Ray Martin is poised to finally make his debut for the Blackjacks over a decade after first getting a national call-up. Martin, 29, has been selected to represent New Zealand … Read More
Aucklanders escaping to the Bay of Plenty over a long weekend may be surprised to find they drive right by the Hauraki Bowling Club. It’s located very close to the … Read More
Only a few weeks ago, Stoke Bowling Club greenkeeper Don Carter was accoladed by Sport Tasman, receiving recognition for a Lifetime Contribution to Sports in the region at the ASB … Read More
Unbeknown to many, Gisborne is an unequalled centre of lawn bowls participation in New Zealand. Even without counting the outlying clubs, Gisborne still has three clubs within its city boundaries … Read More
For bowlers wanting to mix their holidaying and lawn bowling, the North Shore of Auckland will make a great place to enjoy a ‘bowlscation’ in February in 2020. Four Bowls … Read More
Frank Finlay has recently thrown in the towel after spending 40 years behind the bar at the Hauraki Bowling Club. That’s a long time. When you think about it, there’s … Read More
Tuesday Night Getting the action underway, week three saw the return of Pt Chevalier’s top prospect Aiden Takarua, this time slotting in at two, with his Pirates’ side of Kevin … Read More
The small country town of Omakau, Central Otago will be buzzing with bowlers this Labour weekend. On October 26th and 27th Omakau will host 16 teams taking part in their … Read More
There’s something VERY special about champion bowlers. And for that matter champions in any sport. Or champions in business. Or even champions in life. They’re resilient. Despite appearing to be … Read More
One of the features of the new covered green opened recently at the Remuera Bowling Club are the 8 electronic scoreboards that have been installed at the northern end of … Read More
The Hinuera Heat is placing faith in the small Waikato club’s members for its debut season in the Bowls3Five televised league, which starts next week (Oct 22) on SKY Sport. … Read More
Late last month, the new roof was ‘officially’ opened at the Remuera Bowling Club, covering one of the club’s four greens. It’s a fabulous facility. And with a six-figure price … Read More
On Friday (October 4), 32 of New Zealand’s elite youth lawn bowlers will assemble at the Burnside Bowling Club on Christchurch’s Avonhead Road to compete for the title of champion … Read More
The Wanaka Bowling Club must be one of the busiest, if not the busiest bowling club over winter in New Zealand. The reason for that is simple. Someone with a … Read More
One of the great mysteries of the lawn bowls world is why Kiwis with Croatian roots are so good at the game. After all, they don’t even play lawn bowls … Read More
When Burt Munro was spending his weekends tearing along the beach on his modified 1926 Indian Scout, he was probably also watching the new Otatara Bowling Club pavilion being built … Read More
Eight to nine years after the big three earthquakes in Canterbury in September 2010, February 2011 and June 2011, things are almost getting back to ‘normal’ in the charming Christchurch … Read More
One of the paradoxical things about people in this world is that seemingly the more adversity they suffer, the greater is their inclination to take a positive view on life. … Read More
by Rob Davis One day scientists will have an explanation for Jos de Jongh. Because Jos has achieved what 99.99% (literally!) of us Kiwis fail to achieve … he’s on … Read More
Doug Brown is not sure how he came to be known as ‘Spooky’. It was some time during his 50 years working in the casings and gut house at the … Read More
