Diwali Festival

While this year's Auckland Diwali Festival is cancelled, you can still celebrate Diwali with a range of entertaining activities you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.   Here are a couple of ways you can get involved:

• Bring the flavours of Diwali in your kitchen by trying a new recipe.
• Bring colour and creativity to your home by getting crafty with these simple guides.

Inside Bowls... 

If you haven't seen it already, here's a link to November's issue of Inside Bowls. 

This issue mentions some talented Kiwi bowlers. There's a feature on reigning world singles champion Shannon McIlroy, setting a benchmark by taking out his sixth North East Valley 10,000 title. 

There's also an article on the Burnside Under 26 Singles and its newest winner, Anthony Quellet.  You can view November's issue.

About our clubs

Howick Bowls — established 1907 
Howick Bowling Club dates back to 1907 when H K Gilmour JP established the Howick Bowling and Croquet Club as a private enterprise on his own property in Uxbridge Road behind today's Uxbridge Centre. The venture proved extremely popular with the club leasing the property from Mr Gilmour in 1911 before purchasing the site outright two years later upon forming itself into an incorporated society.

It then consisted of a humble small clubhouse, one bowling green and two small croquet lawns. The club thrived although after having survived two World Wars and the Great Depression, a fire destroyed much of the club’s records.  In 1950 the women formed their own separate Women’s Bowling Club, sharing the facilities.

Meanwhile, in 1942 The Howick Horticultural and Beautifying Society had purchased the first three sections on the corner of Sale Street and Selwyn Road with the aim of developing a miniature Albert Park in Howick. The society’s plans were encouraged when Miss Maud Nixon, a former president of the croquet club, purchased two further lots and presented them to the Town Board with the stipulation that the area was to be used as a “Reserve and Public Park” for all time. The Town Board bought three further lots between 1949 and 1952 and the adjoining Copper Block.

Read more on Howick's history here...

Changes to events

18 & 25 November – Bowls3Five 1-5 Interclub is rescheduled to 2, 9 & 16 December.  Please note the playing format may change.
20-21 November – Men’s Triples and Women’s Singles are cancelled.
26-28 November – Bowls NZ North v South Challenge is cancelled.
27-28 November – Men’s and Women’s Pairs are cancelled.

Club events...