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A memorial service for Murray Shaw will be at the Canterbury Bowling Club, Forfar St on Saturday 24 July at 2.30

At the Bowls NZ AGM in September our very own Ann Wright will be appointed as President of Bowls NZ for the next two years. This is an enormous honour, and it recognises the huge contribution Ann has made to our sport as well as the high esteem she is held in the community nationally. Ann’s knowledge of the sport as an umpire, player and administrator along with her friendly outgoing personality draws people to her and makes her a very worthy ambassador for our sport.  It will be a busy two years for Ann, we wish her well and look forward seeing her around the greens in her Bowls NZ uniform not her usual umpires clothing.

Entries for the Junior Classic are filling up fast. Rangiora has 6 spots free Redcliffs has 3 spots free St Martins is now FULL Get in quick before the venues are all FULL! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1mN2q4cTE0yl9qapQ2yH2vFsQuQwjf5Ouzmx7TaY0OpUOEJYS1YwNzRBSUxVSzAwRE5LSVJQNzBXNi4u If you register after all the spots are taken you will be placed on a waiting list.Any questions, please contact Emily. development@bowlscanterbury.co.nz

The office will be closed Thursday 23 June from 9:30 am – 11:00 am. Emily is delivering bowls in Rolleston and Lorraine and Meg are at a marketing meeting. If you are unsure if someone will be in the office, please call ahead.

March saw our representative teams competing in the Bowls New Zealand National Intercentre annual tournament up in Wellington. We had some good results in this competition with both teams qualifying for section play, and the women’s team coming in 3rd overall. We’d love to thank the sponsors and businesses that helped get our representative teams there by sponsoring a player shirt.Redpaths Sponsoring; Donelda Scott, Ricky Cook Presented by Chris Hammett Redpaths was established in Christchurch in 1945 as an electrical supplies wholesaler. Over the last 75 years, we’ve grown and developed to be a leading suppliers of electrical products across the South Island. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service, a complete range of readily accessible stock and a … Read More

Please follow the link for Bowls NZ’s article on this opportunity.

Bowls NZ Performance Coach Academy is running a Online Course on Sunday 27 June 2021. There will be thirteen Performance Coach Academy coaches presenting on seven specific topics that they are researched and have already presented to the PCA group. They will be delivering a similar presentation for this workshop. From Canterbury there will be Graeme Rees, Nathanael Lucas, and Emily Belton. Anyone thinking of completing a coaching course, this is a great place to start. Post Course – For Canterbury – After the course on Sunday 27 June, Foundation coaches will complete their accreditation by assisting at the Junior Classic Coaching Clinic. Coaches will learn how to implement the practical skills learnt at the course. Follow the link below … Read More

We only have 50 tickets left for our Annual Awards evening coming up on Saturday 22nd May. To purchase tickets please email or call Katie on the info below. Payment must be made via bank transfer into our account (06-0821-0628081-00). We do have a limited capacity at the venue, so please order tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. This season physical tickets will not be issued. When purchasing tickets please send Katie the the names of those attending and they will be ticked off our list on arrival at the venue. Any other questions please get in touch. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Richard Hocking from Burnside who won the Champion of Champions Men’s Singles yesterday. Richard played Gary Lawson from Elmwood Park in the semi final, and won 21-20. He then played Sean Thompson from Oxford in the final and won 21-3.

The semi final and final of the CoC Men’s Singles is scheduled for Sunday 2nd May at Belfast Bowling Club. The semi final between Richard Hocking (Burnside) and Gary Lawson (Elmwood Park) will start at 10am, with the winner going through to the final played against Sean Thompson (Oxford). Please head down to Belfast if you can and support out Canterbury players.

Champion of Champions Finals Weekend is to be held on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th April at Belfast Bowling Club. Click here to view the final programme for the weekend (updated 9/4/21). Official practice times at Belfast will be on Thursday 8th April between 4.00pm and 7.00pm as well as Friday 9th April between 1.00pm and 5.00pm. Car parking will be available in the bowling club car park. If this car park is full there is parking available at the rugby club. There will be food available at Belfast 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 Belfast … Read More

Save the date! August 8 & 15 2021 Entry Form – https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1mN2q4cTE0yl9qapQ2yH2vFsQuQwjf5Ouzmx7TaY0OpUOEJYS1YwNzRBSUxVSzAwRE5LSVJQNzBXNi4u

Can we please have all trophies returned to the Centre Office by Friday 16th April so that we can get them engraved for Prizegiving. Please make sure that all trophies are returned cleaned.