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‘Blackjacks’ Excitement Builds For 2023 World Bowls Championships

Monday, 28 August 2023, 2:15 pm | Bowls New Zealand

The New Zealand lawn bowls team, the 'Blackjacks', are now in camp ahead of the eagerly anticipated 2023 World Bowls Championships starting in the Gold Coast tomorrow. The World Championships were last held seven years ago, in Christchurch. Since then, ... More >>

27 Year Old Tayla Bruce Wins World Championship Singles

Monday, 28 November 2022, 11:02 am | Bowls New Zealand

New Zealand representative Tayla Bruce has continued her meteoric rise on the world stage, defeating the vastly experienced Australian campaigner Carla Krizanic to claim gold at the 2022 World Champion of Champion Singles in Wellington. Hosted at the ... More >>

Aussie Steal The Lead At Trans-Tasman In Ballarat

Saturday, 3 September 2022, 5:07 am | Bowls New Zealand

The New Zealand Indoor Bowls team (the Mat Blacks) are trailing Australia by two game points at the completion of a mammoth day two of the Tran Tasman currently being played in Ballarat. The test is played over three days, with every country picking ... More >>

Trans-Tasman Test Locked At 11 All In Ballarat

Friday, 2 September 2022, 5:22 am | Bowls New Zealand

The New Zealand Indoor Bowls team (the Mat Blacks) are locked in a titanic battle for Trans-Tasman supremacy after day one the three day test match currently being held in Ballarat. The last time New Zealand played Australia was three years ago ... More >>

Bowlers Battle For Final Selection

Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:07 pm | Bowls New Zealand

The Bowls New Zealand High Performance squad will gather at the Rocky Nook Bowling Club in Auckland on the 12th and 13th March, for their second and final pre-Commonwealth Games Trial. The Bowls New Zealand selectors Peter Belliss and Phillip Skoglund have ... More >>

26 Year Old Tayla Bruce Wins New Zealand Singles Championship At Home Club

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 8:52 am | Bowls New Zealand

“As the 2022 Summerset National Championships women’s singles final came to an end, Tayla Bruce was more relieved than jubilant The 26-year-old had done it at last, after years of near misses. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2201/dfeb6c627f41266fcf70.jpeg" ... More >>

Gary Lawson And Tony Grantham Lose National Pairs Final To Andrew Kelly And Seamus Curtin

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 11:00 am | Bowls New Zealand

Despite being one of the country’s best players, Andrew Kelly didn’t have high expectations ahead of the 2022 Summerset National men’s pairs tournament. The Blackjack has a strong record at national level but arrived at the Christchurch event without ... More >>

Kelvin Scott A Triumphant National Singles Champion

Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 1:51 pm | Bowls New Zealand

Kelvin Scott wasn’t planning to compete at the 2022 Summerset National men’s singles tournament, until a late change of heart. He managed to get an entry just before the deadline, for his first appearance at the event since 2016. It proved ... More >>

One Month To Go For New North V South Bowls Challenge

Thursday, 5 August 2021, 6:51 am | Bowls New Zealand

It’s just under a month until the new initiative in bowls in New Zealand takes place as the North (Te Ika-M-āui) and South (Te Waipounamu) teams clash in the new inter-island challenge in Dunedin. The teams range from 21-year-old hotshots to the ... More >>

Big Names Confirmed For North V South Challenge

Thursday, 3 June 2021, 1:53 pm | Bowls New Zealand

Some of the biggest names in bowls in New Zealand has been confirmed in the North (Te Ika-M-āui) and South (Te Waipounamu) Island teams for the new inter-island challenge in September. The North v South Challenge will be contested at the Hopes Dunedin ... More >>

Bowls NZ Confirms New North V South Challenge

Thursday, 27 May 2021, 12:08 pm | Bowls New Zealand

A new initiative for bowls in New Zealand has been confirmed with the sport adding a fresh level of inter-island competition with the ‘first’ North (Te Ika-A-Maui) v South (Te Waipounamu) contest set for later this year. The North v South Challenge ... More >>

Teams preparing for National Secondary Schools Bowls Champs

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 9:38 am | Bowls New Zealand

Bowls Team to prepare for the National Secondary Schools Bowls Championships with the Pt Chev Parrots More >>

Bowls3Five ‘on SKY Sport’ Teams Announced

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 5:09 pm | Bowls New Zealand

Bowls New Zealand today announced the six club teams to compete in the inaugural televised league of the new fast format, Bowls3Five, coming this October on SKY Sport. More >>

Bowls3Five primed for SKY Sport debut

Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 2:34 pm | Bowls New Zealand

Get ready, Bowls3Five is coming to SKY Sport - and with a short fast format, it’s going to challenge the perception of lawn bowls and arguably become the most innovative change to the sport yet. More >>

Kiwi Makes Final Of Champion of Champions Tournament

Sunday, 5 November 2017, 12:29 pm | Bowls New Zealand

New Plymouth bowler Dean Elgar is continuing his great form of late with a top performance to make the final of the 2017 World Singles Champion of Champions Bowls tournament at St Johns Park, Sydney, Australia. A couple of weeks ago he won his 11th Taranaki ... More >>

Bowls NZ Statement

Thursday, 3 July 2008, 10:02 am | Bowls New Zealand

RE: “Bowls Clubs Hit By Finance Firm Woes” by Alanah May Eriksen. 2 July, 2008. NZ Herald More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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