It seemed to be quite a nice morning as far as the weather was concerned, especially after last night’s wind and rain. Off to bowls for the afternoon roll-up but as soon as I arrived, realised how windy and cold it now was. Luckily, my wind jacket was in my bowl’s bag but really, it still was a very cold …

Today saw the beginning of our club’s Summer bowling season. Certainly it was fine but there were indications that it will be a while before we feel the temperature rise. Today we were able to play on the artificial green but we are looking forward to play on our cotula green which is certainly looking ready for the season. We …

  Today saw the final day of this winter’s Triples Gala. The weather may not have been the best, but it was a typical example of how bowlers arrived ready for the 11.00am start. All well clad (though one player had decided that wearing shorts would be OK) and the first of the three games got started. Mostly our club …

Today was the last of the 2x4x2 Galas for the winter period and was again enjoyed by all. Margaret had again ensured that the green would be full and also managed to see that the weather office supplied us with another fine day. (only one day during winter had to be cancelled.) Four games were played, two before and two …

Yes, this was the first end for today’s gala and one can see a large array of bowls across the green. Nice that the sun was shining but this really wasn’t what I meant by the title of today’s post. The fact that our first game, which was a close loss, could well be taken as a surprise, but that …

Overnight we had heavy rain and in the morning, there seemed to be no letup of the conditions. It was about lunch time when my wife asked the usual Saturday question, “You off to bowls this afternoon.” It seemed a silly question but when I finally looked outside after sitting behind the blinds in my office, I found out that …

Today’s 11am Gala was again with a full green. What was interesting was that after two rounds there were only two teams with two wins. The last round saw my players facing Joe Wnek, Jan Dawson and Martin Howse and it was the final end when Alan Shanks got us the draw. John Adams with Roy Dickson and Julie Stichbury …

Tuesday afternoon Roll-up    Teams were drawn inside by the match committee and necessary gear set up for play.     An example of the variety of bowls players have now – a variety of makes, size and colour. The brothers – Neville and Trevor had been to Palmerston North to pick up some necessary gear for the club to use …

Wednesday again, fine but cool, and then it was off into today’s gala. A full green and obvious enjoyment of the game could be seen and heard throughout the day. We see often the same players and teams and often another face or two appears; Bill, ex Waitarere Beach and then Central player and in contrast, a player from our …

The forecast wasn’t too good but as it turned out, we had a sunny day but with a steady cool wind keeping us cool throughout the day. The semifinal started around 10.00am, the match being played between, Susan Boxall and her team – Hazel Rose, Ian Upston and Ian Wenham and Neville Turnbull and his players – Barry Cross, Diana …