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No 30      31/03/2013
                 This week's sponsor is - NICHOL GLASS AND ALUMINIUM -  10 Gloucester St, Greenmeadows

KITTYHAWK UNDER 20 SINGLES MEN AND WOMEN, EASTER 2013 
(Colleen Ferrick)
Four sections of men, and two sections of women are competing for this coveted National title at Pakuranga Auckland during Easter.  Eight players in each section will compete against each other (round robin) with the winners going through to the finals, which will be held on Monday.   Played in sets format, the same as the Commonwealth Games format, the championships give potential New Zealand Representatives the opportunity to experience the same format as the Commonwealth Games. 

Bowls Taradale’s Tianna White and Richard Hocking are competing along with fellow Hawke’s Bay player Dean Drummond.  Richard and Dean both vibrant from their Under 18 Trans Tasman triumph will be in top form for this prestigious event, which is another step on the pathway that Bowls NZ provides for youngsters. 

This is the only event that Bowls NZ is involved in where there is an automatic qualifying clause, with the eight quarter-finalists (men) and four semi-finalists (women).   The quarter-finalists from the men’s event last year and the semi-finalists from last year’s women’s event are all accorded automatic entry into this year’s event provided they are still eligible age-wise. The criterion is under 20 years of age on Good Friday of the current year. Those who do not qualify automatically will have had to qualify at Centre level and then progress to the Regional Playoffs and hope to win through from there.   Both Tianna and Dean won their qualifying events, while Richard was awarded a ‘wild card’.

Interestingly, the only female to have won this event twice was Mandy Boyd, who represented Taradale in 2010 and Johnsonville in 2011.

Bowls Taradale members wish these players all the very best, and will be watching the results with much interest.

For full results as they are received, please click HERE

FIVE OLD LADIES
Waiting in Doncaster, to catch speeding drivers, a Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. Says he to himself: "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seats and three in the back...wide eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to him "Officer, I don't understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?"

"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."

"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly...Twenty-two miles an hour!" ....the old woman says a bit proudly.

The Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that A22 is the road number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grins and thanks the officer for pointing out her error.

"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask...Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken, and they haven't made a sound this whole time," the officer asks.

"Oh, they'll be all right in a minute officer. We've just come off the A120."