Green Keepers Field Day Friday 12th June Starting at 9.30am Central BC & Levin BC Central Bowling Club – 38 Bristol Street Levin 9.30am Mix and mingle with cuppa tea / coffee at Central BC. 10.00am First guess speaker Brendan Hannan (New Zealand Sports Turf Institute – Palmerston North). Subject: Winter maintenance – As a group we will inspect …
Bowls Kapiti Coast AGM
In accordance with the Centre constitution 22.1 and 22.4, please be advised that the Centre Annual General Meeting will be held at Otaki Bowling Club on Sunday July 26th, 2015 starting at 1.30 pm. Also please be advised that any ‘Notices of Motion’ must be received by the Centre Manager, by no later than June 10th, 2015 and must be …
Grassroot Winners 2015
In this years Grassroots, five teams out of the 20 were from Levin Bowling Club. Four of our teams taking the top four places, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, what a great club result. The final was won by John Adams, Martin Howse and Julie Stichbury who played Fred Adams, Alice and Rex Spicer. In the plate play off again saw two Levin …
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 …
Saturday 16th May’s Coaching Postponed
Tomorrow coaching (16th May) is postponed due to weather, see you 9:3oam Sat 23rd May.
First Saturday Coaching a Huge Success
The first coaching session for players of the Levin Bowling club was a huge success with 20 plus from beginners to more season players. Julie Stichbury one of the two co-ordinators said, “we were thrilled that so many turned up for our first coaching sessions which went back to the basics. How to stand on the mat, hold your bowl etc.” …
Winter Date Changes
At last, the main events in the winter programme have now been set in place; All the Wednesday Gala Triples are as in the club handbook (page 41) starting at 10.30am. The 2x4x2 pairs, one each month, are as programmed in the handbook but with a new start time of 10am. The Queen’s Birthday Open Mixed Pairs has had a …
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 …