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The Leigh Bowling Club season this year has been in complete contrast, weatherwise, to last season.
The fine weather has meant that we have been able to complete all club events.
The Club Championship Fours were played on February 3 and 4, with Scott Wilson, Steve Mantle, Staun Popham and Danny Fairlie proving too strong in the end.
The First Year Singles Championship had only two entries, so went straight to a final, where Dave Morrison beat Jeff McCollum to take the title. Our Invitational Tournament was played on Saturday, February 17. We were a bit disappointed that we ended up with only 11 teams entered, but it was an excellent day of bowls in hot thirsty weather.
The Leigh Fisheries sponsors the club for this event with lots of fish, which was smoked in our new smokehouse by club stalwart Ron Perry. Some pork and lamb was also smoked for lunch. There were lots of smoked fish and meat raffles, made up by Matakana Butchery, at the after match function. The tournament winners were from Orewa, closely followed by a Leigh team.
Our annual visit from the Kittyhawks Bowling Club was held on February 19. This club competes against a number of bowling clubs from Thames to Waipu each year. They play a tournament at each venue and run lots of raffles, with the proceeds donated to a local charity. This year, as with last year, this money went to the Leigh Fire Brigade to help support them in the excellent community work they do. The amount donated was $500. A fun day was enjoyed by all, with an excellent lunch prepared by the ladies from Pakiri. The winners of the bowls on the day were Jason Adams, Larry Ferregel and Keith Pickernell.
Business House Bowls finished on Wednesday February 28. This is a huge night at the club with all the business house teams and lots of club members attending for the weekly membership draw.
Coming up on March 9 is the DB Breweries sponsored-Triples Tournament. Everybody is welcome to watch and socialise. The bar is open Wednesday to Saturday from 4pm. We do have bowls available for anyone wishing to have a roll-up.
Enquiries: Phone 021 423 144.
Contributed by to Ian Bradnam
