January 3, 2025 • 9 mins
The national bowls championship is on in Auckland, with men's pairs and women's singles into post-selection play today, with finals tomorrow.
Men's singles and women's pairs will follow.
The defending champions in the men's pairs, Mt Albert duo Gary Lawson and Tony Grantham, are looking for a three-peat. While women's singles defending champion Leanne Poulson is looking to be the first women to successfully defend the title.
As one of the most well-known voices in bowls, Kevin Hickland joins Piney to discuss the championship.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine
from newstalk ZEDB two.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Twenty eight on Weekend Sport. The twenty twenty five Somerset
National Bowls Champs are on in Auckland. Men's pairs and
women's singles into post section play today with finals tomorrow.
Then they flip it. It's the women's pears and the
men's singles to follow. Defending champions and the men's pirents
Gary Lawson, Antony Grantham out of mental but in fact
(00:33):
they're looking for a record breaking three peete and defending
champion and the women's singles is International Lee and Poulsen.
She's attempting to become the first person in over twenty
five years to successfully defend the women's singles national title.
One of the most well known voices in bowls is
Kevin Hickland, who joins us.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Kevin tell us about post section play today, How does
it all work?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Well, the good afternoon, Jason, and there's no rain now
it's just a win. But I can tell you now
as your intro ree, Gary Lawson and Liam they have
both exited the competition. Lawson going down and Tony grants
them going for that three peety of course last year
in christ Church and going for the third consecutive New
(01:19):
Zealand Peers title. But they were defended today by Martin
Creft and Brian core Coil of Saint Pier and Dunedin
by fourteen shots to thirteen. Creft, of course very very
good volor and has represented at the Indoors Series in
the UK, so a very very good draw player. Not
(01:40):
to be for Lawson and grant them exiting the Peers
fourteen to thirteen. The m Pulson also up against Katherine
Bean of Saint Heliers and it was Catherine Been who
ran out the winner by twenty one shots to nineteen.
And Catherine Bean has just in the last few minutes
repeated in another victory where she's be beating the New
(02:01):
Zealand development player Lisa Pradeaux at how this after so upsets,
I can tell you are big. In the women's singles,
we saw current New Zealand blackjack player Selena Goddard defeated
by Olivia Menza and the young player out of the
Burnside Club and christ Church. She defended Selena Goddard, former
(02:21):
international player as well Wendy Jensen up against the news
selected New Zealand blackjack player out of the Platitudia Club
at New Plymouth Briar Atkinson, while it was Wendy Jents
and the former blackjack who they winner by twenty one
shots to Aiden. Other prominent women's players the champions World
(02:43):
Champion and champion singles player Bekayla Nathan of Birkenhead. She's
still going. She just defeated Angela Stevens. Big game that
would hack. But the real big game, I think that's
the game between Taylor Bruce and Dale Rayner of Wellington,
a reign of course, a former blackjack and we are
of New Zealand titles, and she defeended the big match
(03:05):
this morning Hannah Dawson, the up and coming young player
out of the Howick Club. So the Bruce and rain
that game has been played now at Howick. At the
end of play today with the women's singles, Jason will
be down to the semi finalists, which will be all
that of course at Brown's play tomorrow and the men
(03:26):
right in the men's peers that they are playing to
get through the last eight tonight and they have caught
a final semi and final tomorrow and they're playing there
around a sixteen. One prominent game this afternoon is Shannon
McElroy who's up against the former well known New Zealand
Herald sports writer Win and Gray, and they had a
(03:49):
win this morning in the first round this morning did
Win and Gray, very very passionate bowlers. Ridden they'll have
attack of Pluna Club. But he's now up against Shannon
McElroy and Robbie Reid of the Stoake Club in Nelson.
Also going well in the men's peers is the the
runner up in the men's singles last year, Sheldon Begley
(04:11):
Hally and current New Zealand player with his partner Aiden
Zilstein formerly of Patatudu. Now playing out of plays in Melbourne.
They're making their way to the last sixteen former New
Zealand singles winner Taylor Horn. He's won his way through
and playing the last sixteen. Keane Darby the newly kept
black Cat along with Finn bar mcgriggan of Stokes Valley
(04:34):
or Keanu and Fin both by their matches and now
we've played that last sixteen along with Cadain Hully, another
of the New Zealand development players from playing with Amos
Kapi of the Okato Club in Taranaki playing their way
to get into the last sixteen. So because of the
(04:54):
in and out weather that we've had today, Jason, some
Greens are a headress results somewhere behind, so they sort
of in the catch up phase, I suppose you could say.
But the big ship of course Gary Awson going out
in the peers, and the Impulsion and Selena Goddard exit
in the women's singles, those the major upset at this
(05:17):
point in time in the Somerset Nationals.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All right, so I guess we'll we know we'll have
new champions anyway when they're crowned in the and the
men's bear and the women's singles tomorrow. Has weather been
a factor across the you know the last few days,
Kevin or is it Lands always is always a bit changeable,
isn't it?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
To compliment Cilney? Wouldn't want to be on a camping
holiday in the in the Auckland area at present. If
it's not raining, it's blowing all right, at least the blowing.
Just about to say that from your point of view, Jason,
(05:57):
that that right now Aukland will be the capital of wind,
not well.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Into all right, that's well, you've got some really stuff
competition as you know down here in terms of how
many I mean, there's a lot of players. How many
greens have been used and will be used when as
the tournament goes on.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Well, as we light up for the day on Monday,
they light up for the woman's, the women's peer and
men's singles that had the disability singles as well. It's
around about I think it's twenty seven greens around North
Harbor and Auckland that they'll be using. But we have
got the advantage here in Auckland built for the weather,
(06:36):
I suppose, if we've got the number of artificial services
and covered complexes as well, which we really haven't had
to use at this stage. The rain hasn't been totally disrupting.
It's been annoying more than anything, and the wind has
just been constant. But you know, it's a big demand
on the organizers when you have this inconsistent weather patterns
(06:58):
for nine or ten days, certainly in the early stages
of the events, especially when they need the most amount
of greens. It's really put the challenge out to the organizers.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
All right, So busy day or busy afternoon or the
rest of it today. Then as you mentioned, we'll be
down to the final few who will play the matches tomorrow?
So what time will the will the titles be handed
out tomorrow afternoon? And where's headquarters?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
So headquarters at Browns Bay, and I can tell you
that the if I look now, the quarterfinals will get
underway tomorrow morning out at Browns Bay at eight thirty am,
because there's three rounds to be played, so quarterfinals, semifinal
and finals. And then the women's where of course we'll
(07:42):
be down to, will be down to the semifinals and
they will be played. Two semifinals will also be played
at eight to thirty at Browns Bay tomorrow and in
the final will follow at eleven thirty am. And then
the men's peers final will then be played later on
in the afternoon because they having to play three rounds
(08:04):
impeed to the women having to play the two outs.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Good stuff, Kevin. Well, hopefully we can butt into your
busy schedule tomorrow and get a further update from you.
But thanks so much for joining us this afternoon and
giving us such a comprehensive update.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
All the best, Jason, thanks very much.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
All the best to you two. Kevin, Kevin Hicklin there
you know his voice, I'm sure from many, many years
of covering the sport of balls. There you go, the
most up to date information you'll get and the upshot
tomorrow is the quarter finals of the men's pairs from
eight thirty into semifinals and the final in the afternoon,
and in the women's singles, the semi finals from eight
thirty tomorrow morning, with the final at eleven. Those finals
(08:42):
matches taking place at headquarters at Brown's Bay, and then
following tomorrow's action, they'll flip it around and it'll be
the men's singles and the women's pairs following a very
similar format over the first three or four days of
next week.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk zed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine
from newstalk ZEDB two.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Twenty eight on Weekend Sport. The twenty twenty five Somerset
National Bowls Champs are on in Auckland. Men's pairs and
women's singles into post section play today with finals tomorrow.
Then they flip it. It's the women's pears and the
men's singles to follow. Defending champions and the men's pirents
Gary Lawson, Antony Grantham out of mental but in fact
(00:33):
they're looking for a record breaking three peete and defending
champion and the women's singles is International Lee and Poulsen.
She's attempting to become the first person in over twenty
five years to successfully defend the women's singles national title.
One of the most well known voices in bowls is
Kevin Hickland, who joins us.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Kevin tell us about post section play today, How does
it all work?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Well, the good afternoon, Jason, and there's no rain now
it's just a win. But I can tell you now
as your intro ree, Gary Lawson and Liam they have
both exited the competition. Lawson going down and Tony grants
them going for that three peety of course last year
in christ Church and going for the third consecutive New
(01:19):
Zealand Peers title. But they were defended today by Martin
Creft and Brian core Coil of Saint Pier and Dunedin
by fourteen shots to thirteen. Creft, of course very very
good volor and has represented at the Indoors Series in
the UK, so a very very good draw player. Not
(01:40):
to be for Lawson and grant them exiting the Peers
fourteen to thirteen. The m Pulson also up against Katherine
Bean of Saint Heliers and it was Catherine Been who
ran out the winner by twenty one shots to nineteen.
And Catherine Bean has just in the last few minutes
repeated in another victory where she's be beating the New
(02:01):
Zealand development player Lisa Pradeaux at how this after so upsets,
I can tell you are big. In the women's singles,
we saw current New Zealand blackjack player Selena Goddard defeated
by Olivia Menza and the young player out of the
Burnside Club and christ Church. She defended Selena Goddard, former
(02:21):
international player as well Wendy Jensen up against the news
selected New Zealand blackjack player out of the Platitudia Club
at New Plymouth Briar Atkinson, while it was Wendy Jents
and the former blackjack who they winner by twenty one
shots to Aiden. Other prominent women's players the champions World
(02:43):
Champion and champion singles player Bekayla Nathan of Birkenhead. She's
still going. She just defeated Angela Stevens. Big game that
would hack. But the real big game, I think that's
the game between Taylor Bruce and Dale Rayner of Wellington,
a reign of course, a former blackjack and we are
of New Zealand titles, and she defeended the big match
(03:05):
this morning Hannah Dawson, the up and coming young player
out of the Howick Club. So the Bruce and rain
that game has been played now at Howick. At the
end of play today with the women's singles, Jason will
be down to the semi finalists, which will be all
that of course at Brown's play tomorrow and the men
(03:26):
right in the men's peers that they are playing to
get through the last eight tonight and they have caught
a final semi and final tomorrow and they're playing there
around a sixteen. One prominent game this afternoon is Shannon
McElroy who's up against the former well known New Zealand
Herald sports writer Win and Gray, and they had a
(03:49):
win this morning in the first round this morning did
Win and Gray, very very passionate bowlers. Ridden they'll have
attack of Pluna Club. But he's now up against Shannon
McElroy and Robbie Reid of the Stoake Club in Nelson.
Also going well in the men's peers is the the
runner up in the men's singles last year, Sheldon Begley
(04:11):
Hally and current New Zealand player with his partner Aiden
Zilstein formerly of Patatudu. Now playing out of plays in Melbourne.
They're making their way to the last sixteen former New
Zealand singles winner Taylor Horn. He's won his way through
and playing the last sixteen. Keane Darby the newly kept
black Cat along with Finn bar mcgriggan of Stokes Valley
(04:34):
or Keanu and Fin both by their matches and now
we've played that last sixteen along with Cadain Hully, another
of the New Zealand development players from playing with Amos
Kapi of the Okato Club in Taranaki playing their way
to get into the last sixteen. So because of the
(04:54):
in and out weather that we've had today, Jason, some
Greens are a headress results somewhere behind, so they sort
of in the catch up phase, I suppose you could say.
But the big ship of course Gary Awson going out
in the peers, and the Impulsion and Selena Goddard exit
in the women's singles, those the major upset at this
(05:17):
point in time in the Somerset Nationals.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All right, so I guess we'll we know we'll have
new champions anyway when they're crowned in the and the
men's bear and the women's singles tomorrow. Has weather been
a factor across the you know the last few days,
Kevin or is it Lands always is always a bit changeable,
isn't it?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
To compliment Cilney? Wouldn't want to be on a camping
holiday in the in the Auckland area at present. If
it's not raining, it's blowing all right, at least the blowing.
Just about to say that from your point of view, Jason,
(05:57):
that that right now Aukland will be the capital of wind,
not well.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Into all right, that's well, you've got some really stuff
competition as you know down here in terms of how
many I mean, there's a lot of players. How many
greens have been used and will be used when as
the tournament goes on.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Well, as we light up for the day on Monday,
they light up for the woman's, the women's peer and
men's singles that had the disability singles as well. It's
around about I think it's twenty seven greens around North
Harbor and Auckland that they'll be using. But we have
got the advantage here in Auckland built for the weather,
(06:36):
I suppose, if we've got the number of artificial services
and covered complexes as well, which we really haven't had
to use at this stage. The rain hasn't been totally disrupting.
It's been annoying more than anything, and the wind has
just been constant. But you know, it's a big demand
on the organizers when you have this inconsistent weather patterns
(06:58):
for nine or ten days, certainly in the early stages
of the events, especially when they need the most amount
of greens. It's really put the challenge out to the organizers.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
All right, So busy day or busy afternoon or the
rest of it today. Then as you mentioned, we'll be
down to the final few who will play the matches tomorrow?
So what time will the will the titles be handed
out tomorrow afternoon? And where's headquarters?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
So headquarters at Browns Bay, and I can tell you
that the if I look now, the quarterfinals will get
underway tomorrow morning out at Browns Bay at eight thirty am,
because there's three rounds to be played, so quarterfinals, semifinal
and finals. And then the women's where of course we'll
(07:42):
be down to, will be down to the semifinals and
they will be played. Two semifinals will also be played
at eight to thirty at Browns Bay tomorrow and in
the final will follow at eleven thirty am. And then
the men's peers final will then be played later on
in the afternoon because they having to play three rounds
(08:04):
impeed to the women having to play the two outs.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Good stuff, Kevin. Well, hopefully we can butt into your
busy schedule tomorrow and get a further update from you.
But thanks so much for joining us this afternoon and
giving us such a comprehensive update.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
All the best, Jason, thanks very much.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
All the best to you two. Kevin, Kevin Hicklin there
you know his voice, I'm sure from many, many years
of covering the sport of balls. There you go, the
most up to date information you'll get and the upshot
tomorrow is the quarter finals of the men's pairs from
eight thirty into semifinals and the final in the afternoon,
and in the women's singles, the semi finals from eight
thirty tomorrow morning, with the final at eleven. Those finals
(08:42):
matches taking place at headquarters at Brown's Bay, and then
following tomorrow's action, they'll flip it around and it'll be
the men's singles and the women's pairs following a very
similar format over the first three or four days of
next week.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk zed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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