Timaru Indoor Bowls Nationals 2015

My name is Matthew Farquhar and I have recently turned 14. I have been living in Taupo for 5 years and have been playing the sport of Indoor Bowls for 3 years. In those 3 years of playing I have attended 2 Indoor Bowls Nationals and this years will be my third. This year’s Nationals will be held in Timaru and I will be playing in the Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours divisions. I will be playing with Lake Taupo Top 16 Players Jackie and Robin Porter as well as 2014 Welsh Trophy Winner Frank McKenna. I will travel to Timaru on June the 5th and will return of June the 14th.

My major sporting achievements during the 3 years of playing Indoor Bowls are:

• Top 20 Full B.O.P Representative Selection

• Top 16 Full Rotorua Representative Selection

• 2014-2012 B.O.P U18 Top 8 Representative Selection

• 2014 B.O.P Junior Singles Champion

• 2014 Rotorua Associations Top Player Runner-Up

• 2014 Taupo Bonanza Pairs Winner

• 2013 Aims Games Singles Silver Medallist

• 2014 Indoor Bowls Nationals: Last 32 in Triples

• 2014 Indoor Bowls Nationals: Last 62 in Pairs

• 2014 B.O.P Secondary School Singles 3rd Place

• 2014 Taupo Cosmopolitan Club Fours Runner-Up

• 2014 Lake Taupo Men’s Singles Challenge Winner

• 2014 Lake Taupo Triples Winner

• 2014 Waikato Classic 5’s Winner

• 2014 Rotorua Association Triples Winner