Mens Interclub at Wellington 4-6 April 2025
For our Men’s Interclub team, it was a difficult start with a case of the www!..
No, not a website but: Windy – Wet – Wellington. Here’s a summary from team manager Mike Garton…
Our section contained Nelson/ Milton and BBBC.
In the 1st game (at Naenae on the carpet green) Milton took out a strong Nelson side 2-1.
In the next game also at Naenae, Nelson beat us 2-1. We won the fours but lost the pairs and singles.
At one stage it was looking very promising that we would edge out Nelson, but they rallied strongly to pull off the win.
That meant in the 3rd game which was played on grass at Paraparaumu Beach we had to pull off a clean sweep against Milton to make the playoffs. After a promising start we fell behind to lose both the Pairs and Fours with only Colin achieving a convincing win in the singles.
So unfortunately, our weather shortened tournament came to an end after just 2 games.
However, the spirit and camaraderie in the team was excellent and we proceeded to have an excellent time together. City sightseeing walks / dinners together and a visit to Te Papa Museum on Sunday morning proceeded by us all watching the final at Johnsonville bowling club in the afternoon. We are optimistic that next time around we'll be back to pull off a haul of medals.
The team would like to convey it's sincere thanks to the club and its members for its greatly appreciated financial support in getting us down to Wellington.
Also, thanks go to Louis Cooper who was our touring mascot and supporter and chief photographer.
John, Neil, Gideon, Jean, Colin, Mike (Mgr/res), Dave & Lindsay