Author: RichardC

  • Victoria Bowling Club: A beautiful oasis in the centre of Wellington

    Bowls New Zealand CLUB NEWS  Victoria Bowling Club: A beautiful oasis in the centre of Wellington July 24, 2019 Victoria Bowling Club is a bowlers’ bowling club. Nudged into the shoulder of Mt Victoria, the club proudly remains a centre of competitive bowls in Wellington which has sadly seen off other city bowling clubs like…

  • Thursday night social indoor bowls

    Hi all, As many of you will be aware, the club has been running an indoor social bowls competition on Thursday evenings over the winter. The first of these 5-week events concluded a few weeks ago and was won by the Father/Son combo of Jayden and Spencer Ravji. The next 5-week round is beginning next week (Thursday…

  • Well done Ray!

    Bay of Plenty’s David Jones came to the Naenae Bowling Club in Wellington for a warm-up for the NZ Champ of Champ Pairs in 2 weeks’ time but walked away having beaten Wellington coordinator and PBA international Ray Martin in a tense high quality PBA Scottish Singles qualifier final 7-7, 8-6. With the first set…

  • Social indoor bowls update

    The club has been running social indoor bowls on a Thursday evening, and the current standings are attached below. The bowls starts at around 6pm each Thursday over the winter months, so even if you are not in the mood to play, it would be great to see members (full and social alike) up at…

  • Well done Rich!

    Congratulations to Richard Corry for retaining the North Wellington Open Fours indoor bowls title at Onepoto today and thereby winning his 4th North Wellington title. He played with Sam Anderson (was Horowhenua but now playing for North Wellington this year) who was steady throughout despite being on crutches from a hockey injury, Marcus Trlin, and…

  • Closing Day Pairs

    Number one green is still open for us to hold a Closing Day Pairs on Saturday. The format of the pairs competition will be one experienced bowler with one new bowler/social bowler/potential new member. If you are interested then please let James (0211726079 or tjfairhall at yahoo.co.nz) know and he will add you to the…