NATIONAL SENIOR TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

NSTC 2013 has just concluded at Strike Porirua.

German Ebue of Strike Lower Hutt finished first place in Men's Singles Event, followed by Rob Pollock of Kapiti in 2nd place, and Wayne Booth of Wellington on the third place.

Lynnaire Churchill of Wellington captured the Gold medal in Ladies Singles Event, with Donna Fletcher of Manukau - Silver medal and Robyn Watkins - Bronze medal.

NATIONAL SENIOR TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

Day 2 has been completed with total of 9 games each bowlers. 6 games for Singles and 3 games for the Block 2 of Teams. Magnificent effort for everybody completing the day. For Lower Hutt Men's Team, it was great effort by finishing 3rd overall, coming from 6th place after the day 1 (Block 1).
Wellington Men's Team finished first with a total pinfalls of 4164, Strike Porirua 2nd place with 4149 pins and Strike Lower Hutt 4147 pins.
Manukau Ladies finished first with a total pinfalls of 3859, Kapiti 2nd place with 3811 and Wellington finished 3rd with 3784 pins.

NATIONAL SENIOR TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

The National Seniors Team Championships 2013 has commenced today and is being hosted by Strike Porirua.
6 Teams of 4 men and 4 ladies attended and represented their centres.
Please click this link to view the participants:
http://www.tbnzresults.co.nz/docs/2013/TBNZ/NSTC/Team%20Lists.pdf

http://www.tbnz.co.nz/Site/Home.ashx

6 - 7 Split Conversion

It's me picking-up the 6 & 7 Pins Split during one of our training session with my son Ryan who took the video.

Inaugural World Seniors (50+) Tenpin Bowling Championships

Random Photos during the Championships, Click the photo to enlarge:

Ron Mohr (USA)

Team Slovakia

Team Sweden

Team Netherlands

Team Norway

Team USA

Team USA

Team USA

Team USA

Team Puerto Rico and Panama

Bill Hayward with two Chinese Bowlers

Inaugural World Seniors (50+) Championships 2013

Here is video clips I took during the WTBA's Inaugural World Seniors (50+) Championships held in Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. of A.

Day 1: Singles Event Awarding

Inaugural World Seniors (50+) Tenpin Bowling Championships

10 - 16 August 2013, held at Red Rock Lanes and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

The first World Senior Championships was attended by 213 (123 Men and 90 Ladies) bowlers from 33 countries.
http://bowl.com/worldsenior2013/delegations/

New Zealand Men Team members:
Delfin De Guzman, German Ebue, Alan Vermaak and Gregorio Nicolas Jr.

New Zealand Ladies Team members:
Alison Hayward, Lynnaire Churchill, Natalie Adams, Donna Fletcher and Team Manager Kerrie Churchill.

The New Zealand Seniors Team - 2013

New Zealand Senior Men team with U.S.A.'s Del Ballard Jr and Ed Roberts.

8 August 2013, The New Zealand Senior team members from Wellington's first night dinner at the Green Valley Farm Resort and Casino. We have stayed here for 4 nights before transferring to Red Rock Hotels on the 12th August 2013. Order of the night -- Prime Rib.

The Hotel - Mandalay Bay. This is the drop off and pick-up point of shuttle bus from and to the Green valley Resort and Casino. Mandalay Bay Hotel connects its sister hotels Excalibur and Luxor by monorial.

Infront of the Mandalay Bay - The Hotel. Where to now? North or South? Deciding where to take the bus ride. Need to buy bus ticket at the vendo machine near the bus stop. US$8.00 for the whole day.

Cooling down after the walk under the 41deg C sun. Delfin, Aly and Bill at the Sugar factory shop.

Entrance of the Bally's.

Infront of Bellagio's Hotel.

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Las Vegas, U.S.A.

Towering Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas.

New Zealand Men's Team with U.S.A.'s Ron Mohr.

Great bowler.

Photo courtesy of Paul Douw and Hans Sommer of Netherlands.

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The New Zealand Seniors Team 2013

WTBA 1st World Senior Championships