The 2017 World Master Games was held in Auckland and afforded an easy opportunity for local players to be involved in the wide range of sports including Lawn Bowls. Balmoral had a number of representatives involved. Graham and Linda Farley competed in the Mixed Pairs 60-69 Years competition and while they shared 2 wins with the eventual qualifiers from their section, they missed out by 2 points on qualifying. Linda paired up with Marion Hakaria in the Women's Pairs 60-69 Years and made out of qualifying into the first round of post section but fell to another local combination of Eileen Badham and Helen Blick. Graham paired with a Pauanui based bowler John McConnell in the Men's Pairs 60-69 Year and had a great run through to the Semi-Finals Here they met the renowned pairing of Petar Sain & Rob Ashton and were soundly beaten. They moved in to the Bronze Medal match were they missed out on the medal, losing to the Jack Bunguga & Terry Makira combination. Terry Barrett and Steve Kirwan competed in 2 events. The Men's Pairs 50-59 Years and the Men's Fours 50-59 Years. Terry and Steve made into first round of Pairs Post Section but were beaten by an Orewa combination of David Eades & Kevin Robinson. The Fours however was where all the noise was come the last day, Terry & Steve joined up with Garry Banks & Kenneth Batkin in the Men's Fours 50-59 Years. They qualified with 3 wins out of section play and had a great run through post section to claim the Gold Medal!! ![]() Winners 2017 Word Master Games Lawn Bowls Men's Fours 50-59 Years Form L to R" Steve Kirwan, Terry Barrett, Ken Batkin and Gary Banks. |
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