It's winter, but you can still play & enjoy bowls!
Did you miss our last issue of Friday Flash...
This day in sporting history...
1877 The first-ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins, it's the first official lawn tennis tournament and it's Men's Singles only!
1900 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in the third test versus England at Edgbaston to end his Test career with 431 wickets.
The definition of...
diet
There are books now on proper diets for bowlers. They tell you to lay off heavy food six hours before bowling.
They advise against red meat, fatty foods, sugar, salt, caffeine, white flour, and oh dear, even beer. They tell you you've got to have fibre, you've got to drink six glasses of water a day. You can have a heart attack worrying about it all!
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary by Keith Dunstan
Image source: Rollup Ako's Cartoons
Open Under 26 Pairs
- any combination pairs
- it is an open event
- live streaming
- entry fee $50 per team
- great total prize pool
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NZ high performance
squads announced
Bowls New Zealand yesterday announced its High Performance squads recently selected by their Bowls NZ Selection Panel.
The squads will start preparing for a spot in the NZ team for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games being held in July/August 2022.
Congratulations to our Auckland players making the squad... Kimberley Hemingway, Ashleigh Jeffcoat, Lisa Prideaux, Rory Soden, Mike Galloway & Tony Grantham
Good luck
Paris, Olivia, Lief & James
Date: 9-11 July 2021
Good luck & play well to our Auckland Women's and Men's Champ of Champs Pairs - Olivia Bloomfield and Paris Baker from New Lynn, Lief Selby and James Williams from Carlton Cornwall.
Both teams compete in this weekend's 2021 Champ of Champs Pairs finals at Hopes Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium in Dunedin.
Here's their draw for Friday...
Olivia & Paris start their day with a bye in the first round, then in round 2 at 10.20am they meet Lillian Tukiri & Lyn Bowcock from Hawkes Bay. In round 3 at 12.40pm they encounter Tanya Wheeler & Janalle Frew from Waiarapa.
At 3.00pm in round 1, Lief & James square off against Steve Beel & Nicholas Tomsett from Bay of Plenty, followed by a bye in round 2. In round 3 at 7.40pm they compete against Scott Ramsay & Matt Tautari from Southland.
You can read the full draw here... read the full draw
Bowls NZ is live streaming during the final stages so you can check this link on
11 July.
Champ of Champs
Singles...
Well done, Rima Strickland and Tony Grantham, who competed in last weekend's Champ of Champs Singles.
We know you both did your best in a tough competition against some great New Zealand bowlers.
Congratulations to Blackjack Val Smith and local Wellingtonian Robbie Bird, the newly crowned 2021 national champions. You can read the full story here...
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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