Cromwell bowling club in the limelight


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Games of Bowls on multiple rinks.

When Prime Minister Rob Muldoon was ‘thinking big’ in the 1970’s, his brobdingnagian ruminations  included the construction of the Clyde Dam and the consequent creation of Lake Dunstan. The construction … Read More

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Arawa : Playing bowls in the Sulphur City


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Bowling Greens at Arawa Bowling Club

You’d be forgiven for never having driven past Rotorua’s Arawa Bowling Club. It’s anonymously located within the irregular trapezoid of land between ‘motel alley’ (Fenton Street) and State Highway 5 … Read More

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Ouellet delivers big at Burnside U26 Singles


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Man with trophy stands in front of Henslite Bowls sign.

With some notable past winners no longer eligible for play and several ruled out by COVID travel restrictions, the Burnside U26 Singles remained anyone’s for the taking as 32 of … Read More

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Welcome to New Zealand’s northernmost bowling club


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Next time you visit New Zealand’s northernmost drivable point, Cape Reinga, you’ll pass through the settlement of Houhora, about 60 kilometres from the cape.  And past the Houhora Bowling Club … Read More

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Peter Horne NZOM


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It’s hard to imagine anyone having a tougher start to life than Peter Horne. He was born in 1953 with Amniotic Band Syndrome.  No need to google it … he … Read More

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Pulling a rabbit out of the hat at Bay View Bowling Club


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Left to right : Diane Zidich, Graeme Cross, Sue Lever and Warren McCarthy If you’d been wandering around that future site of Napier’s Bay View Bowling Club a hundred years … Read More

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Bowling in the shadow of Mt Putauaki/Edgecumbe


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Left to right : Koro Dowie, William Cotter, Benny Dixon Listen to the mainstream media, and you would believe that with the closure of ‘the mill’, Kawerau was about to … Read More

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Opotiki Bowling Club : Bowling in the eastern Bay of Plenty


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Opotiki is a town on the up. Powered by $89 million from Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth Fund, the town is redeveloping the Opotiki Harbour at the mouth of the Waioeka … Read More

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Unbiased with Miles Davis-Brett O’Riley


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On the eve of Auckland entering Level Three, so too do we get another ‘Unbiased with Miles Davis’ If you enjoy this podcast, remember that you can listen to it … Read More

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Athol and Joan Brown : Bowls fans forever


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Note: Joan Brown passed away on the 20th of June 2021, and Athol Brown on the 9th of September 2021. RIPJoan and Athol Brown When it comes to being fans … Read More

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