Preview: NZ Nationals 2012.
North Taranaki’s Paul Midgley will try to defend two titles at the 63rd Lion Foundation National Indoor Bowls Championships which will be held at The Southland Indoor Bowls Centre, Onslow Street, Invercargill from Saturday 9th June to Saturday 16th June.
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Nationals Preview
North Taranaki’s Paul Midgley will try to defend two titles at the 63rd Lion Foundation National Indoor Bowls Championships which will be held at The Southland Indoor Bowls Centre, Onslow Street, Invercargill from Saturday 9th June to Saturday 16th June.
He was the star of last year’s championships where he won the Robertson Cup which is awarded to the player of the tournament. This year he has entered through the Tauranga District to defend the singles title along with the fours title with the successful combination of Grant l’Ami, Mike and Lorraine Phipps. He will also combine with Lorraine Phipps in the pairs. They were third equal in this event last year.
However he will play in a North Taranaki triples combination with North Island representatives Grant Harvey as skip and Sheree Holmes leading.
The defending pairs champions Ashley Diamond and Mark Keen, Canterbury and the triples champions from the host district Southland consisting of the family team of Gary Low and his parents Graham and Jan Low will defend their titles.
Tauranga’s Mike Phipps won his gold star for five national titles last year. Other gold star holders Grant l’Ami, North Taranaki, Grant Rayner, North Wellington and Paul Psaila, Auckland are in the field.
There are seven players sitting on four titles entered in the championships and trying to win their gold stars. They are New Zealand representatives, Blair Spicer, Canterbury and John Zittersteijn, North Taranaki as well as father and son Nigel Warnes and Hayden Warnes, Nelson, Kevin Boothby, Thames Valley and Rod Fleming Hawkes Bay. Gary Lawson is entered in the fours only with a Buller team of Blair Spicer, Kevin and Phillip Anngow.
Former Singles champions entered in the singles are Keith Setter (Tauranga-2010), Chris Matthews (Canterbury-2008), Vern Littlejohn (Hawkes Bay-1996), Blair Spicer (Canterbury-1995), Murray James (Waikato-1991), Rod Fleming (Hawkes Bay-1977 and 1990), Brian Stewart (Canterbury-1975) and Kevin Boothby (Thames Valley-1972).
Altogether there are 490 singles, 305 pairs, 190 triples and 150 fours.
Southland has hosted the championships on four previous occasions1957, 1966, 1972 and 1994. In 1994 there were 735 singles entries. This year’s entries are on a par with when the nationals were last held in the South Island at Timaru in 2009. Southland has entered 83 singles, 71 pairs, 39 triples and 33 fours this year.
Singles section play will require 60 mats and will be played in four sessions 8.30am, 11.40am, 2.50pm and 6.00pm on Saturday 9th June followed by the pairs on 50 mats with three sessions 8.30am, 12.15pm and 4.00pm on Sunday, the triples on 40 mats on Wednesday with two sessions at 8.30am and 12.40pm and 40 mats for the fours in two sessions at 8.30am and 1.40pm on Thursday.
Post section in the singles is on Monday, pairs Tuesday, triples, Friday and fours on Saturday the last day of the championships.
The match to be played between the North Island and South Island Academy teams which are selected from players attending the nationals will be held following the pairs post section in the early evening on Tuesday along with the Northern versus Southern Zones Masters Event. The teams for these events will be named on 23rd May.
The North Island and South Island teams which will play in the annual Inter-Island match at the conclusion of the Island Tour on Saturday 18th August will be announced after the first session of fours is completed on Thursday at the Nationals.
