Results – Executive Fours – Sunday 10th September 2023 – by Lindsay Knight.

Bowls North Harbour’s 2023-24 season was launched with a pleasant Executive fours tournament at the weekend on the Hobsonville club’s new carpet green. Birkenhead, one of the centre’s most consistent clubs over many years, won the tournament skipped by one of its evergreen players, Lionel Drew.  Lead Barry ... More

BNH Pennants Report – by Lindsay Knight

Orewa, despite losing several top players to neighbouring clubs, seems likely to remain a force in North Harbour bowls, if its performances in the centre pennants competitions which concluded at the weekend are a guide. Orewa’s won the men’s division, beating Beach Haven in the final and in the women’s divisions ... More

BNH Pennants – Men’s Post-Section Qualifiers

The eight teams to qualify for post-section the BNH Men's Pennants tomorrow at Manly, starting at 9:00 am, are: Beach Haven Badgers Takapuna Ryman Orewa Blue Orewa White Hobsonville Phantoms Mairangi Bay Sharks Riverhead Gold Manly Lions These teams have been entered into a blind draw. https://results.bowlshub.... More

BNH Pennants – Mixed Post Section

Qualifiers for the BNH Mixed Pennants are: Mairangi Bay Stingrays Hobsonville Mairangi Snapper Northcote One draw is on Bowls Hub Aotearoa https://results.bowlshub.co.nz/competition/563f4371-8144-4e09-ac51-0095ce05fd3d Post-section play at Manly on Sunday 27th August starting at 9:00 am with trial ends at 8:45am ... More

BNH Pennants – Women’s Post Section

Qualifiers (corrected) for the Women's competition are: Manly White Birkenhead Bees Orewa Gold Manly Blue results and draw are on Bowls Hub Aotearoa https://results.bowlshub.co.nz/competition/431110f1-ed9a-4a21-9100-1607d3ca6965 Post-section play at Manly on Sunday 27th August starting at 9:00 am with trial ends at ... More

Mercedes Cup – Success over the Years – report by Lindsay Knight

Helensville’s efforts in winning the Mercedes Cup at Whangarei in early July has been rightly celebrated as one of the highlights of the Bowls North Harbour season.  But it wasn’t quite as rare an occasion as some thought at the time. As Birkenhead stalwart John Hindmarch points out, several other Harbour clubs ... More

Results Report – Winter Cup 2023 – by Lindsay Knight

  Orewa in the men’s and Mairangi Bay in the women’s took the major honours when the Winter Cup competitions were decided at Browns Bay on Friday.   But each competition was won only after thrilling, tense final matches, with the Orewa Seagulls just winning the men’s from the host Browns Bay club and the Mairangi ... More

BNH Winter Cup – Finals Day Results Links

The Bowls North Harbour Winter Cup for both women and men is due to be completed this Friday 4th August at Browns Bay with play starting at 9:30 am. The four teams in the women's final will be playing a round robin: three games. The link to the results is: Women's Winter Cup Finals   The men's final is a knockout ... More

Winter Cup – Finals Day 4 August 2023

Both the Women's and the Men's Finals of the 2023 Winter Cup are to be played at Browns Bay on Friday 4th August 2023, start time is 9:30 am. The format for the Women's Final is a Round Robin between the four finalists: Wellington - Mairangi Bay Pearls Oates - Browns Bay Babes Howden - Orewa Sea Gals Brassett - ... More

Champion of Champion Fours – report by Lindsay Knight

Birkenhead, representing the Bowls North Harbour centre, missed out in the national champion of champion fours tournaments, which were held in the Auckland region at the weekend. However, the men’s team of Daymon Pierson, Steven Yates, Jack Huriwai and Jimmy Heath did qualify for Sunday’s post-section play, where in ... More