Bowls3Five Report – Contributed Article

Birkenhead’s David Eades, Wendy Jensen and Jeni Hart won Bowls North Harbour’s Bowls3Five competition held in beautiful weather at Browns Bay at the weekend. In a format where luck plays an even greater role than is normal in bowls, and it is difficult for any team to avoid defeat, the trio did lose two of their ... More

National Intercentre – 12-15 March 2026

Despite each making promising starts, the North Harbour men’s and women’s teams both failed to deliver at the recent national inter-centre championships held across Auckland and Harbour greens. After Thursday’s opening day both were in leading positions in their qualifying sections, the men’s team having started ... More

1 – 5 Year OCTAGONAL 14 & 15 March 2026 at Tauranga

North Harbour’s one-to-five women’s representatives provided the centre with some joy at the weekend, with a commendable effort at the junior octagonal at Tauranga. They finished runners-up to Auckland, overcoming a poor start when in the first round they lost 3-0 to Thames Valley and were held to a draw in the ... More

1 – 5 Year Octagonal 14 & 15 March 2026 – Draw and Results Link

Event Date 14 March - 15 March 2026 HOST VENUE Matua Bowling Club – Tauranga (Bowls Bay of Plenty) COMPETITING SIDES Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, Far North, Northland, North Harbour, Thames Valley, Waikato START TIME Saturday 09:00 am Sunday 8:30 am FORMAT OF SIDE Each centre ... More

Bowls North Harbour Men’s Division 1 Interclub 7’s

   Even the most gifted thriller writer could not have scripted any better the spine-tingling climax to the North Harbour open men’s sevens championship when it concluded at Browns Bay at the weekend.  In a truly sensational final, when the result was in doubt until the last bowl of the contest, Mairangi Bay upset ... More

BNH Interclub Women’s Division 1 and the Division 2 Report

For the third consecutive year Mairangi Bay will represent North Harbour when the national women’s inter-club sevens are decided in Wellington next month, after a post-section day of high drama and fluctuating fortunes.   In Sunday’s final Mairangi Bay beat the host club two matches to one, but only after the Wendy ... More

National 2-4-2 Pairs – outstanding performances

  Irene Donaldson and Matt Berry were the best performed of the many combinations with ties to North Harbour who competed at the national 2-4-2 mixed pairs championship in the Bay of Plenty.  Donaldson, now with Manly and with three Harbour titles to her name, and Berry, last season’s national singles champion and now ... More

1 -5 Year Octagonal – Bay of Plenty – 14 – 15 March 2026

Bowls North Harbour congratulates those selected for the 1-5 Year OCTAGONAL and wish all safe travels and good bowls.  Do Bowls North Harbour proud!!     More

2026 Nationals – Top Showing by Bowls North Harbour

After what had been a tournament of mainly qualified achievement, from a North Harbour viewpoint, the national fours championships in Mt Maunganui were suddenly galvanised on Sunday’s final day when two teams with strong Harbour connections excelled. Lisa Dickson’s Takapuna line-up of three Lauren Mills, two Hannah ... More

Report – OCTAGONAL 14 & 15 February 2026

In what was a tumultuous final day full of drama and twists and turns, North Harbour’s two premier representative teams came agonisingly close to winning the Octagonal inter-centre titles at Howick at the weekend. The men’s team reached the seventh and last round with a narrow lead. But on a day, when because of the ... More