Thrilling Weekend of Bowls Crowns Bowls North Harbour Champion of Champion Fours Winners

  • May 25, 2026

It was an action-packed weekend of high-caliber lawn bowls as the region’s top club teams went head-to-head in the Bowls North Harbour Champion of Champion Fours, played over the weekend of 23 and 24 May 2026.

Saturday Qualifying: The Fields Whittled Down
The tournament opened on Saturday with fields split across two local clubs to find our final knockout contenders:
• Women’s Section: Qualifying rounds were hosted at the picturesque Waimauku Bowling Club, featuring highly competitive, close encounters.
• Men’s Section: The men’s qualifying fields battled it out at Helensville Bowling Club, where excellent playing surface led to nail-biting, tactical finishes.

Super Sunday: High Stakes at Bowls Orewa
On Sunday, the competition shifted to the top-tier covered facilities at Bowls Orewa. The roof ensured that the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals for both men and women were played at the highest standard, completely uninterrupted by the elements.

The standard of play lifted to another level under the roof, narrowing down to these top post-section contenders:

Women’s Knockout Field:
• Quarter-Finals: Bowls Orewa def. Bowls Warkworth (13–7); Manly def. Bowls Northcote (18–13); Mairangi Bay def. Milford (21–6); and Birkenhead def. Sunnybrae (22–8).
• Semi-Final matchups: Manly went head-to-head with Bowls Orewa with Manly winning 19 – 17, while Mairangi Bay faced off against Birkenhead, with Mairangi coming through by 19- 8.
• Final: Mairangi Bay, Sheryl Wellington, Jan Gledhill, Theresa Rogers & Colleen Rice, defeated Manly, Helen Briant, Jan Harrison, Robyne Henderson & Kathy Stevens (16-14)

Men’s Knockout Field:
• Quarter-Finals: Manly def. Milford (18–3); Bowls Warkworth def. Sunnybrae (23–6); Riverhead def. Mahurangi East (15–12); and Browns Bay def. Birkenhead (17–13).
• Semi-Final matchups: Bowls Warkworth squared up against Manly with Warkworth winning (21 – 4), and Browns Bay battled Riverhead with Browns Bay claiming the win (16 – 3).
• Final: Browns Bay, Matt Bery, Colin Rogan, John Walker & Neil Fisher defeated Warkworth, Matthieu Lennan, Stewart MacDonald, Scott Wilson & Duncan Rhind (17 – 8)
A massive thank you to our host venues—Waimauku, Helensville, and Orewa—and the incredible volunteers and umpires who made the weekend a stellar success.