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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 >>

Blackjacks In Medal Contention At World Championships

Thursday, 31 August 2023, 7:36 am | Bowls New Zealand

30 August The Blackjacks have continued their strong form on Day Two of the World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast. Seven disciplines (women’s singles, men’s pairs, men’s triples, women’s fours, para women’s pairs, para men’s pairs ... More >>

Blackjacks Taste Success On First Day Of The World Bowls Championships

Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 8:42 pm | Bowls New Zealand

The New Zealand lawn bowls team, the ‘Blackjacks’ have begun their campaign with a bang at the World Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast today, winning 16 of the 18 games played on day one. It is the biggest World Bowls Championships in ... More >>

‘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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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