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On Tuesday 1st November the Club Aggregate Cup proceeded and there was a further Skills Training session in the evening. Wednesday 2nd November saw further intervention by the elements and Men's Pennants was postponed. The Women's Pennants team kicked off their campaign on Thursday 3rd November with a win over Stokes Valley and a loss to Wainuiomata. College Bowls, hosted by our club, continued on Thursday 3rd November The Wellington Diamond Buttons challenge started on Friday 4th November, with members Robyn Tuckett and Josie Coombe repelling the first challenge of the season from Upper Hutt Interclub resumed on Saturday 5th November with a double header. The previous two rounds had been lost due to the weather. Women's Premier Reserve Section 2: Silverstream beat Whitby 24-0 and beat Petone Central 2 16-7. Women's Quad: Silverstream lost to Johnsonville 1-14 and lost to Upper Hutt 0-16. Men,s Premier Reserve Section 3: Silverstream 1 beat Plimmerton 24-0 and beat Miramar 1 22-0. A great effort. Men's Premier Reserve Section 1: Silverstream 2 lost to Island Bay 1 1 7-15, beat Whitby 14-7. Men's Division 1: Silverstream beat Naenae 14-8, lost to Johnsonville Men's Division 3: Upperstream lost to Naenae 0-22, beat Upper Hutt 2 15-8. The round robin and semifinal were concluded in the Club Championship Men's Fours on Sunday 6th November. The final will be between Adam Turner's team and Don McMurray's team and is scheduled for Sunday 18th December. On Tuesday 8th November the Club Aggregate Club and Skills Training continued and there was progress in College Bowls on Thursday 10th November. Six of our members were due to play in the Wellington Centre Singles on 12th/13th/14th November but - you guessed it - it was canned due to the weather, as was Casual Bowls on Sunday 13th November. 
The Club Aggregate Cup continued on the afternoon of Tuesday 18th October and our regular Skills Training sessions continued on same evening. The weekly Games Afternoons concluded for the season on Thursday 20st October and the College Bowls competition started on the same afternoon. On Saturday/Sunday 22nd/23rd October, nine of our members competed in the Centre Mixed Pairs tournament, sponsored by Bowls Specialists. Kennie & Steve Critchlow, Robyn Tuckett & Mark Finlay, Abbey & Warwick Dugdale and Clare Hendra (playing in a composite team) all qualified for post section play, with Abbey & Warwick and Clare winning their first post section matches. Well done all! Our casual bowls programme continued on Saturday 22nd October, with Triples and 2-4-2 matches. A good time was held by all. On Sunday/Monday 23rd/24th October, we hosted our annual 1 to 5 Year 2-4-2 Pairs Gala, with eight of our members going into battle. Congratulation to overall winners Mark Burgess & James Fairhall from the Victoria club. See Latest News and our Facebook page for more details. All activities scheduled for Tuesday/Wednesday 25th/26th October were canned due to the weather. College Bowls continued on Thursday 27th October. The weather reigned supreme again on Saturday 29th October with Interclub being postponed and our Have A Go Day being cancelled. This is the most disrupted start to a season that we can recall. Despite late withdrawals and weather interruptions we managed to complete two rounds of Club Championships Men's Fours on Sunday 30th October.
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