Browns Bay features in prestigious junior tournament
The Browns Bay triples combination of Grant Keats, Willie McIvor and Sean Mulholland were to the fore at the Heartland Bank Milford 5,000 held on the North Shore over the weekend.
One of New Zealand’s richest junior tournaments, teams for the two day any combination triples competition needed to be made up of at least two 1-5 year players and could also include a 1-8 year player. Total prize money for the event, played at the Milford Bowling Club, exceeded $5,800 and attracted a capacity field of 32 teams.
Keats, McIvor and Mulholland qualified in the top 16 for the Main Event on a rain shortened first day which saw 4 games of 8 ends played. On the second day, they won 3 of their 4 games in emphatic fashion which saw the trio bag 3rd prize and $450 in prize money.
In second place ($900) was all the all women team of Lyn Davey (Browns Bay), B Lomas (Orewa) and Christeen Dalzell (Browns Bay) while the winner was the Mairangi Bay combination of Gary Banks, Jack Green and Neil Buckner who took away $2,000 in prizes plus the Dorreen Preston Cup.
Browns Bay’s other team of Barry Snyders, Ron Horne and Richard Guy played in the Plate Event but missed out on making the top 6.
Full results for the event were:
Milford 5,000 Heartland Bank Main Event:
1st: G Banks, J Green, N Buckner (Mairangi Bay). $1,500, plus $500 in prizes and Cup
2nd: L Davey, C Dalzell, B Lomas (Orewa). $900
3rd: G Keats, W McIvor, S Mulholland (Browns Bay). $450
4th: B Darlington, M Wilkinson, T James (Mairangi Bay). $375
5th: P Orgias, j Orgias, F Letoa (Mairangi Bay). $270
6th: W Lim, J Edwards, P Dixon ($240)
7th: D Wood, T Popplewell, T Trent (Mairangi Bay), $210
8th: S Hoeft, A Takarua, G Cotter (Pt Chevalier), $210.
Harcourts Cooper & Co Plate Event:
1st: J Parker, B Hudson, L Poullson (Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club), $360 plus Harcourts Plate
2nd: C Budge, S Lauder, C Neeley (Kensington), $210
3rd: O Walter, J Thompson, G Farley (Balmoral), $175
4th: R Reardon, B Conquer, K Raynsford (Manly), $150
5th: S Yates, J Heath, J Rusk (Birkenhead), $135
6th: S Gaughan, C Harold, M Trembath (Te Atatu Peninsula), 120