Author: RichardC

  • Credit Consultant’s Victoria 2-4-2 Pairs Draw

    MENS 21-22 SEPTEMBER 2019 Defending champions Ross Thorn (Naenae) and Bruce Henderson (Johnsonville) will be joined by a host of previous champions for this year’s Credit Consultant’s Victoria 2-4-2 Pairs later this month. 5-time champion Gary Lawson (Canterbury) teams up with Jimmy Pugh (Nelson), and previous winning combinations return including 2017’s Terry Johnson (Manawatu) &…

  • VBC Indoor Social Bowls final results

    Hi all, Last night (Thursday) saw the finals night for the winter indoor social indoor bowls competition up at the Victoria Bowling Club. Emerging victorious at the end of the night were the fearsome pairing of Fiona Alexander & Mary-Ann Wilson, who went through every round of the 5-week competition undefeated. Although it looked like their unbeaten run…

  • R.I.P Luis!

    As people may be aware, Lui Hauptman passed away on Saturday. Lui was Lou Newman’s step-father, and was a long time club member. The funeral is at St Annes in Newtown Friday at 11am followed by morning tea at the church. Then the burial and people are invited back to VBC for a couple of quiet drinks…

  • Top bowlers given chance to push for World Championship selection

    Victoria’s Ray Martin, along with Stokes Valley’s Seamus Curtin, former Victoria member Kirsten Edwards and Wendy Jensen (Counties) will represent New Zealand in the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic. It is a quartet the selectors have picked with an eye to the next four year cycle. “It’s an opportunity for them to perform on those…

  • Well done Rich!

    CANADA – James Gardens 2020 World Indoor Singles Qualifier on Saturday 3rd August 2019 Wellington’s PBA Bowler and long term President of the Victoria Bowling Club in New Zealand, Richard Corry (see photo) has become the 1st New Zealand PBA Bowler to win through to the 2020 World Indoor Singles Championships being held in January…

  • First win as coordinator for Martin

    Ray Martin will be returning to the NZ Professional Bowls Association Finals Weekend this time securing his first qualifier wins while also coordinating the local PBA events at the Naenae indoor complex. Martin came close in June to coordinating and winning being pipped in the final of the Scottish Singles to Bay of Plenty’s David…