Playing an Auckland combination of Caroline Dubios and Denise West – who also needed the win to qualify – it was Dubios and West that prevailed 15-11. There were some anxious moments for some of the other contenders, but in the final wash up they survived. Included in that group were the champions of two seasons ago in the women’s pairs, Lisa Prideaux and Val Smith. Smith suffered a second loss on Wednesday morning – following one on Tuesday – going down 18-16 to Kirsty Hill. Hill is the sister of men’s pairs winner, Jamie. But with wins in the last two rounds were enough for Prideaux and Smith to make Thursday’s rounds.
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Nelson s Val Smith fell victim to Nicole Toomey in the women’s singles at the NZ bowls championship in Auckland. FILE PHOTO
Talented Wellington player Nicole Toomey completed a memorable day by advancing to the quarterfinals of the women’s singles at the New Zealand bowls championships in Auckland on Sunday. Toomey was a member of the victorious Stokes Valley Bowls3five side last year, although she is playing this event under the Victoria club banner.
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Nicole Toomey is proving to be talented bowls player. FILE PHOTO Toomey’s biggest win of the day came in round two when she ousted the 2008 world singles champion, Val Smith, 20-16, the two-and-a-half hour time limit being invoked as organisers correctly pushed through four rounds on the day.
Northern Knight coach Graeme Aldridge concedes his side was outclassed by a rampant Wellington Firebirds in their Super Smash Twenty/20 encounter in Mount Maunganui
Northern Knight coach Graeme Aldridge concedes his side was outclassed by a rampant Wellington Firebirds in their Super Smash Twenty/20 encounter in Mount Maunganui 2 January 2021
The visitors return to the top of the table after a nine wicket win chasing down the 148 run target with four overs to spare.
Aldridge says their bowlers couldn t contain Wellington batsmen Finn Allen and Rachim Ravindra.
Andrew Kelly s comfortable with having a target on his back at the bowls national championships in Auckland
Andrew Kelly s comfortable with having a target on his back at the bowls national championships in Auckland 2 January 2021
The Black Jacks representative is the reigning singles champion
One player who was absent last year s current singles world champion Shannon McIlroy who returns.
But Kelly says he s no stranger to expectation having been a member of the national squad.
The nationals are underway this morning with the men s pairs and women s singles qualifying.
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The community s vision for a new school in the south central peninsula can be seen in this architectural rendering. (Photo: Develop Saint John/Submitted)
A task force championing a new K-8 school in Saint John’s central peninsula says there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Gary Lawson said they were a bit disappointed to learn no money had been set aside for the project in
But Lawson, who chairs the Central Peninsula Community Hub School Task Force, said they have been told to expect good news when the 2022-23 capital budget is announced next year.