The final tournament of the winter season for the Kihikihi Bowling Club provided the club an opportunity to acknowledge the work of its greenkeeper.
Winning team from Frankton Junction, Dean Te Mono, Steve Liddington (Skip), Geoff Mc Manus and Eddie Knox.
“Mark Tulip’s efforts over the last three seasons in bringing these greens up to such a high standard and enabling them to be played on during the winter months is quite exceptional,” club spokesperson Clark Ambury said.
The retiring greenkeeper’s efforts had received praise from some of the very best bowlers in the Waikato Centre area, he said.
Sunday’s tournament was the culmination of two successful winter programmes completed on the traditional grass green. Kihikihi was the only club to play on grass during winter – other clubs in the Waikato Centre play on artificial “carpet greens”.
Fourteen teams representing nine clubs took part – there were two four winners and two three winners, one of which missed out on the prizes.
Taking first place was the Frankton Junction team of Steve Liddington (skip), Dean Te Mono and Eddie Knox who headed off the Putāruru side of Noel Sutton (skip), Chen Naude and Graham Hoole by three ends and three extra points.
A Kihikihi trio of Geoff Mc Manus (skip), Jeff Heke and his grandson Bradleigh – playing in a tournament for the first time, took third prize, heading of an Ōtorohanga team skipped by Allan Johnston.
The new season for the club will start on September 7.
