It’s disappointing to see that Bill Clelland’s inability to park properly is catching!!!
Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Barry Wynks
Tomorrow at our Club day roll up Commonwealth Games silver medallist Barry Wynks from the Takaro club will be visiting our club. He will most probably have with him one of the other members of his medal winning triples team and they would like to take part as visitors in our roll up. The plan is as follows: Barry …
Supporters Gala
The supporters gala was help at Levin Bowls on Wednesday with 90 players from the Kapiti region and two visiting players from Whangarei. The event was a roaring success. Thanks must go to Ralph Bello’s (Central Levin Bowling Club) who instigated this event. The event was efficiently run by Rob Cotter assisted by Margaret Griffin (Levin Bowls). Also thanks …
Today’s rollup
Today’s first roll up of the new season was exciting for the club. We had over 50 members and visitors, every rink on our live green was used, and two rinks had to be fours to fit everyone in. Also today we had Waiopehu College using our artificial green. The club had fantastic winter roll ups with 40 plus members …
BowlsNZ President visit
We were honoured to recently get a visit from BowlsNZ President Ann Muir. Ann is in Levin chaperoning a hockey team, she lives in Whangarei. Also from Whangarei we’ve had the pleasure of John Franklin for the past couple of weeks, him and his partner is house sitting in Levin. Club members have enjoyed his company. Alice Spicer, Ann Muir …
Final Winter Gala Played
On Sunday, the last of this winter’s galas was held, a 2x4x2 event, with a full green of 16 teams taking part. Also good to see players from 4 other clubs taking part. The weather joined in with a fine day, cool at times, but the sun kept its eye on all the players. Results: 1st. Arnie Jansson, Omeka Feaunati …
Wednesday’s Triples Galas End
Yesterday was the last of the Wednesday Winter Galas, ending in very good weather and with all rinks full. The photo was taken later in the day; note the lengthy shadows and the clear blue sky. During the winter months, the weather was quite mixed and I couldn’t help but notice how well wrapped-up the players were on some of …
The Winter Teams
Not my idea to play bowls this afternoon. Windy and very cold. But out they came after the draw, 6 teams ready for the roll-up. The skips were ready to receive the first end but agreed to pose for the occasion….in their winter uniform perhaps.
The Sun Shone Brightly
I came town to see some of the play this afternoon and the sun was still out but the cold ‘breeze’ was certainly present. There was another good turnout for the 3 games gala which started at 11.00am, and as Margaret says, ” You could still hear laughter to know that everyone was enjoying themselves.” So to the winners: …
Invitational Classic Triples
Last weekend saw the Invitational Classic Triples played at the club, a new tournament that was sponsored by Levin Cobb & Co. It was an interesting event where sixteen pairs that came from a range of clubs, took part. In addition, each pair also had a member from our cub to join them. We saw some excellent bowls played by …