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Golf Croquet Interclub Series
Masterton Croquet Club can’t quite find the form that led them to win last year’s Central Districts Golf Croquet Interclub series, and find themselves at the bottom of the table after losing their latest games against Levin at Queen Elizabeth Park on Thursday. Golf Croquet is a quicker and less technical version of Association Croquet. “One of them is like playing drafts and the other one is like playing chess,” says club captain and umpire for the day, Russell Ward. “We have
What’s on in Wairarapa this weekend
Softball Giants U15 (vs) Totara Park Blue. South Park, 10.30am Giants U13 (vs) Demons U13. South Park 2, 10.30am Giants Premier 3 (vs) Cardinals. South Park, 1pm Cricket Coastal Challenge Red Star/Lansdowne (vs) Greytown. Queen Elizabeth Oval. 11am Chairman’s Trophy Greytown (vs) Greytown. Greytown Memoriał Park 1pm Carterton Maroon (vs) Carterton Red. Carrington Park 1pm Lansdowne Seniors (vs) Lansdowne Seconds. Park Sports 1pm Marist (vs) Red Star Seconds. Marist 1pm Rathke
Enjoying Pétanque
If you’re looking for a pleasant and relaxing way to spend an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon, then you should definitely pop along to Masterton Pétanque Club. The terrain and clubrooms are located in the middle of Queen Elizabeth Park, so it’s a perfect, picturesque spot to either just sit and watch the games or perhaps be tempted to join in and participate in a fascinating game that on one hand is nice and simple, but on the other can be mischievously intricate. Pétanque
Three games and three wins for the Giants
All three Giants teams scored good wins on Saturday. The Premier Reserves team were too good in their Intercity game at Porirua Park overcoming the home team eight runs to nil. The women travelled to Fraser Park to take on the Dodgers Divas and won 12 runs to 9, while the Premier 3 men were far too good for a young Demons team racing away to a 21 to 5 point win in the only game at South Park. So after just two weeks of play both the Premier 3 men and the women’s teams lead th
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Enjoying Pétanque
If you’re looking for a pleasant and relaxing way to spend an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon, then you should definitely pop along to Masterton Pétanque Club. The terrain and clubrooms are located in the middle of Queen Elizabeth Park, so it’s a perfect, picturesque spot to either just sit and watch the games or perhaps be tempted to join in and participate in a fascinating game that on one hand is nice and simple, but on the other can be mischievously intricate. Pétanque
Wairarapa Bush could have been better
OPINION ‘It should of been a whole lot better’ is how I would describe Wairarapa Bush’s performance in this year’s Heartland Championship. Having watched every home game and read all the reports and comments from their away games, my opinion is that they definitely had the individual skills, the pace, the strength and often the hunger to do a lot better, however they often seemed to lack the ability to work as a complete unit, were guilty of switching off every now and then,
A chat with Mike van Woerkom
I sat down with Dalefield and Wairarapa men’s hockey manager Mike van Woerkom with a cup of tea and some delicious home-made cinnamon pinwheels (thanks Carol) to chat about Dalefield’s season, the great result for Wairarapa at the recent National Hockey Championships, and his involvement with hockey in general. MIke dressed up against the cold at the National Hockey Stadium during the recent National Hockey Championships Every time I go to the turf at Clareville I see Mike as
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