Sunny but frosty, cold weather greeted the players on Saturday morning for the first day of the Queen’s Birthday Mixed Pairs tournament. Thanks to our sponsors, Quality Keys and Engraving, there was good prize money available for a full carpet green. Players were seeded into sections of four by the organizer Rob. Cotter with section winners on the first day …
Hard fought competitions for our juniors
Over the past two weekends the Levin Bowling Club juniors have been battling hard in the Junior Pairs Club Championships. With some very tight games, especially in the men’s competition it was a fantastic event for our juniors who had to play good bowls under a lot of pressure. What a great event for their bowling development. The strong women pairing of …
Rob and Kerry win in the Wairarapa
Today in Masterton Levin’s Rob Cotter and Kerry Geertson won the Wairarapa open pairs title. In the semi-final and final they beat well-performed pairs skipped by leading Wairarapa players Warren Fisher and Ian Monaghan. Congratulations. Well done Rob and Kerry
Diana McGill takes out the Women’s Singles Title
There was a strong field of 16 for the Women’s Open Singles at Labour weekend. It was unfortunate that last year’s winner Julie Stichbury was unable to defend her title but conditions, for a change, were benign and all the players enjoyed two days of sunshine and still air. By the end of the qualifying day the post-section draw was …
BowlsNZ Club of the Year
The Clubs short-listed for the Club of the Year award were published on the BNZ website today. The are: Coopers Beach (Far North), Brown’s Bay (North Harbour), Birkenhead (North Harbour), Mt Maunganui (Bay of Plenty), Napier (Hawkes Bay), Levin and North East Valley (Dunedin). Results will be announced on 19th September. Ken Hayward
Winter Coaching organised by Bowls Kapiti Coast
BOWLS KAPITI COAST Winter Coaching Coaching Convenor: Pat Taylor Waikanae Bowling Club, Sunday 19 July 2015 10.00am – 3.00pm $2.00 Coaches meeting 9am PROGRAMME 10am Assembly and Introduction Tea/Coffee available prior to commencing 10.05.10.30 Umpires 10.30 – 11.00 Etiquette and Pre Shot Routine 11.00 – 12 noon 2x4x2 Playing and calling Shots (Coaches on head to discuss options) LUNCH: 12noon ...
Coaching this Saturday 6th June
A reminder to all club members that coaching will be held this coming Saturday morning from 9.30 am. This week we will be doing the baseline testing of everyone’s skills, from which we can build on for each person. This is aimed at every club player (male & female) – whether you are a 1st year or a top senior …
Verti-Draining the Cotula
On Tuesday 19 May an independent contractor from Palmerston North was at our club to Verti-Drain our cotula green. The spikes on the machine penetrate about 150 mm into the ground and the holes created in the green allow for more water to be drained through the topsoil. As the side gate which gives access to the cotula green was …
Presentation Day 2015
Our summer closing and Presentation Day was held on Saturday 9 May. Opening proceedings Club President Trevor Turnbull welcomed life members, guests, visitors and players and outlined some of the club’s successes over the season. Horowhenua District Mayoress Sheryl Duffy was the guest speaker. She spoke in her capacity as Chairperson of the Horowhenua Sports Turf Trust, which is responsible …
A Full Field for the Xmas Hams Gala
With two full greens Saturday’ s Xmas Hams Gala sponsored by I C Mark Ltd was a resounding success. The to prizes on the day went to the only two teams to record four wins. On the Cotula green the Levin team of Susan Boxall, Ian Wenham and Audrey Sciascia came out the victors while on the Dale’s green it …