If you are thinking of giving lawn bowls a go then contact the clubs you are likely to be interested in to see how you can start the bowl rolling.
Here's the Bay teams for the inter-centre final in Wellington
Steve Beel and John Gray play their part in the New Zealand Open Men's fours victory
All the action in the Bay men's and women's singles, and junior events
Dickison crew's unbeaten run ends; Raewyn Willis achieves her personal goal
Tauranga team untouchable at the Taranaki fours championship in New Plymouth
A round-up of Bay of Plenty's outing against North Harbour at Katikati
Bay of Plenty meets North Harbour in a new representative fixture at Katikati
New Zealand squad members fell like flies - at the hands of Bay bowlers
If you are thinking of giving lawn bowls a go then contact the clubs you are likely to be interested in to see how you can start the bowl rolling.
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The AGM 2020 on Sunday August 9 was well attended. The following were elected:
Covid-19 has created unprecedented disruption and we thank you for your patience as we prepare for the new season.
Please note that the Baywide Inter-Club Sevens will be played over the weekend of March 6 and 7 under the same format as previous years. This gives the winning men's and women's clubs time to organise their trip to the national final in Christchurch on April 15-18.
The Annual Meeting decided to hold off playing the Baywide Sevens under a new format until the 2021/22 season. The intention is to play the Sevens under a round-robin format over three to four days, depending on entries, so that every team plays each other head-to-head at centralised venues. In other words, a pennant-type series.
The Centre Bowls 3Five Final will be played over the weekend of March 27 and 28. This season Bowls New Zealand has changed the format with entry from one club triple (must have at least one woman or man), rather than a club team of three triples.
Clubs are asked to find their qualifier, anyway they like, to forward to the Centre Final which will be played under a Champion of Champions format. The Centre qualifying must be completed by March 31 and the first round regional match played by April 15.
There will be eight qualifiers for the National Final, rather than four last time, and anyone, players or clubs, who are already in the Televised Series are not eligible to play in the qualifying rounds.
The Champ of Champ Pairs and Fours have been brought forward a little. Please refer to the Playing Programme on this website.
Good bowling everyone. And may you keep safe and well on the green.
A passionate bowler and administrator, Ben Thurston has been appointed the Bowls Bay of Plenty centre manager, replacing Eddie Ashcroft.
Ben, who has a Bachelor in Business with an accounting major, says his new role is "a great opportunity for me to give back to a game that has given me so much enjoyment over the last 26 years.
"Good, clear communication is what this role needs and my background and enthusiasm for the sport is still the same 26 years later." Ben says he'll be visiting clubs in the region, meeting fellow bowlers at their roll-ups and chewing the fat.
A member of the Tauranga Club in the Domain, Ben is a Gold Star holder and past Bay of Plenty representative. He is a sitting board and executive member of the Tauranga Returned Services Association.
Ben will be working from home and from the newly-established office at the Tauranga club. If you want to contact Ben, email him on: bowlsbop1@gmail.com or phone him on: 027 2108338.
Ben has been appointed the Team Manager for the Men's Open representative side, and Vice-President Diane Smith is the Manager for the Women's Open team.
We welcome to the Board new members, Eastern Division representative Marcus Merrick, and Mary Campbell, who is a past New Zealand representative, national titleholder and Bay of Plenty representative. and has a Gold Star and Three Bars.
