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Congratulations to our Canterbury players who represented New Zealand in the Blackjacks squad for the 2023 Multi-Nations played on the Gold Coast! Teams from Australia, Queensland, Norfolk Island, Hong Kong, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand have been battling it out for gold, silver and bronze in what has proven to be an ideal precursor to the upcoming World Bowls Championships in August. The final day saw New Zealand walk away with six medals in total, with two being gold, two silver and two bronze. The New Zealand women also came away with the Multi Nations Overall Women’s Trophy! Congratulations also to our very own Bowls Canterbury alumni Emily Belton in her first official Bowls New Zealand High Performance Coach … Read More

A massive congratulations to Callum Cox, William Bassett-Smith, and Marshall Stokes. The three rangatahi boys from St Thomas of Canterbury College competed in the National Secondary School Bowls3Five Championship 2023 in Auckland. The Canterbury triples team, successfully and proudly came first in the competition, bringing home the gold medal. Well done to the year 13 boys, what an awesome achievement!

Hi all, We are excited to announce our second Open Disability Tournament/ have a go at lawn bowls day! It was a great success last year, so we are going to hold another one Sunday 23 April 2023. Thank you to Riccarton Racecourse Bowling Club who have put their name up to host this event on their artificial green. Bowls New Zealand has established an Open Disability category and Bowls Canterbury supports this new initiative. We welcomeanyone with a disability that affects their bowling with the opportunity to enter. Under Bowls Zealand eligibility regulations, any individual who has any of the following can enter the Open Disability events. There are no age or gender restrictions.  Please follow the link for the Bowls New … Read More

Men’s Intercentre Team: Hamish Wilson, Sean Thompson, Matt Small, Kerry Becks, Rohan Ware, Liam Eathorne, Craig Carter, Barry Williams. Team coaches/management: Graeme Rees, Ray Hunt. Women’s Intercentre Team: Donelda Scott, Kirsten Rowe, Tracy Wilkinson, Rebecca Jelfs, Tania Woodham, Fiona Frew, Jan Shirley, Nylla Tamati. Team coaches/management: Emily Belton, Linda Boyd, Pam Clarke.

The Bowls Canterbury Centre Green is closed till midday tomorrow Friday 24 March. Thank you for your understanding.

IMPORTANT DATE: The U5 Fours Playoffs are next Saturday 25 March NOT Sunday 26 March. Please take note of this as it says 26 March on the draws on the website. Please inform all players involved.

10:17am – Update on Over 60’s Sevens due to be played this afternoon. Due to the weather we are going to allow an extension for round 7 if games cannot get completed today due to green closures. Greens currently closed include Lincoln, Riccarton RC, West Melton, Papanui Club. Promotion / Relegation playoffs next week (20th March) will be pushed out to allow for round 7 to be caught up. Playoffs will be arranged with qualified teams. Catch up games need to be played by end of March.

The Secondary School Regional Bowls Championships are coming up next Wednesday 15 March! This is an awesome day where any Secondary School Registered student competes for the Bowls title. If you know any students that would like to compete, please get them to talk to their school sports coordinator to enter. I will also need markers for the day. Please contact Erica at development@bowlscanterbury.co.nz if you would like to mark. It is a great opportunity to see our up-and-coming youth players compete against their pairs. Thanks in advance, your help is appreciated!

Remaining Centre Finals Thanks to all players involved for being understanding and flexible with rearranging the remaining Centre Finals. We’d love to create as much atmosphere and hype for these games so get along to support these teams on the following dates if you can! Men’s Pairs Final – Saturday 11th March 1:00pm at Burnside Elmwood Park N Glasson v Halswell R Greaney Men’s Fours Final – Sunday 12th March 1:30pm at Riccarton RC* Elmwood Park P McKinnel v Allenton D Hopkins Men’s Singles Final – Saturday 18th March 9:00am at Halswell* Burnside R Hocking v Elmwood Park J Flint Men’s U5 Singles Final – Sunday 19th March 11:30am at Woodend* Barrington United C Gribble v Papanui Club R Downes … Read More

A huge congratulations to both the Men’s and Women’s development teams for their fantastic efforts over in Westport in the weekend. Both teams coming out on top and winning their Regional Development Intercentre and brining home the Romano Jones Shield! Scroll down to see full results;

This Sunday 5 March we have our 2023 Centre Finals weekend being played at Riccarton RC Bowling Club. Head down to support these teams as they compete to take out the remaining centre top spots!

Congratulations to our Women and Men who have been selected for the 2023 Intercentre teams. The Women will start playing Thursday 16 March and the Men will start playing Friday 17 March. The draw is to come. Women’s Intercentre Team 1 Donelda Scott 2 Kirsten Rowe 3 Tracey Wilkinson 4 Rebecca Jelfs 5 Tania Woodham 6 Fiona Frew 7 Jan Shirley 8 Nylla Tamati Men’s Intercentre Team 1 Hamish Wilson 2 Liam Eathorne 3 Rohan Ware 4 Kerry Becks 5 Sean Thompson 6 Craig Carter 7 Matt Small 8 Barry Williams

Come on down to Burnside Bowling Club, this Friday at 4pm, 17 February for CYBA. The CYBA programme is proudly created and driven by Tayla Bruce, supported by Bowls Canterbury. Tayla recognised an opportunity to provide a higher level of coaching for our youth and has been running these sessions at Burnside Bowling Club once a month during the season for anyone aged from 10-20 years old. It is designed to develop players’ high-performance skills. This is an opportunity for youth bowlers in Canterbury to connect and receive coaching, as well as play some fun games against each other. All levels of ability are welcome, so we encourage you to bring along a friend. Please contact Tayla: taylabruce22@gmail.com or Erica: … Read More

We have made the call to postpone the Over 60’s Fours section play to Thursday 9th March (This was originally the date for post section) With a cyclone on its way we know the greens are likely going to be very flooded and even playing on an artificial will be miserable in all that wind and rain! We have made this call early as we know a few people had arranged the day off work to play in this competition. Post section will now be on Friday 10th March (+ one extra date TBC for a final if needed) Thanks for your understanding – stay dry this week! ☔ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sv2-SlQeXTEA10gpdc2jg9rhaOH44hj5S7JTh3BSCHQ/edit?usp=sharing

A massive congratulations to the Bowls Canterbury Men’s Development 2023. The team will be going down to Westport to play in the Zone 5 Development Tournament Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 March 2023. Rodney Downes, Rod Hooper, Shane Bell, Chris Waldron, Paul Morriss, Jacob Inch, Joc O’Connor, and Liam O’Connor

This coming Waitangi weekend, Sunday 5 and Monday 6 we have the Super Sixes!!! At Fendalton Bowling Club we have the Women playing on Sunday and then the Men on Monday. At Burnside Bowling Club-New Zealand the Men will be there on Sunday and then the Women will finish off the tournament here on Monday. This is an awesome tournament, guaranteed to see some fantastic bowls being played so come along and support! Starting Times Sunday: 9am, 12pm and 3pm Monday: 9am and 12pm South Canterbury Women Singles: Barbara Tiffen Pairs (1): Sharon Leonard (S), Janice Williams Pairs (2): Mata Frankum (S), Sarndra Cleland Fours: Cathy Richards (S), Karen Manning, Linda Gallagher, Carolyn Darby Manager: Aaron Thomas South Canterbury Men … Read More

Schools are back for another year which means Term 1 sport is in full swing! For all Secondary School Rangatahi, there are lots of Bowls opportunities coming up. Entries are now open for students to enter in our Wednesday Sport Bowls Weekly Competition and our Regional Bowls Singles & 2-4-2 Pairs Championships. Entries close Friday 10 Februrary for Wednesday Sport and Mid March so make sure to get your entries in! Any questions please contact Erica: development@bowlscanterbury.co.nz

A massive congratulations to the Bowls Canterbury Women’s Development Team for 2023. The team will be playing the Zone 5 Tournament Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 March at Westport. Sonya Butler, Lucy Ware, Jude Main, Donalda Watson, Petrina Fearnley, Ali Quinn, Beth Mahaffey, Lisa Mitchell. Coach – Kay WallaceSelector – Liz Rossiter