Perhaps hard to believe, but a few of us were “keen” to have our usual Tuesday roll-up yesterday. You had to be really keen to try to play bowls with wind that was blowing. It was very strong, gusty, at times making it hard to remain steady before delivering a bowl and above all else, near impossible to get the …

Central Levin had organised a three day tournament and it was a pity that the weather from Friday to Sunday was not the best and in the end, cut down the number of games played. The event is obviously popular and had teams from far and wide eg Alexandra in the south and Auckland in the north and local teams …

Brand new for our club, a Mixed afternoon Triples Gala, was played today with a full green making it an auspicious start. A slight misunderstanding saw a one player team arrive – he thought he had been asked to come as a fill-in player, not a full team. This problem was solved by him playing each draw game with a …

It was once known as Closing Day simply because it was the end of the season, but having an artificial green as well as the cotula, we can play (weather permitting) all year round. Early morning rain was on show but by 1.00pm the Dale green was clear of water and we got started in a roll-up. Play was to …

The club congratulates two of its Junior men, Murray Griffin and Bill Cleland, who have been selected to play in the 5 year and under Quadrangular Tournament to be played at the Kapiti Bowling club on Sunday 8th May. They will be playing in the Fours, a team with all four players well known to us; as well as Murray and …

The Champion of Champions Triples were played today and will continue tomorrow at the Raumati South green. The cotula green ran well and the weather was great for bowls. In brief:- Our women’s team, Margaret MacKay (s), Ann Malone and Alice Spicer, had a close game against the Otaki Railway team. The final end (16th) saw the scores level but …

Not very many at the club today, it being Easter Saturday. I think three Mixed Pairs were playing at Central in a two day gala, but some of us at least turned up this afternoon for a roll-up. We didn’t use Rink 4 because some Plugs had been inserted at one end and to give them a good chance to grow, …

Great to see all the teams in action today, finishing this year’s summer gala season. Very pleasing also to see visiting teams joining in, making for some very competitive games. So many to thank for their work throughout the season; those responsible for producing for us a great green to play on and to those who ensure that it has …

Our women travelled to Waikanae to play Central Levin. At the time of writing, I’ve no idea where any of the teams were positioned in the competition but I did hear about one of our teams day. Their morning game was not good, the team not playing up to their usual standard but the afternoon game saw a good improvement. …

Day two for the Mixed Singles started with a match between Ra Walker and Ken Hayward. The scorecard showed that it was a very tight game. It reached 20 all and then a 2 on the next end saw Ra the winner. Dave now had to play against his wife and this ended with Ra in front 21-14. The other semi-final …