A 9.30am start for today’s Winter Mixed Triples and the players all arrived, well wrapped for the start of play. I don’t think anyone believed what they saw with the behaviour of bowls during the first two ends of match play.   The reason for this was that the temperature showing on the town clock was 3 degrees and the green itself was …

For many it must be hard to believe, but it is true, we went out this afternoon for a roll-up on our green. It really shows how much we enjoy the game of bowls. The weather has been in control since last Saturday when it made the Shanghai Singles to be called off. It was mainly the strong winds that were the …

Wild weather and woolly clothing was the feature of this Saturday afternoon’s roll-up. Twenty-two ‘dedicated’ club members turned out to play, ignoring the very strong and gusty westerly wind which was a real test of the player’s judgement. If only you could rely on the wind being constant, but this wasn’t so, which mean that one bowl played could be …

This Sunday afternoon, about 70 bowlers from the Kapiti Centre took the opportunity to receive some coaching from Sharon Sims, the Central Development Coach. She started the afternoon indoors discussing the often neglected part of many players bowling, the use of the brain. Players then went onto the green to see if they could carry into their play, some of …

The final of the winter Mixed Fours was played today between Fred Adams (s), Rex Spicer, Coral Mills and Alice Spicer and Margaret MacKay(s), Ann Malone, Don Hutchins, and Vern Murphy. I didn’t see the game but have heard that Margaret and her team played really well with special praise for Margaret herself.  Fred’s team were only able to score on …

Friday morning at 11.00 saw the start of the 2nd semi-final in the winter Mixed Fours. No wind for this game but certainly cool conditions. Fred Adams won the toss and the first end went to his team with 3 shots, but Susan Boxall’s team scored a 4 on the next. Some good play on the  5th end saw Susan …

Though the sun was  out, a cold SE wind blew on the green and made bowling quite difficult for the players in one of the semi-final Mixed Fours matches played this afternoon at the club. (The other match is to be played on Friday starting at 11.00am) The start of each end often saw the Jack either landing in the …

9.30 am Start Yes, this is how it looked across the green this morning at the start of our Sunday 2x4x2 Gala. A heavy dew (close to being a frost) covered the green and it quickly showed  where we had walked and the line our bowls had taken.  The sun soon got rid of the moisture but was never throughout …

President Ken Hayward It was the club’s AGM today and 10.00am saw President Ken Hayward open proceedings. There were about 50 members present at this, the club’s 104th AGM. All members had recently received last year’s AGM minutes and as well, the President’s and Treasurer’s reports on the current season. All were received and after discussion, accepted by members, who …

We all met at the club ready for today’s Mini gala but realised that the chances were slim for it to get underway. The forecast was for clearing weather, the rain radar showed no signs of rain, the barometer was going up, so the Match Committee decided mid-morning not to cancel early. Around 11.00am the sun broke through but in …