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A sign of the Simes as teen bowler wins club title 25 Jan, 2021 12:46 AM 4 minutes to read Teen bowls ace Nate Simes and veteran Jim Hagan after 16-year-old Simes beat the defending champion at Bowls Napier HQ on Sunday. Photo / Supplied Doug Laing is a senior reporter for Hawke s Bay [email protected] A 16-year-old Taradale High School pupil with barely two years experience of lawn bowls has stunned the sport s followers in Hawke s Bay by winning the Bowls Napier club men s singles title. Leaving in his trail at least one bowler with more than 40 years experience, Nate Simes won the title on Sunday with a 21-15 win in the final against defending champion Jim Hagan at the club s greens off Herrick St, Marewa. Hagan had won three times in the past six years. ....