Not being satisfied with having 4 teams out of eight in the semi finals of the under 8 Kapiti Coast Centres Women’s and Men’s Triples events, Levin Bowls achieved 75% of the qualifiers for the semi finals in the Kapiti Coast Centres 2x4x2 Junior event. Ralda Adams and Stacy Thomas had a good lead in their semi final but lost their way to …
Dave Scrivener’s team excel in Kapiti Coast Open fours
The Kapiti Coast men’s Open fours was played last weekend at Central Levin. The field was smaller than usual and only Kerry Geertson and Dave Scrivener‘s teams made it through to the last 16. the team of Dave Scrivener (s), Brian Cooper, Bill Clelland and Roy Dickson reached the final where they came against a strong composite team skipped by …
Obituary: Frank Rodgers
Club members will be saddened to learn of the death of Frank Rodgers on 24 January. Frank joined our club when he came from Christchurch a few years ago. Never in good health Frank always hoped to be able to come back to bowls and remained a keen supporter of the club and a regular at Friday night meals.
Bowls Coaching and Training – Kerry Geertson
DEFINITION OF COACHING Athletes (bowlers) will achieve their goals and outcomes through their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual capabilities. The role of the coach is to plan and conduct training sessions to enable the athletes to make the most of all of their talents. The primary purpose is to help the athletes to improve their level of performance. Outcomes achieved …
Bill Gibbons & Carrell Knight Trophies
This event was reintroduced for the current season (and hopefully, for the future) and is for men and women who have been playing bowls for ten years or less. Over the weekend of 9th and 10th January, two Levin ladies teams played at Levin Womens for the Carrell Knight Trophy and three Levin mens teams played at Central Levin for the …
Mixed Singles Qualifying Cancelled
Because the day for section play was rained off, we will be playing a one life system (knock out) for play on Sunday commencing 9am. We will be using the first round of games from the existing draw as the first round of the one life system. Jim Bagnall