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Once again, TJ, our greenkeeper, sponsored his gala, and once again, we had a great day bowling on a superb green. It has recently been cut lower and with rolling as well, the pace of the green had some bowlers struggling to get their bowls near the Jack. But in no time at all, the bowls appeared nearer their target …

Paraparaumu Beach Bowling Club had a Men’s and Women’s team playing in the finals today at Central Levin. It was of special interest to our club as our Women’s Pairs Champions, Ra and Margaret had also reached the finals so we had a good number of members at Central to watch the games. About to start the Final Marilyn and …

Great news – our Pairs Champions, Ra and Margaret, have reached the final and will be playing tomorrow at 10.00am against the Paraparaumu pair. Our ladies had a bye in the first round and then got into action against a pair from Waikanae Beach. They got well ahead and didn’t need to play the final 21st end. In their next …

Usually this is a two day event, but yesterday, the weather at Waikanae Beach was too bad to play so it was necessary to play four rounds today. As it turned out, the weather was really good; in fact after lunch it was really hot. Each club sent a team of 9 players for Pairs, Triples and Fours. This morning, …

With only two teams entered, it was necessary to find the Champion Men’s Junior Pairs teams by playing each other to get two wins. Game one was clearly won by Bill Clelland and partner Vern Murphy, but the second game was much closer. The final end saw the teams scores level and an extra end was necessary. It became necessary …

Last night saw the ending of this years Business House Bowls, the 20th year it has been running. Weather again not too good but Corner to Corner and an accuracy test were played, a free meal served and awards presented. For full details, go to the Business House section.

Our annual St Pats Gala was held on Wednesday and it was disappointing that only 10 teams entered, all from our club. In previous years it has been a very popular gala but it appears that another club held a gala on the same day which might be one reason for the shortage of teams. It still turned out to …

I went down to the club today and had a look at the Shield that we won yesterday and can now let you know a bit of its history. After a look at the result shields that are attached, it was first played for in 1980 and the winner was Levin Womens’/RSA.  They must have been a very strong combination …

Jack Hammond joined the Levin Bowling club in October 1965 and for many years until his death in 1985, played a major part in the running of our club. A summary of many of his activities is a follows: Umpire 1968-81      Centre Delegate (Manawatu) 1975-76  1980-82    Committee member 1967  1972  1974  1976  1978 Match Committee 1967-70 1972  …

Lodzia and the Shield Today was the final meeting of the clubs which have taken part in the Horowhenua 5’s. This was just a social afternoon because the winning club had been decided after the last playing day. Instead of the usual format, this afternoon each club had two fours teams, and two games of eight ends were played. It …