We had our last session this morning with the Year 10 pupils from Horowhenua College and it was certainly much calmer all round without the strong winds that we have had recently. The pupils played 2 bowls pairs and the majority showed that they had improved their delivery and as well, learnt many of the basic skills needed for the …

Sixteen club members showed real dedication to our game by turning up to play this afternoon in the Mixed Pairs 2x4x2 roll-up. Why dedicated? Surely one just had to be to go out and play bowls in such terrible weather. The background – the Tararuas, were again hidden by a very black sky but the wind coming so strongly from …

It is usually the opposition that one tries to beat in any bowls game but this morning on the Bowls Levin green, the weather also played a major part as an opponent. For most of the game, it was fine except for a brief shower mid game, but the wind really made things difficult for the players. 
Sample of bowls …

Two days of two bowl triples have been completed in weather noted for its wind, a real challenge to the competing teams. Qualifying rounds were held at Central Levin and Bowls Levin yesterday with teams needing at least two out of three wins to go into today’s post section play. Fourteen teams achieved this and by the end of today’s …

Friday October 19 2012 Round two of this competition was played today in windy conditions on our cotula green. This made keeping an accurate line and weight quite difficult. Starting at 1 0’clokc, Singles and Fours were played, a break then taken for afternoon tea and then back in action to play Pairs and Triples. A good day for the …

Hard to believe that we were to play Rotary today but that is in fact what we did.  There were a few spots of rain but predominately,  it was a very cold gusty westerly wind blowing with a dark overcast sky that we were playing with at our club and the RSA green. It would seem that we must be getting …

Just a record of out teams Pennants results played today: Women’s Results Our Division 1 teams played at Paraparaumu Beach against the two Paraparaumu B teams and won their 4 games. Our Division 2  teams played at our club against Paraparaumu teams and had 1 win and 3  losses. Men’s Results  Our Division Two Teams played Waikanae teams at Central …

Yesterday was supposed to see the start of the Mixed Balloted Triples competition but the weather certainly put that off. Early morning today, and it looked as though it would be again not played, but by the start time of 9.00am, though cool and gloomy and with only little drops of rain, we got under way. To qualify, two games …

Yesterday the Horowhenua Ladies Banner was played at our club. This is an annual competition with 2 teams from each club playing 4 games of 10 ends or 1¼hr time. I had intended to watch some of the play but the fine weather got me involved in my garden and I forgot all about it so I had to get …

In my option the Match Committee handicap ranking failures to deliver the general consensus at the AGM’s, that all players have an equal opportunity to win the handicap singles. Actually I would like to see the handicaps go even further and make it really difficult for our better single players making the final. I started the discussion in 2009 (see …