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

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

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