Obituary – Madeleine Holland

Madeleine Holland, who died on Tuesday in her early 80s, was one of North Harbour’s top women’s bowlers, winning 12 centre titles between 1992 and 2011.  Madeleine started bowls with the Browns Bay women’s club, where one of here first mentors was a later North Harbour life member Margaret Duke, then with the ... More

Champion of Champion National Singles 2024

Lisa Dickson put in a gallant effort but it wasn’t quite enough to bring another New Zealand  title for the Takapuna club or the North Harbour centre when the national champion of champion singles titles were decided in Dunedin at the weekend.  Playing in the southern city’s indoor centre, Lisa made Sunday’s ... More

Results Report – BNH Winter Cup July 2024

Warkworth’s men’s team of Mike Burke, Stewart Macdonald, Guy Robson and Ross Ruddell spoiled, if only to a small extent, the party for the Mairangi Bay club when the Winter Cup competitions were concluded at Browns Bay on Friday.  Warkworth foiled what would have been a Mairangi Bay double, following the outstand... More

Bowls North Harbour Annual Awards – 2024

Two of Bowls North Harbour’s most consistent players over many season, John Walker and Elaine McClintock, and Mairangi Bay’s Ian Coombe topped the many worthy winners at the Centre's annual awards ceremony held on Sunday 23 June 2024 at the Hobsonville club. John, the namesake of one of New Zealand’s most famous ... More

Results report – BNH Champ of Champ 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs – 15th & 16th June 2024

John Walker enhanced an already phenomenal record in North Harbour bowls by winning in dramatic fashion the Centre's mixed Champ of Champ 2-4-2 pairs competition at the Sunnybrae Bowling Club at the weekend. In Sunday’s final, after an absorbing match in which there was some quality bowls from all four players, ... More

Bowls North Harbour NZ Masters Entries are Open!

And entries for Bowls North Harbour NZ Masters is officially open and on the website.  We welcome you to North Harbour and our host club Browns Bay Bowling Club for the tournament 7-11 October 2024.  Read more about it here: https://www.bowlsnorthharbour.com/bnh-nz-master-2024.../ Entries can be done in BowlsHub: ... More

Report – OPEN 2-4-2 Any Combination Pairs – 8th & 9th June 2024

Orewa’s Allan McQuoid and Chris Bailey, both relatively new bowlers, were impressive winners of Bowls North Harbour open two-four-two pairs tournament which concluded in difficult conditions at Takapuna on Sunday.  McQuoid and Bailey won the first prize of $500 with an emphatic win in the final over Shaun Goldsbury and ... More

June Coaching starting 1st June at the BIG TOP, Orewa.

Coaching starts June 1st. Registration at 9:00 am for a 9:30 start. Change of Date: no coaching session on 22 June as many clubs are holding their Annual General Meeting. This has been replaced with a session on 29th June. More

BNH Open 2-4-2 Any Combination Pairs – 8 & 9 June 2024

The link to the Conditions of Play and Draw for the BNH OPEN 2-4-2 Any Combination Pairs competition is now online. Open 2-4-2 AC Pairs Saturday 8 June 2024 - all play starts at 9:00 am Three rounds of section play and one round of post section Section 1 at Belmont Park Bowling Club Section 2 at Browns Bay Bowling ... More

Report – BNH Champ of Champ Fours – 25th & 26th May 2024

Riverhead’s golden run in the Bowls North Harbour Centre’s champion of champion events continued at the weekend with success in the men’s fours to add to the pairs and triples wins earlier this month.  In Sunday’s final on Mairangi Bay’s carpet, Steve Cox, Grant Goodwin, Duane McDonald and Lindsay Gilmore made ... More