1 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:12,987 Speaker 1: from newstalk ZEDB two. 3 00:00:12,907 --> 00:00:15,427 Speaker 2: Twenty eight on Weekend Sport. The twenty twenty five Somerset 4 00:00:15,507 --> 00:00:19,347 Speaker 2: National Bowls Champs are on in Auckland. Men's pairs and 5 00:00:19,427 --> 00:00:23,667 Speaker 2: women's singles into post section play today with finals tomorrow. 6 00:00:23,947 --> 00:00:25,907 Speaker 2: Then they flip it. It's the women's pears and the 7 00:00:25,947 --> 00:00:30,147 Speaker 2: men's singles to follow. Defending champions and the men's pirents 8 00:00:30,187 --> 00:00:33,227 Speaker 2: Gary Lawson, Antony Grantham out of mental but in fact 9 00:00:33,267 --> 00:00:36,947 Speaker 2: they're looking for a record breaking three peete and defending 10 00:00:37,027 --> 00:00:40,307 Speaker 2: champion and the women's singles is International Lee and Poulsen. 11 00:00:40,867 --> 00:00:43,627 Speaker 2: She's attempting to become the first person in over twenty 12 00:00:43,667 --> 00:00:49,067 Speaker 2: five years to successfully defend the women's singles national title. 13 00:00:49,307 --> 00:00:51,627 Speaker 2: One of the most well known voices in bowls is 14 00:00:51,707 --> 00:00:53,067 Speaker 2: Kevin Hickland, who joins us. 15 00:00:53,067 --> 00:00:53,347 Speaker 3: Now. 16 00:00:53,587 --> 00:00:56,107 Speaker 2: Kevin tell us about post section play today, How does 17 00:00:56,147 --> 00:00:56,747 Speaker 2: it all work? 18 00:00:57,467 --> 00:01:00,987 Speaker 3: Well, the good afternoon, Jason, and there's no rain now 19 00:01:01,067 --> 00:01:03,307 Speaker 3: it's just a win. But I can tell you now 20 00:01:03,307 --> 00:01:07,347 Speaker 3: as your intro ree, Gary Lawson and Liam they have 21 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:12,387 Speaker 3: both exited the competition. Lawson going down and Tony grants 22 00:01:12,467 --> 00:01:15,827 Speaker 3: them going for that three peety of course last year 23 00:01:15,827 --> 00:01:19,587 Speaker 3: in christ Church and going for the third consecutive New 24 00:01:19,667 --> 00:01:24,667 Speaker 3: Zealand Peers title. But they were defended today by Martin 25 00:01:24,787 --> 00:01:28,947 Speaker 3: Creft and Brian core Coil of Saint Pier and Dunedin 26 00:01:29,267 --> 00:01:32,747 Speaker 3: by fourteen shots to thirteen. Creft, of course very very 27 00:01:32,747 --> 00:01:37,707 Speaker 3: good volor and has represented at the Indoors Series in 28 00:01:37,747 --> 00:01:40,547 Speaker 3: the UK, so a very very good draw player. Not 29 00:01:40,707 --> 00:01:43,747 Speaker 3: to be for Lawson and grant them exiting the Peers 30 00:01:43,827 --> 00:01:48,187 Speaker 3: fourteen to thirteen. The m Pulson also up against Katherine 31 00:01:48,227 --> 00:01:51,267 Speaker 3: Bean of Saint Heliers and it was Catherine Been who 32 00:01:51,307 --> 00:01:54,227 Speaker 3: ran out the winner by twenty one shots to nineteen. 33 00:01:54,707 --> 00:01:57,987 Speaker 3: And Catherine Bean has just in the last few minutes 34 00:01:57,987 --> 00:02:01,027 Speaker 3: repeated in another victory where she's be beating the New 35 00:02:01,107 --> 00:02:07,627 Speaker 3: Zealand development player Lisa Pradeaux at how this after so upsets, 36 00:02:07,667 --> 00:02:09,707 Speaker 3: I can tell you are big. In the women's singles, 37 00:02:09,707 --> 00:02:13,627 Speaker 3: we saw current New Zealand blackjack player Selena Goddard defeated 38 00:02:14,027 --> 00:02:16,507 Speaker 3: by Olivia Menza and the young player out of the 39 00:02:16,547 --> 00:02:21,587 Speaker 3: Burnside Club and christ Church. She defended Selena Goddard, former 40 00:02:21,627 --> 00:02:26,667 Speaker 3: international player as well Wendy Jensen up against the news 41 00:02:26,707 --> 00:02:30,107 Speaker 3: selected New Zealand blackjack player out of the Platitudia Club 42 00:02:30,107 --> 00:02:33,627 Speaker 3: at New Plymouth Briar Atkinson, while it was Wendy Jents 43 00:02:33,627 --> 00:02:37,027 Speaker 3: and the former blackjack who they winner by twenty one 44 00:02:37,107 --> 00:02:43,467 Speaker 3: shots to Aiden. Other prominent women's players the champions World 45 00:02:43,507 --> 00:02:47,507 Speaker 3: Champion and champion singles player Bekayla Nathan of Birkenhead. She's 46 00:02:47,547 --> 00:02:51,227 Speaker 3: still going. She just defeated Angela Stevens. Big game that 47 00:02:51,267 --> 00:02:54,187 Speaker 3: would hack. But the real big game, I think that's 48 00:02:54,227 --> 00:02:58,027 Speaker 3: the game between Taylor Bruce and Dale Rayner of Wellington, 49 00:02:58,987 --> 00:03:01,547 Speaker 3: a reign of course, a former blackjack and we are 50 00:03:01,547 --> 00:03:05,347 Speaker 3: of New Zealand titles, and she defeended the big match 51 00:03:05,387 --> 00:03:09,147 Speaker 3: this morning Hannah Dawson, the up and coming young player 52 00:03:09,747 --> 00:03:12,707 Speaker 3: out of the Howick Club. So the Bruce and rain 53 00:03:12,787 --> 00:03:15,587 Speaker 3: that game has been played now at Howick. At the 54 00:03:15,707 --> 00:03:19,307 Speaker 3: end of play today with the women's singles, Jason will 55 00:03:19,307 --> 00:03:22,467 Speaker 3: be down to the semi finalists, which will be all 56 00:03:22,547 --> 00:03:25,947 Speaker 3: that of course at Brown's play tomorrow and the men 57 00:03:26,427 --> 00:03:28,187 Speaker 3: right in the men's peers that they are playing to 58 00:03:28,227 --> 00:03:31,747 Speaker 3: get through the last eight tonight and they have caught 59 00:03:31,787 --> 00:03:35,227 Speaker 3: a final semi and final tomorrow and they're playing there 60 00:03:35,227 --> 00:03:40,387 Speaker 3: around a sixteen. One prominent game this afternoon is Shannon 61 00:03:40,467 --> 00:03:44,787 Speaker 3: McElroy who's up against the former well known New Zealand 62 00:03:44,787 --> 00:03:49,827 Speaker 3: Herald sports writer Win and Gray, and they had a 63 00:03:49,827 --> 00:03:52,427 Speaker 3: win this morning in the first round this morning did 64 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:55,947 Speaker 3: Win and Gray, very very passionate bowlers. Ridden they'll have 65 00:03:56,587 --> 00:03:59,827 Speaker 3: attack of Pluna Club. But he's now up against Shannon 66 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:04,027 Speaker 3: McElroy and Robbie Reid of the Stoake Club in Nelson. 67 00:04:04,507 --> 00:04:09,107 Speaker 3: Also going well in the men's peers is the the 68 00:04:09,187 --> 00:04:11,667 Speaker 3: runner up in the men's singles last year, Sheldon Begley 69 00:04:11,747 --> 00:04:14,827 Speaker 3: Hally and current New Zealand player with his partner Aiden 70 00:04:14,907 --> 00:04:19,107 Speaker 3: Zilstein formerly of Patatudu. Now playing out of plays in Melbourne. 71 00:04:19,867 --> 00:04:22,947 Speaker 3: They're making their way to the last sixteen former New 72 00:04:23,027 --> 00:04:26,387 Speaker 3: Zealand singles winner Taylor Horn. He's won his way through 73 00:04:26,427 --> 00:04:30,227 Speaker 3: and playing the last sixteen. Keane Darby the newly kept 74 00:04:30,427 --> 00:04:34,187 Speaker 3: black Cat along with Finn bar mcgriggan of Stokes Valley 75 00:04:34,587 --> 00:04:38,307 Speaker 3: or Keanu and Fin both by their matches and now 76 00:04:38,387 --> 00:04:42,107 Speaker 3: we've played that last sixteen along with Cadain Hully, another 77 00:04:42,187 --> 00:04:46,507 Speaker 3: of the New Zealand development players from playing with Amos 78 00:04:46,547 --> 00:04:51,107 Speaker 3: Kapi of the Okato Club in Taranaki playing their way 79 00:04:51,427 --> 00:04:54,587 Speaker 3: to get into the last sixteen. So because of the 80 00:04:54,707 --> 00:04:58,587 Speaker 3: in and out weather that we've had today, Jason, some 81 00:04:59,107 --> 00:05:02,307 Speaker 3: Greens are a headress results somewhere behind, so they sort 82 00:05:02,347 --> 00:05:05,187 Speaker 3: of in the catch up phase, I suppose you could say. 83 00:05:05,227 --> 00:05:08,307 Speaker 3: But the big ship of course Gary Awson going out 84 00:05:08,347 --> 00:05:13,387 Speaker 3: in the peers, and the Impulsion and Selena Goddard exit 85 00:05:13,427 --> 00:05:17,707 Speaker 3: in the women's singles, those the major upset at this 86 00:05:17,787 --> 00:05:20,427 Speaker 3: point in time in the Somerset Nationals. 87 00:05:20,827 --> 00:05:23,227 Speaker 2: All right, so I guess we'll we know we'll have 88 00:05:23,347 --> 00:05:25,827 Speaker 2: new champions anyway when they're crowned in the and the 89 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:28,667 Speaker 2: men's bear and the women's singles tomorrow. Has weather been 90 00:05:28,707 --> 00:05:31,467 Speaker 2: a factor across the you know the last few days, 91 00:05:31,747 --> 00:05:35,307 Speaker 2: Kevin or is it Lands always is always a bit changeable, 92 00:05:35,387 --> 00:05:35,707 Speaker 2: isn't it? 93 00:05:36,587 --> 00:05:44,867 Speaker 3: To compliment Cilney? Wouldn't want to be on a camping 94 00:05:44,947 --> 00:05:48,187 Speaker 3: holiday in the in the Auckland area at present. If 95 00:05:48,187 --> 00:05:51,547 Speaker 3: it's not raining, it's blowing all right, at least the blowing. 96 00:05:53,307 --> 00:05:57,307 Speaker 3: Just about to say that from your point of view, Jason, 97 00:05:57,307 --> 00:06:00,187 Speaker 3: that that right now Aukland will be the capital of wind, 98 00:06:00,707 --> 00:06:01,387 Speaker 3: not well. 99 00:06:01,187 --> 00:06:04,547 Speaker 2: Into all right, that's well, you've got some really stuff 100 00:06:04,587 --> 00:06:08,587 Speaker 2: competition as you know down here in terms of how 101 00:06:08,587 --> 00:06:10,667 Speaker 2: many I mean, there's a lot of players. How many 102 00:06:10,707 --> 00:06:13,427 Speaker 2: greens have been used and will be used when as 103 00:06:13,427 --> 00:06:14,507 Speaker 2: the tournament goes on. 104 00:06:15,387 --> 00:06:17,747 Speaker 3: Well, as we light up for the day on Monday, 105 00:06:17,787 --> 00:06:20,747 Speaker 3: they light up for the woman's, the women's peer and 106 00:06:20,907 --> 00:06:25,267 Speaker 3: men's singles that had the disability singles as well. It's 107 00:06:25,587 --> 00:06:28,747 Speaker 3: around about I think it's twenty seven greens around North 108 00:06:28,747 --> 00:06:31,947 Speaker 3: Harbor and Auckland that they'll be using. But we have 109 00:06:32,067 --> 00:06:36,347 Speaker 3: got the advantage here in Auckland built for the weather, 110 00:06:36,427 --> 00:06:40,267 Speaker 3: I suppose, if we've got the number of artificial services 111 00:06:40,307 --> 00:06:44,547 Speaker 3: and covered complexes as well, which we really haven't had 112 00:06:44,547 --> 00:06:48,667 Speaker 3: to use at this stage. The rain hasn't been totally disrupting. 113 00:06:48,787 --> 00:06:52,027 Speaker 3: It's been annoying more than anything, and the wind has 114 00:06:52,067 --> 00:06:55,027 Speaker 3: just been constant. But you know, it's a big demand 115 00:06:55,067 --> 00:06:58,187 Speaker 3: on the organizers when you have this inconsistent weather patterns 116 00:06:58,827 --> 00:07:02,187 Speaker 3: for nine or ten days, certainly in the early stages 117 00:07:02,187 --> 00:07:04,867 Speaker 3: of the events, especially when they need the most amount 118 00:07:04,907 --> 00:07:08,427 Speaker 3: of greens. It's really put the challenge out to the organizers. 119 00:07:08,987 --> 00:07:11,507 Speaker 2: All right, So busy day or busy afternoon or the 120 00:07:11,507 --> 00:07:13,747 Speaker 2: rest of it today. Then as you mentioned, we'll be 121 00:07:13,787 --> 00:07:17,587 Speaker 2: down to the final few who will play the matches tomorrow? 122 00:07:17,627 --> 00:07:19,787 Speaker 2: So what time will the will the titles be handed 123 00:07:19,787 --> 00:07:21,547 Speaker 2: out tomorrow afternoon? And where's headquarters? 124 00:07:21,987 --> 00:07:26,067 Speaker 3: So headquarters at Browns Bay, and I can tell you 125 00:07:26,107 --> 00:07:29,707 Speaker 3: that the if I look now, the quarterfinals will get 126 00:07:29,787 --> 00:07:34,907 Speaker 3: underway tomorrow morning out at Browns Bay at eight thirty am, 127 00:07:35,027 --> 00:07:38,667 Speaker 3: because there's three rounds to be played, so quarterfinals, semifinal 128 00:07:38,787 --> 00:07:42,427 Speaker 3: and finals. And then the women's where of course we'll 129 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:46,347 Speaker 3: be down to, will be down to the semifinals and 130 00:07:46,427 --> 00:07:50,587 Speaker 3: they will be played. Two semifinals will also be played 131 00:07:50,627 --> 00:07:54,947 Speaker 3: at eight to thirty at Browns Bay tomorrow and in 132 00:07:54,947 --> 00:07:58,827 Speaker 3: the final will follow at eleven thirty am. And then 133 00:07:58,867 --> 00:08:01,547 Speaker 3: the men's peers final will then be played later on 134 00:08:01,627 --> 00:08:04,547 Speaker 3: in the afternoon because they having to play three rounds 135 00:08:04,787 --> 00:08:06,707 Speaker 3: impeed to the women having to play the two outs. 136 00:08:07,227 --> 00:08:10,307 Speaker 2: Good stuff, Kevin. Well, hopefully we can butt into your 137 00:08:10,307 --> 00:08:12,987 Speaker 2: busy schedule tomorrow and get a further update from you. 138 00:08:13,027 --> 00:08:15,387 Speaker 2: But thanks so much for joining us this afternoon and 139 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:17,387 Speaker 2: giving us such a comprehensive update. 140 00:08:18,067 --> 00:08:20,027 Speaker 3: All the best, Jason, thanks very much. 141 00:08:20,187 --> 00:08:21,987 Speaker 2: All the best to you two. Kevin, Kevin Hicklin there 142 00:08:22,067 --> 00:08:24,467 Speaker 2: you know his voice, I'm sure from many, many years 143 00:08:24,507 --> 00:08:26,667 Speaker 2: of covering the sport of balls. There you go, the 144 00:08:26,667 --> 00:08:30,227 Speaker 2: most up to date information you'll get and the upshot 145 00:08:30,267 --> 00:08:32,707 Speaker 2: tomorrow is the quarter finals of the men's pairs from 146 00:08:32,747 --> 00:08:36,227 Speaker 2: eight thirty into semifinals and the final in the afternoon, 147 00:08:36,507 --> 00:08:38,947 Speaker 2: and in the women's singles, the semi finals from eight 148 00:08:39,027 --> 00:08:42,787 Speaker 2: thirty tomorrow morning, with the final at eleven. Those finals 149 00:08:42,827 --> 00:08:46,947 Speaker 2: matches taking place at headquarters at Brown's Bay, and then 150 00:08:47,147 --> 00:08:49,867 Speaker 2: following tomorrow's action, they'll flip it around and it'll be 151 00:08:49,907 --> 00:08:53,027 Speaker 2: the men's singles and the women's pairs following a very 152 00:08:53,187 --> 00:08:55,907 Speaker 2: similar format over the first three or four days of 153 00:08:56,227 --> 00:08:56,867 Speaker 2: next week. 154 00:08:58,027 --> 00:09:01,227 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 155 00:09:01,347 --> 00:09:04,627 Speaker 1: to News Talk zed B weekends from midday or follow 156 00:09:04,667 --> 00:09:06,267 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio