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An awesome experience

Gisborne bowling twins Kyle and Liam Pinn returned from the national under-21 singles championship at Naenae Bowling Club without a title but with a wealth of memories and big-game experience. The 13-year-old Kahutia Bowling Club members are only...

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Sawyer Rosebowl decided

The annual Sawyer Rosebowl Optional Fours tournament was held at Kahutia Bowling Club on Sunday. Ten teams played three rounds of games lasting eight ends or an hour, whichever came first. The winners of the Stonehaven Memorials-sponsored event were...

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Kahutia crew seventh at NZ champ of champ triples

by Crackerjack Bowls Gisborne-East Coast representatives lost to the best of the best at the national champion of champions men’s triples in Dunedin. Kahutia Bowling Club’s July Hoepo-Williams (skip), Leighton Shanks and Willy Murray were...

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Shanks, Pinn eighth at NZ champ of champs pairs

Kahutia club bowlers Lucy Shanks and Karen Pinn did not qualify for post-section play but beat two of the stronger teams at the national champion of champions women’s pairs in Dunedin. They placed eighth out of 17 women’s pairs from around the...

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Singles scalp but no post-section for Gisborne’s Hawes

Carol Hawes of Gisborne Bowling Club represented Gisborne-East Coast in the national champion of champions women’s singles in Hastings. In the first round, Hawes lost to Nicole Toomey, of Stokes Valley Bowling Club, 21-12. Hawes then had a bye. In...

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Pinn goes close to Super semi spot

LAWN BOWLS Kahutia Bowling Club’s Karen Pinn narrowly missed out on making the semifinals of the national super singles tournament for players with up to eight years of bowls experience. In a field of 24, she finished ninth. After a stellar summer...

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04 Jul 2023

Sport

And the Bowls GEC players of the year are . . . Steve Goldsbury and Karen Pinn

LAWNBOWLS Fourth-year bowler Karen Pinn received two major awards at the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre prize-giving at Kahutia Bowling Club. Pinn, a member of the Gisborne and Kahutia clubs, was named Most Improved Junior Women’s Player and...

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Crackerjack

09 Jun 2023

Sport

First centre crown for Kora

LAWN BOWLS Differentials separated the top two teams in Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre’s Chisholm Optional Senior-Junior Pairs Tournament at Kahutia Bowling Club. Adam McIlroy (skip) and Gerry Kora won the tournament with eight points, 33 ends...

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Gizzy Gold win four out of eight at national finals

BOWLS Gisborne-East Coast team Gizzy Gold made their presence felt at the Bowls3Five National Interclub Finals held at Naenae Bowling Club, Wellington. It was the first time a team from the Gisborne-East Coast centre had taken part in the finals...

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Crackerjack

02 Jun 2023

Sport

Champ of champ pairs titles to Kahutia, Te Karaka

KAHUTIA and Te Karaka pairs won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Champion of Champions Pairs tournament for senior women and men at Kahutia Bowling Club. Lucy Shanks (skip) and Glenys Whiteman of Kahutia beat Wairoa’s Glenda Kapene (s) and Jo Sturmey...

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13 May 2023

Sport

Another centre crown to greens machine Whiteman

Glenys Whiteman recorded her 76th centre win when she skipped a Kahutia team to her 14th Ella Gibson Open Fours title at Gisborne Bowling Club. Five teams entered the Te Karaka Meat Traders-sponsored tournament — two from Poverty Bay Bowling Club...

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Crackerjack

13 May 2023

Sport

Double delight for Te K pair in Peace Shield win

Te Karaka bowlers Paddy Stewart and John Dawson completed a notable double when they added the Peace Shield Men’s Open Fours to their victory in this season’s champion of champions senior men’s pairs. Sharing the Peace Shield honours with them...

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Junior pairs glory to Gisborne

Gisborne Bowling Club combinations won the women’s and men’s junior champion of champions pairs titles contested on the Kahutia Bowling Club greens. Karen Pinn (skip) and Adrienne Torrie beat Tolaga Bay pair Delores Woodcock (s) and Jacqueline...

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Crackerjack

10 May 2023