Another Wednesday Gala but because of the conditions, changes were necessary because of the weather. Instead of the usual 8 end games, it was decided to play the four games, each with 6 ends only. The start was made at the usual 11.00am and after the first 2 games were completed, a stop was made for the lunch break. The …

I called into the club mid afternoon to see how play was going in the roll-up. Don Hutchins, in his early 90’s, was leading on Rink1 and was showing us just how well he can still play. With a walking stick helping him with his balance, Don was having little difficulty drawing his bowls close to the Jack. I then …

Once again Brian showed us his skills on the green today, playing and winning his second gala since his retirement. We all know what sort of player he has been; a bit like all of us, good some days, perhaps not so consistent on others. Are results from now on going to be just the best!! Today, a full green …

We had a very good attendance on Saturday morning at 10.00am for the club’s AGM. During the previous couple of weeks Members had received prepared documents covering President Hazel’s report, Finance details, Notices of Motion, etc. In her report, Hazel reminded us all of the many successful events over her time in office and the Club congratulated her on her …

Glad to see you’re back on the green, Alan,  One wouldn’t have presumed  that bowlers would be out today after the heavy rain that fell early this morning but by 11.00am, twelve teams were out playing their first game in today’s gala. Good competition between the teams and at the end of play, three teams had won all their matches. …

The gales and rain have passed but the cool weather is still with us. Thursday afternoon today showed that our club members are keen bowlers even with little sunshine about. The players gathered around 1.00pm, plenty of chatter once they had put their names forward for the afternoon roll-up, sitting happily it would seem, discussing the usual  this and that. …

Though not out playing in yesterday’s gala, I  have little doubt that  it was another enjoyable sunny day for the teams playing.Mind you, should a cloud manage to get in the way, it seems to take only a very short time for the temperature to drop. Great that we have an artificial green always available especially at this time of …

I was not available to see any of the above tournament played at our club but thank Ken Hayward for  writing the following report on the event. Two days of brilliant sunshine with no wind made the 16 teams in the Q B Pairs very happy. While the events was advertised as a mixed event there were in fact a …

Another Gala day, 3 games of eight ends each, some moments of fun, but perhaps for me, a most memorable very very cold. Mind you, I do have another memorable moment  that took place in one game, but I’ll get to that later. It was good to see the green all but full of teams, and once signed in, the …

Wild weather on Saturday for the playing of the Metlifecare 2014 Grassroots Triples at the Waikanae Bowling Club. At the end of the day’s play, eight teams had qualified, for post-section on Sunday including two from our club, Alice and Rex Spicer and Omeka and also Fred Adams, Paul Gardner and Julie Stichbury. Both our teams had done well but …