Category: Competitions

  • Invitation Pairs washed out

    victoria-20th-invitational-pairs-results For the second time in its history the Speight’s Victoria Invitation 2-4-2 Pairs was abandoned today with persistent overnight and morning heavy rain making it impossible to attempt preparation of the greens. Division 1 and 2 money was shared out between the 8 teams in each Division. Tournament control did very well to get…

  • Well done Laurie!

    Congratulations to super sub Laurie Guy who was brought into the Scotty’s Meats NZ Professional Bowls Association team to play the Australian PBA at the Heretaunga Club in Hastings at the start of the month. Laurie benefitted from last year’s individual champion Ken Walker wrecking his achilles in a gardening accident making the most of…

  • Well done Rich and Brad!

    Congratulations to Richard Corry for winning the Professional Bowls Association Ranking Singles event at the Heretaunga Club in Hastings on Saturday. Richard narrowly beat Bradley Down in a great final 10-8, 7-7. Rich then went on to reach the quarterfinals of the International Singles qualifier on Sunday before losing to Scott Mackenzie (Wairarapa) 7-8, 9-12.…

  • Well done Peter, MaryAnn and Rich!

    Well done to Peter Rintoul, MaryAnn Wilson and Richard Corry who narrowly missed retaining their Wellington Catholic Open Triples indoor bowls title last week at Berhampore. They went down by one shot to Maree and Kevin Crighton and Marcus Trlin (Vogelmorn) in a see-saw final.

  • 2015/16 National Awards Finalists

    2015/2016 FINALISTS  Centre of the Year Finalists: Canterbury, Wairarapa, Wellington Female Domestic Player of the Year Finalists: Angela Boyd, Kirsten Edwards (nee Griffin), Leigh Griffin, Mandy Boyd Female Development Player of the Year Finalists: Ashleigh Jeffcoat, Cait Bassett, Nicole Toomey Male Under 18 Player of the Year Finalists: Bradley Down, Jonty Horwell, Seamus Curtin

  • Youth rules in battle for World’s berth

    By Anendra Singh 4:40 AM Monday Aug 1, 2016 Bradley Down, 17, after beating Ian Mason, 75, in the NZ PBA qualifying final last night. Photo / Anendra Singh Young and old came face to face in the final of the New Zealand Professional Bowls Association national qualifiers in Hastings last night. So who do…