Metlifecare NZ Masters Schedule of Events – Thursday10 October 2024

Metlifecare NZ Masters  on Thursday 10 October. 60-74 Mixed Pairs Quarter-final 8.30am Pete Sheehan / Claire Tawharu V Dennis Hale / Midori Matsuoka Karina Cooper / Steve Smith V Geri Bremner / Andre Rautenbach Theresa Rogers / Alan Telford V Paula Kempthorne / Richard Kempthorne Lin East / Lloyd Sinton V Keith ... More

Metlifecare NZ Masters 2024 – venues & event dates

The draws have been delayed as the current weather has meant that some greens are no longer available. It is anticipated that the draws will be available by the end of the weekend. We are aware that players are interested in where they will be playing.  Here are the events and venues.  Click the link for a larger ... More

BNH 1-5 Representative Teams Playing Saturday 28th September 2024

Congratulation to the following players who have been selected to play in the Quadrangular on Saturday 28th September against Auckland, Northland and Bay of Plenty. Thanks to all the trialist and congratulations to those chosen for this event.  Selection was not an easy task. Good bowling to you all. The Womens 1-5 ... More

BNH Representative Teams – 29 September 2024 Quadrangular

Bowls North Harbour proudly announces the representative squad  for the quadrangular on Sunday 29th September 2024. The Premier Women Playing at Royal Oak Selina Goddard Takapuna Keiko Kurohara Takapuna Elaine McClintock Mairangi Bay Lauren Mills Takapuna ... More

Obituary – Steve Yates

The North Harbour bowling community, and in particular the Birkenhead club, is in shock with the sudden, tragic death early this week of former centre board chairman, Steve Yates, aged 50. Both as a player and as an administrator, Steve made a notable contribution to bowls. A member of the Birkenhead club for 16 years, ... More

Updated CoP Mixed 2-4-2 – dress code

The Conditions of Play for the Mixed 2-4-2 has been updated to include the dress code which reads -  Dress Code: Mufti, team colours or club colours may be worn for this competition. 2024091415 2-4-2 Mixed dress This reflects the time of the season and the changeable weather, allowing teams to choose the dress that ... More

BNH 2024 2025 Centre Handbook

The hard copy handbook is to be delivered to clubs mid September. Here is the link to the digital copy. Bowls North Harbour 2024-25   More

Obituary – Donald Arthur Rae Charles – Donnie

The Sunnybrae club has lost one of its most prominent members, with the passing on August 27 of Donald Arthur Charles Rae. A book-binder by trade, Donnie, as he was always known, was aged 92. Though he started bowls at the Glenfield club, Donnie was a foundation member of Sunnybrae when it started in 1982, and became ... More

Obituary – Madeleine Holland

Madeleine Holland, who died on Tuesday in her early 80s, was one of North Harbour’s top women’s bowlers, winning 12 centre titles between 1992 and 2011.  Madeleine started bowls with the Browns Bay women’s club, where one of here first mentors was a later North Harbour life member Margaret Duke, then with the ... More

Bowls North Harbour Annual Awards – 2024

Two of Bowls North Harbour’s most consistent players over many season, John Walker and Elaine McClintock, and Mairangi Bay’s Ian Coombe topped the many worthy winners at the Centre's annual awards ceremony held on Sunday 23 June 2024 at the Hobsonville club. John, the namesake of one of New Zealand’s most famous ... More