Category: Singles

  • Noble Doubles Up at NZ Disabled Championships

    New Zealand Paralympic medallist Mark Noble completed the double at the National Disabled Championships, claiming the singles and pairs and rounding out an impressive week on the Naenae greens. Hosted at the Naenae Bowling Club in Lower Hutt, Wellington, more than 30 competitors converged on the capital to contest the silverware in the singles, pairs…

  • Ray off to UK!

    2017 NZ PBA Rookie of the Year Ray Martin (Wellington) continued his rise on the Professional Bowls Association scene by winning entry into the World Indoor Singles to be played at the Potter’s Leisure Resort in Norfolk, England in January. Playing with Classic II bowls to ensure a good draw on the indoor carpet, Martin…

  • Well done Ray, Brad, Laurie, Rich & Nic!

    Victoria players continued their domination of the Wellington branch of the NZ Professional Bowls Association over the last two qualifying weekends at the Naenae club. Last month Ray Martin added to his NZ playoffs berth for the Scottish Singles by winning the Wellington qualifier for the World Indoor Singles beating Laurie Guy in the final…

  • Well done Rich & Laurie, Tim & Mark, Ray, James!

    In last weekend’s first NZ Professional Bowls Association qualifiers held at the new Naenae complex, Wellington coordinator Richard Corry won the World Indoor Pairs qualifier with skip Laurie Guy to progress to the national play-offs in Hastings in September. Despite appearing in two Trans Tasman teams Laurie has never played at a NZ Finals Weekend…

  • Well done Mark!

    Congratulations to Mark Burgess winning the Wellington Champ of Champ Junior Singles today at Silverstream. Mark won the final 21-11 over Miramar’s Ian McLleod. Mark was down 7-10 but then won the next 7 ends to go up 19-10 and never looked back. Mark’s win has Victoria hit the front in the race to the…

  • Wellington superb at National Intercentre

    The National Intercentre was held in Christchurch last weekend, with Wellington sides in outstanding form. The Women’s side lost only 1 of their 15 section play games in qualifying for the quarter finals. However, they came up against Bay of Plenty in the quarter final and were eliminated loosing the Singles and Pairs. The Men’s…