Definition... disc
In the old days bowls always had a disc of ivory or metal on both sides to distinguish one bowl from another. Now, in this plastic era, sometimes there is a design instead. The biased side has a smaller disc and should be very carefully noted every time, one hopes!
Source: The Lawn Bowls Dictionary by Keith Dunstan
Upcoming events
9 April – Regional Playoffs, National Interclub 7s, Browns Bay
10 April – Social Bowls 3Five Final, Bridge Park Bowling Club
30 April-1 May – Auckland Champ of Champs, Men's Singles
6-8 May – Bowls NZ: Bowls 3Five Interclub Finals
7 May – 1-5 Year Mercedes Cup, Northland
7-8 May – Champ of Champs Singles
14-15 May – Champ of Champs Pairs and 1-5 Year Pairs
21-22 May – Champ of Champs Triples and 1-5 Year Triples
28-29 May – Champ of Champs Fours and 1-5 Year Singles
Auckland Champ of Champs events
Auckland's Champ of Champs season is fast approaching!. To all of our clubs out there, here are the links to the entry forms...
Interclub 8s
Final round
2 April 2022
Interclub team entries may have been less than usual, but the standard of play and the quality of performances hadn't lessened - it was competitive as always.
Played on three days, over two weekends, Interclub 8s delivers healthy club rivalry as game points are accumulated. At times it was a ding dong battle, many matches being neck-in-neck until the games were swung right at the last end. Then, of course, there were the matches where point differential would determine an outcome!
Wherever your team may have ended up on the points table, well done to all participating. We look forward to the same competitiveness next season.
Men's Prem Division
What do you get if you combine a 30-year Balmoral veteran John James (JJ), an 80-year-old multicentre & national winner Tony Marinkovich, our SA import Travis Engelbrecht, and a guy who took 30 years to complete his five years of Juniors Steve Kirwan plus five fine homegrown Balmoral lads in Scott Harrison, Mark Waugh, Chris Watkins, Allan Moyle and Chris Dearsley?
You get the 2022 Auckland Interclub 8s Men's Prem Division winners! Congratulations team.
Interclub 8s Men's Prem Division winning team - Balmoral: Steve Kirwan & five fine homegrown Balmoral lads in Scott Harrison, Mark Waugh, Chris Watkins, Allan Moyle and Chris Dearsley
Contributed by Steve Kirwan
Women's Prem Division
First place for the Women's Prem Division was St Heliers. Here's what Amy Cheung had to say about her team at the 8s “We had good teamwork throughout and what was most special was encouraging each other during the games. With a bunch of juniors playing, this was important.”
The St Heliers team won with a total of 58 points with Pt Chevalier pushing ahead of two other clubs to finish second on 44 games points.
Interclub Half Day 6s
Final round
2 April 2022
Teams entered into the Half Day 6s were fortunate enough to be based at headquarters Epsom Bowls for the entire tournament.
There are many reasons why players are attracted to this interclub event - time constraints, family commitments, work, or player experience - its format doesn't diminish the opportunity for bowlers to participate in a competitive environment.
Just ask Team Kōtare from Rocky Nook Bowls what they thought about their first outing in Half Day 6s. They were pleased as punch to have won 8 out of 12 matches to finish fourth. It was an amazing effort and result for their rookie team.
Interclub Half Day 6s winning team - St Heliers: (back row) Ken Batkin, Allan K Smith, Sue Smith (front row) John Ross, Graeme Bennett, Rostyn Jones
John Ross from St Heliers commented; “We won 11 games out of 12! And this was a really special competition for us, as among our team we had talented juniors playing alongside sage experienced bowlers, including Graeme Bennett. Graeme is 94 years young and still plays a mean game of bowls.”
Graeme was a last-minute substitute for a player who was recused with Covid – it’s a good thing he plays every Tuesday in local competitions and as often as he can. A life member of Auckland Bowls, Graeme is chair of the judiciary committee and chair of the Rawhiti Committee.
St Heliers enjoyed all the teams in one venue, Epsom, and John remarked that the camaraderie and jovial banter across the rinks added to the success of the day.
Click here to view full results for
Interclub 8s and Interclub Half Day 6s
Regional National Interclub 7s playoffs
Good luck and all the best to Auckland's Interclub 7s winners Royal Oak Athena and Pt Chevalier Swashbucklers. This Saturday, the two teams travel to Browns Bay to represent our Auckland Centre in the Zone 1 Regional Playoffs.
Pt Chevalier takes on Birkenhead (North Harbour), Onerahi (Northland) and Kaitaia RSA (Far North). Meanwhile, Royal Oak will challenge Takapuna (North Harbour), Hikurangi (Northland) and Kerikeri (Far North).
Their players are...
Pt Chevalier Swashbucklers: Kevin Morris, Alex Reed, Harry Davis, Callum Height, Aiden Takarua, Nick Thompson and Gareth Lambert (replacing Colin Williams).
Royal Oak Athena: Lesley McLinden, Robyn Fisher, Lee Singer, Janine Young, Nicole Singer, Claire Tawharu and Rima Strickland.
Make sure to follow Regional Playoff
updates and results here...
From our clubs
Ormiston Hospital Classic
Howick Bowling Club
23-24 March 2022
This event was played in ‘interesting’ conditions. 20 teams, representing 11 clubs battled for the $3,200 prize money.
Apart from the nine money prizes, there were a further seven teams that took home consolation prizes due to the generosity of the sponsors.
Top division winners: Brett Proffitt, Mark Hall, Frankie Lim, Joy Hall.
Consolation division winners: John Ross, Ian Dee, Ted Walker, Nick Krajancic.
First Day winners: Bruce Hickman, Tony Mitchison, Colin Scard, Rick Meyrick.
Contributed by Diane Harris
Pictured: (L-R) Brett Proffitt, Frankie Lim, John Ross, Ian Dee, Ted Walker, Nick Kranacic
Champ Triples
Glen Eden Bowls
3 April 2022
Glen Eden's Women's Champ Triples final was played on Sunday with Judy Raill, Jenny Tough & Sandra Gwilliam competing against Siosiana Simpson, Margarita Kelly & Lyn Lopez.
Judy's team had 2 life's and Siosiana's team had 1 - Siosiana's team came out battling to take a life off Judy's team, But it was not to be. At the 18th end, it was 14-14. so they had to play an extra end to determine the winner. Siosiana's team did their best to stay in the game but Judy's side picked up three on the last end to win 17-14.
Congratulations to both teams.
Winner: Sandra Gwilliam, Judy Raill, & Jenny Tough
Runner up: Siosiana Simpson, Lyn Lopez & Margarita Kelly
Open Triples
St Heliers Bowling Club
5 April 2022
26 teams played in the penultimate Open Triples for the 2021/22 season sponsored by Morrisons Funeral Directors. The day was overcast, but the rain that was forecast did not eventuate so we played in warm and pleasant conditions.
With six team prizes on offer the last round of games was going to be very “cut throat” and this proved to be the case. The bowls threw up some very interesting results, there were no four winners but there were 10 three winners. Daniel Richardson of Morrisons was there to present the prizes and he did enjoy and took part in the very jovial prize giving.
Thank you, to all that made the day enjoyable, Richard, Rudi, Amy, Graeme Lill, Pauline, Iain, & Ross.
Contributed by Roger Seaton
Winners with 3 wins 20 ends 38 points. Richard Kempthorne, Jo Crooks & Bruce Fenton, pictured with Daniel Richardson from Morrisons
Better bowls with a better brain
Kohimarama Bowls
2 April 2022
Kohimarama Bowls Member and Past President Angela Caughey was interviewed on RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ on Tuesday 5 April, about her latest book - A Better Brain for Life: Preventing Dementia and Other Chronic Diseases. It advocates for us all to be responsible for our own health and asks us to examine how we live day to day – taking practical steps to nurture our brain health to enjoy the long-term benefits of our well-being. This is Angela’s third book on the topic of dementia. She draws on the latest research to show what can be done to foster a healthy brain, ward off many common chronic diseases, and prevent, or at least slowdown, the brain’s decline.
You can read more about Angela and listen to the interview here.
Angela played in Kohi’s annual Past President’s and Charity Day on Saturday 2 April and is pictured with some of our other leaders in attendance: Marlene Mak, Angela Caughey, Mark Compton (current President), Rosemary Goldie, Carol Pollock, Jayne Collins and Dianne Reed.
Contributed by Cynthia Morris
Open Triples
Remuera Bowls
7 April 2022
On Thursday, Tournament Convenor Murray Lander (far right) awards prizes from sponsor Davis Funeral Services and congratulates the Open Triples winning team, Paul Elsmore (Remuera), Tony Horrell (Remuera) and Gail Clark (Titirangi).
Contributed by Cynthia Morris
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