BNZ CoC Singles 18 – 20 July 2025

There were lean pickings for North Harbour’s two representatives, Millie Nathan and Kevin Rainsford, at the national champion of champions singles which were completed at Auckland’s Royal Oak club at the weekend.  It was an especially disappointing return for Millie, from the Birkenhead club and who otherwise has had ... More

Results – Winter Cup 2025

A formidable Mairangi Bay team of Sheryl Wellington, Jan Gledhill, Colleen Rice and Theresa Rogers completed a three-peat in the event by winning the Centre's Winter Cup women’s competition on Friday, July 18.  The four repeated its successes in 2023 and 2024 by beating Takapuna’s Robyne Walker, Adele Ineson, Lyn ... More

Results – Champ of Champ 1-5 Year Singles – 7 & 8 June 2025

Hobsonville’s Clinton Smith repeated his success of last season by winning the 2025 North Harbour one-to-five men’s champion of champions singles title at the Takapuna club at the weekend. And Mairangi Bay’s Julie Chhour was equally impressive in winning the women’s equivalent, taking her first centre title at ... More

Results – Champ of Champ Mixed 2-4-2 Pairs – Saturday 24 May 2025

Takapuna, thanks to Simon Poppleton and Keiko Kurohara, became the second winners of the North Harbour 2-4-2 mixed pairs title with a memorable victory at Browns Bay on Saturday.  In the final they won a tense final against the talented Birkenhead sister-brother combination of Millie and Chad Nathan, the 13-12 scoreline a ... More

Champ of Champ Fours – 17 & 18 May 2025

Orewa enjoyed a rare double success by winning both men’s and women’s titles when the Bowls North Harbour champion of champions fours titles were concluded at the weekend at the Warkworth club.  In the men’s final the Orewa team of Peter Clark, Tony Clark, Paul Daniels and Mal Wallace upset the phenomenally ... More

Report – Results BNH Champ of Champ Triples – 10 & 11 May 2025

   Helensville and Mairangi Bay, two of the centre’s most consistent clubs in recent seasons, took the major honours when the champion of champion triples titles were decided at Hobsonville at the weekend.  Helensville’s Carlson Barnett, Brendon McPhail, still a junior and one of Harbour’s most promising younger ... More

Results – Champ of Champ Pairs – 3 & 4 May 2025

Browns Bay’s Lloyd Sinton took another step towards a lofty place in Bowls North Harbour’s folklore with a remarkable win in the champion of champion pairs decided at the weekend at the Waimauku club.  Sinton, who had already secured the admiration of his fellow bowlers, for his courage, tenacity and skill with his ... More

Results – Champ of Champ Singles and The Grove Orewa 1-5 AC Pairs – 26th & 27th April 2025

Manly’s Kevin Rainsford finally fulfilled the potential he had shown in his junior years by winning North Harbour’s Champion of Champion Men's Singles title under the Orewa roof on Sunday.  In the final, which was switched to Orewa because of the heavy showers, he beat Browns Bay’s celebrated Colin Rogan 21-11 to ... More

Results – The Grove Orewa BNH 1-5 Year Championship Singles

Apart from the surprise emergence of Milford bowler Hayden Wilkinson, Orewa and Hobsonville bowlers, for the most part, again dominated the Bowls North Harbours 1 to 5 year singles championships at the weekend.  Wilkinson spoiled what would have been utter domination of those from Orewa or Hobsonville by upstaging the ... More

Competition Reports – The Grove Orewa 1-5 Year Interclub & the National Interclub 7’s

The Orewa club gave a striking illustration of the depth of its junior bowlers with an impressive performance at this season’s Bowls North Harbour’s one-to-five competition. Bowls Orewa provided both finalists in the Grove Orewa-sponsored event, with the team tagged the Seagulls beating that named the Ospreys . The ... More