Chinese New Year 2022 falls on Tuesday, 1 February 2022, and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on 15 February 2022 with celebrations lasting up to 16 days.
2022 is the year of the Tiger. The Tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China. The zodiac sign Tiger is a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. Many Chinese kids wear hats or shoes with a tiger image for good luck.
Pawfect pooch!
Here's an interesting idea from Bowls International - they are on the hunt for a Dog Ambassador.
They are looking for a pooch and its owner who go on adventures to the bowling greens - read more here.
What do you think? We see pooches out and about at clubs quite often... like this example from last weekend!
Upcoming events
25 January – 15 February – Open Bowls3Five Interclub
24-27 February – National Fours, Taranaki
28 February-3 March – National Mixed Pairs, Taranaki
5-6 March – Auckland National Interclub 7s
8 March – Auckland Secondary School Pairs
Calling 1-5 players...
In the build-up towards our two final rep fixtures for this season, a practice session/trial will be held at Remuera Bowls on Wednesday, 9 February. This is an open session for any Auckland 1-5 players wishing to be considered for selection. Registration is at 4:45pm for 5:00pm start.
REP DAYS ARE...
27 FEB: Auckland v North Harbour at North Harbour.
13 MAR: Annual Quadrangular (Auckland, North Harbour, Northland & Waikato) at Auckland.
You can contact Peter Blucher with any queries
Open Bowls3Five
Day 2 - Tuesday 1 February |
National 7s Interclub
Only a couple more weeks before registration closes on 20 February 2022. |
From our clubs
Pt Chev Handicap Singles
After Day One, only three players remained; Kevin Morris, Graham Edwards (3 handicap) and reigning champion Dale Knight (6 handicap).
Kevin had his regular teammate Graham to contend with first up, whilst Dale had the bye.
The game came down to the wire after a phenomenal display of bowls by both players. Kevin took out the match 21-18.
Kevin then took on Dale and another great game of bowls ensued. After a number of tight measures, Kevin was able to get the upper hand and took out the match.
Pt Chevalier's 2021-22 Handicap Singles Champion, Kevin Morris.
Chris Salesa Memorial
East Tamaki Bowls hosted its Chris Salesa Memorial over the long weekend.
Winners: Steve, Ross, Paul and Malcolm.
Progressive Pairs
During Auckland Anniversary Weekend, St Heliers had its Progressive Pairs tournament. 20 members enjoyed the Bowls and plenty of hilarity - some skips were impersonating “Dick Turpin."
This very successful event is sponsored by Sokolich Panel Beaters.
The winners:
Leads - Chas Gray with 3 wins 17 ends.
Skips - Terry Lash with 3 wins 16 ends.
Winners Terry Lash and Chas Gray.
First centennial celebration
Last Saturday, Glen Eden ran its first event on their centennial celebration calendar with an Any Combination Triples tournament for past and present members.
The club looked a treat with the clubroom’s exterior newly painted in its updated colour scheme and the centenary flag and banner proudly displayed. 12 teams enjoyed themselves with a full day of four games on their newly refurbished green.
Fresh Choice Fours
On Monday, 31 January Bridge Park Bowling Club hosted their Fresh Choice Fours.
Winners: Gary Halton, Jaime Delaney, Matt Carroll and Glenn Taylor.
Bayleys Key Tournament
The prestigious annual Keys Tournament is the biggest open tournament on the St Heliers Bowling Club calendar. This tournament is named after former member Len Keys, who established the first bus services from St Heliers to the City. Len also represented New Zealand in the men's Singles at the 1934 British Empire Games.
The two-day tournament is open to any combination of Fours. This year, 26 teams entered from seven clubs. The weather conditions for both days were very warm with a strong northerly breeze.
The top eight teams qualified to play in the main event while the remaining teams played for the Plate.
Left: Winners: Bruce Hickman, Kevin Beasley, Linda Fenton, Les Brown from Howick.
Right: Runners up: Mark Posa, Nick Krajancic, Ian Dee, Ken Batkin from St Heliers.
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