Representatives Report – 15 & 16 March 2025
Spirited second day recoveries in the Octagonal one-to-five year tournament at Mairangi Bay on Sunday by both the men’s and women’s teams gave North Harbour some consolation for what otherwise was a forgettable representative weekend for the centre. Particularly disappointing was the return of the open representative teams in Wellington, with both men’s and women’s […]
Bowls3Five Zone 1 & 2 Champions – Birkenhead
Birkenhead’s Millie Nathan, Chad Nathan and Mark Rumble will represent Bowls North Harbour in the zones 1 and 2 when the National Bowls3five title is decided in Auckland in May. On Tuesday evening the Birkenhead trio repeated last season’s success by winning the Harbour final, this year against Mairangi Bay’s Kevin Cameron, Alan Telford and […]
Interclub Report – 1 & 2 March 2025
In the most dramatic circumstances Browns Bay in the men’s and Mairangi Bay in the women’s qualified as the centre’s representatives at next month’s national sevens interclub finals in Wellington. Browns Bays, thanks to a brilliant last bowl by fours skip Neil Fisher, won a thrilling men’s final from a strong challenge by Riverhead, and […]
Octagonal – 15 & 16 February – Men’s Premiers and Men’s Development
Premier Team at Browns Bay: The Premier Team encountered a challenging tournament, with performances falling below expectations. Despite a strong showing in the recent Battle of the Bridge against Auckland, this competition didn’t go as hoped. Three games were closely contested but, unfortunately, were lost on the last end, which affected our overall standing. No […]
Premier & Development OCTAGONAL – 15 & 16 February 2025
An outstanding performance by North Harbour’s premier women’s team was the centre’s highlight in the Octagonal representative tournament at the weekend. There was another top performance, too, from the development men’s team in its competition at the Howick club and like the premier women at Browns Bay it comfortably topped its section. However, these were […]
Results from Birkenhead
The Birkenhead club completed its two major invitation pairs tournaments at the weekend, with a successful staging of the Good Home women’s event. Bowlers for both events came from a wide spread of top bowlers from most northern centres, with Amy Cheung and Paul Kempthorne from Auckland’s St Heliers club, winning Sunday’s women’s final. They […]
Results – The Grove Orewa, BNH Men’s Fours Championship – 8 & 9 February 2025
Takapuna’s strong representation, six combinations among the entry of 24, was rewarded when one of its teams impressively won The Grove Orewa BNH men’s fours championships at the weekend. In the final at Takapuna. the host club’s Graham Skellern-skipped four of Brent Malcolm at three, Bob Telfer at two and Brett O’Riley at lead beat […]
Results – Milford 5000 Sat 25 & Sun 26 January 2025
The Milford 5000 was completed over the weekend, with a very successful result for North Harbour teams. The event was supported by the Sponsorship of: Harcourts Cooper & Co, Gavin Roberts Team Poynton Retirement Village Chemist Warehouse The field of 32 teams came from Northland, North Harbour, Auckland, and Bay of Plenty. On the first […]
BNZ Summerset 2025 National Men’s Singles & Women’s Pairs & Disability Pairs Report
Several bowlers from North Harbour clubs acquitted themselves with distinction in making the qualifying rounds of the men’s singles and the women’s pairs when the Summerset national championships concluded on January 9 at host club, Browns Bay Bowling Club. But despite these worthy efforts it was largely lean pickings for the centre when the championships […]
BNZ Summerset 2025 National Women’s Singles & Men’s Pairs & Disability Singles report.
It was another frustrating loss for the best performed North Harbour player in the 2025 Bowls New Zealand Summerset Nationals, Bowls North Harbour’s Wendy Jensen, when she went down 21-17 to Waikato’s Debbie White in the women’s singles final at Browns Bay yesterday. But in making the final Wendy achieved a record which would […]