2024 Trans Tasman: Day 2 recap
After another big day of competition, honours were effectively split between Australia and New Zealand ahead of Sunday’s massive conclusion to the 2024 Trans Tasman series.
The Right at Home Australian Jackaroos had a strong first day of competition, but ran at just over a 50 per cent win rate on the second day of play with 15 wins and a draw from 30 matches, as the host nation battled hard to force deciding contests at Naenae.
Open men
The second session of the day saw Australia’s open men’s squad’s first blemishes of the event, dropping singles and fours contests for their first losses of the competition.
They quickly showed their quality in the third session however, bouncing back with a pairs 17-11 win to Aaron Wilson & Aaron Teys, while Corey Wedlock, Aron Sherriff and Carl Healey kept their triples run going with a 21-7 victory.
The open men have secured victory in their competition, with 10 wins giving them an unassailable wins margin with six matches to play.
Open women
The open women’s event is anyone’s for the taking, with just half a game separating Australia and New Zealand after two days of play.
Session one saw the results split, with Kelsey Cottrell defeating Tayla Bruce in the singles before Kristina Krstic, Dawn Hayman, Ellen Fife and Natasha Van Eldik tied 15-15 in their opening fours game.
Fife and Van Eldik were imperious in the women’s pairs in the second session, clinching a 19-8 victory in blistering fashion with Krstic, Hayman and Cottrell narrowly going down 17-15 in the triples.
It was all New Zealand in the final session as Bruce gained revenge on Cottrell with an epic 21-20 victory in the singles, while the fours team fell short in a 17-14 Blackjacks win.
Development men
Like day one, the three sessions and six contests were split down the middle as the battle for the development men’s crown intensifies.
New Zealand owned the opening session by winning both the triples and pairs contests before the Australian contingent got on the board thanks to Nathan Black’s third successive singles victory, while Nick Cahill, Matt Lucas, Cody Packer and Ben Twist fell agonisingly short in the fours.
The final session was owned by the Australians, flipping the results from the morning to tie up the ledger heading into the deciding day of the competition.
Development women
It was yet another successful day for the development women who all but ensured victory in their competition after a plethora of wins on day two.
It was a promising start for New Zealand as Briar Atkinson accounted for Jamie-Lee Worsnop in the singles to notch up the Blackjacks’ first victory in the event, before Cassandra Millerick, Brianna Smith, Kylie Whitehead and Chloe Stewart split the session in the fours.
Whitehead and Stewart would fall in the pairs to commence session two while Millerick, Smith and Worsnop dominated the triples to record a 23-15 win.
The final round was owned by Australia as Worsnop clinched the singles rubber and her teammates took home a closely fought fours win.
Para
The para contingent would split their contests with New Zealand evenly on day two, heading into the final pair of rounds a couple of wins behind their counterparts.
After having the opening session off, the para contingent would split the second session with a 17-13 win in the mixed pairs and a 12-4 defeat in the mixed fours.
The final session saw four contests take place, with Tony Bonnell recording a singles victory with the pairs combination of Calvin Rodgers and James Reynolds saluting in the pairs.
Louise Hoskins would fall in her singles contest, while Jacky Hudson and Serena Bonnell would succumb in their pairs matchup.
The 2024 Trans Tasman runs from February 2-4, 2024 at the Naenae Bowling Club with live streaming on Bowls New Zealand’s YouTube channel. View the event programme and schedule HERE.
See below for the results and standings:
Post-day two standings
| Australian Jackaroos | Wins | Draws | Losses | Shots For | Shots Against | Shot Difference |
| Open Men | 10 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 149 | 57 |
| Open Women | 5 | 1 | 6 | 209 | 186 | 23 |
| Para | 5 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 171 | -13 |
| Development Men | 6 | 0 | 6 | 184 | 196 | -12 |
| Development Women | 9 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 167 | 36 |
| OVERALL | 35 | 1 | 24 | 960 | 869 | 91 |
First Session
Open Men’s Pairs
Teys/Wilson (AUS) def NZ 18-13
Open Men’s Triples
Wedlock, Sherriff, Healey (AUS) def NZ 15-10
Open Women’s Singles
Kelsey Cottrell (AUS) def NZ 21-15
Open Women’s Fours
Krstic, Fife, Hayman, Van Eldik (AUS) drew NZ 15-15
Development Men’s Pairs
Cahill/Black (AUS) def by NZ 12-19
Development Men’s Triples
Lucas, Packer, Twist (AUS) def by NZ 14-17
Development Women’s Singles
Worsnop (AUS) def by NZ 14-21
Development Women’s Fours
Millerick, Smith, Whitehead, Stewart (AUS) def NZ 18-12
Second Session
Open Men’s Singles
Aaron Wilson (AUS) def by NZ 12-21
Open Men’s Fours
Wedlock, Teys, Healey, Sherriff (AUS) def by NZ 10-12
Open Women’s Pairs
Fife/Van Eldik (AUS) def NZ 19-9
Open Women’s Triples
Krstic, Hayman, Cottrell (AUS) def by NZ 15-17
Para Mixed Pairs
Hoskins/T Bonnell def NZ 17-13
Para Mixed Fours
S Bonnell, Hudson, Rodgers, Reynolds def by NZ 4-12
Development Men’s Singles
Nathan Black (AUS) def NZ 21-11
Development Men’s Fours
Cahill, Packer, Lucas, Twist (AUS) def by NZ 9-14
Development Women’s Pairs
Whitehead/Stewart (AUS) def by NZ 12-20
Development Women’s Triples
Millerick, Smith, Worsnop (AUS) def NZ 23-15
Third Session
Open Men’s Pairs
Teys/Wilson (AUS) def NZ 17-11
Open Men’s Triples
Wedlock, Sherriff, Healey (AUS) def NZ 21-7
Open Women’s Singles
Kelsey Cottrell (AUS) def by NZ 20-21
Open Women’s Fours
Krstic, Fife, Hayman, Van Eldik (AUS) def by NZ 15-17
Para Men’s Singles
Tony Bonnell (AUS) def NZ 21-13
Para Men’s Pairs
Rodgers/Reynolds (AUS) def NZ 12-11
Para Women’s Singles
Louise Hoskins (AUS) def by NZ 10-21
Para Women’s Pairs
Hudson/Bonnell (AUS) def by NZ 12-18
Development Men’s Pairs
Cahill/Black (AUS) def NZ 21-13
Development Men’s Triples
Lucas, Packer, Twist (AUS) def NZ 15-13
Development Women’s Singles
Worsnop (AUS) def by NZ 10-21
Development Women’s Fours
Millerick, Smith, Whitehead, Stewart (AUS) def NZ 13-10
The 2024 Trans Tasman runs from February 2-4, 2024 at the Naenae Bowling Club with live streaming and match replays available on Bowls New Zealand’s YouTube channel.
View the event programme and schedule HERE.
