Bowlers always have time to get on the green
Did you miss our last issue of Friday Flash...
This week in sports history...
1975 — John Walker breaks the world mile record. He became history’s first sub-3:50 miler, running 3:49.4 at Gothenburg, Sweden.
2004 — Athens hosts the 25th Olympic Games.
The definition of
scoring...
Unselfishly assisting with
the club's finances by
running up the best
bar bill!
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary by Keith Dunstan
Image source: Rollup Ako's Cartoon
Kiwi joins World Bowls
board...
Congratulations Brett O'Riley...
newly appointed World Bowls Board member and Regional Director for the Oceania Region.
Bowls NZ has the full story here
1-5 Year Fours...
Entries are open until 22 August 2021, so there's still time to get your team entries in.
Did you know, if you cannot put a club team together, you can go into a composite team!
Simply send us an email with your details. While we make no guarantee that we can place you in a team, we will definitely do our best.
What do composite teams wear?
Players in composite teams must wear the uniform of their home club.
West does best for Canoe & Campi...
Date: 7-8 August 2021
It has been a busy couple of months for the team at Auckland Bowling Coaches Association. It started in July with coaching 1-5 Year bowlers in five zones across the Auckland region.
Now it is August, they have just completed the first two of their three annual events. Last weekend Canoe and Campi hit the rinks with teams formed from each of the five zones. These weren't played last season, because of you know what, so this year it was fantastic to see 34 Mens' teams compete at Bridge Park Bowls for the Canoe trophy, and 26 Womens' teams compete for the Campi trophy at Howick Bowls.
So as they hit the greens, players are weighing up all the variables; weather, green speed, the opposition, choice of bowls, game readiness. Coaches wonder how their students will fare - skill, resilience, teamwork, sportsmanship!
It was two days of exciting competition to determine both winners hailed from the West. Les and Weng share how the comps unfolded read here...
Good luck to all players competing in this weekend's ABCA Cup.
Canoe winners: West – Jeff Armadia, Garry Howard. Adam Blucher,
Jean-Claude Fuller.
Campi winners: West – Rachel Lawler, Jennifer Doran, Bella Barton,
Pippa Hassell.
Open Under 26 AC Pairs
Sadly, due to the low numbers of entries received, this event has been deferred until next season.
Club events
The new season of bowls is approaching, so make sure to get some time on the green at one of our clubs...
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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