It's winter, but you can still play & enjoy bowls!
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The definition of...
head
As they say, this is where it's all at: the jack and the live bowls around it. You can have a good head, a bad head, an elegant head, an untidy head and it is important always before playing your wood to examine heads. A good head specialist is really a psychiatrist. Then, of course, the Navy has heads aboard their ships, but that is another subject altogether.
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary by Keith Dunstan
Image source: Rollup Ako's Cartoons
Photo gallery
2021 awards luncheon
We have photos available from the 2021 awards luncheon.
Click on the button below to view the photos and download them.
National Champ of Champs Singles
Date: 2-4 July 2021
This weekend Naenae is hosting the National Champ of Champs Singles.
Our Auckland Champ of Champs Singles winners Rima Strickland from Grey Lynn Bowls and Tony Grantham from Mt Albert Bowling Club head to Naenae to compete against other national champs.
We're wishing Rima and Tony all the best we are right behind you.
Bowls NZ is live streaming matches - use the button below to find out more info.
Round 1, WinterClub 2021
The first round of WinterClub kicks off on Sunday 4 July at 9.00 am... and the forecast looks like there will be plenty of sunshine!
39 teams (312 bowlers) have entered this season, the highest number since the competition started back in 2007. Please note all WinterClub results will be posted on Mondays.
Happy winter bowling!
Feeding the bowlers
If you are heading to Epsom Bowls on Saturday morning for 1-5 coaching or Saturday afternoon for 2-4-2 or on Sunday for WinterClub... Junior and Joycie's WOW Cafe will be operating over the weekend.
Situated in the garage by the Ranfurly Green, the WOW Cafe is your one-stop-shop for hot coffee, warm pies, and an assortment of other goodies. Pre-book your lunch to be ready between games, or pop in to see what is on offer.
Matariki Bowls3Five at Te Atatu
Te Atatu Bowling Club has been celebrating Matariki with a Bowls3Five tournament that started in 2019. Winners of the first tournament were a composite team of Karen Hema as skip and from Pringle Park, Marty Griffith and Andy Dawson. In 2020 Matariki Bowls3Five was won by another composite team with Steve Cox as skip, Lindsay Knight and Caroline Dubois from Royal Oak.
This year the Matariki Bowls3Five tournament will be held on 10 July. The event was filled before it was advertised with 18 teams from North Harbour, Counties Manukau, Northland and Auckland.
In February 2021 Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern announced Matariki will become a public holiday in 2022 - its first-holiday date is Friday 24 June 2022. Te Atatu's 2022 Matariki Bowls3Five will be played in time for the public holiday and celebrate the Māori New Year. It is envisaged it will be bigger and brighter - this event not only allows bowlers to compete, but it also provides a time to learn about the spirit of Matariki, to celebrate and share Te Reo, karakia, whanaungatanga (camaraderie) and kai.
Help needed...
Auckland Bowls is about to embark on a small project... to catalogue all of our trophies.
The catalogue will become our record of the cups and their winners. Once complete, we will make the catalogue available online.
Is anyone interested in assisting us with this project at our Auckland office on Thursday, 8 July? If so, please call Lauren on 09 623 3555, she'll fill you in with all the details.
Rangatahi training camps
Bowls New Zealand is holding three National Rangatahi Training and Development Camps for all aspiring young bowlers.
The Auckland Camp will take place on 10-11 October 2021 at New Lynn Bowling Club. Kaushik and some of Bowl NZ's high-performance coaches will be leading the sessions.
Any students aged 10-18 are welcome to register but only 24 spaces available at the camp. The camp costs $20 and will run from 9.00am – 2.30pm.
Club events
Many of the clubs run a variety of social and bowls events over the cooler months.
To find out what's on click this link to view club events OR simply contact a club close to you by using this find a club link.
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