The Channel magazine report – 2025 2026 Season BNH Representatives
John Walker, in his new role as representative team director, has been pro-active already in spearheading Bowls North Harbour’s resolve to achieve greater success at national team levels. Walker, one of Harbour’s official “legends” and with 31 centre titles plus two national successes to his credit, is well equipped to tap the potential of those […]
2025 2026 Representative Selector/Coach Announcement

Bowls North Harbour is pleased to announce the appointment of our Representative Selectors and Coaches for the 2025–2026 season. These individuals bring with them a wealth of experience, dedication, and a shared commitment to fostering excellence within our Centre’s representative programme. As we prepare for another competitive and rewarding season, the leadership and strategic insight […]
Expressions of Interest – Bowls North Harbour Representative Teams Selectors / Coaches
Bowls North Harbour Representative Teams Bowls North Harbour invites expressions of interest from individuals keen to contribute to the success of our Representative Teams by applying for the Selector/Coach roles for the upcoming season. These key positions play an important part in the performance and development of our representative squads, and we are seeking motivated, […]
Obituary – Zelda Bridgens

A few months after the passing of Kathy Brown, the Milford Bowling Club has lost another stalwart member with the death at the great age of 98 of Zelda Bridgens. She passed away on June 20 and her memorial service is to be held at the club-rooms she graced so frequently. Zelda was a foundation […]
2024 – 2025 Season AGM & Awards – 22 June 2025
Browns Bay’s superb feat in hosting three major tournaments in the past season was suitably rewarded at Bowls North harbour’s awards ceremony at Takapuna on Sunday. Browns Bay was named the BNH club of the year and nobody present at the ceremony would dispute the claim from proud club president Pete Sheehan that the accolade […]
Selina Goddard – Three Times a Champion
One of Bowls North Harbour’s most illustrious bowlers of the past decade, Black Jack and multiple national champion Selina Goddard, has achieved many remarkable feats in her relatively short bowling career. But arguably none of these exploits has quite matched her coup at the weekend in winning three titles at the lucrative Victoria Open in […]
Bowls + Player Rankings System
Bowls New Zealand has launched Bowls+, a new player ranking system designed to track performances and award ranking points based on results recorded in BowlsHub. Bowls North Harbour is excited to see how this system evolves and the opportunities it presents for our players and clubs. How does Bowls+ work? Bowls+ collects match data from […]
Nomination and Application Forms – BNH Special Awards 2024 – 2025 Season
This season the number of awards and the format of the nomination forms has changed. The forms have been simplified, however the importance and prestige of the awards has not diminished. There are 4 awards: click the award below to be directed to the form. 2024 2025 Club of the Year 2024 2025 Coach of […]
Obituary – Kathy Brown
The Milford Bowling Club has lost one of its longest serving and most effective members with the passing, after a short illness, of Kathy Brown. In the words of club member, Roger Stokes, Kathy “did a tremendous amount of work over many years.” She served on the match committee organising and running many […]
Representative Team Announcements

Congratulations to our Bowls North Harbour players wo have been selected as representatives for the competitions being held this week. The Women’s and the Men’s Premier teams are travelling to Wellington for the National Intercentre being played from the 13th to the 16th March at clubs throughout the Wellington centre. Conditions-of-Play-National-Intercentre-2025-as-at-15-01-25 (1) The […]