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 So ofter does one hear from fellow bowlers how part of their  subscriptions go to Bowls New Zealand and how this is used mainly on our top bowlers. This morning I was invited to join  some of our committee who were having a meeting with Paul Cavanagh who is the Community Development Officer for Region 3 & 4. The meeting …

 Certainly ti was the Olympic Games that started today in London, but it could have been one of their events being played here in Levin.  The weather was fine, a good turnout of participants and even a special spectator was in attendance. Playing on Rink1 were Trevor and Ken and they are here discussing their team’s play during the afternoon to …

Seven rinks in this afternoon’s play – mixed 2x4x2. Good to see so many out in the sun and it was also a pleasure to see two new faces on the green. Gary brought his son along and as can be seen, he has a nice style, picked  up from when his class came over from college.  I believe he …

 A full green today in action, doing their best to win the gala. Another fine day but without the frost covering the green. Two opponents, Joan Hayward and Liz Galloway, watching the arrival of a bowl with interest Four games of 8 ends were played and resulted in the following: 1st Neil Bovey and June Mears with 3½ wins 2nd …

Starting at 10.00am this morning were the two semifinal games in the Winter Triples and though a lovely winter morning, the frost on the green caused players quite a few problems. You can easily see the tracks left by the bowls and players footprints. These were not a problem but when we played the other way, the Jack was so …

The club thanks Kingston & Kemp Ltd (Plumbing) for the donation of mats for use on our greens. They were purchased from Drakes Pride, noted for making bowls, and will be a great asset in replacing the present mats. They are getting old and have a tendency to lift on the corners and quite often a bowler has tripped because …

It seemed to inspire some bowlers’ play and in our first game, Hazel Rose, skipping our opponents team, played really great bowls. As well, her other two players, the Shorts, also played well. We were lucky to get one shot on the last end. They must have run into stronger teams later for they didn’t end up in the winning …

Hard to believe that the sun was shining today; their was a little warmth in the air and the Tararuas could be seen without any cloud about. Seemed like a record to us down on the green. In my game, it really wasn’t a club record, but certainly great to see when our two leads came to life around the …

Eight teams faced up to each other today aiming to win two out of three games to qualify for post-section play. It was a 9.00am start and cool threatening weather faced the teams; all players were well wrapped up to withstand the conditions. After two rounds, Margaret Mackay’s and Susan Boxall’s team had qualified with both their games won, but …

Today saw the 2×2 tournament once again organised and run by Neville, and like the weather, very successful. Sixteen pairs entered with players from a variety of clubs in the Kapiti and Manawatu Centres. All the pairs played each other; two ends or if then tied, an extra end to find the winner. Some really tight games were played and …