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From Friday 13 January through to Sunday 15 January the Stewart Buttar Burnside Pairs are underway at the Burnside Bowling Club. Keep up to date with the results via the link below, you can also find results on the Burnside Bowling Club website. Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 14) will be live streamed and all day Sunday. You don’t want to miss this tournament so make sure to go down and support or watch online. https://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/burnside-pairs-2023.html

Last weekend the Bowls Canterbury Lindley Neill Invitation Men’s Team played at the Dobson Club against a West Coast team. The team, coached by Wilson Bell and Ray Hunt, unfortunately, wasn’t able to bring the trophy back to Canterbury. All 6 games were even and they lost on points on the countback with a -11 differential to Canterbury and a +11 differential to west coast. The team was Dave Holland, Jacob Inch, Cory O’Connor, Greg Hughes, Jack O’Connor, Rick Fraser, Rod Hooper, Paul Veitch, Jonathon Truesdale, Liam O’Connor, Logan Clark, and Joseph van der Pennen. Great effort from the team!

Saturday 17 December 2022 Division 1 for the U5 Triples Play-Offs will play out till the finals as displayed on the draw. Division 2 will play two rounds tomorrow and in the New Year play the final. Best of luck!

In the spirit of inclusiveness and support of the Bowls New Zealand‘s Summerset Open Disability Nationals, Bowls Canterbury hosted a “Have a Go” similar event at the weekend. Fourteen folks came along, many with other family members, and a great deal of FUN was enjoyed by all. The music was playing, the sausage sizzle was fired up and everyone went away with a small prize. The smiles and laughter added to the glorious sunny day. The best outcome of the day was that everyone was asking to do it again! The quote of the day came from the Nana of a 15-year-old young fellow – “ how did you get ………… to smile”. Special thanks to Erica, Meg, and Lorraine … Read More

Good morning all, An update for you at 7:10am we have decided to POSTPONE todays Triples Post Section for both Men and Women. After discussions with greenkeepers we have decided it is in the best interest of health and safety as the forecast is not looking likely to improve until this evening. Sorry about this – the one thing we can’t control is the weather! We’ll sort out and communicate a new date next week. Thanks all

Thank you Club Redcliffs for your fantastic help and support in creating Bowls opportunities for our youth. With the assistance of Erica from Bowls Canterbury, Club Redcliffs conducted a comprehensive Rangatahi Bowls Programme. The programme ran from September to November this year with approximately 200 years 5-8 pupils from Redcliffs School and Mt Pleasant School coming down to the club to experience bowling. After school on Wednesdays 9 and 16 November, the club organised a Bowls3x4 tournament with 16 teams each day, followed by a prize giving and sausage sizzle on the final day. The young bowlers were enthusiastic and supportive of each other, and lots showed great promise. We were grateful for the fantastic support from club members over … Read More

Bowls New Zealand has established an Open Disability category which is being played at the same time at the Somerset National Singles and Pairs. Bowls Canterbury supports this initiative and is holding an Open Disability Pairs Bowls Tournament. following the new regulations to be held on Sunday 4 December at the Centre Green. 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. The tournament will be from 10 am -2 pm and the length of the games will depend on entry numbers. The capacity of entry numbers is 64 … Read More

Teams for Canterbury Selection Day Sunday 13 November 2022. All Women’s teams – Ashburton Club All Men’s teams – Now playing at Papanui Club – changed from Morrison Ave Senior Women – Jo Clemens, Donelda Scott, Annabel Walmisley, Linda Boyd, Pat McElwain, Tracey Fickling, Margaret Ward, Rebecca Jelfs, Lorrel Chaney, Bev Scurr, Beryl Murphy, Di Callaghan, Terena Ball, Valmai Hantz, Kim Rowlands, Raylene Heads, Tracey Wilkinson, Barbara Thompson, Kazumi Cuthbertson, Marian Galloway, Hazel Littlejohn, Wendy Suttie, Janice Harper, Kirsten Rowe, Barbara Cortzee, Angela Mitchell, Linda Osbourne. Coaches/selectors – Emily Belton, Linda Boyd, Pam Clarke Senior Men’s teams  – Rob Fensom, Dennis Brewster, Phil Austin, Dean Mower, Jonathan Trusedale, Brad Sinclair, Michael Begg, Brent Mayson, Kerry Becks, Jeff Nowell, Craig Carter, … Read More

After 140 games, played over three days, (7-9 October), Cambridge Central’s 25 year old Taylor Horn emerged from the field as a very worthy and second time winner of the Living House Burnside under 26 Singles. The Finalists; Seamus Curtin (Stokes Valley), and Taylor Horn (Cambridge Central) with Tayla Bruce (Tournament Director and 2015 winner) Horn’s opponent in the 2022 final was Stokes Valley’s and New Zealand Blackjack, Seamus Curtin, who was also seeking his second victory in this event. The pair traded singles in the first six ends but Horn went on a golden run to score 12 answered points over the next six ends. Curtin then rallied to dominate the following five ends to bring the score back … Read More

The showcase event of youth bowls in New Zealand is the Living House Burnside Under 26 Singles tournament. Thirty-two players aged between 13 and 25 will compete for the title at the Burnside Bowling Club on Avonhead Road, Christchurch, from Friday, 7 October to Sunday, 9 October. The field will be drawn into four sections, with each player having seven section games. The top two players in each section are then placed in Division 1, the next two in Division 2, and so on for Divisions 3 and 4. Four games of 21 shots up are played on both Friday and Saturday, while the semi-finals and finals of each division will be decided on Sunday morning, 9 October starting at … Read More

What a wonderful evening in Dunedin Town Hall on Friday night to celebrate the Bowls New Zealand Summerset Awards!We are so proud of our Canterbury award recipients  Performance Coach Academy Graduate – Emily Belton Umpire of the Year – Tom Hogg Morrison Ave Bowling Club Coach of the Year – Kevin Smith Burnside Bowling Club-New Zealand Greenkeeper of the Year – Ken Thickett (former Canterbury greenkeeper) Para Player of the Year B1-B4 – Don Stephens Riccarton Racecourse Bowling Club Female Player of the Year – Tayla Bruce Burnside Bowling Club Male Player of the Year – Kelvin Scott Elmwood Park Bowling Club Special Awards:Bowls NZ Hall of Fame inductee – Jan Khan Summerset Supreme Award Winner – Tayla Bruce Read more about the Bowls NZ winners … Read More

Centre event entries are now open online for the 2022-23 season.  Event entries will again be open to any member affiliated to Bowls New Zealand. No composite teams are permitted.Click the link here for more info and to enter https://bowlscanterbury.co.nz/enter-events/ You can find the closing dates for centre event entries at the top of the web page. Please read the conditions of play before entering. 

Canterbury legends Tayla Bruce (Burnside Bowling Club) and Katelyn Inch (Canterbury 2017, Oxford) have done us proud at the 2022 Commonwealth Games! Tayla will be packing two bronze medals in to her luggage from her efforts in the Women’s Fours and Triples. Katelyn’s success was found in the Women’s pairs with Selina Goddard. Katelyn also qualified for knockout play in the Women’s singles which was a highly commendable effort! We are so proud of you both and look forward to celebrating further when you touch down on home soil!

A massive shout out to our Canterbury legend Tayla Bruce! How good was it seeing this group of awesome ladies win a bronze medal in the women’s fours The New Zealand squad of Selina Goddard, Nicole Toomey, Tayla Bruce and Val Smith beat Fiji 17-6 in the bronze medal match After going behind by 4 early on, they pulled it back to 7-6 and then reeled out 10 straight ends to take a deserved spot up on the podium Awesome work ladies, we are so proud Still a few medal opportunities for New Zealand coming up in Lawn Bowls. Keep up to date on the Bowls New Zealand Facebook Page

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Thanks to all who came along to celebrate the success of the 2021/22 season at the Bowls Canterbury Annual Awards Evening. It was an enjoyable evening and we hope everyone had a great time celebrating their club & individual success from a very memorable season. Photos have been published by Arjan van Hasslet and are available to view from the Bowls Canterbury Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/BowlsCanterbury/posts/pfbid0kXes6a5iHMioX6KoSuqRoxXPqjNDvXGiMqemGZMxjrTYy3mdhYSNdxyPDACT6cyl See the full lists of winners in our presentation below;

Centre Finals Weekend is to be held on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May at Papanui Club. RESULTS as at 6:21pm Sunday 1st May Congratulations to our winners from Centre Finals Weekend Mixed Fours – Elmwood Park Bowling Club Bev Morel (S), Jan Shirley, Steve Bowden, Ray Hooper Women’s Fours – Burnside Bowling Club-New Zealand Tayla Bruce (S), Emily Miller, Ang Mitchell, Tracy Wilkinson Men’s Fours – Burnside Bowling Club Richard Hocking (S), Barry Williams, Matt Small, Mike Small Women’s Triples – Burnside Bowling Club-New Zealand Tracy Wilkinson (S), Ange Mitchell, Jude Main Women’s Pairs – Elmwood Park Bowling Club Jan Shirley (S), Tania Woodham Men’s Singles – Elmwood Park Bowling Club Nathan Glasson Men’s Pairs – Rangiora Bowling … Read More

The Centre Men’s and Women’s Pairs, post section are this Saturday the 23rd of April. The Men’s are being played at Rangiora and Papanui Club and the Women’s are held at Papanui Club. All play starts at 9am. You can find the draw on our website under the draws section. You will find it at the very bottom of the Centre Events draw section as Centre Men’s Pairs Post Section – New Date & Centre Women’s Pairs Post Section – New Date Good luck to everyone playing 🙂

Congratulations to our Champion of Champions winners! Men’s Singles – Ricky Cook, Redcliffs Mt Pl Women’s Singles – Tayla Bruce, Burnside Men’s Under 5’s Singles – Shane Bell, Bowls Hornby Women’s Under 5’s Singles – Donalda Watson, Allenton Men’s 1st & 2nd Year Singles – Greg Hughes, Kirwee Women’s 1st & 2nd Year Singles – Bronwyn Hamilton, Darfield Men’s Pairs – Halswell – Dennis Brewster (S), Phil Austin Women’s Pairs – Bowls Papanui – Val Clements (S), Dale Fitzgerald Men’s Triples – Elmwood Park – Nathan Glasson (S), Kelvin Scott, Ricky Cook Women’s Triples – Woolston Park – Debbie Sansom (S), Debbie Salt, Jackie Sutton Men’s Fours – Papanui Club – Mark Lewis (S), Rick Day, Brian Heemi, Terry Stewart … Read More

Results updated at the end of each round Champion of Champions Finals Weekend is to be held on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April at Morrison Ave Bowling Club. View the programme for the weekend below – please note this is subject to change. (UPDATED 1:48PM 28th March) Official practice times at Morrison Ave are 4:30pm – 7:00pm on Thursday 31st and Friday 1st. There will be food available at Morrison Ave all day on both days. A reminder that members of the same team/side must wear their club shirts and the same colour bottoms. We hope to see everyone down at Morrison Ave Bowling Club supporting our Canterbury players.