Nor'West News: October 24, 2017

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Morel bowls start of season SPORTS
• By Andrew King
CANTERBURY’S most
decorated bowler has got her
season off to another great start.
Bev Morel won the South
Island chartered clubs women’s
championship fours title this
month.
Playing with her longtime
partner and sister Theresa
Woodham, as well as Sherrie
Cottle and Margaret Pilkington,
the team overcame stiff competition
from 54 teams throughout
the South Island.
“In the final, the three girls
played outstanding and I played
average,” she said.
“Luckily, my opponent struggled
as well. It was just one of
those games.”
It was another win for the
Redwood resident, who turns 76
in November.
She was recently awarded her
35th Canterbury centre title by
Bowls Canterbury president
Brian Barker at the Elmwood
Park Club, the most by any
woman bowler in the region.
Morel still trains four days
a week at the gym as well as
mentoring and coaching new
bowlers at her local club.
With the national open championships
approaching, she will
be looking to add to her three
titles. “I am looking forward to
nationals. I have been to a few,”
she said.
One of her standout memories
HONOURED: Bev Morel was presented with her 35th Canterbury centre title by Bowls
Canterbury president Brian Barker at the Elmwood Park Club.
as a bowler was from a national
event in Dunedin in 1998.
“My brother died while I was
down there playing and my sister
was in my team,” she said.
“We played for our brother
and won it. We knew he was
going to pass away and we both
missed his funeral. He told us
to go there and win the title and
we did.”
Morel started playing in 1981
after making the change from
indoor bowls to outdoor as her
friend and husband were already
playing outdoor bowls.
In spite of Morel’s success, she
has never been in the national
team, known as the Blackjacks.
“Problem is it is an age thing.
(I was) told in my 50s I was too
old,” she said.
She said there is a definite age
culture bias with the selectors.
“They might deny it but
they have an age culture,” she
said.
Canty surf
team rides
to podium
•From page 1
The Canterbury scholastic
surf team finished third overall
at the national scholastic surf
championships in Gisborne.
Canterbury scholastic surfing
team:
Christchurch Boys’ High: Sam
Sands, Thomas Harcourt and
Connor McLennan (now at the
Raglan Surf Academy); St Bede’s:
Jordan Sparrow, Casper McCormick,
Neko Tohiariki and James Millar;
Haeata Community Campus: Estella
Hungerford; Cashmere High: Frith
Davis; Kaiapoi High: Koby Cameron;
Rangiora High: Tegan Bishop;
travelling reserve: Kristy McDonald,
of Burnside High.
Final team standings: Bay of
Plenty, 1, 7790pts; Gisborne, 2,
7715pts; Canterbury, 3, 7045pts.
Under-18 boys: Sam Sands, 7=;
Thomas Harcourt, 7=; Conor
McLennan, 13; Jordan Sparrow, 19.
Under-16 boys: Neko Tohiariki,
19. Under-14 boys: Myka Black, 2;
Koby Cameron, 13; James Millar, 19.
Longboard: Caspar McCormick,
2. Under-18 girls: Frith Davis, 7.​
Under-16 girls: Tegen Bishop, 2;
Estella Hungerford, 3.
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