Hope I’ve got it right. I’ll put up the Score sheets from the Centre once they are published : Men’s Super Sevens – 5 wins and 1 loss, Reserve 7’s –  5 wins and 1 loss, Women’s Open 7’s – 4 wins and a draw. Overall, a successful day. Our Reserve 7’s played at home and I heard very good …

The toss was made and the Men won and chose the Cotula green to play on in todays Championship Pairs competition. The 10 women’s teams playing on the Dales green and the 12 men’s teams, got underway at 9.00 am in quite gloomy conditions. During the morning there were the occasional spots of rain but play wasn’t stopped at all. …

I watched the semifinal between our club player, Trevor Tuatara, and Phil Edwards this morning at the Waitarere Beach Club and saw some great bowling.  Trevor showed great control of his weight and line and though Phil was generally playing well, things just went great for Trevor, winning the match 21-10. The other game was between Swift and Moran and …

From sixteen to eight and now only four players are left in the Men’s Singles. Again the rain came on and off but bowling continued and tomorrow, the last four will play the semi finals and final at the Waitarere Beach Club starting at 10am. Murray Griffin lost his first game but Trevor Tuatara and Shoota went through the next …

Play was held on three greens today, 1 at Waitarere Beach and 2 at Central Levin, 46 players facing not only their opponent but also a strong wind. Our club players did well with the following qualifying for tomorrows Post Section to be now held at Central Levin and not Waitarere Beach because of the numbers: Murray Griffin, Trevor Tuatara, Shoot …

A roll-up yesterday was held with players having to deal with the wind. We played on the Dales green and it was interesting to see how the different players tried to cope with the strong westerly that was blowing. This morning David and I held our last session with the Waiopehu College pupils and they had to deal with similar …

Sunday came, the weather was OK so our Interclub teams were back in action yesterday. The Men’s Super 7 team played their 2 rounds at Central Levin and won their Singles, pairs and Fours against the Central teams 9n the first round. Their afternoon games were against Paraparaumu Beach and Shoota was again in form and won his Singles. The …

This annual Centre event has been played over the last two days at the Central Levin Club. To be eligible, players must not have won an Open Centre event and teams must be mixed. After the first day, Susan Boxall (s), Murray Griffin and Margaret Griffin from our club, made it into the top section of 8 qualifiers. It was just great …

It seems that the key for some teams yesterday was to get a win by 1 point. In the first post sectoion round at Waikanae where the Men’s Open Centre Triples carried on, four games were played and three were won or lost (depending on your view point, by 1 point – two at 16-15 and the other at 18-17. …

Friday’s Horowhenua Chronicle had a full page about the new artificial green replacement that the RSA Bowling Club now has – well worth reading, not just for how it was installed but there is also  a section about how the original green was formed in 1947 on land donated by Mrs Lett. We wish the club well and it will …