Good news. Have just phoned Colin and he is home from his visit to Palmerston North Hospital. He gave us a bit of a fright at today’s roll-up when he became unwell, but after a visit from St John’s Ambulance, he went off with them to Palmerston and after a check up, he is now back in Levin.  Look after …

Sunday was Day 1 of the New Year and some of us turned up at the green for the Progressive Mini Gala that was shown in the club handbook. It took quite a time to get us organized, mainly because one further player was needed so that an even draw could be made.  Hildi responded to a phone call, the …

It was no surprise this morning to hear and see that the rain was still falling and there was no hope of there being a final gala for this year. The weather at times has been very changeable including for the first time for many years, snow in the town. But in spite of the weather, we have had a …

Another sunny day but not a lot of members taking advantage of that down at the green this afternoon. While we were being sorted for the roll up I wandered over to the cotula green and noted behind the water tank, TJ’s vege garden, thriving from the sun, watering and lots of cotula clippings. Back on the green, getting it …

Because of another commitment, I was unable to play Rotary at the Levin RSA this afternoon but I did manage a short time there to see our two teams playing on the new green. It looked very neat and fresh with the green surface, and as well, the club had spruced up all around with paint, making the whole area …

We had been contacted by Sport Manawatu to take a group of people and introduce them to bowls. This we did this morning and I had help from David Lowndes, Jan Dawson and Hildi Ewart, members of our club. We met in the clubrooms and Margaret Griffin also arrived and prepared a welcoming cup of tea/coffee; the visitors also brought some …

Our Women’s Reserve 7’s played at Central Levin, aiming to qualify for the top four playoff. Three rounds were played and results were as follows: Ra Walker played great bowls in her 3 singles, winning them all. A great effort. Audrey Sciascia (s) and Margaret Mackay had a win and a loss in their first two games and entered the …

A smile for this special event from Elaine Thorn and May KauKau. This annual event was again popular, with players from Petone Central, Foxton Beach, Manakau, Waitarere and our own club taking part using both the cotula and artificial greens. The club thanks I C Mark for sponsoring the event and at the end of play, prizes were presented by …

Though not the most successful day at Pennants, our men’s and women’s teams did their best representing the club. Our women returned from their games without a win and our men, playing in Division Three at Waikanae, had one success playing against the local team. Rob Cotter, whose team had the win, told me that the green was running fast …

It certainly was a busy weekend, starting on Saturday with some of our members taking part in the Xmas Ham Gala at the Waitarere Beach Club. It was a fine day and play was on their fast green and for Neville Turnbull, Dave Walker and Trevor Tuatara, a successful day; there were three teams that had won all their games …