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SKY Sport signs on for bigger and better Bowls3Five

April 15, 2019
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Bowls3Five will return to New Zealand television screens this year, but it will take on a new look. Bowls New Zealand is thrilled to announce it has signed a new … Read More

Riverhead: Getting its ducks in a row

April 11, 2019
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If you live in Auckland, you’ve almost certainly heard of Riverhead. It’s likea Kardashian, it’s famous for being famous. It’s a rite of passage forAucklanders to take the small ferry … Read More

Dean Drummond and Richard Hocking: Giant-killing at Naenae

April 10, 2019
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When the Four of Dean Drummond, Richard Hocking, Dave Henderson and Lloyd Fitness reported for the first morning of Post Section play at the recent Summerset National Fours Tournament in … Read More

Asia Pacific Championships 2019 – Squad Announced

March 29, 2019
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Asia Pacific Championships 2019 takes place at Club Helensvale, Musgrave Hill and Broadbeach Bowls Clubs June 18-28, a familiar location for Broadbeach based Katelyn Inch who has been selected in … Read More

National Intercentre Photos

March 28, 2019
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Photo Credit – Maria Ligaya

What’s Peter Belliss up to?

March 25, 2019
Featured, News, Our People

Peter Belliss seems to have been around bowls forever. And he has. When Belliss started playing bowls while he was a fitter at New Zealand Railway’s major workshop in Wanganui’s … Read More

National Intercentre Results

March 22, 2019
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Women’s POST SECTION Draw and Results HERE Men’s POST SECTION Draw and Results HERE Women’s Draw and Results – HERE Men’s Draw and Results – HERE

Hosts named for 2020 Summerset Nationals

March 15, 2019
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Bowls Canterbury and Bowls Bay of Plenty will host next year’s Summerset Nationals. The Summerset National Singles and Pairs will be staged in Christchurch from January 2-8, 2020, while Bay … Read More

Edwards Secures Sixth World Cup Indoor Singles Honour

March 14, 2019
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Star Blackjack and world number one Jo Edwards has once again come up with the goods for New Zealand, this time adding a sixth World Cup Indoor Singles trophy to … Read More

Prestigious Honour for Bowls NZ After Receiving Governance Mark from Sport New Zealand

March 11, 2019
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Bowls NZ has been recognised for its strong organisational capability by Sport New Zealand with the awarding of the prestigious Governance Mark. In line with their strategic priority to build … Read More

Rivalries to be renewed in North vs South Challenge

March 8, 2019
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Newly crowned national fours champion Dean Elgar will renew his rivalry with Mike Kernaghan later this month. They have been named to skip the respective men’s fours in the revamped … Read More

National Champion of Champions Introduced

March 7, 2019
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Venues and dates have now been confirmed for the inaugural Bowls New Zealand National Champion of Champions events, with disciplines including men’s and women’s singles, pairs and fours to take … Read More

Mandy Boyd secures fifth national fours title

March 4, 2019
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Mandy Boyd has won a fifth national fours title, less than three months after giving birth to her second daughter. The former Blackjack has skipped her composite four, featuring older … Read More

Substantial rise in entries for the Summerset Nationals

February 19, 2019
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Bowls New Zealand has well and truly exceeded its expectations, dramatically growing participation numbers for this year’s Summerset Nationals, after making the contentious decision to split the event in two. … Read More

If you’re under 23, all roads lead to Christchurch at the end of March

February 15, 2019
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This year’s shake-up of the national tournament structure of bowls has already seen the new Summerset National Singles & Pairs played successfully in Auckland last month. In March, three ‘new’ … Read More

After five years, Auckland Bowls is thrilled to bring the National Secondary Schools Tournament back

February 11, 2019
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With the amazing talent in young bowlers, Auckland Bowls was keen to re-introduce an event where these teens can come together and pit their skills against players from across the … Read More

Decisions made after Avondale Judicial Hearing

February 8, 2019
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Over the last few years the Avondale Bowling Club has been so badly managed that eventually over 50% of its members requested Auckland Bowls to step in and manage the … Read More

To cover or not to cover? That is the question!

January 14, 2019
Club News, Featured, News

When you’re interviewing Phil Vyver about the development of covered greens in Auckland, you’d suspect he’s simultaneously arranged a typical Auckland summer downpour to prove his point. But as the … Read More

Mangere scoop men’s titles at the nationals

January 8, 2019
Event News, Featured

A Mangere double at the Summerset Nationals Singles and Pairs at Carlton Cornwall Bowls in Auckland. Taylor Horn, 21, has won the men’s singles title, a few hours after his … Read More

White plays the shot of her life to win women’s singles title

January 8, 2019
Event News, Featured

Debbie White (Hinuera) has staged a remarkable comeback to win her maiden national title at the Summerset National Singles and Pairs at Carlton Cornwall Bowls in Auckland. White has overturned … Read More