A place in this year’s Bowls3Five televised league is up for grabs at the Naenae Bowling Club this weekend (August 1-2). Five teams from around the country are gathering in … Read More
Nigel Dixon-General Manager of Bowls Wellington Nigel Dixon’s not the sort of guy you’d expect to find in bowls administration. Yet here he is … General Manager of Bowls Wellington, … Read More
A star-studded invitational field will converge on the Awamoa bowling greens later this year, coming together to remember a man synonymous with the Old Golds country. In a day that … Read More
Atholl Campbell There’s no doubt that the Stoke Bowling Club, located in the southern suburbs of Nelson, is a club on the rise. The full-playing membership of the club just … Read More
Ron and Wendy resplendent in their Summerset bowling uniform More and more, Kiwis are being introduced to the game of lawn bowls not through one of the 450 or so … Read More
Auckland Bowls General Manager Steven Yates is delighted to announce the securing of several World Class Female Bowlers for its Premier Ladies Open to be held on 26th and 27th … Read More
From left : Peter Sarelius (President), Val Duncan (Life Member), Allan Hodges There’s nothing better than Taupo on a bright, sunny winter’s day. The whole town is built like a … Read More
Jo Edwards Last Friday, at the Richmond Bowling club in Nelson, a familiar figure took centre stage. The greens were almost deserted, as a lot of members take a winter … Read More
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the revised Bowls New Zealand High Performance plan for 2020-2021, after a thorough process the following high performance appointments have been made: … Read More
Left to right : Gordon Bennett (Secretary); Keith Clark; Mervyn Hazeldine; Kevin Harvey (President); Brett Dobbie (partly obscured); Bruce Proctor (Past President); Snow Black; Gordon Sharp (Selector); Kylie Dobbie; Stuart … Read More
From left: Chris Howard, Wayne Coley, Jessica Looms, Stuart Hart, Bill Bain For most people, Picton’s synonymous with the inter island ferry – a small port town at the top … Read More
Patron Jim Urlich and President Roly Brown In the 1850s, when the Reverend Norman McLeod shipped into Northland’s Bream Bay with 800 fellow Presbyterians, they must have thought they had … Read More
The 2019-2020 bowls season has been filled with more than the usual amount of highs and lows, twists and turns, and global pandemics. This hasn’t fazed our community, which can … Read More
Rohan Cuff When Transmission Gully opens (who knows when!), the trip into Wellington will by-pass many of the capital’s dormitory suburbs, and the likes of Paekakariki, Pukerua Bay, Mana, Paremata … Read More
Tom Dallas from Owaka Owaka is the ‘capital’ of the Catlins, the hidden gem that is the southeastern corner of New Zealand. Having said that, Owaka’s not to be compared … Read More
Graham Rees, Coach Development Lead Every year, Bowls New Zealand runs a number of coach development clinics, where foundation and development coaches can learn how to pass lawn bowls skills … Read More
Like the other 500 or so bowling clubs around New Zealand, the COVID lockdown has been quite disruptive to Bowls Mt Maunganui. But nothing which retiring Club Administrator, Garrick Hamlyn … Read More
Ready for battle at the Rotorua Gardens (from left) : Caitlin Thomson, Marilyn Constantine, June Smith and Angela Stephen On the face of it, there was seemingly nothing remarkable about … Read More
Whilst some of us may have sat at home twiddling our thumbs or learning that our ovens weren’t purely decorative during the lockdown, Bowls New Zealand and Sky were able … Read More
ALI FORSYTH Date of birth: 11/12/79 Place of birth: Nelson Clubs: Clayton (Melbourne) & Nelson Year started bowling: 1996/97 season International debut: 2005 Cap number: 95 Caps: 423 National titles: … Read More
