Bowls Auckland rep launch

Last Wednesday, 26 September, we held an Auckland Rep Day. The Rep Day was to welcome in the 2023-2024 Rep Programme and to acknowledge and celebrate bowlers selected to represent Auckland for the 1-5 Year, Premier, and Premier Development squads. It was an opportunity for the reps to come together as one!

Guest speaker Raelene Castle, Group Chief Executive of Sports NZ, spoke on leadership, sharing great personal insight into her experience as a leader of NZ and Australian sporting bodies.

Quad Series 1 update

Auckland Premier, Premier Development and 1-5 rep squads had their first competitive hit out last weekend in the Quad 1 Series between Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Northland and North Harbour. 

Auckland hosted on Saturday 30 September: 1-5 Year
Men – New Lynn Bowling Club
Women – Remuera Bowling Club

North Harbour hosted on Sunday 1 October: Premier & Premier Development
Men – Manly Bowling Club
Women  – Hobsonville Bowling Club

Roll Up 2023

The Roll Up Campaign is about raising awareness of bowls, getting the public to try bowls, and for people to know where their local bowling club is! It's also a great opportunity to continue to evolve the perception of bowls – to celebrate a fantastic, fun and inclusive sport that anyone can play.

To kick it off with a bang, Roll Up launched on 26 September on various platforms, radio and digital… plus hosting a Media Launch event. Sky Sports, The Crowd Goes Wild, and TV One's Seven Sharp were there, filming NZ reps Tony Grantham, Selina Goddard & David Motu putting Auckland Aces (cricketers) Sean Solia, Robert O’Donnell, and Adithya Ashok through their paces.

It was smiles all around for the cross-sport encounter, especially as both programmes aired the launch this week... promoting bowls to the nation and beyond!

Auckland Presidents Day

Donning club shirts, 28 club teams arrived in fine fettle, ready to represent their club with pride for Auckland Presidents Day on Sunday 1 October. 

The day is a tradition - it's an excellent way for clubs to come together socially, mix and mingle with other clubs, have some fun, have a bite to eat and play a few ends of bowls! 

Thanks to all the clubs in attendance, and a special thanks to Bowls Auckland President, Greame Scott and to Auckland Bowling Club for being a wonderful host. 

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Auckland rangatahi descend to Burnside U26 Singles

A strong contingent of Auckland rangatahi is in Christchurch for this significant annual calendar event. A quarter of the field of 32 is made up of Auckland representatives looking to bring the title home!

A mixed competition sees women compete with men in this unique event. Our females include NZ U26 Reps, Ashleigh Jeffcoat and Henrietta Scott while the male contingent includes NZ U26 Rep David Motu and Auckland Reps, Liam Hill, Adam Blucher, Lee Warburton, Adam Baillie, and Ryan Hill.

Auckland Coach Peter Blucher has travelled to support the players, said, “We are really looking forward to a great tournament. Auckland has some exciting young players here, and I am sure they will make a huge impact.”

“We really appreciate the support of Bowls Auckland and Kittyhawk Bowling Club who are helping our players travel to Burnside. I’m sure they will go well."

Click here to view:
2023 Burnside U26 news release
Event info & broadcast details

Image source: Burnside Bowling Club

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