Bowls

A last-ditch effort with his final bowl gave Bob Crawford (Dunedin) the gold medal yesterday.

They had fun four years ago and have come back. Harry and Grace Coulson, the husband and wife team from Canberra, are playing bowls in their second New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin.

It was deja vu in Monday's final of the Zone Six Kittyhawks under-20 bowls singles at Mornington when Forbury Park's Elliot Mason repeated last year's winning performance against Clyde's Conner Muir, winning in straight sets 7-6, 5-4.

Women have been dominant at the Outram Bowling Club for the past decade, but the male members claimed the limelight for themselves last Sunday.

Lyn Rance reached a milestone when she won her 15th Bowls Dunedin title in the fours last weekend.

Age restrictions have been lifted, indicating the national selectors are looking closely at the form of players named in the New Zealand junior development team to play Australia in Invercargill in March.

Tom Galway is a youthful 97-year-old. He plays interclub bowls, drives a car and learnt to use an iPad 12 months ago.

There were three standout players at the just completed New Zealand championships in Auckland - Mandy Boyd (Johnsonville), Andrew Kelly (Canterbury) and Blake Signal (Wellington).

It was Andrew Kelly's day. He skipped his Composite team to win his first national championship title in the fours in Auckland.

The annual Dunedin Festival Fours is a special event for Forbury Park bowler Ross Munro, who was in the winning team for the second time yesterday.