Keep calm and carry on - it's how we bowl
Did you miss our last issue of Friday Flash...
A BLUE DO in September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s annual awareness and fundraising campaign to help eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer to our fathers, brothers, sons, grandfathers, husbands, and mates.
A Blue Do can be any sort of activity and is a great way to get friends, whānau and work colleagues involved in the fight against prostate cancer. Find out more...
This week in NZ history...
1928 — First Trans-Tasman flight touches down Australian pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm crossed the Tasman in a Fokker tri-motor named the Southern Cross, covering 2670 km in 14 hours 25 minutes.
1981 — 'Flour-bomb test' ends Springbok tour The third and deciding rugby test at Eden Park, Auckland, is best remembered for the flares and flour bombs dropped onto the playing field. Outside the ground, violence erupted on an unprecedented scale.
Male player of the year...
A big congratulations, Mike Galloway!
Mike continues to add titles to his already illustrious list of titles. Yesterday, Bowls NZ announced Mike as the joint recipient of the Summerset Male Player of the Year alongside Lance Pascoe.
About our clubs
Carlton Cornwall Bowls — established 1893
Carlton’s immediate forebear, the Newmarket Bowling Club, came into being in 1893, mainly out of frustration with the shortcomings of the old facilities. Several members of the earlier Club decided to set up a new and much larger bowling facility in the district & acquired the lease to a portion of the borough reserve opposite the old bowling and tennis club.
Four rinks were laid down and the complex was ready for play within the year. Read more here...
Carlton Bowling Club circa 2007
Definition of...
rink lawyer
The b_ _ _ _ _ _ who
knows the rules better than
you do!
ruthless player
Getting out the door on
Saturday morning without
doing the washing-up.
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary by Keith Dunstan
Keeping busy
Here are two more videos from our Bowls Basics Series to keep you practising,
...plus one that may get you moving!
Aim
Move
Delivery
Upcoming events...
September 1-5 Year events postponed
As Auckland remains in Alert Level Four to at least Tuesday 14 September, we have postponed all 1-5 Year events to be played in September. We will announce new dates once we have better certainty on moving down alert levels.
Auckland Rep Day:
1-5 Year
Originally scheduled for 3 October,
this event has been rescheduled to
7 November.
It will still be played at North Harbour.
Club events
Are we there yet - no, not yet!
At least we have the time to keep an eye out on what's coming up, what's changed and make plans to enter events!
To find out what's on, click here to
view club events
To find a club close to you, click here to
find a club link
Women's Premier
Open Singles
Entries are open - why not try our enter and pay late option!
Date: 23-24 October 2021
Where: Auckland (venues tba)
Cost: $25 per player
Entry closes: 10 October 2021
Share your story
Have you got a story, a bit of historic news, or a funny recollection about our bowling community - we'd love to hear from you.
