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Club Championships 2025 – 26

Club Championships 2025 – 26

Club Championship Draws. Women’s Fours     Updated 22/11 Women’s Triples     Updated 18/10 Women’s Pairs     Updated 6/12 Women’s Singles     Updated 16/1 Men’s Fours     Updated 20/12 Men’s Triples     Updated 20/12 Men’s Pairs     Updated 20/1 Men’s Singles     Updated 16/1 Mixed Pairs     Updated 13/1 Men’s Singles Yr. 1 & 2   …

Team Selections

Team Selections

*********************************************** Saturday Interclub.     17 – 1 – 26 *************************************************************************** All reserves will be guaranteed games in rotation. Duty Teams. Unlock clubrooms/greens Set up:   Mats   Jacks   Chalk   Scorecards Put out:   Cups   Coffee/tea/sugar/biscuits Once bowling is finished. Put away:   Mats   Jacks   Any rubbish in bins Do any dishes/ensure kitchen/kitchenette etc clean & tidy Put away coffee/tea/sugar/biscuits…

Latest News

Latest News

16 – 1 – 26 Bowls New Zealand is pleased to announce the selected squad to represent New Zealand at the upcoming Nations Cup tournament, to be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia from 15-18 February 2026. This prestigious event brings together top-tier competitors from across the Asia-Pacific region. Importantly this event is being held solely on…

Notices

Notices

13 – 1 – 26 The Council has advised us that the Heaton Street car park will be totally closed for parking on the 19th & 20th of January , next week. And partially closed for the rest of the week as they trim up some of the trees. 11 – 1 – 26 Hi All…

Coaching. 14 Weight Control Tips

Coaching. 14 Weight Control Tips

Practise game for this unit. Click on the bowl.         Drill 4 Coaching. Tips for “Weight” Control. Here are some suggestions for weight control. 1)    Elevation method. Elevating the bowl higher in front of you will assist in getting you a bigger pendulum swing and therefore increase weight. The coordinated swing and…

Results.

Results.

11 – 1 – 26    9.00 Centre Yr. 1 & 2 singles section play. Good luck to Matt Lewis and Annette Scully. Well done to Matt who qualified. Annette won her first game and was leading in her second but retired feeling unwell. Quite a few defaults noted, from the hot temperatures possibly?  Good…

Back in Time. Memories!!

Back in Time. Memories!!

Seventeen Years Ago. 17 – 1 – 09 Tens began. Different format from this season; fours, triples, pairs and singles. The club fielded two teams but what made the selections more interesting was the inclusion of the young guns.  Jamie Wagner played with Allan Reid and Murray Scott in the triples and Nick McKay played…

Pre Christmas Review. 2025.

Pre Christmas Review. 2025.

Representative. Bowls New Zealand High Performance Squad: Lance Pascoe, Emily Belton, performance lead. Bowls Canterbury Coaches: Development women:   Coach:  Neil Buchanan Senior Men: Ricky Cook, Andrew Curtain [former Elmwood member and Black Jack, great to see his involvement.] Southern Quad: Development Team: Glenford Porter, Seddon Jury Jane, Naoko Fukuhara, Jo Wyatt and Annette Scully….

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