The Short Format Tournament

On Sunday 21 July Levin Bowling Club held its annual bowls tournament involving short-format games. Four years ago the club broke new ground by being one of the first in the country to hold a tournament of this type which was played on the Club’s Dales Pro-Green Plus carpet green. The tournament included both pairs and singles games and attracted …

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Website Report

With dwindling member numbers in most clubs a website is becoming more important to publicize your bowling club.  Your website is your public face to your community, having an interactive, dynamic and updated informative website will show your club as a forward thinking modern bowling club. Levin Bowling Club has been developing for the past year a “Word Press” plugin …

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Jeremy Clarkson Quotes

Bentley Continental GT Suspension adjustability – It really is about as useful as having a snooze button on a smoke alarm. BMW Z3 And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here’s your car. Buick LeSabre It was rubbish when it was new, it was built …

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Coaching Day Changes

Coaching Until further notice coaching will be on a Tuesday evening (weather permitting) from 4.00 pm onwards & will conclude under lights for our working members. We will now be starting on the skills development, which was highlighted by the base line scores from Saturday. Even though we had 24 members turn up, what was disappointing was the lack of our most experienced …

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Winter Coaching organised by Bowls Kapiti Coast

BOWLS KAPITI COAST Winter Coaching Coaching Convenor: Pat Taylor Waikanae Bowling Club, Sunday 19 July 2015 10.00am – 3.00pm $2.00 Coaches meeting 9am PROGRAMME 10am Assembly and Introduction Tea/Coffee available prior to commencing 10.05.10.30 Umpires 10.30 – 11.00 Etiquette and Pre Shot Routine 11.00 – 12 noon 2x4x2 Playing and calling Shots (Coaches on head to discuss options) LUNCH: 12noon ...
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Coaching this Saturday 6th June

A reminder to all club members that coaching will be held this coming Saturday morning from 9.30 am. This week we will be doing the baseline testing of everyone’s skills, from which we can build on for each person. This is aimed at every club player (male & female) – whether you are a 1st year or a top senior …

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Green Keepers Field Day – 12th June 2015

Green Keepers Field Day Friday 12th June Starting at 9.30am Central BC & Levin BC   Central Bowling Club – 38 Bristol Street Levin 9.30am                Mix and mingle with cuppa tea / coffee at Central BC. 10.00am              First guess speaker Brendan Hannan (New Zealand Sports Turf Institute – Palmerston North). Subject: Winter maintenance – As a group we will inspect …

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Bowls Kapiti Coast AGM

In accordance with the Centre constitution 22.1 and 22.4, please be advised that the Centre Annual General Meeting will be held at Otaki Bowling Club on Sunday July 26th, 2015 starting at 1.30 pm. Also please be advised that any ‘Notices of Motion’ must be received by the Centre Manager, by no later than June 10th, 2015 and must be …

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Grassroot Winners 2015

In this years Grassroots, five teams out of the 20 were from Levin Bowling Club.  Four of our teams taking the top four places, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, what a great club result.  The final was won by John Adams, Martin Howse and Julie Stichbury  who played Fred Adams, Alice and Rex Spicer.  In the plate play off again saw two Levin …

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Verti-Draining the Cotula

On Tuesday 19 May an independent contractor from Palmerston North was at our club to Verti-Drain our cotula green. The spikes on the machine penetrate about 150 mm into the ground and the holes created in the green allow for more water to be drained through the topsoil. As the side gate which gives access to the cotula green was …

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