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The Bowls Canterbury Centre Green was host to the Canterbury Regional Secondary School Champs, featuring some of Canterbury’s best up-and-coming bowls talent. Jack Bonner (Cashmere High School, Barrington United) took out the top spot for the second year in a row. Second Place was Jayden Owens (Burnside High School, Burnside Bowling Club) who was also the top points scorer overall. Callum Lucas (St Thomas of Canterbury College) took out third place. In between some heavy showers, the weather held off enough for five rounds of singles, then playoffs for the top qualifiers from each section. View full results here: A big thank you to our volunteer markers for giving up their time to help out!

Today the Bowls Canterbury Board decided to withdraw our two teams from Bowls NZ Intercentre scheduled to start 17 March in Auckland. This decision was not taken lightly and was done conjunction with our coaches and selectors. We believe the risks are too great to send our players and the support staff to Auckland especially as the daily in positive test numbers increase and they are predicted to peak at the end of March. The health and safety of our players and support staff is paramount hence the decision.

The Bowls Canterbury Office and Shop are closed until further notice as one of our staff is now self isolating as a close contact. We have made the decision to move the whole team to working from home until we know it is safe to return to the office.If you are in need of anything from the shop, please directly message us and we’ll do our best to accommodate this. We’ll still be working and reachable on our cellphones; Lorraine 027 530 5280 Meg 027 530 2233 Erica 027 351 2070 Thanks for your understanding at this time.

The new date for the rained off Centre Pairs Post Section will be Saturday 23rd April. We have done our best to find a date that doesn’t clash with Interclub, CoC or Nationals events. Thanks for your understanding!

Unfortunately Bowls Hornby have made the decision to cancel their Ladies Fours tournament on Friday 4th March due to COVID. Thanks for your understanding.

Due to green flooding and more heavy rain expected overnight, we have made the call to postpone the Centre Pairs Post Section in Rangiora and Fendalton. A new date will be communicated on Monday. Thank you for your understanding.

Regrettably Super Sixes have been cancelled this weekend on the 5th and 6th of February due to Covid. We hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe long weekend ahead.

Bowls Hornby Ladies Fours have moved from Thursday 3rd March to a new date of Friday 4th March starting at 10am.

Centre Pairs will now be played in February. Section Play: Monday 7th February (Waitangi Public Holiday) Post Section: Sunday 13th February  Please let me know if these new dates don’t work for you and I’ll remove your team and arrange a refund.  If you have previously pulled out of this event but would like to be put back in with the new date, you need to email marketing@bowlscanterbury.co.nz and pay your entry fee again.  Remember to put Men’s / Women’s pairs in your payment reference.  Please note, we will be working off the list of entries we had for the date of the 18th December so if you don’t get back to us we will assume you are either in … Read More

The Burnside Bowling Club will once again host some of New Zealand’s finest bowling talent in this years event being held this weekend. The prestigious $12,000 tournament which has John Phillips of Harcourts Grenadier as its major sponsor is without question one of New Zealand’s premier club events. This year’s field includes several New Zealand title winners and New Zealand reps and also has a total of 17 previous winners in the field. Unfortunately, Bowls Australia were intending to send four top class teams but with our covid problems this couldn’t happen. Some of the main contenders will be Mike Kernaghan and Tony Grantham, Jo Edwards and Val Smith, previous winners Shaun Scott and Sean O’Neil, locals Kelvin Scott and … Read More

The Bowls Canterbury Office and Shop are now closed for Christmas. We will return on the 10th January. Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Centre Pairs this weekend has unfortunately been POSTPONED again. After all this wild weather we have experienced, the flooded greens need time to properly drain and recover before Nationals in early January. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is bringing more rain in the lead up to the weekend, which is why the greenkeepers and match committee have made the decision early. A postponement date will be announced as soon as we have one arranged. Refunds will again be available to those who can’t make the new dates work. Thanks for your understanding!

Unfortunately we will not be able to go ahead with the Under 5’s Pairs Playoffs this evening (16/12/21) at Christchurch Bowling Club. These playoffs will now be moved to a date that suits all teams in the New Year. We will also be making a decision regarding this weekends Centre Pairs and communicating this as soon as we can. Keep up to date with the latest by calling the Bowls Canterbury information line 03 351 2225

The weather held off and we had an excellent weekend of bowls across the region. A huge congratulations to all our winners, especially those who took out Div 1 and have qualified to play in the National Sevens. Thank you to all the greenkeepers, umpires, markers and club volunteers who helped make Sevens weekend another successful one for the 2021/22 season! View this weekends results; http://bowlscanterbury.co.nz/results/

On Sunday our Canterbury Representative teams travelled to Geraldine and Temuka for the annual Southern Quadrangular. Instead of the Canterbury and Country teams competing, this year we had mixed teams from both areas. Town-based players played alongside their country counterparts in Red and Black teams. The competition against South Canterbury and North Otago was as competitive as ever and provided our players with the opportunity to show the selectors that they are worthy of going further. The downside of the day was the weather, and unfortunately only two of the three games were completed at both venues. The Women’s Black team won the senior section, and in Geraldine the Senior Men’s Red team picked up that trophy. The Development Men’s … Read More

Thank you for your patience while we have worked out the postponement dates for the Centre Pairs, which was unfortunately rained off on Sunday. Section play will now be on the Saturday 18th of December. Post Section will now be on the Sunday 19th of December. To accommodate this, Centre Fours section play has been moved to a new date in January, which will be communicated separately to the Fours teams affected.  As the 18th December was originally going to be the post section date, we are confident that everyone who entered initially should be able to make this new date work. However, if your team is now unable to participate, we will be offering refunds.  If you would like to be withdrawn, please email Meg at marketing@bowlscanterbury.co.nz by 5pm Tuesday … Read More

We are lucky enough to be hosting the Summerset Nationals again early next year, and we are reaching out to our community of bowlers to help make this event happen. We are searching for club members to mark the Singles events on Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd of January. Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of the biggest event on the NZ Bowls calendar! We appreciate any help that we can get. If you are interested, please contact Wendy Suttie ASAP via email on wendy@bowlsworld.nz or call directly on 0276524636. Please see attached file for further information on markers skills and duties.

Centre Pairs has been postponed this morning (28/11/21) due to the weather. A new date for section play will be confirmed next week.

Congratulations to the Senior and Development teams selected to play in the upcoming Southern Quad on the 5th December. After an eventful trial day on the 7th November, teams have been selected to play in the new format of Canterbury Red and Canterbury Black teams. Good luck to everyone involved in the Southern Quad coming up on the 5th of December, with Men heading to Geraldine and Women heading to Temuka! See the selected teams below; SENIOR SQUADS Women – Temuka Black Team  Singles: Rebecca Jelfs Pairs: (S) Sandra Keith, Jenny Anderson Triples: (S) Kirsten Rowe, Marian Galloway, Kay Wallace Fours: (S) Jan Shirley, Fiona Frew, Raylene Heads, Jackie Sutton Red Team Singles: Hazel Littlejohn Pairs: (S) Kim Rowlands, Jude … Read More

These bowls were stolen out of a car boot in New Brighton on Saturday. They are pretty distinctive and we’d love to get them back to their owner! If you see them for sale anywhere, please contact the police as a report has been filed.