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

Centre Fours – Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 February 2026

Takapuna achieved the rare, and possibly unprecedented, feat in the centre’s championship fours at the weekend, that being a second double of title successes on the one day.  In Sunday’s finals at Birkenhead Chris Taylor, Chris Charles, Murray Mathieson and Norm Scott-Morrison won the men’s event, beating Birkenhe... More

Report – $6,000 Birkenhead Carpet Mill Men’s Pairs – 31 Jan & 1 Feb 2026

Mount Albert’s Zoran Bartulovich and Neven Grgicevich emerged from a highly competitive field to win the $6,000 Carpet Mill Birkenhead Men’s Pairs at the weekend. After two days of quality bowls they won the final against another excellent combination, Northland father-and-son, Daniel and David Hood.  For their win ... More

Announcement of the Squads for the Octagonals on 14 & 15 February 2026

Bowls North Harbour is pleased to announce the publication of the Premier and Development Representative teams selected to compete at the upcoming Octagonal on 14 & 15 February 2026. In each section, both men’s and women’s sides have been named, reflecting the depth of talent across the centre. These teams showcase ... More

Milford 5000 – Sat 24 & Sun 25 January 2026

Manly’s Shaun Goldsbury, Skye Renes and Andy Dorrance were a decisive winning team at the weekend of another highly successful and competitive Harcourts Cooper Milford 5000.  The Goldsbury-skipped trio was the only combination which finished Sunday’s 16-team championship with four wins to finish as an outright ... More

National Pairs and Singles – it’s a wrap!!

In what generally was a quiet tournament for bowlers from the northern part of the country, Leeane Poulson and Tony Grantham injected some North Harbour interest into the final day of the 2025-26 national singles and championships in Christchurch. Leeane, who joined the Takapuna club from Counties this season and who ... More