Women's North Island Chartered Clubs What a great week it has been for the 400+ women who took part in the North Island Chartered Clubs Fours. The Mother Club buzzed on Sunday as competitors registered, socialised and were entertained. On Monday and Tuesday players were divided into 10 sections and each team played six games before dividing into three Post-Section categories; the Championship, Consolation and Plate.

	Members from our club who took part were; K Grainger W Ennor S Glock  B Falvey   S Brock D Girven M Turner V McLauchlan   W Mitchell V Ives C McLaughlin B Stuart  F Johnson W Guatieri N Gardiner S Goffin  A Dempsey  C Humphrey B Neilson M Dunnett  M Parsons N Pedersen I Miller B Exeter  J Haslett D Mitchell J Speakman S Taylor
Viv, Maree, Sue, Del had the best overall result Julie	Brenda & Anne Viv - winners are grinners Fay, Noeline, Colleen

Pete & Peg	Les, Lois, Anne, Lilian	Bruce, Eddie, Bernie	Dave, Jacqui

THERE ARE 27 MORE PHOTOS POSTED ON THE TARADALE CLUB WEBSITE
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Women's Championship Triples
Eleven women's triples teams fought out the Championship triples yesterday on our new B Green. From my observations the green is playing well and the standard was very high. The inclusion of school pupils in several teams is a healthy sign for our sport. By the close of play the following skips remain in the competition: Mandy Boyd and Sue Brock both have two lives. Skips with one life are Del Girven, Paula Evans, Julie Haslett and Fay Johnson.

It is a nice gesture to commend a good bowl of your opponent, and of a player in your own team; you will find that he will do the same to you. It is etiquette to admit a fluke in a good spirit, with such a remark as "We all get them, and they're very welcome when they come!"

Smooth Release & Straight Lines
In a copy of “Bowls” (August 2008) there is an article on coaching by Sharon Sims. The following few lines are important.

Success in bowls comes down to consistent execution of just two essential skills.

• Smooth release (rolling the bowl away on its running surface)
• Straight lines (delivering the bowl consistently down the intended line).

When introducing new players to the game these two skills are all we should be focusing on.

Things Aren’t Always As They Appear
(copied from Hubbard’s cereal clipboard)
A man was flying from Auckland to Christchurch. Unexpectedly the plane was diverted to Wellington. The air hostess explained there would be a delay and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft they would reboard in 50 minutes. 

Everybody got off except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seat in front of her. 

He could also tell she had flown this flight before because the pilot approached her and calling her by name said, “Kathy we are in Wellington for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?” The blind lady replied, “No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs.” 

Picture this. All the passengers in the gate came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change flights some were trying to change airlines!

Twilight Bowls (5.30 pm start)
Each Wednesday for the next four weeks - teams play one game of two bowl triples of 16 ends each night. Why not come down and watch?

HB Centre Programme for November
17         Mon         Men's Gardner Shield
18         Tue          Umpires Hetero Three Bowls Triples
22.23    Sat/Sun    HB v Gisborne East Coast at Gisborne
24         Mon         Men's Gardner Shield
29.30    Sat/Sun    Men's & Women's Open Singles

BOWLS GISBORNE-EAST COAST / BOWLS HAWKES BAY INTERCENTRE FIXTURE

Senior Men
Singles           Murray Glassey                    Gary Taurima
Triples            George Ngametua (Skip)    Graham Wagg (Skip)
                        Phil Young                              Dave Stevenson
                        Pat O’Neil (L)                         John Carthew (L)

Senior Women
Team Names      Olga Taylor, Jeanette Drieberg, Sue Mairs, Jane Paterson,
                        Vickie McNamara,  Raelene Cronin,  Wendy Jeffery,  Liffy Law

Development Men
Singles            Craig Faulknor                     Byron Brook
Triples             Barry Wakely (s)                   Barry Hanlen(s)
                        Peter Hickman                      Kevin Barron
                        Karl Sandbrook                     Joe Johanson  

Development Women
Singles            Mandy Boyd                             Mere Nepia
Triples             Litia Faiumu(s)                         Judy Richards(s)
                        Ngaire McKinley                       Angela Boyd
                        Pam Rowlands                          Sheryl Glock

Bowls Week - HUTT VALLEY (29 Dec - 4 Jan)
The Hutt and Silverstream Bowling Clubs cordially invite teams to enter for events in the Inaugural Hutt Valley Bowls Week. The Week is to replace the traditional Silverstream Triples and Hutt New Year Pairs with a mix of Bowls opportunities for both Men and Women.

We are also, with the generous assistance of the Hutt City i-SITE Visitor Centre, able to offer activities for partners, spouses and the “lay days” which will allow our visitors to take in some of the delights under offer in the Hutt. The proposal is that the Bowls Week will become an annual fixture in the years the Nationals are not being played in Wellington.

For more details click here http://www.huttvalleynz.com/Events/Bowls-Week/

Thanks and Good Bowling
Bob Vine, HBC Chairman, Tel: (04) 9711192   Mobile: 021 510 682   Bowlshutt@clear.net.nz

Centre
19 Nov - Men's and Women's Singles (played 29-30 Nov)
24 Nov - Women's Open 2 bowl triples (played 6-7 Dec)
25 Nov - Men's Open 2 bowl triples (played 6-7 Dec)