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Annually Monday 8 March marks International Women's Day. This is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
New Zealand has produced several outstanding women bowlers so International Women's Day gives us an ideal opportunity to acknowledge all of our women bowlers and their contribution to the sport.
Two inspirational women bowlers...
Queen of the Green
Millie Khan was known as the 'Queen of the Green'. Millie won 12 national titles, she also won two Commonwealth Games medals – a silver medal at the 1990 games and a bronze at the 1998 games.
Millie was the first of a family dynasty of champion women bowlers. Two of her daughters, Jan and Marina were NZ representatives. She was also a strong advocate of women’s composite teams being able to play at the national championships, as men had been able to do.
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Millie was appointed an MBE (Member of the Order of British Empire) for services to bowls. In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.
Source: Wikipedia
Image source: Te Ara Encyclopedia
Blackjack legend
Renowned New Zealand bowler, Jo Edwards announced her retirement from competitive bowls at the end of 2020.
Following two decades in the sport, Jo is regarded as one of New Zealand's most successful bowlers. She closed her illustrious career with a record 646 caps for the Blackjacks, two world championships, three Commonwealth Games triumphs and an unprecedented six World Cup singles crowns since making her debut in 2001.
In 2014 Jo was appointed an MBE for services to bowls.
Source: Wikipedia and Newshub
Image source: Bowls NZ
History of NZWBA
The New Zealand Women's Bowling Association (NZWBA) became the governing body for women's bowling in New Zealand in 1948.
It set the uniform code, rules and procedures for play, and organised national and international teams and tournaments.
Click here to read more on the
history of NZWBA
Source: NZ History
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What's coming up...
National 7s Interclub...
Qualifying Day - Sunday 7 March
The new one-day, shortened playing format had 59 teams competing across eight clubs. The revised format didn’t deter the enthusiasm – the bowlers we spoke to were glad to be back on the green! Congratulations to all the players who progressed to the finals.
Finals Day - Saturday 13 March
The Men’s and Women’s Division 1 are at Carlton Cornwall while Blockhouse Bay Bowls is hosting the Men’s and Women’s Division 2. It will be an exciting start to the day with a live draw at 8.15am! For more info on the finals click this link.
BY THE WAY, we are live-streaming the
Men's Fours Final and the Women's Fours Final
Bowls3Five Final
Date Tuesday 23 March
Live draw 5.00pm
Headquarters Remuera Bowls
Ryman Healthcare Auckland Men's Singles
Entries open until midnight Monday 15 March
Ryman Healthcare Auckland Women's Triples
Entries open until midnight Monday 15 March
Auckland Rep events...
The Auckland representative teams have a busy playing schedule
in the coming two weeks.
It starts this Sunday 14, March. Four representative sides are competing in a quadrangular tournament with regional rep teams from Northland, North Harbour and Waikato. The event is a collaboration between the four regions and it's a perfect training session before teams head to the 2021 National InCentre. If you'd like to cheer on the teams, you can find the Men's Open Prems playing at Papatoetoe Hunters Corner, the Women's Open Prems playing at Howick Bowls while the Men's and Women's 1-5 Year teams are playing at North Harbour.
Next week the Men and Women's Open Prem teams head to Wellington to take part in the 2021 National Incentre Open. Good luck and all the best to our Open Prem teams. Good luck to our Open Prem teams, we will certainly be supporting you all from afar and watching out for you in the post section live streaming. For those interested, click here to view the draws.
Auckland Men's Open Prems
Congratulations to the players named to represent Auckland in the Men's Open Prems squad. They are - Jamie Hill, Mike Galloway, Tony Grantham, Gary Lawson, Jordan King, Aiden Takarua, Rory Soden and Mike Bradshaw.
Good luck with your upcoming events.
Head Coach Selector: Neville Hill
Assistant Coach Selector: Tom King
Team Manager: Steve Clifton
News from the green...
Club events
Bowls is for anyone of any age, so why not have a go! Our clubs offer a variety of events regardless of your playing ability - they have something to suit everyone.
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It's more than a facelift...
Has anybody checked out how Mt Albert Bowls is looking lately?
The club is in transformation! It's not just the ole clubhouse that has had a facelift inside and out - the club has refreshed its brand identity... and it's all looking rather fabulous.
You can check out their new look website here.
Your news...
We love receiving your news and stories to feature in our Friday Flash. Don't miss out, the deadline to send in any news or club tournament info is 1pm on Thursday. Simply email roz@aucklandbowls.co.nz.
