Lots of Years Ago.
18 – 7 – 1902
Large number of St. Albans’ residents met and decided to form the St. Albans Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club. A committee was formed to inspect sites and look at financial aspects and report back by the following Friday.
3 – 7 – 11 AGM
It was a significant meeting that occurred and it showed that the St. Albans-Merivale Bowling Club was prepared to plan for the future and recognize that the criteria that made a club successful for yesterday was no longer applicable for tomorrow. Hence the meeting gave the new executive the authority to negotiate with Curves so that they could become a permanent resident at the St. Albans-Merivale Bowling Club. This will give the club a good independent financial basis for the future; a time when the traditional charity grants and finance sources may well be impossible to obtain.
26 – 7 – 11
It is not often that indoor bowls are not held but that happened on Monday, July 25. And no, play was inside but it was too hard to get there!!!
I wonder how many reverted back to their childhood and made snowpersons and threw snowballs????????
July 2002.
Elmwood’s Andrew Curtain regains NZ spot in Commonwealth Games team for Manchester.
16 – 7 – 17
History was made today as members of both executives met for discussions regarding the amalgamation of the two clubs. St. Albans-Merivale and Elmwood.
Pictured here are some of the committee.
A huge amount of work will have to go into this. A new constitution will be formulated, a new club name will need to be chosen and new uniforms worn. Nothing will happen overnight.
MuzzaWeb was quietly confident that with good will all round the new club will confidently and successfully move into the future.
30 – 7 -17
At a special general meeting, the first held by the new club, the meeting decided that the new club would be named the Elmwood Park Bowling Club.
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30 – 7 – 19
A new ranking system that Bowls New Zealand is devising is hoped to be the catalyst to identifying some of the country’s best performing players, with Bowls New Zealand set to capture results and data to spotlight the best of the best.
Click on the BNZ icon for more information.
Bowls New Zealand Rankings System (pilot stage) 2018/19 season
Men
- Taylor Horn
- Andrew Kelly
- Shannon McIlroy
- =Richard Hocking & Gary Lawson
- Kelvin Scott
- Jordan King
- =Dean Elgar & Chris Lowe
- Lance Pascoe
Women
- Debbie White
- Kirsten Edwards
- Lisa Prideaux
- Selina Goddard
- Leigh Griffin
- Linda Ralph
- Amy Mcllroy
- Catherine Bien
- Ling Qu
- =Estelle Hickey & Val Smith
A new and improved Bowls New Zealand Rankings System will be made available next season.
Apparently every bowler is to have a ranking. The mind boggles!!! MuzzaWeb can’t help but wonder where he will be ranked??? And what will it mean??
2022 and I’m sure nothing more has been heard about this?????
2023 now, I’m sure nothing has been done about it?????
2024. Still haven’t heard a thing.
14 – 7 – 20
A revised programme was announced today, the men have been changed from pre Christmas 1.30 games back to 9.00.
All mens, womens and under 5s Saturday pre Christmas interclub competitions will begin at 9.00.
Pre Christmas interclub (men’s 3×4 pennants, men’s 2×4 pennants and women’s 2×4 pennants) division 3 and below will now play seven rounds pre Christmas.
The extra games will be played on Saturday 12 December and Saturdays 19 December.
MuzzaWeb wonders with all interclub to be played in the morning if there may be difficulties for some clubs to have enough rinks???
The combination 7s have been removed from the programme.
7 – 7 – 20
A big thank you to life members Mary Ann Johnstone and Mick Tarling for their very kind and generous donation to purchase a new water drinking fountain for the Heaton Street green. It will be great asset to our club for many years to come.
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New Clubhouse Update
Now that the rain has subsided for a day, here is some latest photos of the new club house which shows it really taking shape. The roof will be installed over the coming week and then the full height glazing for the north facing windows will be next, to get the building water tight. Without a doubt, when completed this will be one of the best lawn bowls clubhouse’s in the country.
28 – 7 – 22
A new website was introduced. A new feature included a section only for our members.
It required a code to access it but this was later withdrawn as it was somewhat unpopular.
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Lawn Bowls is an eligible sport under the Lincoln University Elite Sports Scholarship category. Applicants for the Elite Sports Scholarship are required to have competed at the National level in their chosen sport. Applications close on 15th August each year and are submitted via the online application portal MyLinc.nz. The Elite Scholarship provides up to $6,000 towards tuition fees or accommodation costs for the first year of study. Scholars are able to re-apply in subsequent years of study. In addition, the athletes also receive a comprehensive wraparound program, which includes access to mental conditioning coaches, nutritionists, physiotherapists, and sports conditioning experts.
National Champion of Champion Tournaments. 2022 – 23.
Elmwood Park had four club teams participating in this prestigious tournament which features topline bowlers from all around New Zealand. MuzzaWeb wonders if these numbers have been reached before. What an achievement.
First off was the singles with Nathan Glasson.
Men’s Singles: Nathan Glasson
Bronze medalist Nathan Glasson with Bowls New Zealand President Ann Wright.
Day 1: v Scott Ivimey – Arawa Bowling Club Won 21 – 11 v Garry Cotter – Central Cambridge BC Lost 14 – 21
Day 2: v Mike Haggart – Bowls Northcote Won 21 – 8 v Adam Yaxley – Awamoa BC Won 21 – 11
Post section play. QF v Maurice Symes – Fitzroy BC Won 21 – 13 12.30 SF v Kaylin Huwyler – Durie Hill BC Lost 12 – 21
Men’s Triples: Nathan Glasson, Gary Lawson and Ricky Cook.
MuzzaWeb is certain they would have been disappointed with the failure to reach post section. Two one point defeats at the start meant post section was a distance away.
Rd. 1: v Shaun Richards, Jim Bullen, Max Hamilton – Kerikeri Bowling Club. Lost 15 – 16
Rd. 2: v Pat Golder, Neil Barron, Tony Terry – Bowls Hastings. Lost 13 – 14
Rd. 3 Bye.
Rd. 4 v Graeme Corlett, Derek Taylor, Paul Rybinski – Paekakariki Bowling Club. Won 14 – 10
Rd. 5 Bye.
Rd. 6 v Murray Wilson, Reuben Silva, Owen Bennett – St Kilda Bowling Club. DNP.
Finally two teams fronting up in the fours was a tremendous achievement.
Men’s Fours: Nathan Glasson Kelvin Scott Gary Lawson Ricky Cook.
National champion of champion fours runner up with Bowls New
Zealand President Ann Wright.
Rd. 1 v Peter Ireland, Matthew Campbell, Steve Willis, Les O’Donovan – Featherston Bowling Club 17 – 12
Rd. 2 v Murray Glassey, Dwayne Cameron, Paul Sorenson, Ian Mason – Bowls Hastings 19 – 13
Rd. 3 Bye
Rd. 4 v Kevan Greenwood, Shane O’leary, Larry Smith, Alex Ellery – Renwick Bowling Club 22 – 4
Rd. 5 Bye
Rd. 6 Malcolm Trowell, Steve Goldsbury, Arthur Hawes, Peter Clay – Gisborne Bowling Club DNP
Sunday 23rd. Post section.
QF v Daymon Pierson, Steven Yates, Jack Huriwai, Jimmy Heath – Birkenhead Bowling Club 13 – 8
SF v Warwick Edgar, Dean McMurchy, Hugh Fidler, Ian Bowick – Onerahi Bowling Club 17 – 13
F v David Clark, Shane Drabble, Bryn Morgan, Logan Clark – Manurewa Cosmopolitan Bowling Club 10 – 15
Women’s Fours: Bev Morel, Fiona Frew, Kim Rowlands [replacing an injured Jan Shirley] and Tania Woodham.
Rd. 1 v Anita Vaotuua, Kathryn Flaugere, Jean Patterson, Ngawai Turipa – Poverty Bay Bowling Club 21 – 5
Rd. 2 v Chris Telford, Michelle Robinson, Trish McGrail, Mere Nepia – Bowls Hastings 6 – 21
Rd. 3 Bye
Rd. 4 v Karen De Jongh, Deb White, Bev Corbett, Jocelyn Holten – Hinuera Bowling Club 20 – 5
Rd. 5 v Diane Strawbridge, Dawn Owens, Janice Little, Barbara Hopper – Bowls Kensington 13 – 14 Great effort from 1 – 11 down to lose narrowly on the last bowl. The team which beat them then went on to win the final.
Rd. 6 Bye
