799 Results for author: Garth Partridge

Weekly Reminder – 1 March 2022

1.           Covid Matters A.    Numbers in your venues A reminder to all clubs to limit the number of people in your venue at any one time to 100.  We have had a few transgressions in the last couple of weeks B.     If you have been playing in a centre event, or any event, and you subsequently ... More

A tribute from Bowls North Harbour to John McCormack

It is with deep sadness that Bowls North Harbour received the news today of the passing of John McCormack, a much respected member of Takapuna Bowling Club. John was also a former member of the Board of Bowls North Harbour and we remember him as always courteous, kind and generous with his time and his experience in ... More

A tribute to John McCormack by Lindsay Knight

  John McCormack, who has lost a brave, brief battle with pancreatic cancer, was one of the many gems who have emerged from the northern English city of Liverpool.  Not that John, a quietly spoken, modest man, would claim to be ranked alongside the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black or giant football clubs ... More

Bowls3Five wonder weekend for Birkenhead by Lindsay Knight

The Birkenhead club-rooms will almost certainly ring for years to come as the amazing exploit of one of the club’s most prominent and most popular players, Sandy Cleghorn, in winning Bowls North Harbour’s 3-5 championship becomes folklore.  And if there is ever any brief silence on the subject then the irrepressible ... More

Bowls3Five Results

Birkenhead You Travel team consisting of Sandy Cleghorn, Rob Henson and Maxe Janssen have won the Bowls3Five tournament and are on their way to Nae Nae in Wellington 6-8th May to represent Bowls North Harbour The final score was 9-2, 5-8, tie-breaker Well done Birkenhead! Post Section Semi Finals Result Post Section ... More

Weekly Reminder – 1 March 2022

1.           Covid Matters Numbers in your venues A reminder to all clubs to limit the number of people in your venue at any one time to 100.  We have had a few transgressions in the last couple of weeks Two options to apply for support Covid Support Payments via the iRD Three fortnightly ... More

Takapuna. Club of the Year Harbour Sport – Lindsay Knight

  Takapuna’s golden seasons of recent years have received an even richer polish, arguably the greatest accolade in the club’s 110-year history.  Takapuna Bowling Club has just been proclaimed “the club of the year” for the entire North Harbour sporting community by Harbour Sport.  This follows last year’s ... More

Bowls3Five and Cadness Cup Conditions of Play and Draws

Updated on 27/2/22 Bowls3Five Interclub COP 2021-22 v270222 Changes:  One club has had to pull out.  Riverhead has taken this slot   Cadness Cup COP 2021-22 v260222 The men will be playing at Hobsonville.  Please car pool if possible as the carpark is also being used by some construction company C... More

Weekly Reminder for 20 February 2022

1.           BNH NZ Masters – What a success Everyday went off really well at all the venues.  Many, many thanks to the clubs involved. Browns Bay, Mairangi Bay, Milford, Takapuna, Orewa Headquarters at Orewa was incredibly well run.  The live streaming out of Orewa worked really well.  Thanks to ... More

Elizabeth Ring and the Womens Triples. Writeup from Lindsay Knight

  She may not have won a title, but in coming so close Orewa’s remarkable veteran Elizabeth Ring almost upstaged the other star of the weekend’s women’s triples championship, one of North Harbour’s most decorated bowlers, Wendy Jensen.  In the final of the women’s championship triples she all but skipped her ... More