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A full green on Saturday saw the start of the Mixed Pairs Championship played; 18 ends per game and two wins out of three games, needed to qualify. This resulted after Day 1 with nine teams qualifying. Sunday morning saw the start of Post Section play which meant that Fred Adams-Joan Hayward playing Neville and…

Wednesday today, weather OK, as it was yesterday when I went to the afternoon roll-up. It didn’t look promising in the morning and I presumed that play would be played on the artificial green but when I arrived near 1.00pm, I could see lots of cars already there and our cotula green being rolled for…

It’s been a real challenge weekend, bowlers playing singles and the weather doing all it could to make it a very challenging time. Note, the sex of the players was not a challenge, it was  just the individual bowlers, male and female, challenged in so many ways. Saturday had the light rain off and on…

Friday saw a full green of entries taking part in this years T J’s Gala. The club thanks Tony for sponsoring this event for the club, one he has put on over recent years. We are so lucky in having a group who assist the club so that we can play bowls on a top-class…

I wasn’t available for today’s final day of Pennants played at Central Levin but include below a note re results from Neville to keep all updated: 
”Just to let you know that we only needed one win today to sucure the third division pennant, second placed Kapiti needed to win all their four games and…

I was looking forward to the second day in the Champion of Champions Fours but was unable to see the event, a pity, as our women’s team, Alice (s), Lodzia, Liz and Diana did so well. I have seen the results chart and noted that their first game on Sunday was against Kapiti, and our…

This years Champion of Champion Fours, Day 1, was played today on our green and proved to be a great spectacle. Outside the club were lots and lots of cars and even a bus, while inside, the Mastergreen seemed to be surrounded by visitors, all to see how well their two club teams would do.…

The annual Seddon Shield tournament was played yesterday with most clubs sending two Fours teams. Our two greens were used which meant that that the clubs had a team on each. The weather remained good until that last end of the day’s play when rain dropped in on us and showed that we could move…

Usually our club selects four teams for a Rotary day, to play at two different venues – as an example, two playing at Foxton Beach and the other two at RSA. It was different today because it was Final Day and play had to be held at a two-green venue, Central Levin was used. The…

Today was the opportunity for local bowling clubs to take part in playing for the Hammond Shield, a competition that has been played for, for many years. A nine o’clock started play with Singles and Fours being played and in the afternoon, Pairs and Triples. Both greens were used, the A Section on the Dales…