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Champions Brave Conditions To Claim World Bowls Titles In Auckland
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 8:47 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Over 50 champion bowlers from 30 nations competed in the 22nd World Bowls Champion of Champions Singles this week. After a week of superb weather, the playoffs were a battle with the weather, with light and persistent rain throughout the day. More >>
Takarua Qualifies For Medal Rounds At World Bowls Champion Of Champions
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 8:43 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand singles champion finished runner-up in his section with his only loss to 2019 world champion Lee Schraner from Australia, in a close-fought clash of high quality. More >>
86 Teams Qualify In National Lawn Bowls Mixed Pairs In Taranaki
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 8:13 pm | Bowls New Zealand
A record 246 teams descended upon Taranaki to contest the Open National Mixed Pairs on perfect greens all around the province. Twenty greens have been in use over the last two days, as teams strove to win the required four or more games out of six ... More >>
Bowls Nationals Reach Post Section Stage In Taranaki
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 5:46 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The first lot of section play at the 2024 Summerset Bowls National Championships have come to conclusion, with qualifiers confirmed in the Men's and Women's Fours. Over 160 fours teams have descended upon Taranaki to contest the two championships, ... More >>
Australia Snatch Victory From The Jaws Of Potential Defeat Over New Zealand In Tight Tussle At Naenae Bowling Club Clash
Sunday, 4 February 2024, 6:40 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Wellington’s Naenae Bowling Club is hosting a lawn bowls Trans-Tasman, as we see the return of this event to New Zealand shores after a seven-year absence. International bowls followers will recognise Naenae as being the hosts of the 2022 World Champion ... More >>
Australia And New Zealand Locked In Tight Tussle At Naenae Lawn Bowls Clash
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 7:15 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Wellington’s Naenae Bowling Club is hosting a lawn bowls Trans-Tasman, as we see the return of this event to New Zealand shores after a seven-year absence. International bowls followers will recognise Naenae as being the hosts of the 2022 World Champion ... More >>
Australia And New Zealand Continue Trans Tasman Rivalry At Naenae Lawn Bowls Clash
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 7:11 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Wellington’s Naenae Bowling Club is hosting a lawn bowls Trans-Tasman, as we see the return of this event to New Zealand shores after a seven-year absence. International bowls followers will recognise Naenae as being the hosts of the 2022 World Champion ... More >>
Bowls Nationals Enters Final Stages In Garden City
Monday, 8 January 2024, 10:41 am | Bowls New Zealand
The 2024 Summerset Bowls National Championships has reached the post section stage of the Open Disability Singles, the Open Women’s Singles and the Open Men’s Pairs. It’s the biggest National Bowls Championships in over a decade, with over 800 individual ... More >>
Bowls Nationals Reach Post Section Stage In Christchurch
Saturday, 6 January 2024, 1:52 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Champions found in the rain at Bowls Nationals The 2024 Summerset Bowls National Championships has come to a conclusion for the Men’s Singles, Women’s Pairs and the Open Disability Pairs. It’s the biggest National Bowls Championships in over ... More >>
Finals Day About To Kick Off At Bowls Nationals
Thursday, 4 January 2024, 7:14 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The 2024 Summerset Bowls National Championships have reached the final stages of the Men’s Singles, Women’s Pairs and the Open Disability Pairs. It’s the biggest National Bowls Championships in over a decade, with over 800 individual bowlers descending ... More >>
Blackjacks Awarded Best Overall Women’s Team At World Bowls
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 6:21 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand women’s bowls team capped an excellent campaign at the 2023 World Bowls Championships, awarded the prestigious Taylor Trophy at the conclusion of the event. New Zealand has only previously won the Taylor Trophy, awarded to the best ... More >>
Blackjacks Chase Gold In World Championship Finals
Friday, 8 September 2023, 7:26 pm | Bowls New Zealand
On the back of a record-setting day for their skip, Val Smith, a formidable New Zealand women's triples team will chase gold tomorrow against hosts Australia at the Bowls World Championships on the Gold Coast. Smith celebrated the semifinal victory ... More >>
Blackjacks Playoff Battles – Week 2 Day 4 Quarterfinals 1.30pm
Friday, 8 September 2023, 1:59 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand Blackjacks have been embroiled in nail-bitingly close battles in quarterfinal action at the World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast. The women’s pair of Katelyn Inch and Selina Goddard were down 1-4 after four ends against Scotland ... More >>
Blackjacks Qualify For Medal Chase At World Bowls Championships
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 8:27 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand Blackjacks have made every post a winner today, winning all but one game, and booking a place in the medal rounds for three of the four disciplines at the World Boys Championships on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile singles star, Andrew ... More >>
Blackjacks Women Qualify – Week 2 Day 3 Update 4.15pm
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 5:32 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand Blackjacks women’s pair of Katelyn Inch and Selina Goddard withstood enormous pressure to sneak through to the medal rounds at the World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast. Inch and Goddard managed a 16-15 victory over a spirited team ... More >>
Blackjacks On-course For Medal Rounds At World Championships
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 8:59 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand Blackjacks are on course to qualify for all disciplines the second week of competition at the World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast. They won nine of the 11 games played in what is the largest World Bowls Championship in history, ... More >>
Blackjacks Make Perfect Winning Start To World Bowls Championships Week 2
Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 8:14 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The New Zealand lawn bowls team - the ‘Blackjacks’ - have made a perfect start to the second week of competition at the World Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, winning all 10 games contested today. The team had a fantastic first week with Tayla ... More >>
Tayla Bruce Bags Brilliant Singles World Title To Make Two Golds For Blackjacks
Sunday, 3 September 2023, 6:08 pm | Bowls New Zealand
Tayla Bruce in action and celebrating her world title on the Gold Coast today. Twenty-eight year old Tayla Bruce found two ends of magic to claim the women’s singles title at the World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Christchurch bowler ... More >>
Blackjacks New Zealand Para Pair Create World Bowls History
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 6:45 pm | Bowls New Zealand
The world of lawn bowls witnessed an extraordinary achievement today as New Zealand's dynamic duo, Teri Blackbourn, and Julie O'Connell, clinched the gold medal at the inaugural Women's Para Pairs event during the World Bowls Championships on the Gold ... More >>
Blackjacks Chase Gold At The World Bowls Championship
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 5:17 am | Bowls New Zealand
An exciting day of lawn bowls has unfolded on the Gold Coast, as the New Zealand Blackjacks have battled their way into medal contention at the largest World Championships ever held. The table topping Women’s Para pairs team of Teri Blackbourn and Julie ... More >>