Island Bay Bowling Club

Great news that John T and John Z are through to the quarter finals of the champ of champs in Dunedin!! Great work and we’ll be supporting you in your next game tomorrow !!

Great news! Island Bay’s John Thompson and John Zino won the Champ of Champs pairs final!! Congratulations 🥳 19-11 over Naenae

Day 2 to come at Naenae
8:30am - John Zino has his semi-final game in the men's singles against the Hutt player - Rod Mead.
11:30am - Carmela is playing her semi-final game against the Stokes Valley junior, Lily Signal.
11:30am - Men's singles final is set down.
2:30pm - John T and John Z playing in the final of the men's pairs against the Naenae team of Robbie Bird (s) and Niko Kele

Come along and watch some of the great bowls out at Naenae if you can. It's a great atmosphere and I know our players appreciate the support. Some of the games are streamed on YouTube - just search for Bowls Wellington once you get into YouTube.

Day 1 - Island Bay players represented and did the Bay proud!
- Michael had a good game in the Junior Men's out at Upper Hutt but lost to a strong Silverstream player (Hamish Ryan - who has gone through to the semi-finals).
- Carmela won all three of her games in the Junior Women's and is now in the semi-finals!!
- Our men's fours team did well in a marathon game against Tawa and only lost by 1! Well done John Zino, Barry Brown, Ray Sukha, and Richard Dailey!!
- Our men's pairs team of John T (skip) and John Z played the semi-final against Khandallah and won 15-13. They did well to keep their cool and show their experience - it was 13-13 going into the last end. So they're through to the finals!

Great to see island bay in two so far …

Great work to those who played in the Centre event, over-60s singles - and special congratulations to Marlene and John Zino who both qualified for post-section tomorrow. Good bowls!!

Last chance to enter a Centre event this season …

If you haven't got your entry in yet for the Henselite Open Triples then make sure you get it in today. Entries close tomorrow at 12 noon and it would be great to get some more teams in for this, the LAST EVENT of the season. Link below:

https://www.bowlswellington.com/tournament-entry

Congratulations to Carmela who has been selected for the Wellington women’s 1-5 Year team to play in the Wellington, Kapiti, Wairarapa and Manawatu ((WKWM) competition on Saturday 4 May!!.

The Wellington Ladies selectors have named an up and coming 1-5 Year team for the WKWM Quadrangular. The Ladies will be playing at Foxton Beach Bowling Club on Saturday 4th May. Practice is scheduled for Tuesday 30th 5.30pm at Naenae Bowling Club. Well done to those selected including all new caps.

We are looking forward to broadcasting the upcoming National Interclub Sevens on the Bowls New Zealand YouTube Channel.

Find the broadcast schedule, and links, below:

Day One: Women's Section Play: https://www.youtube.com/live/I74HdzVJjo8?si=Ofsral_gezGAEZmg

Day Two: Men's Section Play & Quarter Final:
https://www.youtube.com/live/hWUaZz4KyHk?si=e98wIUhBZnETDi2x

Finals Day:
https://www.youtube.com/live/VmjzHD3t_i4?si=4SkASGXNYFnZkY58

Great performance by Island bay in the champ of champs fours!! Our women made it through to the quarter finals - Marlene, Barb, Jan and Carmela - and our men made it through to the finals weekend - well done John Zino, Barry, Raj, and Richard!!

Come along to the last Bowls in the Bay for the season this Thursday!! Names in by 5:45 and we’ll have you in a team, on the green by 6pm. Thanks for all your support over the season - it’s been wonderful welcoming you all to our club to enjoy the bowls, the company, and the pizza - and of course, thanks to the 1852 Pub & Kitchen for the great prizes!

Was a fun Bowls in the Bay evening last week! And should be great again this week - come along and get your names in by 5:45pm - we’ll have you bowling from 6-7pm - you can come solo or with friends or family - all ages welcome. Then we’ll share some kai (it won’t be late this week)!! Thanks to 1852 Pub & Kitchen in Brooklyn for the prizes and support.

Great bowls Island Bay!!

Come along to Island Bay Bowling Club on Thursday for another fun Bowls in the Bay evening. All ages and experience welcome - names in by 5:45pm, we’ll put you in teams for bowls from 6pm-7pm, and then we’ll share some well-deserved pizza. Thanks to the 1852 Pub & Kitchen for prizes and support.

Bowls in the Bay is taking a break this Thursday 15 February. We'll be back and ready for action on Thursday 22 February - see you all then by 5:45pm

Such a great turn out last week! And should be great again this week - come along and get your names in by 5:45pm - we’ll have you bowling from 6-7pm and then share some kai. Thanks to 1852 Pub & Kitchen in Brooklyn for the prizes!! All ages and experience welcome.

What an evening! Awesome turn out + weather + pizza = perfect Thursday evening!! Some great bowls tonight!! Thanks everyone and see you next week

Looking forward to another fun night of Bowls in the Bay tonight - put your name in by 5:45pm for an evening of bowls and kai- all ages and experience welcome

Another lovely, fun evening at Bowls in the Bay - thanks all for coming and sharing bowls and kai with us. And thanks to the 1852 Pub & Kitchen for the prizes.

Another Bowls in the Bay evening coming up!! Thursday - get your names in by 5:45pm and we'll have you playing from 6pm-7pm with spot prizes - and then a tasty supper. All ages and experience welcome - come solo or with friends and family.

Good news!! Bowls in the Bay is starting again on Thursday 18 January. Get your name in by 5:45pm and we'll get you bowling with our flash new bowls from 6pm-7pm - spot prizes and we'll provide a supper. All ages and skill levels welcome

A good listen …

Bowls National Championships heat up in Christchurch The country's national lawn bowls championships are finishing up today at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch.

Great weekend of bowls all round and fine representation from Island bay with two teams entered - both qualified and did our club proud. Thanks to all the supporters

Well done Peter Rintoul on making the last 32 in the National Singles.

The 2024 Summerset Bowls National Championships have reached the final stages of the Men’s Singles, Women’s Pairs and the Open Disability Pairs.

The TAB has reopened the books, here:
https://www.tab.co.nz/sports/competition/12278/bowls/new-zealand/summerset-nationals/outrights

It’s the biggest National Bowls Championships in over a decade, with over hundreds of bowlers descending on the Garden City of Christchurch to contest 6 disciplines from the 2nd to the 9th of January.

The open men’s singles is down to the final 16.

Last years champion, Sheldon Bagrie-Howley is through to the final day.

Two World Singles Champions in Ryan Bester and Shannon McIlroy have also made it through.

Ali Forsyth and Petar Sain who’ve both won the New Zealand Singles twice apiece are also still standing and in line to add to the tally.

The other eleven players still in contention boast a vast array of international, national and regional results with the event still essentially wide open in the search for the 2024 Champion.

The Open Women’s Pairs is down to the Semi-Final stage.

Sandra Keith and Bev Morel, who won the New Zealand pairs on the last occasion that it was held in Christchurch lead the field of four remaining teams in the quest to become not only the 2024 Champion Pairs team, but also Gold Star Holders.

They play young guns, Tannith Potgieter and Briar Atkinson in one semi final.

In the other semi, former New Zealand player Jan Shirley, who has combined with the losing 2023 World Singles finalist, Kelly McKerihen will take on Fiona Frew and Pam Phair on the pristine green at Burnside Bowling Club.

The Open Disability Pairs finalists have been found, the Phil Huwyler who is the current President of Bowls New Zealand, has combined with the current Para World Pairs Champion Julie O’Connell to reach the final.

They will play John Lavell and Lynda Bennett in what is sure to be a scintillating match.

The finals of the Open Disability Pairs, Women’s Pairs and Men’s Singles will be played on the 5th of January at the Burnside Bowling Club, and broadcast live on Sky Sport 4 and the Bowls New Zealand YouTube channel.

Full results can be found here: https://bowlsnewzealand.co.nz/2024-summerset-national-singles-pairs/

Last Bowls in the Bay for 2023 - come along and register by 5:45pm - bowls from 6pm-7pm followed by a scrummy BBQ and prizes supplied by 1852 Pub & Kitchen - all ages welcome!!