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Well done to all players that competed in the Interclub Sevens over the weekend. We were lucky that the weather turned on for us both days of the event. Congratulations to the follow teams/clubs that won their Sevens event: Men’s Sevens Division 1 – Elmwood ParkMen’s Sevens Division 2 – Allenton Women’s Sevens Division 1 – Canterbury 2017Women’s Sevens Division 2 – Papanui Club Under 5’s Sevens – Burnside The winners of the Men’s and Women’s Division 1 events will represent their club and Bowls Canterbury in the National Finals, which are held April 15th – 18th 2021 in Christchurch. Full results from the weekend can be found on our website here: http://bowlscanterbury.co.nz/results/

The four Canterbury Rep Teams travelled down to Timaru on Sunday 29 November to play against North Otago, South Canterbury and Canterbury Country. The Men’s Teams played at West End Bowling Club, the Senior Women played at Timaru Town & Country BC, and the Development Women played at Kia Toa BC. Please see below the results. Senior Men – Canterbury – 1st with 21 points (7 Wins) and + 41 Diff. Senior Men – Country – 3rd with 18 points (6 Wins) +25 Diff. Senior Women – Canterbury – 2nd with 18 points (6 Wins) + 4 Diff. Senior Women – Country – 3rd with 16 points (5 Wins + 1 Draw) +13 Diff. Development Men – Canterbury – 2nd … Read More

Black Friday Sale is coming to Bowls Canterbury this Friday (27 November 2020)! From 10 am – 3 pm here at the Centre there will be up to 60% on selected items!! Come in and check out the deals. T&C’s apply.

Technical Skills Workshop – December 1 2020 As we are heading towards Christmas and the first part of the season has almost finished. You might have experienced some situations on the green where you were not sure on the correct ruling. The Umpires Association is running a Bowls Technical Skills Workshop to support the development of player knowledge. Please see the flier below for more information and please register through the Forms link below. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1mN2q4cTE0yl9qapQ2yH2vFsQuQwjf5Ouzmx7TaY0OpUNkhSV0lQT0tOWDY2VjFaU1RPRjZOWVNIVy4u New Umpires The Umpires Association is please to announce the newly accredited Level 1 Umpires: John Hannam – Bowls Hornby Stephen Hawkins – Bowls Hornby Colin Hubbard – Cashmere Elizabeth Wood – Beckenham Ian Warren – Burnside If you would like to become an Umpire … Read More

On Tuesday 17 November, Bowls Canterbury sent two teams of seven to Kaikoura to compete against Bowls Marlborough. It was a great day of play by both teams but unfortunately Bowls Marlborough came away with then win.

Starting Monday 16th November the Bowls Canterbury Office and Shop opening hours will be Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 3.30pm until the end of the year. This is due to a combination of reasons; Katie is reducing her time in lieu hours, and Emily is out delivering bowls. A reminder that Lorraine’s role is not a full time position. Our Christmas close down dates will be as follows:Closed on Monday 22nd December 2020 and open again on Wednesday 6th January 2021

Blackjack Tayla Bruce from Burnside took out the highly coveted Stoke Stake Women’s Singles on Sunday afternoon. Tayla played her Blackjack teammate, Jo Edwards in the final and won 21-17. Congratulations to Tayla and her superb efforts in this event. Also, congratulations to all the other Canterbury players who participated in the event. Photo credit: Stoke Bowling Club Facebook page

A great day of bowls for the first Rep event for the 2020/21 season. AShburton BC and AShubrton MSA hosted the Senior and Development Women’s teams and Morrison Ave BC hosted the Senior and Development Men’s teams. A huge thank you goes to these clubs for their support of this event. Thank you to Canterbury Country for their work in Selecting teams and all the behind the scene administration that goes along with these events. The Results for the event are as follows. Senior Men Town: 9 wins, 3 losses = 18 points Country: 3 wins, 9 losses = 6 points Senior Women Town 9 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 19 points Country: 2 wins, 1 draw, 9 losses … Read More

The postponed Champion of Champions Finals Weekend from the end of last season is being played Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October, at Papanui Club (310 Sawyers Arms Road). A reminder that members of the same team/side must wear garments of the same colour and design. Results from the weekend will be updated below after every round. See below the programme for Sunday 11th October: Results for Saturday 10th October Round 1 – 8.30am Men’s Fours Semi Lance Pascoe (Elmwood Park) v Duncan O’Keefe (Rangiora) (21-7) Dean Mooney (Avon Park) v Tony Fielding (Bowls Papanui) (13-10) Women’s Fours Semi Val Clements (Bowls Papanui) v Margaret Stacey (New Brighton) (25-7) Women’s Triples Semi Sandra Keith (Allenton) v Julie Dalley (Halswell) (20-10) … Read More

In July 2020, the Umpires Association named three umpires to be awarded with Life Member status. At a recent Umpire’s Association meeting President, Rosemary Murray presented Ray Hunt, Ann Wright, and Dave Rowe with their Life Member badges.

Last week CMG Motors made a MG3 Excite available for us to use for the season. We are extremely grateful to them and see this as a real ‘win win’ for the Centre and fingers crossed a ‘win win’ for CMG Motors too. The car provides us with the opportunity to promote CMG Motors and their very smart MG3. It is also an opportunity to advertise our sport to the wider community while providing us with a vehicle to get us to coaching sessions and the events we will be running during the season. So far, I am very impressed with the performance of the car, very comfortable, all the mod cons I require and as zippy as I need … Read More

After 140 games of singles play, a worthy winner emerged from the strong field of talented young lawn bowlers on the Burnside Bowling Club’s greens last weekend. Taylor Horn, a 23 year old painter and decorator from Auckland‘s Mangere Club, played with flair and skill to win the Burnside Under 26 Singles Tournament from Papakura’s Adam Baillie. The 32 players provided great entertainment for spectators demonstrating skill and innovation in very competitive matches which resulted in many upsets.Each player contested seven games in section play with the top two in each of the four sections  progressing to a sought after place in Division 1 for the playoffs. Only two players won all seven of their section games – Burnside’s Richard … Read More

Bowls Canterbury is excited to be involved with the Halberg Foundation again this season. There will be five sessions for the young people from the Halberg Foundation in Canterbury across some of our clubs with artificial greens. Redcliffs Mt Pl BC Kaiapoi Riverside BC Halswell BC