Club Newsletters

As there is quite a lot to report for late December/January these are shown below in a bullet point form The Tom & Marie Waters Memorial trophy winners were Kevin Gutschlag, Jana Rathnayake, Shirley House and Robyn Carter. Well done! The Christmas Raffle was a great success thanks to Marilyn Gutschlag for her organisation of…

Last weekend the Centre Pairs were played.  Men:  Paddy & Ringo qualified and won their first game in Post Section but sadly lost their next game.  Women qualifiers: Dawn & Jane got a bye into the second round but sadly lost the game; Robyn & Sharon won their first game but sadly lost their second;…

Centre Fours were held last weekend.  We had 3 women’s teams and two men’s teams entered.  Only one women’s team qualified – Sandy Booth (S), Lynda Stevens, Robyn Carter and Sharon Brooking.  They went through to the semi final but sadly did not progress through to the final.  We are all very proud of their…

October has been a busy month with Interclub commencing and Championship Fours also commencing.  Unfortunately the weather has affected the Champ Fours but hopefully it will now settle down and we can get back on schedule. The winners of the Mixed Fours were: Graham Henderson, Patricia Wishnowsky, Bill Cruickshank and Gerry Wakefield.  Congratulations to them. …

Unfortunately the weather continues to have its effects on our bowling calendar.  Hopefully it will settle down soon.  We have managed to get some disc draws played and the Mixed Fours are now almost at Post Section stage with one qualifying (bye round) game to be played.  The next date for this event is 1st…

As previously advised we will have our official opening of the 2017-2018 season on 2 September (wet or fine).  The format is: if fine – official opening at 12.30 pm and disc draw at 1.00 pm approx.  In the event that the weather does not allow for bowls to be played we will have the…

Our opening day for the 2017-18 season is scheduled for Saturday 2 September.  Details on this will be given nearer the time but mark the date on your calendars/diaries. Our Match Committee have met and have drafted out our programme.  Once this is finalised and it is ready to be included into our handbook details…

Our AGM was held on 25th June.  38 Full Playing & Life Members; 2 Midweek & 5 Social members attended the meeting. The following appointment to the Executive Committee were confirmed: President -C Carter – elected unopposed; Vice President – S Booth – elected unopposed; Secretary – G Grant – elected unopposed; Treasurer – J…

Recently the final of the Mixed Fours was played.  The winners were Gerry Wakefield, Bill Cruickshank, Patricia Wishnowsky, Graeme Henderson (S).  Runners up were Mark Stevens, Carole Bartlett, Bev Smith & Sandy Booth (S).  Well done to all. The Champion of Champion 1-5 yrs singles were played at Naenae on Saturday 6th May.  We were…

This is the April newsletter – running a week late! The Champion of Champion Pairs & Triples were played over the weekends of 22/23 and 29/30 April.  Our women’s triples team of Chris Robson (S), Sandy Booth & Sheryl Young reached the quarter finals which they lost by 1 point on the last end.  It…