The contestants
Section play
Post section
Wrap-up / Summary
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The 2011 contestants are:
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Results section play:
Round 1: Bevan Lumsden, Hawkes Bay 10, Ross Garner, Otago 7;
Reece Wickenden, North Wellington 11, Judy Johnston, Northland 5;
Rob Osborne, Canterbury 14, Dennis Behrent, Taranaki 7;
Warren Freeman, Wanganui 11, Henry Pratt, Tauranga 8;
Mark Ridley, North Taranaki 11, Ken Mackenzie, Ashburton 11;
Duncan Ruthe, Horowhenua 22, Dot Scott, Golden Bay-Motueka 4;
Joseph Zino, Hutt Valley 14, John Atkinson, West Coast 6;
Andrew Robb, North Otago 14, Matthew Ellis, Counties 7;
Robert Wilson, South Otago 14, Roger Jones, Upper Hutt Valley 9;
Fred Persico, Nelson 14, Keith A Waghorn, King Country 5;
Gary Low, Southland 12, Mathew Begg, Central Otago 6;
Derek Cooper, South Canterbury 10, Ross Allen, North Harbour 6;
Harold Carter, Central King Country 12, Derek Owen, Bay of Plenty 12;
Jude Martin, Bush Ruahine 13, Dominic Martin, Auckland 7;
Keith G Waghorn, Manawatu 11, Janet Fenemor, Marlborough 4;
Anthony McQuoid, Roskill and Districts 16, Warren Fisher, Wairarapa 5;
Wayne Heron, Thames Valley 15, Malcolm Trowell, Poverty Bay-East Coast 9.
Round 2: Heron (TV) 17, Fisher (WR) 9;
Trowell (PB) 13, Garner (OT) 6;
Wickenden (NW) 15, Lumsden (HB) 7;
Osborne (CY) 11, Johnston (NL) 10;
Behrent (TA) 17, Pratt (TG) 6;
Mackenzie (AS) 12, Freeman (WG) 11;
Ridley (NT) 13, Ruthe (HO) 7;
Atkinson (WC) 20, Scott (GB) 13;
Zino (HV) 13, Robb (NO) 5;
Ellis (CS) 15, Wilson (SO) 9;
Persico (NN) 14, Jones (UV) 11;
Low (SL) 13, K A Waghorn (KC) 7;
Begg (CO) 15, Allen (NH) 11;
Cooper (SC) 9, Owen (BP) 8;
D. Martin (AK) 11, Carter (CK) 9;
J. Martin (BR) 16, Fenemor (MR) 3;
K G Waghorn (MN) 13, McQuoid (RD) 5.
Round 3: McQuoid (RD) 13, J. Martin (BR) 9;
Heron (TV) 9, K G Waghorn (MN) 5;
Garner (OT) 17, Fisher (WG) 5;
Wickenden (NW) 20, Trowell (PB) 10;
Osborne (CY) 14, Lumsden (HB) 11;
Johnston (NL) 11, Pratt (TG) 11;
Mackenzie (AS) 14, Behrent (TA) 10;
Freeman (WG) 15, Ruthe (HO) 15;
Ridley (NT) 18, Atkinson (WC) 4;
Robb (NO) 23, Scott (GB) 2;
Wilson (SO) 16, Zino (HV) 11;
Ellis (CS) 11, Persico (NN) 7;
Low (SL) 13, Jones (UV) 9;
K A Waghorn (KC) 13, Allen (NH) 9;
Begg (CO) 14, Owen (BP) 12;
Cooper (SC) 11, D Martin (AK) 8;
Fenemor (MR) 10, Carter (CK) 5.
Round 4: Fenemor (MR) 12, Cooper (SC) 7;
McQuoid (RD) 14, Carter (CK) 6;
Heron (TV) 19, J Martin (BR) 8;
Garner (OT) 15, K G Waghorn (MN) 5;
Fisher (WR) 15, Wickenden (NW) 9;
Osborne (CY) 10, Trowell (PB) 9;
Pratt (TG) 15, Lumsden (HB) 1;
Johnston (NL) 19, Mackenzie (AS) 7;
Behrent (TA) 12, Ruthe (HO) 7;
Atkinson (WC) 13, Freeman (WG) 10;
Ridley (NT) 14, Robb (NO) 5;
Wilson (SO) 26, Scott (GB) 3;
Zino (HV) 10, Persico (NN) 10;
Ellis (CS) 12, Low (SL) 10;
Allen (NH) 13, Jones (UV) 9;
K A Waghorn (KC) 10, Owen (BP) 8;
D. Martin (AK) 12, Begg (CO) 9.
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Results Post Section Play:
Round 1: Wayne Heron, Thames Valley 16, Reece Wickenden, North Wellington 11; Robert Wilson, South Otago 10, Matthew Ellis, Counties 8; Gary Low, Southland 14, Rob Osborne, Canterbury 7; Joseph Zino, Hutt Valley 12, Mark Ridley, North Taranaki 8.
Quarterfinals: Ken Mackenzie, Ashburton 9, Derek Cooper, South Canterbury 8; Anthony McQuoid, Roskill and Districts 13, Fred Persico, Nelson 6; Wilson 10, Heron 9; Low 15, Zino 8.
Semifinals: McQuoid 13, Mackenzie 5; Low 16, Wilson 15.
Final: Low 14, McQuoid 9.
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Wrap-up / Summary :
South Island Men’s Singles representative Gary Low from the Grasmere Club, Southland capped off a fine year when he won the national final of the 37th Henselite Indoor Bowls Champion of Champion Singles held at the Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt on Saturday.
In the final he defeated Roskill and Districts’ Anthony McQuoid 14-9 who came in as a late replacement for Steve Fisher who had to withdraw from the final because of ill health.
Low won the Inter-Island medal in the men’s singles at the North versus South Test recently and along with his father and mother Graham and Jan Low won the national championship triples. Low has come through the junior ranks and won the Cliff Thompson Trophy for the best junior player in the singles at the national championships in 1994. He followed that up with runner-up in this event in 1996 where he lost to Kath Arvidson, Counties in the final.
In the final over 15 ends against McQuoid the scores were level 4-4 after 4 ends. Low scored two singles on the next 2 ends but then McQuoid scored 3 shots on the 8th to take the lead 7-6. Low scored 1 shot to level the score 7-7 after 9 ends. McQuoid then went into the lead with two singles but that was to be the end of his scoring as Low put on the pressure to score 3, 3 and a 1 to run out the winner 14-9 in an exciting and enthralling match.
The semifinals saw McQuoid defeat Ken Mackenzie, Ashburton 13-5, while Low defeated Robert Wilson, South Otago 16-15.
In the semifinal between McQuoid and Mackenzie, it was an even start with both players trading shots for McQuoid to lead 3-2 after 5 ends. McQuoid then took control to score on 7 of the next 9 ends to lead 13-5 going into the last end when Mackenzie conceded.
The other semifinal was a real topsy-turvy affair. Wilson led 7-5 after 4 ends before Low scored on the next 5 ends to lead 12-7 after 9 ends. Wilson scored 3 and a 2 on the next 2 ends to tie the game before Low scored a 2 on the 12th end to lead 14-12. Wilson scored 2 singles on the next 2 ends to level the score going into the last end. On this end Wilson ran at the head with his last bowl and moved the jack which just fell off the end of the mat, Low scoring 2 shots for the kill to lead 16-14. Wilson could only score 1 on the extra end, Low winning a real cliffhanger 16-15.
In section play Low defeated Mathew Begg, Central Otago 12-6, Keith A Waghorn, King Country 13-7, Roger Jones, Upper Hutt Valley 13-9 and then lost to Matthew Ellis, Counties 10-12.
Last year’s champion, Mark Keen, Southland did not qualify for the final this year.
34 districts entered the final and twelve players qualified for post section play.
