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Katelyn Inch has been named the Bowls New Zealand Summerset Supreme Award winner for 2020. 2020 has been an outstanding year for Katelyn who is currently based at the Broadbeach Club in Queensland. This award is fitting as she picked up two national titles in January playing on greens she grew up on and that she defeated one of New Zealand’s most capped bowlers. From the early days of when she started playing with her father at Oxford and then while at St Margaret’s College there have been a number of other Cantabrians that have played a part in developing Katelyn into the top player she is today. Congratulations Katelyn from everyone in Canterbury. We are extremely proud of your … Read More

Bowls New Zealand Club of the Year – Congratulations and well done Papanui Club on being named the Bowls New Zealand 2020 Club of the Year. Last season was a busy year for the club, it not only acted as headquarters for the Bowls New Zealand Summerset Nationals in January, the Club also hosted several events for Bowls Canterbury during the season. The Club will be hosting last season’s postponed Champion of Champions Finals Weekend on 10/11 October. Not only do events like this require a massive number of volunteers on the day, the behind scenes organisation prior to any event is considerable and relies heavily on more volunteers than just those on the committee. The people in the kitchen, … Read More

Entries are now open for Centre Events and Pre Christmas Interclub. This season we have opened up Centre Events to any players/teams that are members of a club affiliated to Bowls NZ. We hope to give players outside of Canterbury a chance to roll up on our greens prior to the Summerset National Singles and Pairs, hosted in Christchurch January 2nd – 8th 2020. Please note, composite teams are not permitted. Please make sure all players have read and agreed to the Conditions of Play prior to entering. To enter our events online, please follow the link below: https://bowlscanterbury.co.nz/enter-events/ [cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_column _id=”3″ ] Entries are now open for Centre Events and Pre Christmas Interclub. Centre Events will … Read More

The Canterbury members of the New Zealand Disabled Lawn Bowls Assn. gathered at the Kaiapoi Riverside Bowling Club on Sunday 23 August for their annual match against the host club. Organiser Frank Overend, said everyone was champing at the bit to get on the greens especially as the Nationals that were scheduled to be held at Ngongotaha had to be cancelled due to COVID19. Although the weather was a little damp, it had little impact on the spirits of the players. Fifteen triples teams from NZDLB competed against the same number of teams from the Kaiapoi Riverside Bowling Club. There is a trophy that is up for grabs at this annual event and Frank said that this year Kaiapoi Riverside … Read More

Starting Monday 31st August we are having a massive shop sale on selected products in our bowls shop. The shop will be operating at reduced hours during the sale, and will be open from 10am to 2pm Monday to Friday. Come and visit us at 28A Makora Street, Fendalton, and get yourself a bargain!

The Winter Coaching Clinic for Under 5 bowlers was on Sunday 2 & 16 August at Kaiapoi Riverside, Redcliffs Mount Pleasant and St Martins. A total number of 71 player registrations were received from as far south as Timaru to as far north as Cust and from everywhere else in between. The aim is to have a coach to player ratio of 1:4. This year we had the most coaches ever; 26 from across Canterbury so that goal was achieved. A mix of qualified Development Coaches, Foundation Coaches, and Trainee Foundation Coaches attended. This Clinic provided coaches the opportunity to learn from each other while supporting new coaches coming into the Bowls NZ Coach programme. The topics covered included pre-shot … Read More

Bowls New Zealand have released their recommendations for all bowling clubs on Wednesday 12th August 2020. The link to these recommendations are below:

Congratulations to the Elmwood Park Bowling Club, winners of the Bowls New Zealand National Club Bowls3Five competition. The team defeated Manurewa Club 3-0 in the final at the Naenae Bowling Club over the weekend. On the way to the final Elmwood Park defeated teams from the Blenheim Club and Manurewa but lost 2-1 to the Putaruru Club. The side won two of the three final games 2-0 and only needed to win the tie breaker but Elmwood Park won that easily in the end. One of the advantages of winning this event for a club was that it gave them an entry into the televised Bowls3Five.  Elmwood Park played in that event last year so already have their spot booked. … Read More

Canterbury will have 12 players representing the Centre at the Bowls New Zealand Bowls3Five grand finals at Naenae over the weekend. Three of the players are in the Halswell Bowling Club Under 5’s side who will play in the Interclub Cup section. This is the first time an Under 5’s team has competed in this competition, throughout the entire competition there has only been three players in the team. The other nine are members of the Elmwood Park team who will compete in the National Open Interclub section. Self-appointed coach and manager of the Halswell side, Paul Matheson, anticipates that this team is likely to be the least experienced in the Cup section. He said they are a determined bunch … Read More

Ann Wright, Ray Hunt and Dave Rowe were all made Life Members of the Bowls Canterbury Umpires Association at their Annual General Meeting held on Monday 20 July. The announcement took all three by surprise, and all commented that although they had been involved in sport all their lives this was the first time they had been honoured with their contribution recognised with a life membership award. They have all been qualified umpires for over 15 years and in their acceptance speeches said they considered umpiring was a way of giving back to their sport. Dave Rowe said his father told him that if you played a sport you needed to give back, and Dave has certainly done that. Ann … Read More

2/07/2020 – NEW VENUE! Redcliffs MT Pl Bowling Club will become the third green used for the Junior Classic this season. This is to allow the best learning experiences for our Under 5 Players Players who have already registered can now choose to go to the new venue or stay where they have already registered. Please contact Emily if you are wanting to change venues. If you have yet to enter into the Junior Classic. Please follow the link below to register today! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1mN2q4cTE0yl9qapQ2yH2vFsQuQwjf5Ouzmx7TaY0OpUQ0dVSkU3TjZFSEhZVE5JUklVSlpRNUowRS4u