NEWS
The 2nd Annual Handicapped Singles Tournament comes to a close
After two gruelling qualifyings & 1 BIG final we have a winner!
Congratulations to Rob Stewart, the 2008 champion.
Qualifying 11th and entering the final with a 16 pin difference in his handicap, Rob still managed to maintain bowling a whopping 129 over average in the final!  Well done Wob!
Congratulations also to Avi Patel & Nick Rowe for Qualifying 1st in each squad
receiving free entry into the final.
QUALIFYING RESULTS  /  FINAL RESULTS

Richard Reed (4th), Julian Emery (2nd),  Rob Stewart (1st), Adam Bradley (3rd), Steve Quedley (5th)

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SCOTCH DOUBLES!
Our 4th Rankings tournament of the year is now complete.
Congratulations to John Murray and Grant Hambly for not only winning the
tournament walking away with LOTS of goodies
BUT also overtaking Westgate's Scotch Tournament Record by 7 pins!
Well done everyone who competed!
Results here

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Westgate's 5th Annual Mixed Scratch Doubles.
Congratulations to one of the youngest teams Jason Scarfe (18) and Catherine Kelly (21)
for Taking out our recent rankings tournament winning $250! and ofcourse 100 rankings points!
AND they also blew the combined Westgate Mixed Scratch Doubles record out the water!
With a combined pinfall of 2022 (the previous record being 2007 bowled in 2004!)
GO TEAM!
click here for results

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TBNZ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
were held over Queens Bday Weekend in Tauranga.
We had several Westgate bowlers compete in both the
Graded & Open divisions.
Outstanding Achievments go to Mellissa Anderson
Qualifying for the Masters in the Graded division & winning the Gold Medal for the 9 game Finals.  AND overall being awarded the Bronze medal for Total pinfall in
Singles, Doubles, Teams & Masters.
Well done Mellissa, & Well done to all who Participated.
Click here for all results

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Congratulations to Wairau Parks Friday Morning League for winning our latest Wairau VS Westgate Challenge.
Some excellent bowling was had by all!
See you next year!
click here for results

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THE CENTRE CHAMPS COME TO AN END...
From 7-18 May bowlers from Westgate Tenpin competed in our Centre champs.
Bowlers were split into 2 grades.  
Open grade for bowlers with a league average of 140+
and Graded for bowlers with a league average of 139-
Over 3 event, Singles, Doubles & Trio's the competitors main aim
was to get the pinfall as high as possible for a chance to make it to the top 10.
On Sunday 18th May, 10 bowlers in the Graded Division &
10 bowlers in the Open Division battled it out over 9 painstaking games!  
But only 1 bowler could take out the GOLD!
Congratulations
Wayne Thomas for winning the Open Division
and
Sam Perkins for winning the Graded Division.
BRING ON THE CENTRE CHAMPS 2009!
Click here for results

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WESTGATE TENPIN JUNIOR GRADED CHALLENGE
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our 1st
Junior Graded Challenge on Sunday 6th April.
25 Bowlers bowled 4 h/capped games to determine the top 5 bowlers who would
continue onto the stepladder final.
The talent the bowlers showed was outstanding.  
Definately Something we can look forward to for the future of Tenpin Bowling!
Finishing 5th Place - Julie Park (11 yrs)
4th Place - Joel Thurgood (12 yrs)
3rd Place - Stephanie Wiggins (13 yrs) (right)
2nd Place - Summer Thurgood (10 yrs) (left)
and THE CHAMPION - Jimmy Beazley (12 yrs) (middle)
Click Here for Qualifying Results or Stepladder Final Results

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THE 2008 TOURNAMENT BATTLE KICKS OFF
1st up, The 6th Annual Easter 8 No-tap Singles Challenge.
Over 6 games, 32 bowlers fought it out for the top 8 spots
which would move them onto the Stepladder final.
Congratulations to GRAHAM McKENZIE.
Qualifying 4th & knocking 3rd, 2nd & 1st Qualifyers
off the ladder & becoming the CHAMPION of the night!

Well done to everyone who participated.  Roll on the next battle - THE CENTRE CHAMPS!