Aaron White (left) and Hitesh Ranchhod For every bowler, it’s a big deal winning your first club championship. It’s an even bigger deal, when there’s more than just a few … Read More
Graeme Nottage by the St Martins Artificial One of the advantages being in the lower latitudes of New Zealand is that it’s a little easier to maintain a natural green. … Read More
Chances are you’ve probably never heard of ‘Rahotu’. Let alone been to Rahotu. And let alone played bowls at Rahotu. However, Rahotu is quietly famous for a number of reasons. … Read More
Former Bowls New Zealand Vice-President Robin Jefferson has lived in Gisborne for the last 30 years. There’s nothing unusual in that – lots of people have lived in Gisborne for … Read More
From Left : Neville Hancox, Keith Watkinson, Jocelyn Dobson Drive west along the state highway from Invercargill to Riverton, and you’ll pass by the turnoff to the settlement of Thornbury. … Read More
If you’re a bowler visiting Invercargill, then once you’ve had your fill of Bluff oysters and blue cod, and once you’ve pored over the collections of automobilia at both Bill … Read More
An update from Bowls New Zealand – 25/03/2020 The country is about to enter Alert Level 4, with our communities effectively on lockdown. Over the past few days, Bowls NZ … Read More
Kaka Point, the first stop in the Catlins after Balclutha, only has about 200 permanent residents. So it’s quite surprising to find a bowling club there, even though it’s one … Read More
Kevin Darling On Saturday 21st March, one of the great names in lawn bowls passed away in Dunedin. There wouldn’t be anyone playing bowls in the 70’s, 80’s and even … Read More
UPDATED Monday 23 March 2020 2:00pm Coronavirus / COVID-19 Update As of Monday 23 March, Bowls New Zealand require ALL bowling clubs to cease ALL activity (until further notice). New … Read More
Few bowling clubs would have moved locations as much as Caversham. But then few bowling clubs have been around for over one hundred years. Not too far from the old … Read More
2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely Controlling body World Bowls (WB) and host nation Bowls Australia (BA) have agreed that the 2020 World Bowls Championships be postponed indefinitely … Read More
Last week, the Ryman Healthcare Bowls Stadium at the Orewa Bowling Club was ‘officially’ opened by the company’s Community Relations Representative, Steph Cawte. ‘Officially’, because the stadium roof itself has … Read More
Residents of the Wellington suburb of Island Bay don’t tend to think of themselves as living in ‘Wellington’. Sure, they probably work somewhere in the Wellington metropolis, and even enjoy … Read More
You can’t help thinking that there’s more lovely people involved with lawn bowls than any other sport. Not that the people in other sports aren’t nice. They are. But it’s … Read More
It’s a lot easier to interview (and write stories) about recipients of New Year’s Honours. That’s because they’ve done lots of stuff (after all, that’s why they’ve received a shout … Read More
When the Tolaga Bay Bowling Club was founded in 1922, the township of Tolaga Bay on the East Cape of the North Island was a thriving coastal settlement. It had … Read More
When it comes to lawn bowls in New Zealand, there’s no doubt that Taranaki punches above its weight. There are 21 clubs in the Taranaki Centre, or something like 4.5% … Read More
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
