World Champion of Champion report
North Harbour’s Keiko Kurohara, from the Takapuna club, and Millie Nathan, from Birkenhead, performed creditably at the world champion of champion singles event in Barham, Australia, but without securing major honours. Millie, playing for Tonga and defending the title she won at Browns Bay last year, won five of her nine matches in qualifying play […]
Bowls North Harbour OPEN Ivan Kostanich Men’s singles – 20 & 21 September 2025
The immediate future of the sport was revealed at Hobsonville at the weekend when two young bowlers, both not long out of the one-to-five ranks, contested Sunday’s final of Bowls North Harbour’s Ivan Kostanich Open singles tournament. Harbour’s Matt Higginson, from the Manly club, achieved the biggest win of his career, beating Auckland’s Stephen Campbell, […]
National Mixed 2-4-2 Champion of Champion – August 29th to 31st 2025
Nic Murrell and Eden Murrell-Manu, from Marlborough’s Picton club, gave a brilliant exhibition of draw bowls to win the final national champion of champions event at Tauranga at the weekend. In Sunday’s final of the mixed pairs 2-4-2 championship they needed only 13 of the 14 ends to beat Paul Selby and Jane Selby Paterson, […]
National Champion of Champion Triples – 22 – 24 August 2025
It was a case of so near but not quite far enough for Mairangi Bay’s Sheryl Wellington, Jan Gledhill and Colleen Rice, as North Harbour’s representatives in the national champion of champions triples tournament in Auckland at the weekend. They came agonisingly close to making the women’s post-section, missing out by literally one shot. They […]
National Champion of Champion Women’s Pairs – 15 to 17 August 2025
North Harbour’s representatives, former Black Jack, Wendy Jensen and her partner, Jeni Hart, continued the centre’s disappointing return when the national champion of champion women’s pairs were held at the weekend at Auckland’s New Lynn club. It was an especially frustrating time for Wendy and Jeni, who entered the tournament in the Wellsford club colours, […]
Report – Champion of Champion Men’s Pairs 9 & 10 August 2025
It was a case again of reflected glory for Bowls North Harbour when the national champion of champion events continued at the weekend with the men’s pairs in Hamilton. Harbour’s representatives, Browns Bay’s Neil Fisher and Llyod Sinton, won only one of their four qualifying games and so missed out on post-section play. But […]
Report – Champion of Champion Women’s Fours – 1 – 3 August 2025
There was again little joy for North Harbour’s representatives when the national champion of champions events continued at the weekend with the women’s fours in Dunedin. Orewa’s Elizabeth Ring, Val Taylor, Jill Green and Tira Campbell won only one of their four qualifying games and so missed out of Sunday’s post-section play. However, they were […]
Report – BNZ Men’s Champ of Champ Fours – 25 – 27 July 2025
North Harbour’s representative at the national men’s champion of champion fours in Dunedin, the Orewa four of Peter Clark, failed to make the play-offs despite a promising first day start. The four of Clark, Paul Daniels, Mal Wallace and Tony Clark won both their first two games, but lost both on the second day to […]
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 a stellar season. She lost any […]
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 Calver and Jan Calcott in […]