795 Results for author: Garth Partridge

National Intercentre Championships & Representative Octagonal Report

  A brave effort by the BNH Centre’s women’s representatives wasn’t quite enough to bring them the national inter-centre title when the national championships were decided in Wellington at the weekend.  After charging into the play-offs by winning all five qualifying games and then achieving another clean-sweep in ... More

Bowls3Five – Sat 23 & Sun 24 March 2024

With entries closed for the BNH Bowls3Five competition we are able to give preliminary details prior to the publication of the CoP, which will be released around Wednesday March 20. All play will be at Browns Bay Bowling Club. Play starts at 9:00 am each day There will be 8 sections of 6 teams playing 5 games on ... More

Sunday 10 March – 1-5 Year Quadrangular

North Harbour’s one-to-five year representatives tried hard but were always battling when the final quadrangular inter-centre tournament was held at Auckland’s Carlton-Cornwall club at the weekend. On greens much faster than what most of the players were used to both men’s and women’s teams found their Auckland ... More

BNH Interclub 7’s Competition Results

Mairangi Bay and Takapuna will represent North Harbour at next month’s national sevens inter-club playoffs, to be played in the Auckland region, though for the latter it will be a little different from what has been the regular practice in recent seasons. For rather than its highly successful women’s players, ... More

Cadness Cup – 22 March Draw

Congratulations to the 8 teams that made it through to the finals of the Men's Cadness Cup to be played at Milford Bowling Club on 22nd March 2024, (play starting at 9:30 am), being:  The results will be updated on BowlsHub  More

Cadness Cup – 8 March 2024

There are no changes to the Women's Cadness Cup on Friday 8 March.  The start time is 9:30 am at Manly. For the Men's Cadness Cup at Milford on Friday 8 March, the start time is now 12:30 pm. There is a function on at the club rooms in the morning and the car park will be full until around 11:15 am. Players are asked ... More

Remembering Rosalie Bancroft

Rosalie Bancroft, one of North Harbour’s leading women’s players in the 1990s and early 2000s, died on March 2, aged 87. Rosie won many centre titles, being awarded her gold star in the 1998-99 season, gaining a further three titles, the last of which was in the 2009-10 season. Most of Rosie’s bowling was with ... More

Interclub 7’s – Competitions in Play – Progress to Date

Interclub 7’s This last weekend saw the beginning of the competition for the Interclub 7’s comprising Men and Women Division 1 and Men Division 2 competitions. The first day of play on Saturday was completed successfully as scheduled for all three events but unfortunately the weather on Sunday was not quite so good. ... More

Remembering Trish O’Malley

  Bowls North Harbour has lost an excellent servant and vivacious personality with the death of Trish O’Malley on Friday, March 1, after a short illness.  After enjoying a measure of success as a one-to-five year-bowler and also up to the one-to-eight-year level, Trish had been closely involved for the past two ... More

Nationals Fours & Mixed Pairs Report

 Black Jack Selina Goddard did the North Harbour centre proud by winning the national mixed pairs title in Taranaki this week to add to her now formidable record in recent national championships.   Selina, already a national gold star holder while still in her 20s, has now a complete set of titles, the mixed pairs to go ... More