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Eight rinks on the cotula green plus another on the artificial green got play in the Women’s Singles started this morning. A gray and windy morning with most players well wrapped up. Men did the marking of all the games and the aim for players was to win at least two out of three games. Four players won their first …

Next Monday will see 30 players taking part in the tournament on the Petone Central Bowllng Green to find the World Champion Singles and Pairs Blind Champions. Two days for each event will be played by the bowlers from all over the North Island. Of special interest will be our club member, Pat Wikstrom, who will be taking part. It …

A Rotary day with two teams playing at the Waitarere Beach Club and another two at our home club. The weather in Levin was a bit strange with a short period of light rain falling at the start of play. Some of us made sure we were suitably clad for the conditions but in no time at all, it was …

Two of our three women’s team qualified today at the Paraparaumu Club – Dianne & Hazel and  Diana & Liz,  so we will look forward to their progress tomorrow. Both our two men’s teams who played at theWaikanae Beach Club also qualified, Paul & Jimmy and Neville and Barry so we will also follow their progress. We had four Pairs …

The draws are available on the Internet for the Centre Pairs to be played this weekend. We have three women pairs  who will be playing at the Paraparaumu Club:  Dianne Short and Hazel Rose, Alice Spicer and Liz Galloway, Margaret MacKay and Joan Hayward Six men pairs will also be playing down south, two teams at Waikanae Beach: Paul Gardner …

The Club’s Junior Women Pairs Final was played this afternoon, certainly in weather more suited to their games than it was on Saturday. A Round Robin System was used and the final was reached and played between Ginny Williams and Diana McGill(s) and Ralda Adams and Glenda Rowsell(s). To add to your confusion, the photos show the leads and skips …

Today Lodzia, Dawn, Zalda and Bill Clelland joined me to play in the Horowhenua 5’s. We were drawn to play the Shannon players and our first games got started at 1.00pm. Lodzia was our Singles player and did well on Rink 1 which she told us played well. Ralda was my lead, Bill, then Dawn followed on. We found the …

Three bowls each for the players in today’s gala on the cotula green. All rinks were used and the green was running very well. There were no restrictions on team compositions, male, female or mixed, and it was an enjoyable day for all. Four games of 12 ends were played and all teams met the challenge of the game … …

The Men’s Centre Singles got started at two clubs in Levin over the weekend, two greens at Central and our cotula green being used. It was good seeing seven of our players taking part and by the end of Saturday, four had qualified. The draw was then made for Sunday’s play to get started on Central’s Green 2. Neville Turnbull, …

A great day of bowls at the club today saw the men and women’s post-section Pairs play through to find the winners. The 9.00 o’clock start saw Christine Gardner play Audrey Sciascia and Bronwyn McMahon , the latter team winning 17-13. The semifinal saw Alice Spicer and her partner Liz Galloway have a good win agains Dianne Short, 27-7 and …