Mike Galloway has claimed his second New Zealand title at the 2021 Summerset Nationals, 20 years after his first. Galloway (Royal Oak) has beaten host club favourite Rory Soden 21-9 … Read More
Val Smith and Lisa Prideaux have claimed their second New Zealand title in three years at the Summerset Nationals in Auckland. They have come from 15-8 down to beat Dale … Read More
Mention Awakino, and most people will think of the small whitebaiting settlement on the west coast of the North Island : the last place on the coast before State Highway … Read More
Vipers Win Thrilling Final The Stokes Valley Vipers team has won the 2020 Bowls3Five title in a scintillating final against the Elmwood Park Saints. In an incredible final the Vipers … Read More
The beautiful township of Cambridge is thriving. That’s despite the fact that a few years ago, the Waikato Expressway bypassing Cambridge to the north was completed, and the township no … Read More
Michael Burgess Community policeman Mike Gorrie was hesitant when he got the call from his wife to play in the Russell Double tournament. After a couple of players had pulled … Read More
Arawa Bowling Club member, and former Maraetai Beach Bowling Club member, Oscar Grant recently turned 100. That’s not super-unusual … there are some 500 or so centenarians in New Zealand. … Read More
Jo and Val after their World Championship Triumph in 2008 Jo Edwards was sitting in Auckland traffic last week when she made the biggest decision of her 20-year international career. … Read More
Winners: Reagan Larkin, Bobby Johnson, Paul Nichols (all Dunedin) and Darren Broome (Gore) When Mario Sopp heard there was a late spot available at the Taieri 7000, he jumped at … Read More
For as long as Seamus Curtin is involved in Bowls, it’s likely he will always remember his great escape with Shannon McIIroy at the 2020 Stoke Stakes Men’s Pairs. Ultimately … Read More
Next year, on the 1st March 2021, a new event will join the national lawn bowls calendar. The Summerset National Mixed Pairs will be held across Central Otago, the day … Read More
By Michael Burgess Tayla Bruce arrived at the Stoke Stakes Women’s Singles on 30 October with few expectations. It wasn’t that she didn’t think she could do well – Bruce … Read More
Shannon Mcllroy is once again king of the North East Valley Men’s singles – and has set a benchmark at the event that may never be challenged. Mcllroy emerged triumphant … Read More