
aves ranging from 150-190. After 4 rounds of bowling
the field was narrowed down to just three bowlers,
Jason Waters, Clinton Beacham and John Bloomfield.
John progressed directly to the final after finishing
the highest qualifier from round four, this left
Jason and Clinton to fight it out for the right
to play John in the final.
Jason
and Clinton went toe to toe until the 7th frame
with Jason finally pulling away from Clinton, eventually
winning 200 to 177. Then came the final between
the two sponsors of the Columbia National Bowling
Tour, Jason Waters and John Bloomfield. The final
proved to be a low scoring affair with the left
handed John Bloomfield winning the Grand Final 182-150.
See
full Results
2007 Brunswick Australian
Cup
Congratulations to Craig Nevatt who picked up another
priority flag at the 2007 Brunswick Australian Cup.
Craig finished 12th overall in a field of 87.
See full
results
National Squad Coaches and Managers Wanted
The appointments of the Manager
and Coach for the National Squad and the National
Senior squad expire on 31 December 2007. Accordingly
TBNZ is seeking applications from interested persons
for the following roles for 2008 / 2009:
Links
to Job Descriptions
National
Squad Coach
National
Squad Manager
National
Senior Squad Coach
National
Senior Squad Manager
More details can be found on the flyers:
National
Squad Coach & Manager
National
Senior Squad Coach & Manager
Application
forms can be downloaded here:
National
Squad Coach
National
Squad Manager
National
Senior Squad Coach
National
Senior Squad Manager
Applications for all of the above close December
10 2007
The
Grand Final of the 2007 Columbia 300 National Bowling
Tour is on at Tenpin Lincoln Road, on December 9.
This year an exciting new format has been introduced
for the finals, please click here
to view full details of this new format, and the
final points standings from the 7 qualifying rounds.
NOTE:
Bowlers urgently required in the Ladies,
Senior & Youth divisions, click here
to find out more.
See you all there.
Columbia
National Bowling Tour - Stop 7
Panmure Superbowl hosted the final stop- over of
the Columbia National Bowling Tour. Conditions were
good over the weekend and again provided high qualifying
scores. Russell Young (men), Bianca Tofilau (women),
Graham Parkins (seniors) and Paul Clements (youth)
were the number one qualifiers in their respective
divisions.
The
Masters produced good steady bowling throughout
the day where the pressure was on for a lot of bowlers
striving to make the top ten in the ranking’s
and thus making the New Zealand Squad for 2008.
Paul Housham bowled a 199 ave throughout the Masters
to finish on top of the youth division with Mathew
Toi and Jason Moka finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Alain
Cossardeaux held off a strong challenge by Graham
Parkins to win the seniors division with Stu Turnbull
finishing in 3rd place.
Fighting for the number one spot in the rankings
Julieanne Mollet won the women’s division
ahead of youth bowler Bianca Tofilau and Belinda
Tan.
The
men’s division proved as always that consistency
pays off with Tim Gough of Takapuna holding on to
the top spot for most of the masters, winning the
men’s division by 91 pins. Coming from behind
Adrian Judd pipped Eric Ang at the post to finish
2nd with Eric finishing 3rd.
See
above announcement for the 2007 National Bowling
Tour Final.
Full
Results here
2007 Auckland Open
After 8 weeks of qualifying 36 bowlers converged
on Panmure Superbowl for the final of the 2007 Auckland
Open.
After
4 rounds of bowling in a head to head match play
format, only 3 bowlers remained to contest the stepladder
final. David Davies and Brodie Hunt bowled first
to decide who was going to bowl against number one
seed Anthony Harris.
The
semi final proved to be very close with the winner
not decided until the last few frames, Brodie Hunt
eventually finishing ahead of David Davies 212 to
201.
The final proved to be just as close but the number
one seed, as he did all day, proved why he was there,
winning over Brodie Hunt 217 to 207. Results
2007
Canterbury Open
The
2007 Canterbury Open was held at Garden City Bowl
in Christchurch from November 16-18, and was the
first tournament held in the South Island where
a world class standard Kegel lane machine was used.
With bowlers coming from all parts of the country
from Whangaparaoa to Invercargill and the use of
an oil pattern that was conducive to high scoring,
some very exciting bowling was witnessed.
Some
highlights of the tournament were as follows:
- Fayne Robinson’s 299 game in the Doubles,
where a stubborn 7 pin refused to fall on the last
shot to deny him the perfect 300. Fayne also bowled
a 779 series for 3 games, which is an average of
259.66.
- Graham Dyer’s 1402 series for 6 games in
the singles, an average of 234.
- Anthony Harris, Scott Hooper, Brodie Hunt and
David Davies bowling a combined total of 2575 (overall
average 214) in the teams, and winning by 291 pins.
- Kurt Sturgess vs. Hayden Bool in game 8 of the
men’s masters. Kurt won this very exciting
match 247-246, and went on to win the masters with
a 225 average for 9 games.
Full
results view
The
National Rankings have been updated to include the
results of the National Tour event at Takapuna,
held on 26-28 October, and will be updated after
each tournament throughout November. Please see
the tournament results pages to view these standings.
The Coke High Roller tournament that was held at
the end of November last year will not be held in
2007, so the points from this tournament have been
removed as of the October 31 update, so bowlers
have a more accurate idea of where they sit as the
year comes to a close. The Coke High Roller will
be held again in 2008. If anybody has any questions,
please don't hesitate to email David at stats@tbnz.co.nz
3rd IBSA World Blind Tenpin
Bowling Championships
New Zealand will
be sending 3 bowlers representing Blind Sport NZ
in Sydney from 2nd -11th Nov 2007 There are 13 countries
being represented with notable countries like Mongolia,Uzbekistan,
along with the other usual countries such as USA,
Japan, and Great Britain and of course Australia
The bowlers from NZ are , Ross Fulton (Lincoln Rd),
Andrew Law (Lincoln Rd) and Dorothy McCulloch (Invercargill)
Dorothy is a spritley 73 yrs young, so as to show
that age is no barrier to represent your country
They will be joined by 2 staff, a Manager and a
guide for Dorothy This is the first time Blind Sport
NZ has sent a representative Tenpn Bowling team
overseas So we wish the team good luck
Anyone interesed in Blind Tenpin Bowling or require
any ther information on Blind Sport NZ
Contact: Peter Fulton Blind Sport Tenpin Bowling
Co-Ordinator E-mail: fulton@ihug.co.nz
Asian Senior Bowling Championships,
Suzuka, Japan.
The
New Zealand Senior Mens Team will be competing in
the 9th Asian Senior
Bowling Championships Nov 7-15.
Watch their progress as they bowl singles, doubles
and teams and strive to qualify for the masters.
http://www.abf-online.org/results/9thsenior.htm
43nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup,
St Petersburg, Russia
Watch
New Zealand’s representative’s Juluieanne
Mollett and Jason Waters as they take on the world
at this years Bowling World Cup. Competition starts
November 4th 6pm local time, use the link below.
www.qubicaaamf.com
Australian Junior National
Championships
TBNZ has agreed
to send a New Zealand team of five boys and five
girls to the annual Australian Junior National Championships
held in April of each year. The team will be selected
in accordance with the following selection criteria
which will be added to the National Team Selection
Policy from 1 January 2008. View
policy
Walter Rachuig Trophy
After
last year's success and New Zealand's first medal
in the Walter Rachuig Trophy Tournament, 2007 proved
to be even more successful. For the first time since
New Zealand has been competing in the tournament
New Zealand finished in the medals with the team
picking up 3rd place for overall combined points.
The men’s team picked up a well- deserved
silver medal with the women finishing in 4th position.
The
conditions were conducive to high scoring which
produced some spectacular bowling. New Zealand held
their own and finished off the tournament with their
best ever finish, winning 26 points out of 28 thus
securing 3rd spot. Eric Ang qualified for the Australian
All Star team with a stunning 224 ave. Other outstanding
efforts were David Brown with a 221 ave and a special
mention to first-timer Sonny Reguerra who finished
with a 216 ave. Julieanne Mollet and Sandi Edwards
both finished on a 204 ave.
While
in Australia the team competed in the Australian
National Championships where there were many highlights.
David Davies 6th in the singles and 5th in the all
events, Eric Ang and Adrian Judd 7th in the doubles,
and 10 bowlers qualified for the Masters. Sonny
Reguerra 9th, Sandi Edwards 9th, and Julieanne Mollet
5th in the Masters. 5 Bowlers received priority
selection flags, David Davies, Craig Nevatt, Julieanne
Mollet, Sandi Edwards with Sonny Reguerra receiving
two.
Congratulations
to all the bowlers who competed in both the Australian
Championships and the Walter Rachuig Trophy.
The
New Zealand team would like to thank Shoe Fresh
for their ongoing sponsorship and support, along
with you - the bowlers.
Use
the link for full results:view
Columbia
National Bowling Tour - Stop 6
Tenpin Takapuna was the host for Stop 6 in the National
Bowling Tour held over the weekend of October 26-28.
Traditionally, Takapuna produces high scoring and
again was no exception.
Top qualifying scores in all divisions
were impressive, with Christine Brooks averaging
209 in the youth, Bill Hayward finishing on top
of the seniors division with a 217 ave, Bianca Tofilau
with an incredible 227 ave in the ladies and a record
234 ave bowled by David Brown in the mens division.
Another record was the cut for the mens division,
a 216 ave to make the Top 14.
Spectators and bowlers were looking
forward to the masters to see if the high scoring
was going to continue and they were not let down.
The youth division produced a close finish for top
spot with Corey Johnson winning just 34 pins ahead
of Paul Housham. Bill Hayward comfortably took out
the seniors division 143 pins ahead of Graham Parkins,
as did Julieanne Mollett with an 111 pins advantage
ahead of Melonie Lister.
The mens division produced some
great bowling with Eric Ang bowling a 234 ave over
13 games, finishing 164 pins ahead of Clinton Beacham
who also bowled an impressive 224 ave. See Results.
Next
stop Panmure Super Bowl Nov 23-25.
2007
Special Olympics
New Zealand bowlers win 7 gold medals in Tenpin
Bowling at the 2007 Special Olympics, Shanghai.
http://www.specialolympics.org.nz/
Youth
Eligibility Change
Following a submission
from Mike Simmons it was decided at the TBNZ Management
Team meeting held on 18 September 2007 to raise
the eligible age of Youth bowlers in New Zealand.
From 1 January 2008 any bowler who is under the
age of 23 as at 1 January will be eligible to compete
in TBNZ sanctioned Youth tournaments and participate
the National Youth squad. This policy change now
aligns TBNZ with the World Tenpin Bowling Association
and Tenpin Bowling Australia age criteria for Youth
bowlers.
The Youth Team to represent
New Zealand at
the 2008 Australian Youth Teams Challenge in Melbourne
has been selected and is as follows:
BIANCA
TOFILAU (Waitakere)
KATIE LIU (Waitakere)
KERRIE CHURCHILL (Wellington)
STEPHANIE GEORGE (Wellington)
ERIC
ANG (Auckland)
COREY JOHNSON (North Harbour)
JORDAN PINKER (Rotorua)
ADRIAN HOGGARD (Tauranga)
RICCO
PANAPASA (Head Coach)
SHARON PINKER (Assistant Coach)
MIKE SIMMONS (Manager)
MAIHI PINKER (Assistant Manager)
The
team will travel to Melbourne on January 10th to
compete in the National Youth Cup on January 12th/13th
and the Australian Youth Teams Challenge January
14th to 17th being held at the Werribee Superbowl
for the third consecutive year. Also selected to
compete in the National Youth Cup are:
PAUL
HOUSHAM (Auckland)
MATTHEW TOI (North Harbour)
Congratulations
to all bowlers who have made the New Zealand Youth
Team.
2007
Junior/Youth National Championships
Whangaparaoa
Tenpin was the host for this year's Junior/Youth
Nationals. 85 bowlers from Christchurch to Whangaparaoa
contested singles, doubles, teams, all events and
the masters to find this year's National Champions.
17
records in total were broken in this year's Nationals
including the highest winning-margin by a junior
and youth girl in the masters along with the highest
game ever bowled in the history of the TBNZ run
tournament.
Congratulations
to Mathew Toi who just held out Paul Housham to
take the National Champion title in the Junior boys
division. Zoe Godfrey re-wrote the history books
when she took out the Junior Girls title with a
winning margin of 200 pins ahead of Angela Boswell.
Zoe also bowled the highest game of the tournament
with a 278 game.
James
Luxord successfully defended his 2006 title winning
this year ahead of Leslie Pacio in the Junior graded
division. Amanda Kebblewhite is this year's National
Champion in the Youth division, a record 412 pins
ahead of Angela Boswell. 20-year-old Eric Ang added
to his Adult National Champion Title with the 2007
Youth Title thus becoming the first bowler to win
both titles in the same calender year. See full
Results
300 game Congratulations to
David Brown who bowled his first 300 game at Superstrike
Manukau on Wednesday 24 October 2007 during the
First Up League.
2007 National Youth
Teams Championships.
Following
the Junior/Youth Nationals, 8 Teams converged on
Whangaparaoa to contest the National Youth Team
Championships. With Auckland successfully winning
the title for the last two years, the competition
was fierce to take the title off them in 2007.
After the first 4 games Auckland held a commanding
lead, however, by the end of day one Aucklands lead
was chased down by Rotovegas both sitting on 41
points with North Harbour close behind.
The second and final day proved to be very demanding
on all bowlers with Auckland slowly but surely moving
ahead of the rest of the field where they remained
until the last game, winning the 2007 Title for
the third consecutive year. North Harbour bowled
well on day two to take out second place ahead of
Rotovegas and Lincoln Road, who tied for third.Results
The 46th TBA Adult National
Championship 1st –20th October
Oztenpin Bowl, Altona, Melbourne, Australia.
Over the next three weeks the New Zealand senior
and adult team will be competing at this year's
TBA National Championships. This will involve the
Inaugural Seniors Teams Challenge, the Adult National
Championships and the 2007 Walter Rachuig Trophy.
October 14-20 are the dates that the New Zealand
Adult Team will be competing at the Australian National
Championships, which includes the 2007 Walter Rachuig
Trophy
Watch their progress as they compete in teams, doubles
and singles at these events.
October 16-19 are the dates that the New Zealand
Team will be bowling against nine other Australian
states for the prestigious Walter Rachuig Trophy.
The New Zealand team would like to thank Shoe Fresh
for their ongoing sponsorship and support, along
with you - the bowlers.
Use the link below to follow their progress: view
The New Zealand Senior Team have competed in the
Seniors Teams Challenge and, after just two events,
New Zealand bowlers Fred Housham and Ali Hayward
have both won gold medals in the singles. Carrying
on from their success after day one the ladies doubles
combination of Sandy Hoare and Ali Hayward claim
silver with Dianne Robinson and Lesley Potter claiming
bronze.
On the third day came the teams with a nail biter
finish to see the ladies take out the gold medal
ahead of Queensland and NSW.
In the all events five Kiwi bowlers achieved top
10 placing’s including Ali Hayward with a
bronze. Overall combined standing’s for women
saw them claiming the gold medal for their division
with the New Zealand Senior team finishing with
a bronze medal for overall combined scores. Congratulations
to all the members of the Senior Team, well done.
The New Zealand Senior team would like to acknowledge
and thank The Coffee Club, Botany Junction and Silvia
Park for their sponsorship of the New Zealand Senior
Team.
New Zealand Team announced.
The
Team to represent New Zealand at the 2007 Walter
Rachuig Trophy was announced Sunday the 26th August.
They will travel to Melbourne on the 13th of October
to compete in both the Australian Nationals and
the prestigious Walter Rachuig Trophy. The Walter
Rachuig Trophy is considered the premier team event
in Australasia. New Zealand will compete against
9 Australian states all consisting most of Australia's
top bowlers.
The team is as follows:
Women: Julieanne Mollet, Amanda Kebblewhite, Sharon
Pinker, Dianne Robinson, Sandi Edwards, Tania Hirini,
Jennifer Edwards. Reserve: Alison Hayward.
Men: David Davies, David Brown, Craig Nevatt, Adrian
Judd, Eric Ang, Russell Young, Sonny Reguerra. Reserve:
Allan Heald.
Congratulations to all the bowlers who
made the New Zealand Team.
2007
Junior/Youth Nationals
2007 National Youth Team Championships
During the September School holidays Tenpin Whangaparaoa
will be hosting their first National Tenpin tournament.
The 2007 National Youth Team Championships and
the Junior/Youth National Championships will be
held over the week of September 25-29. This is
the most prestigious event for bowlers of this
age and is a stepping stone to future development.
All visitors and spectators are welcome to attend
and watch this free entertainment. Tenpin Whangaparaoa
is located in Link Cres, Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
