The Grove Orewa BNH women’s fours were held at Birkenhead over the last weekend.

Mairangi Bay had three teams out of a total of 13 teams entered.

There were two sections and the top four in each section would qualify for finals on Sunday.

Our teams were

Sheryl Wellington, Jan Gledhill, Colleen Rice and Theresa Rogers.

Elaine McClintock, Judi Farkash, Hanaan Shahwan and Kerin Roberts.

Glenda Rountree, Lorna Donald, Joy Watkinson and Rosemary Nicol.

Elaine’s team beat Orewa 14-12, lost to Manly 10-18 and had a bye in the third round to qualify fourth in their section.

Sheryl’s team played Glenda’s team  in the first round , with Sheryl winning 20-10, they then defeated Manly 12-11 and Hellensville 14-11, to top their  section.

Glenda’s team after their loss to Sheryl, defeated Takapuna 16-13 and Browns Bay 12-9 to finish second in their section.

All three Mairangi Bay teams through to the quarter-finals.

Sheryl drew Elaine with Elaine coming out the winner 12-5.

Glenda drew the eventual winners Birkenhead, going down 7-14.

Semi-final, Elaine’s team played Manly but struggled in this game going down 3-14.

Birkenhead beat Manly 14-4 in the final.

Well done to our three teams making the finals but Birkenhead were too strong over the weekend.

Report by Alan Daniels