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The 2013 VI Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Champ will be held at Pins Lincoln Auckland, NZ. on 9th - 17th February.

I heard it was a well run NBT with a helping hand from Marion Gunn. There were just a few breakdowns. Everything sweet as. A simple 41 feet oiling pattern chart was posted showing the length and area. The pattern that was released is purely computer readouts of what the machine is supposed to apply to the lane. It does not take into account the lane surface condition, its topography or the accuracy of the machine. That being said however, the pattern release allows a bowler the opportunity to at least make equipment choices with some degree of confidence. Given the baggage limits imposed by airlines, this is an important psychological advantage to the player.
Lane conditions were obviously conducive to high scores. Bowlers were happy with their attempts. There was a line for a number of bowling styles, but the trick was adjusting for the differences in the lanes across the centre. Lane 1-6 and Lane 7-12 have a different line for the ball carry.
Phil Wright bowled the first 1500 series of the NBT since its inception. He seemed to like this center than the Manukau! Wayne Booth demolished the Seniors and Chris Haynes was unstoppable in the Open. There were a lot of possible 300 game. Lefties struggled. Tim Swain conversion of the Big Four 4,6,7,10 and Andy Lee converting the 7-10 split were the other highlights of the NBT Newtown. Welly bowlers won all the Masters events. Ellen Slater took out the Ladies, Anthony Carbonell the Youth and Kieran Davis the Juniors. If it is not for the Welly bowlers, the turnout for the Junior and Youth would have been a washout.
The Welly bowlers in the Masters were:
Junior: Jess Swain, Justin Downie, Ash Ball, Dayna Haylock
Ladies: Ivena Heald, Brooke Malone, Lynne Churchill, Kerry Churchill, Belle Swain
Seniors: Allan Heald, Greg Nicolas
Youth: Ford Ross, John Mikos, Kaleb Allardyce, Jordan Tuite, Kieran Davis, Saasha Ritchie, Sam Keller
Open: Tim Swain, Nathan Berry, Dion Leslie, Jason Peters, Jordan Tuite, Dave Warwick

Wellington bowlers were well supported in this tour. No lane pattern was issued. Bowlers heard that it was 42ft, but to some it feels like 45ft. Greg Nicolas and Delfin deGuzman came 1st and 2nd in the Senior Masters,Justin Downie won the Junior Masters, Ivena Heald, Dave Warwick and Kaleb Allardyce was 3rd in the Ladies, Open and Youth Masters respectively. Others Welly in the Masters were:
Seniors: Roger Tucker 4th, Yoyo Muljono 5th,
Ladies: Annabelle Swain 4th, Brooke Malone 6th, Kelly Wilson 7th, Ellen Slater 8th
Open: Chris Haynes 4th, Tim Swain 9th, Danual Paton 12th
Youth: Jordan Tuite 5th, Anthony Carbonell 6th
Juniors: Ash Ball 4th
Many bowlers took this tourney as an opportunity to try out the new lane overlays laid in March in preparation for the 2012 TBNZ Open Nationals which will be held in this centre from June 1-4. Manufacturers of synthetic overlay have their own surface hardness, friction or wear properties which react differently on lane conditioning. There is also the challenge for consistent levelness when placed on top of older wood foundations eg crowns and depressions and level of axis. These seemingly random irregularities can make your intended shots look out of character when the mid-lane is broken down. But then, rarely do synthetic lanes have a consistent character. If a wick technology lane conditioning unit is used on these new overlays, the experienced technician should try the trial and error approach by using the usual settings as on the old lane surface on a pair of lanes. Have a few throws and see the reaction eg lots of revs but no friction. This way, one could probably determine whether more or less conditioner is required or if there is a necessity to switch to a different type of lane conditioner to suit the overlay.
The weekend did produce some great scores in the Open and Youth Masters. Those that didn't make the cut have to come to terms in adapting to the new Manukau.
On the whole it looks promising. See you all at the Queen's birthday weekend.

Superb Wellington weather greeted bowlers to the 2012 version of the NTC at Strike Porirua. A repeat of the 2011 NTC WTBA oiling patterns were used viz. Seoul 39', London 44; and Sydney 33'.
Once again for the 4th consecutive year, Waitakere team took out the Mens, Ladies and Overall title. Auckland was 2nd in the Men. Wellington South was 3rd in the Mens and Ladies, and 2nd overall. Wellington Kapiti-Mana was 2nd in the Ladies and 3rd overall. Mens Achievement award goes to Craig Nevatt (only bowler with a 200+ average) and Ladies to Ashley Lorigan. The Male and Female Sports Personality Award goes to Kevin Foubister and Janet Miklos respectively. Greg Nicolas received his plaque for bowling more than 100 games in the NTC since TBNZ inception in 2005.
The enthusiasm of the Opening Day resulted in some good scores. As the NTC dragged on, the pitfalls of paralysis by analysis start to take effect. Fear and doubt, and a lot of other ancillary issues start to affect the mental stability of the bowlers as they try to find new midline and break to attain better ball carry. Frustration and lack of self confidence as bowlers forgot to exploit their own unique attributes that are manifested in themselves whilst in desperation, they try to emulate other bowlers hence creating further confusion. Self inflicting anger and negative body language transmit unwelcome vibes towards the team morale. Some coaches were questioning their bowlers instead of giving linear direction on competition day. As bowlers moved away from their comfort zone, simple spares were not converted. The bowlers low average reflect the long day and the tough gruelling condition of this format. It has taken the life out of bowling.
Lets hope we will be seeing a different format in 2013. Competition should be healthy and enjoyable so as not to be detrimental to our selfbeing. Well done WAITAKERE.

This was a well attended NBT by the locals and adult bowlers from Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, Cambridge, Hastings and New Plymouth. There were multiple attempts from the Seniors, Open and Ladies thus filling up the squads. The Youth division was a disappointment. Only 2 youth out of Wellington attended. It is obvious that the Youth attendance is on the decline as there are not enough youth bowlers coming through the system. There is a definite growth in the other 3 divisions. Bowling center with fewer lanes might have to rethink their allocation of Masters spots for the Youth.

None of the top qualifiers managed to win the Masters. Chris Haynes and Kerrie Churchill of Wellington won the Open and Ladies divisions. Chris led all the way while Kerrie who just made the cut, had an absolute blinder in the last game to win by 11 pins with a chase of 65 pins deficit.
Other Wellys in the Masters Finals were:
Seniors - Roger Tucker 3rd, German Ebue 4th, Wayne Booth 5th, Billy Te Tau 6th, Greg Nicolas 8th, Allan Heald 9th and Albert Saw 10th
Open - Dion Leslie 4th, Dave Warwick 5th, Ken Powe 6th, Greg Nicolas 8th, Stephen Bates 9th and Nathan Berry 11th
Ladies - Ivena Heald 5th, Kelly Wilson 6th, Lynnaire Churchill 7th, Stephanie George 8th and Joanne Uy 10th
Youth - Kaleb Allardyce 2nd, Anthony Carbonell 3rd, Sam Keller 4th, Jordan Tuite 5th, John Miklos 6th and Ford Ross 7th
Juniors - Justin Downie 2nd, Alex Harman 3rd, Kieran Davis 4th, Jess Swain 5th and Ash Ball 6th
The lane pattern was playable. Bowlers who were consistent with their accuracy and cadence were rewarded. Oil is a fluid. There will always be lane transitions depending on who was on the pair of lanes before you and who you are bowling against. The amount of lane wash and oil (brand and mix) do have an effect to the lanes on different days. There are other factors eg humidity to the lane closes to any exit and entrance to the center, the lineage on that pair of lanes and how frequent is the house pattern applied could possibly affects the texture on the lane surface. On some lanes the backend will be like glacier on a long oil pattern cos of the affected lane topography. Bowlers that adapted early, prevailed.

A new format was used for the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup NZ Qualifying Finals held at Pins Lincoln. James Kelly bowled in the 46th World Cup at Toulon, France. James and Melonie Lister will be representing NZ at the 48th QubicaAMF World Cup in Wroclaw, Poland November 24th - December 02 at Sky Bowling Centre

The Wellington Open was held at Strike Porirua. Although the oiling was set at 39ft, it was very similar to the 2011 Coke High Roller. Its challenging and frustrating to bowlers that do not have the right arsenal of bowling balls and the ability to read and handle the changing lanes condition. The scores reflect the toughness of this oiling pattern. It emphasis the importance in understanding the ratio of the forward and reverse oil in relation to ball reaction when it carries into the pocket. The pins depends on each other to get a strike. Bowlers need to be aware of their ball speed, revs and the effect of axis rotation.
A big congrats to Wayne Booth and Stephanie George for winning the Mens and Ladies Open Masters. The Open All Events Winners for Mens and Ladies were David Davies and Claire Gow. There was a total of 80 All Events participants.
Goto Results for Winners List.

A handful of bowlers from Kapiti and Newtown trekked north to compete in the 1st NBT of the year. In the Masters, Ash Ball came 3rd in the Juniors. Jordan Tuite 2nd in the Youth.
The others that made the Masters Finals were:
Seniors - Greg Nicolas 4th, Billy Te Tau 10th
Ladies - Brooke Malone 6th, Kelly Wilson 7th, Lynne Churchill 8th.
Youth - Sam Keller 4th
Commendable effort came from Sam Keller of Newtown. This is his 1st tournament outside Wellington. Sam has only been bowling for a few months in a Get a Ball Novice league at Bowlarama Newtown ending the 2011 season with a 126 ave. Greg Nicolas who introduced Two-Handed bowling to Sean Goldings and Mike Hohaia, guided Sam Keller to it. Sam went to the States for a couple of months and in a short spell has achieved tremendous result. In this NBT Youth Masters Final, Sam finished with 1360 for 7 games av 194.29 with a high game of 251.
With the support and encouragement from fellow bowlers and the bowling center, I have no doubt that we will be seeing a lot more of Sam in the future. He's keen and trained regularly.

Wellington bowlers had a great outing in the 2012 Seniors National at Lincoln Rd, Auckland. Roger Tucker won the Open Masters and placed 3rd in the Open National Champion. He won the Mixed Doubles with Belle Swain. Belle also won the Open Ladies Doubles. Wayne Booth won the Open Singles, 3rd in the Doubles and 3rd Mixed Doubles with Judy Booth, 2nd in the All Events and placed 2nd in the National Champion. German Ebue was 2nd in the Open Masters. Delfin deGuzman was 3rd in the Graded Doubles with Ramon Tiu. In the Graded division, Ramon was 2nd in the Masters, 2nd in the All Events, 3rd Singles and Doubles and 1st in the Graded team with Lynne Churchill. Lynne won the the Ladies Open All events and Masters and the Ladies National Champion and 3rd in Open Singles. Belle Swain was 2nd in the Open Singles, All Events, Masters and placed 2nd in the National Champion. Yoyo Muljono and Albert Saw was 3rd in the Open Team. Greg Nicolas was 2nd in the Mixed Doubles.
Masters bowlers from Welly
The Mens Open were Germz, Delfin, Roger, Wayne
The Ladies Open were Belle Swain and Lynne Churchill
The Graded Men were Ramon Tiu and Gerald Conway and Graded Ladies was Judy Booth.

Anthony Carbonell (Right) came 2nd at the 2012 National Youth Cup on January 07 - 08 at Werribee, Melbourne, Australia. Sam Cooley of Australia was the winner freshed from winning the 2011 Penang Pesta Youth Open in Malaysia the week before. 3rd was Matthew Krinis, last year winner. 89 Males bowled 10 games.Top 15 proceed to Matchplay Finals - 8 games.
Antz Matchplay final scores were 174, 208, 245, 237, 210, 222. 257, 235. His qualifying scores were 208, 175, 183, 202, 201, 203, 251,214, 237, 246.

National Bowling Tour Grand Final was held at Strike Porirua on December 10 - 11. The WTBA Stockholm and Tokyo pattern were used for the 2 days.

The Winners are:
Mens - David Davies
Ladies - Sarah Young
Youth - Adrian Hoggard
Seniors - German Ebue
Junior - Joshua Stretton
Grand Champion - Sarah Young
The folllowing Welly bowlers made the Grand Finals
Open - Tim Swain, Greg Nicolas, Ken Powe, Chris Haynes, Roger Tucker, Dave Warwick
Youth - Anthony Carbonell, Kaleb Allardyce, Jordan Tuite
Junior - Kieran Davis, Jess Swain, Ash Ball, Alex Harman
Senior - Roger Tucker, Greg Nicolas, Billy Te Tau, German Ebue, Delfin deGuzman,Stuart Cunningham, Allan Heald/Wayne Booth
Ladies - Annabelle Swain, Tanya Allardyce, Kelly Wilson, Stephanie George, Vanessa Tomlinson, Jane Powe

This is the last of the NBT Stop held at Pins Lincoln, Waitakere. Once again bowlers required a high series to secure their spots in the Masters. Has the standard of bowling in NZ improved or we need a tougher lane oiling pattern. The highlight of the NBT 8 is the 300 Game again by Daniel Simon during the Masters in Game 7. This is on the same pair of lanes 21and 22 that he bowled the perfect game on July 27 this year. All in all, he now has Four.
This NBT is played on wooden lanes with a 42 ft lane oiling pattern which generally had more backend than the pro anvilane due to the friction on wood. It’s an interesting pattern with more oil to the right. On paper, it would suit versatile Right-handed bowlers that were able to bowl along the slope of the oil pattern about the 2 arrow mark and moved deep inside as the games progressed using a shinier ball to retain the energy with repeatability at the breakpoint.
Strangely, on competition day, all who bowled well used the outside as the breakpoint around 5th board. It did not matter where you stand as long as you can bring the ball to the breakpoint. The published pattern did not seem to be of much help. Sonny was the only exception using the track area, his A game, straight to the 10th board and slightly hooking in to the pocket. He had few new bowling balls to achieve it.
With this bias pattern, not much oil was carried over to the left. Lefties had better successes with a less aggressive ball.
In today’s bowling, bowlers need to carry a number of balls with different coverstock and layout to handle the carrydown. Carrydown is when the conditioner dried the heads and moved to the backend. Hence you need a ball to break open a shot and a second ball to use after you break it down so as to get a good continuation and great reaction at the pocket. The ball needs the right surface roughness and entry angle for increasing pin carry rather than oil absorption. Try a high performance reactive ball on fresh oil then move to a mid range “goto” ball. For wooden lanes you would seek a ball that is controllable mainly to play the track area, ie a ball that reads the lanes well and grab the dry boards hard with a strong hit.
If you can grasp this simple concept you would have no problem in adjusting to any conditions. For an all-purpose ball try the USBC/WTBA registered China made balls. Some of these reactive balls are great travel companion especially on patchy lanes.
Welly bowlers that made the Masters are:
Open – Greg Nicolas, Tim Swain, Chris Haynes, Ken Powe, Dave Warwick
Ladies – Annabelle Swain, Lynnaire Churchill, Kelly Wilson,
Youth – Kaleb Allardyce,
Seniors – Stuart Cunningham, Bill Te Tau, Delfin deGuzman

Strike Hutt joined the NBT this year. Bowlers that excel in reading their ball motion and adjust accordingly made this pattern look relatively easy. The 42ft oiling pattern walling at 2nd arrow and a light to medium oil volume allows bowlers to maintain their line. The oil contour at midlane with a bit more oil in the middle gave an option for crosslane bowlers to bowl at mid arrow breaking at 8-12 boards. Its more about the angle of release rather than lane transition.
High qualifying scores were the order of the day achieved by a number of bowling styles. High revving bowlers like Adrian Judd and Chris Haynes bowled inside. Others like Roger Tucker, Greg Nicolas and Annabelle Swain used the 12boards breaking at 10 on the outside. Chris Haynes in particular started his qualifying like the proverbial rocket with games of 259, 279, 279 for an 817 series finishing off with 1446 to qualify 1st in the Open. Open bowlers with an earlier series of 1290's had to attempt the death squad. Cut was 1305 for top 12.
Several games promising perfection failing at the last frame, until Daniel Simon cracked it in the Open Masters on Sunday morning on Game 7. Open masters top five all from the recent successful 2011 NZ Mens Rachuig team.
In the Senior Masters, Six bagger from Phil Wright to close last game to force the tie with Wayne Booth. Phil won a close fought roll off game 204-194, leaving Wayne to rue missing a single pin on the last frame of match play.
Welly bowlers in the top three were Wayne Booth and Allan Heald was 2nd and 3rd in the Seniors. Tanya Allardyce 3rd in the Ladies.Kaleb Allardyce and Jordan Tuite 2nd and 3rd in the Youth. Alex Harman and Ash Ball 1st and 3rd in the Juniors.
Welly bowlers that also made the Masters were:
Juniors - Kieran Davis 4th, Jess Swain 6th
Youth - Stephanie George 4th, Anthony Carbonell 5th
Ladies - Stephanie George 4th, Kelly Wilson 5th, Dairne Kaimoana 6th, Annabelle Swain 7th,
Julie Barns 8th, Vanessa Tomlinson 10th
Senior - German Ebue 4th, Stuart Cunningham 5th
Open - Chris Haynes 4th, Dave Warwick 8th, Rey Non 10th, Danual Paton 11th

BIG OCCASION, BIG RESPONSES. There was an air of confidence that this new Mens squad will be devastating. And so they did. The Mens retained their Rachuig title superbly with a round to spare. They went through the last Block defeating all their opponents. The Men won 15 of their 18 rounds. Daniel Simon had the most wins with 13 and Jason Waters had the best average of 204. The rest of the team average ranging between 193 to 199. When it was time to rotate, the other bowler delivered. Craig was the only returning bowler from last year. NZ is fortunate to have such a strong pool of evenly skilled Mens bowlers that could follow up on the success of last year's team.
2011 Mens team L to R: Jason Waters, Adrian Judd, Chris Haynes, Carl Mollet, Craig Nevatt, Daniel Simon

Unfancied and with no great expectations, the Ladies team deserved my accolade. They earned the respect of the bowling fraternity by their tenacity in winning the closely fought games. A win is a Win. They went through the first 14 rounds with just 1 loss. That sets the impetus for the male counterpart to follow suit, The dream of capturing the Combined Team overall Supremacy was within reach. Julz bowled all the 18 rounds with 15 wins and the ladies Hi Game of 277 twice over. It went unchallenged since Day 1. She also topped the Ladies AllStar. Stellar performance. Ash had 12 wins. Belle strung 8 wins in a row. Dairne and Lynne bowled consistently well to add the points to the tally. Sarah met strong oppositions. It was a closely fought contest for the top 3 placings. The Ladies got their medals. The 50 - 50 combination of ladies from Wellington and Auckland looks like a good mix.
Just awesome.
2011 Ladies team L to R: Dairne Kaimoana, Ashley Lorigan, Sarah young, Annabelle Swain, Lynne Churchill, Julieanne Mollet (Squat)

The creme de la creme came when Team NEW ZEALAND took the covetted overall Combined Interstate Team title. For the first time, Team NZ got the medals for every division. The dream has become a Reality. What a splendid achievement. A Great Day indeed.

The Walter Rachuig Trophy started in 1963, Team NZ joined 8 years ago in this Australian Inter State tournament. This week Oct 26 - 28 history was made. For the first time a NZ team has uplifted the Walter Rachuig Trophy off the Aussies. Well done.
Mens Team New Zealand
Front L to R - Jason Waters (Coach), Gregorio Nicolas, Tony Lum
Back L to R - Terry Mustchin, Brodie Hunt, Russell Young, Geoff Wakelin (Manager), Craig Nevatt.

Russell Young received the High Achievement Award
Nhung Mai took out the Sportswoman Award.
Craig Nevatt and Brodie Hunt were 3rd and 4th in the Top Five AllStars.
Gregorio Nicolas gained a Priority Flag.

Congrats to GREGORIO NICOLAS for winning the Senior Masters averaging 215. He was also placed 6th in the Open Masters. Roger Tucker took out the Hi Game of 274 in the Open. In the qualifying round for the Open, Greg was most impressive, qualifying 1st with 1321 averaging 220 and Roger qualified 5th with 1231 av. 205. Ken scrapped in at 14th with 1105 av 184. In the Youth division, Kaleb and Antz qualified 3rd and 4th with 1168 av 195 and 1159 av 193 respectively.

The 2011 USBC Open 41ft pattern was used. This pattern is a hard one to master as it is very flat and prone to changes. Not much of a dry patch other than the 10 boards on each side closest to the pindeck. Hence it is more of knowing where your opponent bowls, using an area away from everyone and be highly consistent. If you have the guts to bowl straight and/or slightly diagonal between 3rd to 5th boards, no more or less, with a ball drilled for an angular break, then the carry will come. To maintain the same line on a changing lane it pays to have a varied release. I heard that some bowlers were finding the approach slippery and sticky on other lanes. Foot fouls were recorded.
The other Welly bowlers that made it to the Masters were:
Senior - Roger Tucker 7th
Open - Ken Powe 8th, Roger Tucker 10th
Ladies - Tanya Allardyce 6th
Youth - Anthony Carbonell 5th, Kaleb Allardyce 6th
Junior - Ash Ball 6th

The following Welly bowlers made it to the Masters.
Open - Tim Swain finished 6th
Youth - Anthony Carbonell finished 5th
Juniors - Jess Swain 6th
Seniors - Roger Tucker 2nd, Greg Nicolas 7th, German Ebue 10th. This division was closely contested with minimal pinfalls separating the 4th to 9th placings.
The oiling pattern was not posted on the TBNZ website. Bowlers relied on their experience to adapt to the pair of lanes and the lane conditions. Its more of finding the spot that allows the carry in the pocket. There was the outcry of "where has the oil gone to"
Jason Waters bowled his 2nd official 300 Game on his way to winning the Open Masters in Game 10. He did his 1st at Tauranga in 1999. He is a member of the 2011 NZ team to defend the Rachuig Trophy in Australia. All the best.

The VIA Elite Classic requires participants to bowl 2 blocks of 8 games on long oil and short oil patterns. 15 qualifiers will bowl 7 games in a three way match play on Medium oiling. 3 will go to stepladder finals. The top seed from the matchplay round will select the oiling pattern to be used for the step ladder Finals.
The depth of entries this year has made it difficult to pick a pre-tournament favourite.
Day 1 Long Oil. Dave Warwick (Wgtn) started the 1st game with a 279 only to be overtaken by a 288 from Kurt Sturgess (Chch) in the last game. Chris Haynes (Wgtn) led Sqd A while Carl Mollet (Palmerston North) led Sqd B.
Day 2 Short Oil. William Wells (Akld) 279 was short lived as Fred Housham (Akld) matched it.
Day 3 Medium Oil. 15 bowlers made the Semi Final MatchPlay. Average for cut is 203.13.
The lane condition changes quickly on different pairs of lanes and the ability to make changes during the game was a necessity to high scores. Once again, bowlers had to draw on their experience to make constant adjustments to find the carry for the pins, ball in line, watching the ball reaction and choosing the right equipment and ball surface. Getting the strikes is no longer mechanical. It needs brain power. The smart bowlers have learned to share this information amongst themselves during lane changes. I like this culture of unselfishness and respect.
Stepladder Final. Chris Haynes tops the field and nominated the Long Oil pattern. Julieanne Mollet (Akld) qualifies 2nd for Match 1 against Terry Mustchin (Akld). Drama all round. After a spare on the 10th, Terry needed a strike to draw. He did. In the 2 frames rollup, Jules did not convert the last frame opening the door for Terry who was trailing by 19 pins. Terry got the strike, followed by a 1,2,10 split. The ball took out 1 and 2. Pin 1 ricocheted off the back board to knock off the 10. A spectacular win by 1.
Final. Chris won 198 to 182.
A Great finale result with 3 NZ reps in the Final stepladder – Adult, Ladies and Seniors.
Bring it on 2012.
Wellingtonians in the Matchplay were Chris Haynes, Wayne Booth, Nap Carbonell, Ken Powe, Tim Swain, Rey Non and Dave Warwick.

The 2011 Open Nationals at Pins Lincoln can best be described as "Lost In Transitions" The WTBA Atlanta 38 feet pattern was used. Challenging would be too kind a word. It was Tough.
The bowlers were finding it difficult to find the pocket. They were knackered after the day's play. Seasoned bowlers have to draw on their experience to make constant adjustments as the lane transition happened rapidly during the game. Not finding the line, length and oil leads to split. Those that adapt early in finding the right ball with specific drilling layout managed to bowl a respectable score. For others, low scores were a common sight. Moans and groans aplenty.

The Mens Open Masters was won by Craig Nevatt who also took out the Mens Open National Champion title. Once again Craig proved that currently he is still the best bowler in the country. Tim came 4th, could have been better if the close game against Dave and Jason Waters has swung his way. After a jitter start, Dave did the late charge to finish 8th.
The Ladies Open Masters was won by Sarah Young, but her combined pinfalls was not enough to overtake Melonie Lister who took out the Ladies Open National Champion title. The Welly ladies, Tanya, Dairne, Stephanie and Annabelle finished 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th respectively in the Masters.
The Graded Masters was won by a junior Michelle Powell. Andrea finished 5th.

The following Welly bowlers have made it to the Masters.
Mens Open: TIM SWAIN & DAVE WARWICK
Ladies Open: STEPHANIE GEORGE, TANYA ALLARDYCE, ANNABELLE SWAIN & DAIRNE KAIMOANA
Graded: ANDREA BAILEY
Congrats to the following Welly bowlers for getting the MEDALS:-
Mens Open:
Tim Swain - 3rd Open All Events, 3rd Mens Open Singles. Billy Te Tau - 2nd Open Doubles
Dave Warwick - 3rd in Open Team. Ken Powe - 3rd in Open Team
Ladies Open:
Stephanie George - 1st Open Doubles, 2nd Open Team, 3rd Open Singles, 3rd Open All Events. Dairne Kaimoana - 2nd Open Team. Kelly Wilson - 2nd Open Team
Brooke Malone - 2nd Open Team
Graded:
Andrea Bailey - 3rd Team. Vanessa Tomlinson - 3rd Team. Ellen Slater - 3rd Team

All archived blogs on this site have been restored as requested by the readers. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. The old blogs must have been a good read.
Please offer your opinion whether I should start a new blog post for 2011 or leave it as Status Quo.
Will look forward to your recommendation.
Thank you Readers for your support.

The weather wasn't great in Wellington, but Welly bowlers gave a handful of surprises to warm up the spirit. In the High Game Award, Tim Swain 288 took the Open, Janet Miklos 245 took the Ladies and Stuart Cunningham 246 took the Seniors. This was just the Saturday appetisers.
On Sunday in the Masters the brunch was served with DELFIN de GUZMAN winning Senior with a 205 average after making the cut via the death squad near the bottom of the pack, 2nd Roger Tucker, 3rd Allan Heald. DAIRNE KAIMOANA having recently been awarded an Outstanding Achievement in the NTC and making the Ladies All Stars team for the Rachuig in Aussie continued with her escalating rise by winning the Ladies with a 200 average, 2nd Annabelle Swain, 3rd Kelly Wilson. The top 3 in the Masters Seniors and Ladies were all from Wellington. Awesome. In the Open Nathan Berry was 3rd. John Miklos was 3rd in the Youth. Kieran Davis and Alex Harman were 2nd and 3rd in the Junior.
Other Wellys that made the Masters were:
Senior: Wayne Booth, German Ebue, Billy Te Tau, Stuart Cunningham, Yoyo Muljono
Open: Tim Swain, Carlos Tuason, Ken Powe, Roger Tucker, Rey Non
Ladies: Tanya Allardyce, Stephanie George, Brooke Malone, Joanne Uy
Youth: Stephanie George, Anthony Carbonell, Kaleb Allardyce
Junior: Jess Swain, Clarisse Harman
Gregorio Nicolas qualified 2nd for the Open Masters with 1299 but was unable to attend due to work commitment. All in all another good weekend for Wellys. Well done.

Dion Leslie bowled a perfect game in Game 4 at Strike Porirua during the All Stars Singles League on March 06, 2012

Jordan Tuite bowled the 1st Perfect Game of Kapiti Tenpin on February 20th 2012 during the Kapiti Scratch Doubles League. He finished the 4 game series with a 936.

Nap Carbonell wins the last tourney of 2011, Bowliminator Champ at Bowlarama Newtown on December 29th. 6 finalists fighting it out till the last few frames. Nap eventual 6 baggers home for 242 made the difference. Dave Warwick was 2nd with 236 and Nap's son Anthony Carbonell was 3rd.

Nathan Berry shot another 300 Game in the Foundation trios League on Wednesday, November 09th 2011 at Bowlarama Newtown on a medium 39ft oiling pattern using the Brunswick C System 3.5. 11 solid pocket shot and once again the 12th strike came off brooklyn. On lane 5-6.

Nathan Berry shot the inaugural 300 Game at Bowlarama Newtown on Oct. 28th 2011 during the Friday Premier Singles League on Lane 5-6 with a 1449 series using a Storm Domination Nano ball on a long oil 44feet oiling pattern. 11 pocket strikes with the last that went brooklyn, but it all fell.

Gregorio Nicolas shot a 299 Game at Bowlarama Newtown during the Premier Singles League on Friday July 22nd. Every shot carried perfectly in the pocket. The last shot left a Pin 6. He finished off with a 6 Game Series of 1440.

WAYNE BOOTH bowled another Perfect Game at Strike Porirua on April 05 during the All Stars League on lane 5-6. It came on the last game. The preceeding game was 269. Wayne did 21 strikes in a row. Thats a hell lot of strikes mate. Wayne is currently a member of the NZ Senior Training Squad. He will be representing Wellington South in the coming 2011 Adult National Team Champs at Tauranga. Good Luck.

BILLY TE TAU struck the Perfect 300 Game on game 1 during the AllStar League at Strike Porirua Sunday evening Nov 14th on Lane 1 n 2. Surprisingly, the previous two 300 games here were also struck on these pair of lanes by Carlos Tuason and Wayne Booth.
An awesome achievement Billy.

NATHAN BERRY shot the Perfect 300 Game in the Final of the Coca Cola High Roller Tournament at Strike Hutt on Sunday Oct 31 collecting $4000, $725 for the jackpotted game, $250 for the High Game of the Tournament and winning the Bo Smaha Memorial Trophy as well. It was struck on Lane 3 and 4. Gregorio Nicolas was the 1st bowler to struck the perfect game here on the same pair of lanes on Nov 11th 2008. Nice one Nathan.

ANTHONY CARBONELL shattered the the Junior National Champion record set in 2006, hence taking out the TBNZ Junior National Champion title at the 2011 TBNZ Junior/ Youth National Champs at Bowlarama Newtown July 18 - 23. He also made it to the 2011NZ Youth All Star Team.

CARLOS TUASON got his elusive Perfect Game on June 19, 2010 at Strike Porirua. He has bowled 3 298 Game before; two at Ball Crushers League, Bowland Petone in 2006 and the other at Bowland Porirua in 2008. This time with the aid of a Taylormade golf glove to bypass his sweaty palm, the strikes just keep coming. All 12 strikes were solid pocket ball. Good on yer mate. Next hurdle...for the perfect score...finding a soulmate.

Best Wishes to JASON WATERS on his appointment as TBNZ High Performance Manager. He is a highly respected bowler, a H.P.1 LevelCoach and has represented New Zealand extensively in numerous overseas competitions. Way To Go mate.

GRAHAM PARKINS formerly from Wellington had a Perfect Game at the 2010 Seniors Australian Open - May 01-02, Sunshine Super Bowl, Ballarat, Victoria. It was bowled on Game 13, averaging 206.88 for 16 games. He did it again at Tenpin Tauranga on Lane 7-8 August 10th 2011.

MARION GUNN started tenpin bowling when she was a sweet-young-thing in Mother England. In 1965 at a tender age of twenty something, she migrated to NZ. Bowled at Upper Hutt, then moved on to the newly opened bowling alley in Bond Building, Pirie Street, Mt. Victoria, after an invite by Ailsa Gill. Back then, bowling alleys were not automated and the pins are attached to strings. She joined (Kerridge Odeon) Petone automated bowling centre when it opened in 1986. She is still a founding member of the Ballcrushers League which is in its 26th Year. Nowadays she bowls three leagues a week at Hutt and two in Newtown, participates in the quarterly Travel League and dedicates her administrative talent as the Lower North Island Director on the TBNZ Board.
TwentyEleven is a very special year for Marion. She has reached a milestone in Tenpin.
Over 50 Years of Tenpin Bowling. Insane! We wish you well.