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Gisborne indoor bowlers made their presence felt at a “mini nationals” tournament in Napier over Easter Weekend. Dylan Foster played magnificently to reach the final of the singles. Foster, 18, was up against South Island team representative...

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ON THE MATS

Andrew Rickard, son Adam and daughter Rachael have won the Poverty Bay-East Coast Indoor Bowls Centre Closing Trios in a one-sided final. They beat Malcolm Trowell, Lois Lamont and Mike Foster 11-5. After four ends of nine, the Rickards were in...

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Poverty Bay East Coast representative top 8 team travelled to Wellington to contest Division 2 of a new National Inter-Provincial Championships. Games of fours, singles and pairs were contested throughout the weekend, starting with one session of...

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Gisborne teenagers Rachael Rickard and Kayla Trowell showed their class in reaching the semifinals at the New Zealand under-18 singles finals in Auckland. The pair qualified strongly, winning all four of their games. Rickard won 16-5, 9-7, 20-3 and...

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Alex Reed, Matthew Foster, Dylan Foster and Mike Foster won the biggest fours event on the local calendar — the Robieson Fours — without losing a game . Reed travelled all the way from Auckland to contest the event and team up with the Foster...

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26 Aug 2023

Sport

ON THE MATS

Talented Poverty Bay East Coast bowler Matthew Foster flew the district flag high as a member of the North Island team in their annual clash with the South Island in Ashburton. Foster, 19, played lead in the men’s fours team alongside Ali Wilson...

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Foster brothers win pairs title

Matthew and Dylan Foster have won the Poverty Bay-East Coast Centre indoor bowls open pairs title. They beat Rachael Rickard and Royden Owen 13-2 in the final. After three ends of nine, the game was close . . . the Foster brothers led 3-2. But the...

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The Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls team continued their run of success, winning the Hunt Trophy against Hawke’s Bay by 83 points to 79 in Napier. PBEC started the first day of play well, winning two out of three fours games to lead 8-4. In...

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The Poverty Bay-East Coast Under-18 team were far too good for their Tauranga counterparts on their way to winning the Alison Cowan Junior Challenge Trophy with ease. In the first round of pairs and after a long drive through to Whakatane, PBEC...

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Brothers Matthew and Dylan Foster, their cousin Kayla Trowell and the boys’ father Mike Foster won the Tom Duffin Fours with three wins and a draw. They were the only qualifiers in the event. The day before, Mike Foster teamed up with his...

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08 Jul 2023

Sport

ON THE MATS

INDOOR BOWLS Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowlers continued their impressive run at the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships by winning the District Challenge in New Plymouth. Each district was represented by four bowlers and 22 districts started...

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24 Jun 2023

Sport

ON THE MATS

INDOOR BOWLS It was certainly a game of two halves in the local final of the New Zealand mixed fours competition between eventual winners Keith Setter, David Lynn, Nanette Treloar and Sara Lamont, and Jay Casey, Doc Tipene, Krystel Williams and...

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ON THE MATS

It’s been a busy time on the Indoor Bowls Mats . Dylan Foster won the Friday Night Singles, Defeating his older Brother Matthew in the 3 end final 3-1. 14 bowlers started the competition with 6 qualifying for the 3 end play offs. In the last 6...

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27 May 2023