Once upon a time, the Taieri Bowling Club was just another club in the greater Dunedin area. Sure, the club had hosted the Nationals a number of times, but like … Read More

Go back a few years, and 60 year old Kelvin Scott would find it difficult to believe he could be Bowls New Zealand’s Male Player of the Year in 2022. … Read More

Birmingham is just about as far away as you can get from the home of this year’s Para Bowler of the Year (B5-B8), Pam Walker. Pam has just returned home … Read More

When you look at what Kevin Smith has achieved in lawn bowls, it’s not surprising that he’s been named Bowls New Zealand’s Coach of the Year for 2022. What is … Read More

Many bowlers throughout the country will have never have heard of Tom Hogg. But at his home club of Morrison Avenue in the northwest suburbs of Christchurch, and in the … Read More

When you’re 75 years old, and have been keeping greens for almost 25 years, you’re entitled to be ‘very anti’ artificial surfaces.  And frankly, expected to be.   After all, you’ve … Read More

If every bowling club in New Zealand had a ‘Terry Moverley’, then bowls would be in an even more fantabulous state of affairs throughout the country. Sure.  Many bowling clubs … Read More

It’ll be no surprise to the para bowls community, and the whole bowls community for that matter, that Don Stephens is Bowls New Zealand’s Para Bowler of the Year in … Read More

The kids at Isleworth Primary School in the Christchurch suburb of Bishopdale were busting to see their teacher Tayla Bruce back at school again. Not only because they hadn’t seen … Read More