1.            Entries Open for Forthcoming Events

 

OPEN 2-4-2 Pairs
Entries close 26^th May 
Entry Fee $25 per player.
Event held on 10^th & 11^th June.

Winter Cup
Entries close 23^rd June
Entry Fee $100 per team.
Event held on Fridays 7^th / 21^st / 28^th July.
(not 14^th July as this is Matariki Weekend)

2.            Upcoming Events

Champ of Champ 1-5 Year Singles
Entries closed 12th May
Event held on 27th & 28th May at Manly and Mairangi Bay.
Saturday – men at Manly, women at Mairangi Bay
Sunday – men at Manly for semi-finals and finals.

3.    Other News

Call for Nominations
All clubs are invited to nominate their club, their volunteers and their officials for the 2022 / 2023 season awards in the following categories:

1. Volunteer of the year
2. Coach of the year
3. Official of the year
4. Umpire of the year
5. Greenkeeper of the year
6. Administrator of the year
7. Club of the year

The nomination forms have been sent to all clubs and are also available on the Bowls North Harbour website under the News tab.

Call for Applications – BNH Rep Management Team Convenors
BNH Representative Management Team Convenors for the 2023/24 season

Applications are now open for positions with the:

• Men’s 1-5 Year team
• Women’s 1-5 Year team
• Men’s Open team
• Women’s Open team

Are you a great communicator, with organisational skills and a drive to succeed? If you are we’d love to hear from you about becoming a Rep Management Team Convenor. Pick your own team to coach, select and manage our representatives and enjoy success on the greens for Bowls North Harbour.

Applications close 1 June 2023
Please email your CV to:  [email protected]
or phone Robyne Walker 021 236 0585 to discuss.

BNH Winter Coaching
The BNH winter coaching program (for all players, regardless of experience) will take place under the roof at Orewa on Saturdays 10^th, 17^th & 24^th June, 9:00 am to 12 noon. The cost is $5.00 per day, payable on the day.  The final coaching session on the 24^th will include a sausage sizzle.

Attendees must be either full or first year members of a club in the Bowls North Harbour Centre.

To register, email [email protected]

Excellent registrations to date and more places still available.  Grab your mate/bubby/bowls chum and register now by email.

BNH Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Bowls North Harbour Inc., as advised on Friday 5^th May 2023, is to be held on Sunday 25^th June at Browns Bay Bowling club commencing at 11:00 am and will be followed by the BNH Awards and Prize Giving celebration, starting at 1:00 pm.

Nominations are open for the board positions and for the board President and Vice-President, with the application form on the Bowls North Harbour website.  https://www.bowlsnorthharbour.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516-Board-Members-Appliction-Form.pdf

1-5 Year Mercedes Cup postponed.

Is to go ahead on 1^st July at Kamo Bowling Club with Helensville representing Bowls North Harbour.

BNH Event Planner 2023 / 2024 Season.

The 2023 / 2024 Event Planner has been distributed to all clubs and is available on the BNH website.  There have been minor changes (venue updates).  The latest version is dated 15^th May 2023.

https://www.bowlsnorthharbour.com/events-calendar/bnh-event-planners-2023-2024-season/

In preparing the Event Calendar, the Match Committee has taken onboard the feedback from clubs to maximise the number of weekends available for club events and has endeavoured to do this.  With this in mind, the PPL event has been removed.  

BNH Champion of Champion Competitions Completed.
Congratulation to all the participants and to the winners of the BNH Champion of Champion competitions.
These players will be representing their Club and Bowls North Harbour at the National events.

Men’s Singles	Men’s Pairs	Men’s Triples	Men’s Fours	Women’s Singles	Women’s Pairs	Women’s Triples	Women’s Fours
Northcote	Browns Bay	Browns Bay	Birkenhead	Orewa	Orewa	Takapuna	Birkenhead
Mike Haggart	Neil Fisher Sean Mulholland	Neil Fisher John Walker Colin Rogan	Daymon Pierson Steve Yates Jack Huriwai Jimmy Heath	Elaine McClintock	Elaine McClintock Kerin Roberts	Wendy Jensen Trish Hardy Jan Calcott	Millie Nathan Loz Croot Bev Rolfe Connie Mathieson

Venues and dates for these tournaments are:
Singles: 30/6/23 – 2/7/23 – Hastings
Pairs: 7-9/7/23 – Dunedin
Triples: 14-16/7/23 – Dunedin
Fours: 21-23/7/23 – Auckland & Pukekohe *
*Men – Royal Oak (Fri 21/7) & Pukekohe (Sat 22/7)
*Women – Pukekohe (Fri 21/7) & Royal Oak (Sat 22/7)
*Men and Women – Royal Oak (Sun 23/7)