Rangiuru score comfortable win

RINDOOR BOWLS

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RUGBY

angiuru got their Baywide rugby season off to a winning start on Saturday. The Te Puke club sat out round 1 with a bye, but comfortably accounted for Ngongotaha¯ with a 41-12 home win.

There were eye-catching performances from prop, last season’s New Zealand under-20 squad member and Chiefs’ development player Benet Kumeroa and centre Brandon Mudzekenyedzi, who was part of the Chiefs’ development programme last season.

It was Kumeroa who opened the scoring inside the first five minutes with Jayden Green adding the conversion.

Chad Isaiah Roberts scored the first of his first half brace on 13 minutes with Green making it 14-0.

Wiremu Heyblom went over in the corner before Roberts’ second pushed the score out to 24-0 with Ngongotaha¯ replying with the last play of the half through a Byron

Te Puke Citizens RSA

April 12: Mat one: Gill Jenkinson, Jan Forrest, Barry Adams. Mat two: Alma Callander, Faye Diprose, Beth Cropp, Ann Peet. Mat three: Brenda Hamment, Jimmy Wells, Mat four: Dale Hunt, Allan Maddock, Janice Brown, Steve Anderson.

Te Puke Golf Club

18 Hole Ladies: Only 9 holes were played because of thunder and lightning:

Kennedy try, converted by Carlo Putaranui.

Terry Wilson, Kiripa Clarke and Jamie Culligan scored second half tries with Green converting one.

Ngongotaha¯ had the final say with a try on 80 minutes to winger Reuben Griffiths.

Ngongotaha¯ took out the development clash curtain raiser 27-14.

It was Te Puke Sports’ turn to have the bye last Saturday.

Next weekend Te Puke travel to Rotorua to play Marist St Michael’s while Rangiuru have a shorter trip to Arataki.

Development games kick off at 1pm with the premier games starting at 2.45pm.

Eastern Districts and Pa¯pa¯moa are this season playing in the Western Bay of Plenty Sub-union Senior Reserve competition.

They both made promising starts to their campaigns at the weekend.

Eastern Districts followed on from their sterling form of last season to easily defeat Rotorua side Rotoiti 58-15.

Due to the fragmented nature of Annie Barry 20 stbs, Holly Kemen 19 stbs, Debbie Smith 18 stbs, Karen Halcombe, Jan Leggatt and Jessica Green 17 stbs. Twos: Dale Mathews and Holly Kemen.

SHOOTING

Fullbore target shooting results from the Te Puke range, April 17.

Fortunately, the rain stopped just prior to shooting with a rear fishtail

Bay of Plenty rugby competitions this season, the Rotorua lakesiders, are playing in the Western Bay Senior Reserve competition by invitation.

Pa¯ pa¯ moa, who had a rugby season that they would rather forget last year, showed they will be competitive this year, after running Western Bay power-house club Tauranga Sports relatively close.

The Tauranga City side had to work hard for the win points on offer in their 21-7 victory.

In the women’s competition, Rangiuru beat Mount Maunganui 51-12 on Sunday. wind. Shooting was at 300 yards in the morning and 600 yards in the afternoon.

TR Class (maximum possible score of 50.10); R Ruiterman 50.4 & 50.5, M Collings 49.9 & 46.5, D Collings 47.5 & 45.1, J Ball 46.3 & 44.1, J Drake 40 & 46. FTR Class (maximum possible score of 60.10); I Hastings 57.2 & 50.1. F Open Class (maximum possible score of 60.10); S Mclay 60.4 & 56.1.

BOPRU Results April 17

Premier: Rangiuru 41 Ngongotaha¯ 12, Te Puna 22 Whakarewarewa 13, Greerton Marist 38 Rangataua 0, Tauranga Sports 38 Marist St Michael’s 24, Mount Maunganui 32 Arataki 12, Te Puke Sports the bye. Points Table: Tauranga Sports 10, Mount Maunganui 10, Te Puna 8, Greerton Marist 6, Rangiuru 5, Te Puke Sports 5, Ngongotaha¯ 4, Arataki 1, Marist St Michael’s 1, Whakarewarewa 0, Rangataua 0. Development: Ngongotaha¯ 27 Rangiuru 14, Te Puna 36 Whakarewarewa 27, Greerton Marist 60 Rangataua 17, Tauranga Sports 29

Hunter Class (maximum possible score of 25.5); B Howson 25 & 22, B Henderson 23 & 23, C Gray 23.1 & 21

LAWN BOWLS

Te Puke Bowling Club,

April 6 Laser Plumbing Open Triples: 1st G Caie/n Mcleod/b Talboys, 2nd N Tomsett/b Martelletti/ A Marsh, 3rd G West/r Williams/r Dinsdale, 4th A Brown/r Parton/j

Marist St Michael’s 24, Mount Maunganui 85 Arataki 5, Te Puke Sports bye.

Points Table: Ngongotaha¯ 10, Mount Maunganui 9, Greerton Marist 9, Tauranga Sports 9, Te Puna 6, Te Puke Sports 5, Marist St Michael’s 3, Whakarewarewa 2, Rangiuru 0, Arataki 0, Rangataua 0.

WBOPRFS Senior Reserve: Judea 36 Greerton Marist 20, Eastern Districts 58 Rotoiti 15, Tauranga Sports 21

Pa¯ pa¯ moa 7, Matakana Island bye. Points Table: Eastern Districts 4 Judea 4,Tauranga Sports 4, Matakana Island 0, Te Puna 0, Pa¯ pa¯ moa 0, Greerton Marist 0.

Cooper, 5th M Sisson/k Dempsterrivett/chris Allan, Ohope.

April 16 Friday Roll-up: 1st B Reid/ G Walker/p Crouch, 2nd D Shand/p Carr/g Trethewey, 3rd P Martelletti/ M Powles/p Dolman.

April 17 1st Year Singles: Winner — C Campny.

April 17 Bowen/brownlee Trophy: 1st T Jewell/a Reid/d Shand.