Obituary – John Sakey

John Sakey, a distinguished contributor to the Takapuna Bowling Club, both as a player and in various administrative roles, and much respected throughout the Bowls North Harbour centre, has died, after a lengthy illness, aged 80. From a background in indoor bowls, John joined Takapuna in 1994 and quickly became one of ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

A Milestone for John Miles

Mairangi Bay’s weekly Thursday winter triples tournament will have an extra dimension on August 21, with a special guest of honour in club stalwart and life member, John Miles. One of the most remarkable characters in the North Harbour centre, John will be celebrating his 100th birthday, even if that momentous ... More

2025 2026 Season Handbook

The Bowls North Harbour 2025 2026 season handbook will be published in hardcopy and should be available by opening day on Sunday 7 September. Here is a link to the DRAFT copy of the handbook, which contains the updated club information and the OPEN events. Please review this DRAFT and advise of any changes and correcti... More

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-se... More

PENNANTS – 2025 2026 Season

Clubs will be aware of the pennants competition over the last few years. They had lapsed for a time and following last season's pennants we asked clubs for their views for the continuation of this event. The response was encouraging in that most clubs were in favour of continuing this form of competition and there were ... More

The Channel magazine report – 2025 2026 Season BNH Representatives

 John Walker, in his new role as representative team director, has been pro-active already in spearheading Bowls North Harbour’s resolve to achieve greater success at national team levels. Walker, one of Harbour’s official “legends” and with 31 centre titles plus two national successes to his credit, is well ... More

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 ... More