The night May Evans celebrated her 45th birthday, she was probably doing what most New Zealanders were doing on that night – crowded around the radio listening to Paddy O’Donnell … Read More
If you’re a bowler, one of the potential attractions of holidaying on the Coromandel is the 7 welcoming bowling clubs dotted about the Peninsula: at Coromandel township itself, Te Puru, … Read More
Bowling clubs have been the hub of many communities over the years. They have not only been the place to enjoy lawn bowls (and in many cases indoor bowls in … Read More
In tennis, it seems that players ‘crash out’ of tournaments – listen to Andrew Saville next time he’s reporting the tennis. They don’t ‘lose’. They aren’t ‘knocked out’, ‘defeated’, ‘beaten’, … Read More
At the age of 60, when many people consider taking up the game, Marlene Castle gave up bowls. Not because she got titchy about anything or anyone (titchy and Marlene … Read More
When the Four of Dean Drummond, Richard Hocking, Dave Henderson and Lloyd Fitness reported for the first morning of Post Section play at the recent Summerset National Fours Tournament in … Read More
Garry Banks seems to have been a part of bowls on the North Shore forever. Such is the ubiquity with which he appears at tournaments, on organising committees and on … Read More
Bowls is a funny game. Some days that little bird lands on your shoulder, and today is your day. Other days you can’t win a trick. And when Chris Le … Read More
Behind the scenes of every major bowls tournament in New Zealand, there’s a ‘chart room’. It’s the hub that runs the tournament. Where the Tournament Director directs. And where Chart … Read More
Peter Belliss seems to have been around bowls forever. And he has. When Belliss started playing bowls while he was a fitter at New Zealand Railway’s major workshop in Wanganui’s … Read More
