Country Clubs worst hit by member shortfall, but Riverhead fights back


- Graeme Kennedy
Club News, Featured, News

Small, attractive and sharing its surroundings with native trees and birds, Riverhead Bowling Club is beginning to see evidence that its strategies to lift once-sagging member numbers are beginning to … Read More

Read More

New Zealand’s best bowls facility may not be where you expect


- Rob Davis
Club News, Featured, News

Naenae is hardly famous for being famous. So when you hear that the Naenae Bowling Club is the best bowls facility in the country, it invites about as much scepticism … Read More

Read More

New green-care company takes off from the ground down


- Graeme Kennedy
Club News, Featured, News

The two-man Auckland-based Aeration Services Ltd is expanding rapidly towards becoming a nationwide business as bowling clubs everywhere demand its imported expertise in providing them with healthier and more efficient … Read More

Read More

“We’re okay,” says Ngongotaha’s Rob Beckett


- Rob Davis
Club News, Featured, News

Ever wondered what happens when 168mm of rain falls in less time than a 40-hour famine?Last weekend, the small town of Ngongotaha on the western shores of Lake Rotorua found … Read More

Read More

FROM THE HEARTLAND : Tolaga Bay Triples


- Trevor Mills
Club News, News

Tolaga Bay Bowling Club certainly isn’t the centre of the East Cape community as it was on Opening Day in the 1930’s (picture above), but the annual two day triples … Read More

Read More

New Blue Green in Dunedin


- Evan Roberts
Club News, News

As Dunedin’s Lawn Bowls Stadium heads into the busy 2018 Winter Bowls programme, there’s a treat in store for those that participate in the many competitive round robin leagues and … Read More

Read More

Omaha about to mark its 25th anniversary


- Graeme Kennedy
Club News, News

As one of Auckland’s most picturesque bowling clubs with views over its sands, estuary and adjacent golf fairways, Omaha Beach is again growing membership to healthy levels after crashing to … Read More

Read More

Birkenhead celebrates 75 great years


- Graeme Kennedy
Club News, News

Founded in 1943, Birkenhead Bowling Club will its mark its 75th Jubilee with five days of play and partying over Easter this month and everyone – especially members from other … Read More

Read More

Premier Fours about to kick off this weekend in Nelson


Club News, Event News, News

The biggest bowls tournament to hit Nelson is rolling into town this weekend.The Nelson Bowling Club Speight’s Premier Fours will see some of the country’s top bowlers battle it out … Read More

Read More