Obituary – Donald Arthur Rae Charles – Donnie

The Sunnybrae club has lost one of its most prominent members, with the passing on August 27 of Donald Arthur Charles Rae. A book-binder by trade, Donnie, as he was always known, was aged 92. Though he started bowls at the Glenfield club, Donnie was a foundation member of Sunnybrae when it started in 1982, and became ... More

Results – BNH Pennants 2024 Wrap up

As expected, even though it had the bye in the last round, Birkenhead did enough in its one match at the weekend to clinch the Bowls North Harbour Centre Division 1 Pennants title. There was a minor setback when the competition concluded at Manly when three of Birkenhead’s top players, John Hindmarch, Evan Thomas and ... More

BNH Pennants – Division 1 & Division 2

Birkenhead came close to clinching the Bowls North Harbour Centre's division 1 Pennants title at the weekend, even though two rounds remain in the competition. However, Birkenhead has the bye in the last round, so it is mathematically possible for second placed Takapuna to overhaul it when the competition ends at Manly ... More

Weekend Competition Results 17 & 18 August 2024

Birkenhead and Takapuna’s Forsyth Barr team made the strongest starts in Division 1 when the Bowls North Harbour Centre's Pennants competitions began despite Saturday’s poor weather. Play in all competitions was restricted to just two rounds and in some instances in the second round only the minimum 10 ends could be ... More

Report National Champ of Champ Fours – August 2024

Riverhead’s Steve Cox, Grant Goodwin, Duane McDonald and Lindsay Gilmore, North Harbour’s men’s representatives at the weekend’s national champion of champions fours in Auckland, produced a superb effort, only to be beaten in the semi-finals.  They were the top qualifiers with four wins and continued their fine ... More

National Champion of Champion Triples 2024

If only indirectly Brendon Kelly gave North Harbour some interest in the national champion of champion triples events which were decided in Auckland on the weekend. With Mairangi Bay not competing in the women’s championship because two of its winning centre triple were overseas, North Harbour had only minimal involve... More

National & International Events Report – Monday 29 July 2024

While North Harbour’s representatives at the national champion of champion pairs play-offs in Dunedin at the weekend missed out on top honours there was some major success for the centre in far-away Singapore. Former BNH chairperson, Robyne Walker, playing with national singles champion Leeanne Poulson, from Countri... More

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