Monday, November 11, 2013
MEDIA RELEASE
Event:The Trusts New Zealand Open 2013
Dates:Thursday, November 7 – Friday, November 15, 2013
Venue: Henderson Bowls (Headquarters),
2/20 Alderman Drive
Henderson, Auckland
Young Champ to Defend Title in Women's Singles
Kirsten Griffin - Women's Singles
In a nail-biting semifinal this afternoon, defending champion Kirsten Griffin (United) edged out Linda Ralph (Pakuranga)
21-20 for a shot at the women's singles title in The Trusts NZ Open 2013.
Coming back from a 7-15 deficit in the tenth end at Henderson Bowls in Auckland, Griffin played carefully and
strategically to draw even on 17 in the 18th end, and then picked up the remaining points to finish with a two-point win
on the 25th and final end.
“It was a really tough game, but I was thinking of the final last year where I was down earlier on and came back,”
Griffin said.
“I'm still a bit amazed I'm back in the final to defend my title, but it won't be any easier this time.”
The 22-year-old New Zealand Development Squad member will play local bowler Karen de Jongh (Carlton Cornwall) for the
honours on Friday, November 15 at 11:30am, after de Jongh beat Margaret Gurney (Kensington) 21-6 in a somewhat one-sided
semifinal match.
De Jongh is a well-respected bowler that has won her share of titles, including the National Club Championships Women's
Triples title this year.
In the men's pairs, the defending champions David Eades (skip) and Scott Curran (Orewa) were dispatched 14-12 in the
first round of post-section play by Merv Garred (skip) and Bruce Cochrane (Birkenhead).
Their demise on the greens left the field open to 2011 runners-up Rob Ashton (skip) and Barclay Lee (Composite), who
earned a semifinals berth opposite Glenn Newton (skip) and Phil Robottom (Clark's Beach) tomorrow morning at 8am at
Henderson Bowls.
Competing for the title as well as a chance to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games next year in Glasgow,
Scotland, Mark Noble skipped the disabled pairs and triples teams to victory today.
Noble won the pairs title alongside Joan Ware (Composite), 24-3, in a land-slide victory over Norm Earnshaw (skip) and
David Stallard (Composite). The Wellington bowler then led his composite side of Barry Wynks and Peter Horne to a win
over Norm Earnshaw, David Stallard, Sue Curran
(Composite), 18-10.
Post-section of the men's triples and women's pairs will be played tomorrow from 8am at Henderson Bowls in Auckland.
For full results, images and updates as they happen, please go to the Auckland Bowls website, here: http://www.aucklandbowls.co.nz/
Or visit the Auckland Bowls Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/AkBowls
Post-Section Pairs Results - The Trusts NZ Open 2013
Men's Pairs (skip names)
Round of 64: G King (Pt Chevalier) bt W Marsic (Riverhead) 14-12; P Bennett (Frankton Railway) bt B Beckham (Composite) 15-12; G
Goodwin (Hillsboro) bt P Sain (Composite) 15-12; K Robinson (Composite) bt G Growcott (Blockhouse Bay) 13-12; P Hickey
(Howick) bt I Little (Composite) 15-14; J King (Onehunga) bt A Allan (Glen Eden) 17-3; R Ashton (Composite) bt G
Skellern (Composite) 14-7; G Newby (Northcote) bt E Patillo (Kensington) 18-8; W Alexander (Howick) bt P Wightman
(Mangawhai) 18-5; P French (Thames Coast) bt B Aspin (Te Atatu Peninsula) 14-13; J Walker (Browns Bay) bt J Ngavaevae
(Composite) 12-8; A Gardiner (Composite) bt J Ballard (Pukekohe Cosmopolitan) 18-11; D Hood (Composite) bt C O'Brien
(Composite) 19-9; G Smith (Pringle Park) bt L Walker (East Tamaki) 22-7; J Simons (Tauranga South) bt S Cottam (West
End) 14-7; B McAuley (Composite) bt B Columbus (Composite) 15-8; G Newton (Clark's Beach) bt T Turua (Bridge Park) 16-8;
B Shand (Browns Bay) bt T Campbell (Glenfield) 16-9; L Newman (Composite) bt C Gawith (Composite) 20-10; M Garred
(Birkenhead) bt D Eades (Defending Champions) 14-12; D Matthews (Birkenhead) bt L Wickliffe (Pt Chevalier) 19-8; G Moran
(Pauanui) bt D Brewster (Hikurangi) 19-5; N Hill (Composite) bt L Wech (Mairangi Bay) 24-2; P Nathan (Birkenhead) bt W
Frederikson (Blockhouse Bay) 18-17; K Fitness (Hikurangi) bt B Howitt (Takapuna) 20-8; M Pawa (Composite) bt A Ellis (Mt
Albert) 14-11; K Smith (Hinuera) bt A Smith (Blockhouse Bay) 14-9; L Guy (Victoria) bt T Parkinson (Mt Maunganui) 16-8;
J Brosnan (Glen Eden) bt L Brown (Howick) 12-11; R Martin (Victoria) bt M Watt (Composite) 16-10; J Hindmarch
(Birkenhead) bt T Cullen (Helensville) 17-8; G Goss (Coromandel) bt P Stanaway (Carlton Cornwall) 17-6.
Round of 32: P Bennett (Frankton Railway) bt G King (Pt Chevalier) 16-7; G Goodwin (Hillsboro) bt K Robinson (Composite) 17-12; P
Hickey (Howick) bt J King (Onehunga) 17-9; R Ashton (Composite) bt G Newby (Northcote) 19-4; P French (Thames Coast) bt
W Alexander (Howick) 16-13; A Gardiner (Composite) bt J Walker (Browns Bay) 12-11; G Smith (Pringle Park) bt D Hood
(Composite) 14-13; B McAuley (Composite) bt J Simons (Tauranga South) 16-12; G Newton (Clark's Beach) bt B Shand (Browns
Bay) 24-8; M Garred (Birkenhead) bt L Newman (Composite) 22-14; D Matthews (Birkenhead) bt G Moran (Pauanui) 21-3; N
Hill (Composite) bt P Nathan (Birkenhead) 16-12; M Pawa (Composite) bt K Fitness (Hikurangi) 15-4; L Guy (Victoria) bt K
Smith (Hinuera) 15-12; R Martin (Victoria) bt J Brosnan (Glen Eden) 31-1; G Goss (Coromandel) bt J Hindmarch
(Birkenhead) 19-16.
Round of 16: G Goodwin (Hillsboro) bt P Bennett (Frankton Railway) 13-11; R Ashton (Composite) bt P Hickey (Howick) 14-12; A
Gardiner (Composite) bt P French (Thames Coast) 18-9; G Smith (Pringle Park) bt B McAuley (Composite) 14-12; G Newton
(Clark's Beach) bt M Garred (Birkenhead) 16-6; N Hill (Composite) bt D Matthews (Birkenhead) 15-9;
Quarter Finals: G Newton (s), P Robottom (Clark's Beach) bt N Hill (s), M Bradshaw (Composite) 12-11; R Ashton (s), B Lee (Composite) bt
G Goodwin (s), P Meinung (Hillsboro) 18-10;
Women's Singles
Quarterfinals: K Griffin (Defending Champion) bt E McClintock (Browns Bay) 21-12; K de Jongh (Carlton Cornwall) bt R Stratford
(Birkenhead) 21-19; L Ralph (Pakuranga) bt R Hammond (Mangere) 21-16; M Gurney (Kensington) bt A Tilyard (Pukekohe
Cosmopolitan) 21-13.
Semifinals: K Griffin (Defending Champion) bt L Ralph (Pakuranga) 21-20; K de Jongh (Carlton Cornwall) bt M Gurney (Kensington)
21-6.
Final will be held on Friday, November 14 at 11:30am at Henderson Bowls
Disabled Pairs (Skip names)
Semifinals: N Earnshaw (s), D Stallard (Composite) bt A Carson (s), L Bennett (Composite) 15-6; M Noble (s), J Ware (Composite) bt J
Dunn (s), D Monk (Composite) 15-7.
Final: Mark Noble (s), Joan Ware (Composite) bt Norm Earnshaw (s), David Stallard (Composite) 24-3.
Winners: Mark Noble (s), Joan Ware (Composite)
Disabled Triples (Skip names)
Semifinals: N Earnshaw (s), D Stallard, S Curran (Composite) bt P Wylie (s), B Gharris, P Walker (Composite) 12-8; M Noble (s), B
Wynks, P Horne (Composite) bt R Bentley, R Syme, J Warren (Papatoetoe Hunters Corner) 24-1.
Final: M Noble (s), B Wynks, P Horne (Composite) bt Norm Earnshaw (s), David Stallard, Sue Curran (Composite) 18-10.
Winners: Mark Noble (s), Barrry Wynks, Peter Horne (Composite)
ENDS