‘Waimea’ is a pretty popular name in New Zealand. Up and down the country, there’s rivers, roads, suburbs, and businesses all called ‘Waimea’. Even in the lawn bowls world, there’s … Read More
Like Christchurch with its Hagley Park and Nelson with its Saxton Field, Tauranga is lucky enough to boast a multi-purpose sports ground : the Tauranga and Wharepai Domains. Located right … Read More
Katelyn Inch has crowned a magnificent season by being named the Bowls New Zealand Summerset Supreme Award winner for 2020. Katelyn dominated the Summerset national singles and pairs, winning both. … Read More
One day in the future Andrew Kelly might look back on the 2019/20 season as the fruiting of the vineyard. That might seem strange – as Kelly has more than … Read More
If success can be judged by the company that you keep, then there is no denying the achievements of Katelyn Inch in 2020. The Queensland-based bowler had a phenomenal year, … Read More
For Raymond Martin, the 2019-20 season was a story of turning potential into performance. No one has ever doubted the talent of the Wellington bowler, but he hasn’t always achieved … Read More
Graham Dorreen is again top of the pile in this country, recognised as the Summerset Bowls New Zealand 2020 coach of the year. It’s the second time Dorreen has picked … Read More
A dedication to excellence and an unrelenting commitment to the sport have seen Anne and David Burrage honoured as the 2019-2020 Bowls New Zealand Summerset Awards umpires of the year. … Read More
Ray Webster and Cooper Stumbles face off Hastings became the fifth of the New Zealand Professional Bowls Association’s seven venues to complete their winter programme playing at the weekend under … Read More
From left : Colleen Robbins, Clem Mellish and Dick Jones check out the winter green maintenance, with the Havelock ‘grandstand’ in the background Currently just three types of seafood are … Read More
Back row (left to right) : Colleen Kempton, Denise Jackett, Barry Kempton, Andy Marwick, Donald Horne Front row (left to right) : Jeanette Pauling, Helen Guiney When you next pop … Read More
Don Carter, Greenkeeper. Perhaps New Zealand’s longest-serving club greenkeeper will be retiring at the end of next season. Don Carter has been greenkeeper at the Stoke Bowling Club in Nelson … Read More
Manurewa has secured the final place in the third edition of Bowls3Five on Sky Sport. The Counties-Manukau club will be invited as the eighth team in this year’s competition, starting … Read More
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
Some of the country’s best up and coming bowlers are gathering in Lower Hutt this weekend (August 1-2) for the Bowls3Five Interclub cup. To be played alongside the open Bowls3Five … 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
