Men's & Women's 1-5 Pairs hit the green this weekend
Howick welcomes John Almond
John Almond has joined Howick Bowling Club as Club Manager.
John said, “Introduced to bowls as a child, watching mum on weekends win many centre and national titles, it was only a matter of time that eventually I would find myself playing the same game! I’ve been a member of East Tamaki Bowling Club since 2013.”
As a business owner, John has vast leadership and management skills. In 2022, he was ready to change the pressures of a high-demanding role, so he sold his stake in the business – and was ready to apply his business skills to a passion… bowls!
His new journey has been as an apprentice greenkeeper at Howick under the guidance and mentorship of Paul Hickey. The greenkeeper role has enabled John to connect with the broader bowling community, on and off the green.
John commented, “I'm excited by my new role; to be part of the Club is the Hub programme, being part of bowls, making a small difference in promoting the sport and looking at increasing the profile of bowls in the local community."
"Bowls has great sportsmanship, camaraderie, and competition. The feeling of satisfaction out on the green, it’s a relaxing way of spending free time.”
Club is the Hub
The Club is the Hub is backed by the Rawhiti Fund and has been set up to enable Bowls Auckland to support clubs to be the heart of their community. This will be achieved through partnership and by creating professionally run clubs (i.e. club managers) that can support and enhance the volunteer network (not replace it) to deliver outstanding experiences to their membership and the wider community.
Bowls Auckland CEO, Dean Bartlett said, "We are extremely grateful to all volunteers within bowls and put simply, there would be no sport nor clubs without them. We understand the time and effort that goes into running a bowling club and want to if we can lighten the load a little through this programme while at the same time increasing the experience of bowlers and the wider community."
"We have been thrilled to support Howick through the process and look forward to partnering with John and the club to achieve their strategic objectives – which will include an awesome covered green facility!"
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Burnside U26 Singles
Winner Aiden Takarua with John Pile
After three days of varied spring weather and 140 games, a very worthy winner took home the silverware in the 2023 Living House Burnside Under 26 Singles, lawn bowls tournament.
The field of 32 young bowlers was drawn into four sections of eight players who each then played the other seven in their section. The top two in each section won their place in Division 1 where they competed for overall first prize and the trophy. The third and fourth in each section then competed in Division 2, and so on to Division 4.
We have an exciting summer ahead, with opportunities through Auckland Centre Events to raise awareness for your company and support bowls in Auckland.
These events include the Auckland Representatives, Champ of Champs, Social Bowls and many more. The benefits to your company range from branding across our online channels to naming rights and even an article in Friday Flash!
For further information and to chat in regards to partnership opportunities, please email dean@bowlsauckland.co.nz
Roll Up... and try bowls this summer!
Bowling clubs across Auckland are opening their doors and greens for people of their community to come along and Roll Up!
Whether you’ve played before or not – it's the perfect game for anyone – it’s easy to learn, fun and sociable. It’s something you and your friends or even the whole family can enjoy.
Go on, try it! Beware you could get hooked!
Glendowie's new green
The new A Green artificial surface at Glendowie is almost down! After what was a small delay, we’re anticipating completion by the time you read this!
We’re really looking forward to getting on it, and if you fancy trying it out yourself, head along to our next Open Triples on Thursday 26 October.
Call Colin on 027 8864 678 to register.
-- John Butterworth
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Good luck bowlers competing in this weekend's Men's and Women's Pairs.
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Draw is out!
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Entries for the 2024 Summerset Nationals are now open!
National Singles and Pairs
2 – 9 January 2024
at Canterbury
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