World Bowls President – Brett O’Riley

Bowls North Harbour patron, and Takapuna club member, Brett O’Riley, has achieved the top administrative position in the game when this this week he became president of World Bowls. O’Riley, who for the past two years, has been the board’s Oceania zone director, was appointed for a two-year term as World Bowls ... More

Obituary – Kevin John Holland

Bowls North Harbour has lost one of its most respected administrators, a past patron and a life member, Kevin John Holland, who died in his mid-80s on Saturday, November 16 2024 A past president of the centre and a former board member, Kevin was married for 59 years to a top bowler and gold-star badge holder, Madeleine, ... More

Report – The Grove Orewa Men’s Centre Pairs – 16th & 17th November 2024

Takapuna’s Walter Howden and Murray Mathison each achieved their North Harbour gold stars when winning the centre’s Grove Orewa men’s championship pairs at the weekend. In Sunday’s final, played at Birkenhead, in conditions made difficult by a nasty wind, they beat the strong and vastly experienced Riverhead ... More

Report – The Grove Orewa Women’s Singles – 16th & 17th November 2024

  It was a reversal of roles for both finalists, Mairangi Bay’s Theresa Rogers and Manly’s Judy Smith, when the North Harbour women’s singles title was decided at Birkenhead at the weekend.  Theresa, one of the centre’s most consistent women’s players over the past decade, won 21-18 to add to the 10 centre ... More

Report – The Grove Orewa Women’s Triples and the Dick Bree Memorial Men’s Triples – 9 & 10 November 2024

The already phenomenal record that Colin Rogan, John Walker and Neil Fisher have in North Harbour bowls grew even further when the Browns Bay trio won the Dick Bree Memorial, Men's championship triples at the weekend.  In Sunday’s final at Takapuna they beat Riverhead’s Billy Fulton, Tony Garelja and Grant Goodwin ... More

Report – Metlifecare NZ Masters 2024

Murray Mathieson was the star of the Bowls North Harbour centre’s 2024 Metlifecare NZ Masters Open which came to a successful conclusion on Friday. Mathieson, who has had an illustrious sporting and bowls career, made the finals of the three disciplines for which he was eligible, and won all three, the Men’s 75+ Pairs, ... More

Metlifecare NZ Masters link to live You Tube TV Coverage

Click this link to view the Finals of the Metlifecare NZ Masters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x3BNyCs4c8   More

Metlifecare NZ Masters – Schedule of Events – Friday 11 October 2024

Metlifecare NZ Masters 2024 _ Friday 11 October 2024   60-74 Mixed Pairs Final - TV Rink 8.30am Geri Bremner / Andre Rautenbach V Lin East / Lloyd Sinton 75+ Mixed Pairs Final 8.30am Murray Mathieson / Geraldine Wight V Ann Muir / Ian Bowick 60-74 Men's Pairs Final - TV ... More

Metlifecare NZ Masters Schedule of Events – Thursday10 October 2024

Metlifecare NZ Masters  on Thursday 10 October. 60-74 Mixed Pairs Quarter-final 8.30am Pete Sheehan / Claire Tawharu V Dennis Hale / Midori Matsuoka Karina Cooper / Steve Smith V Geri Bremner / Andre Rautenbach Theresa Rogers / Alan Telford V Paula Kempthorne / Richard Kempthorne Lin East / Lloyd Sinton V Keith ... More

Quadrangular Report (updated) – Sat 28 & Sun 29 September 2024

 North Harbour’s women’s premier development team gained the centre’s only success in the quadrangular representative series played on Auckland greens at the weekend.  But the overall results were encouraging for Harbour with both the premier men’s and women’s teams coming frustratingly close in finishing ... More