Weekend Competition Results 17 & 18 August 2024

Birkenhead and Takapuna’s Forsyth Barr team made the strongest starts in Division 1 when the Bowls North Harbour Centre's Pennants competitions began despite Saturday’s poor weather. Play in all competitions was restricted to just two rounds and in some instances in the second round only the minimum 10 ends could be ... More

Report National Champ of Champ Fours – August 2024

Riverhead’s Steve Cox, Grant Goodwin, Duane McDonald and Lindsay Gilmore, North Harbour’s men’s representatives at the weekend’s national champion of champions fours in Auckland, produced a superb effort, only to be beaten in the semi-finals.  They were the top qualifiers with four wins and continued their fine ... More

National Champion of Champion Triples 2024

If only indirectly Brendon Kelly gave North Harbour some interest in the national champion of champion triples events which were decided in Auckland on the weekend. With Mairangi Bay not competing in the women’s championship because two of its winning centre triple were overseas, North Harbour had only minimal involve... More

National & International Events Report – Monday 29 July 2024

While North Harbour’s representatives at the national champion of champion pairs play-offs in Dunedin at the weekend missed out on top honours there was some major success for the centre in far-away Singapore. Former BNH chairperson, Robyne Walker, playing with national singles champion Leeanne Poulson, from Countri... More

Champion of Champion National Singles 2024

Lisa Dickson put in a gallant effort but it wasn’t quite enough to bring another New Zealand  title for the Takapuna club or the North Harbour centre when the national champion of champion singles titles were decided in Dunedin at the weekend.  Playing in the southern city’s indoor centre, Lisa made Sunday’s ... More

Results Report – BNH Winter Cup July 2024

Warkworth’s men’s team of Mike Burke, Stewart Macdonald, Guy Robson and Ross Ruddell spoiled, if only to a small extent, the party for the Mairangi Bay club when the Winter Cup competitions were concluded at Browns Bay on Friday.  Warkworth foiled what would have been a Mairangi Bay double, following the outstand... More

Results report – BNH Champ of Champ 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs – 15th & 16th June 2024

John Walker enhanced an already phenomenal record in North Harbour bowls by winning in dramatic fashion the Centre's mixed Champ of Champ 2-4-2 pairs competition at the Sunnybrae Bowling Club at the weekend. In Sunday’s final, after an absorbing match in which there was some quality bowls from all four players, ... More

Report – OPEN 2-4-2 Any Combination Pairs – 8th & 9th June 2024

Orewa’s Allan McQuoid and Chris Bailey, both relatively new bowlers, were impressive winners of Bowls North Harbour open two-four-two pairs tournament which concluded in difficult conditions at Takapuna on Sunday.  McQuoid and Bailey won the first prize of $500 with an emphatic win in the final over Shaun Goldsbury and ... More

Report – BNH Champ of Champ Fours – 25th & 26th May 2024

Riverhead’s golden run in the Bowls North Harbour Centre’s champion of champion events continued at the weekend with success in the men’s fours to add to the pairs and triples wins earlier this month.  In Sunday’s final on Mairangi Bay’s carpet, Steve Cox, Grant Goodwin, Duane McDonald and Lindsay Gilmore made ... More

Results 18th & 19th May 2024

The Riverhead and Mairangi Bay clubs gave two of their members, Gordon Smith and Elaine McClintock a double cause for celebration when the centre’s champion of champion triples titles were decided at Manly at the weekend. Smith, who the previous weekend had won the champion of champion pairs title with Grant Goodwin, ... More