Ian Lewis

Midlands Funds Management and the Taranaki Open Fours

We are pleased to announce Midlands Funds Management as a major sponsor of Bowls Taranaki. We look forward to working with Midlands Funds Management over the coming years, and appreciate their support. You will see their name and logo on posters, entry forms and signage throughout the year. If you would like to know more about them and their financial products take a look at their website www.midlandsfundsmanagement.co.nz

Entry Forms for the Midlands Funds Management Taranaki Men’s Open Fours and The Devon Hotel Women’s Open Fours are now available.

Please note: You can pay via internet banking and send the form back to us by email or post, or alternatively fill out the form on the website and pay by credit card.

You can download and print entry forms below:

The Devon Hotel Taranaki Women’s Open Fours Entry Form

Midlands Funds Management Taranaki Men’s Open Fours Entry Form

New Board elected for Bowls Taranaki

We are pleased to announce our new Board for Bowls Taranaki 2023-24

President: Grant Hassall
Vice President: Kristin Stampa
Chairman: Robert Wolfe
Board Members: Dean File, Val McEldowney, Kevin Gray, Chris Commane
Executive Officer: Ian Lewis

We thank, Eric Foreman and David Brunton for their time on the board, and wish them well with their clubs.

Revital Fertilisers Taranaki Selectors Announced for 2023-24 Season

Bowls Taranaki are pleased to announce that Don Christensen and John Garrud are the Women’s and Men’s Selectors for the upcoming season.

A busy representative season sees our Revital Fertilisers Taranaki Team take to the greens on 6 occasions. We start the season with a new tournament hosted by Bowls Wellington featuring some of the best Under 26 players from around the country. Then we face off against Waikato at the start of September in a fixture designed to get the best out of our upcoming open development players. Our regular fixture against Whanganui is scheduled for Saturday 11th November. Before the Junior teams take to the green in the Junior Hexagonal (Venue to be confirmed) and the Seniors compete in the Octagonal to be held at Whanganui. Finally our best 7 players will compete to lift the trophy at the National Intercentre in Wellington. With players representing a large number of clubs last year, we wish all the best for all players involved.

Revital Fertilisers Taranaki Fixtures:
National Under 26 Tournament at Wellington – 14th-16th July 2023
Open Development Taranaki v Waikato – 2nd & 3rd September 2023
Taranaki v Whanganui – Saturday 11th November 2023
Junior Hexagonal (Venue -tbc) – 10th & 11th February 2024
Senior Octagonal at Whanganui – 9th, 10th & 11th February 2024
Bowls New Zealand National Intercentre at Wellington – 14th, 15th, 16th & 17th March 2024

Bowls Taranaki Award Winners for 2023

Congratulations to the following winners of the Bowls Taranaki Awards for 2022-23

Club of the Year:                          Okato

Administrator of the Year:           Cliff Rona

Umpire of the Year:                     Betty Brunton

Greenkeeper of the Year:            Gary Lilley

Coach of the Year:                       Joan Richards

Youth Player of the Year:             Briar Atkinson

Women’s Player of the Year:       Briar Atkinson

Men’s Player of the Year:            Aidan Zittersteijn

Thanks to all of our Volunteers, Umpires, Greenkeepers, Coaches, Players and Clubs for making 2022-23 a great season.

Taranaki Open Dates 2024

Dates for next year’s Taranaki Open have been announced.

The Men’s Open starts Monday 15th January-21st January
The Women’s Open starts Tuesday 23rd January – 28th January.

National Under 26’s Team Announced

We are happy to announce that Revital Fertilisers Bowls Taranaki will feature in a National Under 26’s competition to be held in Wellington. Playing indoors at Naenae will be a challenge, as they face some of the best junior bowlers from provinces around the country, including New Zealand representative Seamus Curtain. Our junior bowlers have performed well over the season and we are hopeful of a strong showing from our team who will be managed for the first time by Simon Rowe. We look forward to following their results and wish everyone involved the best of luck. Thanks to Shifty’s Sports Bar and Café and Revital Fertilisers for their sponsorship of Bowls Taranaki.

Team:
Briar Atkinson-Watt, Camron Horo, Nathan Goodin, Aidan Zittersteijn, and Luca Dobson.
Manager: Simon Rowe

TCM Champion of Champions Finals Weekend

TCM Champion of Champions Finals Weekend will be played at Paritutu this weekend. Good luck to everyone involved. See the programme below. Thanks to TCM, Cross Country Rentals, and Dean File Colliers Real Estate for their sponsorship of the Mixed Pairs and Hugh Moss tournaments.

Click below for times and events.

Programme for Finals Weekend

Coaches Weekend with Bowls New Zealand

For anyone interested in becoming a Coach or updating their Coaches Certificate. We are hosting with Bowls New Zealand and our Coaches Association a Weekend for you!

Coaching Workshop at the Paritutu Indoor Stadium: 23rd & 24th July
Foundation $50,   (Saturday 23 July)

Development $100 and  (Saturday and Sunday 23 July and 24 July)

Update Coaches $30 (Sunday 9am to 1pm)

If anyone is interested in becoming a coach or renewing their coaches certificate, this will be your opportunity! It promises to be a good weekend, and an opportunity to improve your skills as a bowler and as a coach. You can register your interest with the Centre via email or on 027 757 8800. Payments will have to be made to Bowls New Zealand prior to the event.

Please make payment to Bowls New Zealand: 

Payment to attend the Bowls NZ Development Coaching Course can be deposited into:

Account number:   BNZ 02-0240-0260530-00

In the two fields available enter following information:

Code (12 letters/numbers) available: CoachnameName

Reference (12 letters/numbers): CoachCsTaran

For more information check out our Coaches Weekend Poster

Our Coaches Association AGM will be held on 20th May – Stratford-Avon – 10.30am

Weather – TCM Champion of Champions Triples

6.55am Due to the current wet weather and expected rain this morning. We have transferred the Men’s and Women’s Triples from West End to the Indoor Stadium at Paritutu.

Could the following teams report and be ready to play at:

8.30am
Men: Fitzroy, Waitara, Inglewood, Lepperton, Waimea, West End, Vogeltown, Stratford-Avon, Manaia and Paritutu
Women: West End and Waitara (one round only for the Women)

11am:
Men: Tower, Opunake, Oakura, New Plymouth, Hawera Park, Rahotu, Okato,

2pm:
Women: Paritutu, Stratford-Avon, Manaia, Hawera Park, Opunake, Fitzroy, Tower, Lepperton.

Conditions of Play:

Games of Triples have been changed and will be 18 ends. No Time Limit.

Due to slow play in previous events, restricted movement and deliberate slow play laws A4 and A5 will come into effect.
We do not want to have to put you on the stop watch because you are delaying play!
This is included in the Conditions of Play because the stadium is not available to us after 5.30pm
We thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Okato, New Plymouth and Inglewood Women are straight through to finals weekend.

Nominations Open for Selector for Bowls Taranaki

Nominations are open for the role of Men’s Selector and Women’s Selector.

Allan Batley has let us know that he won’t be putting his name forward as selector for next season. We would like to thank Allan for his efforts over the last few years as Men’s Selector. This means there is a vacant spot for selector of the Men’s Team. If anyone would like to put their name forward or would like more information, please feel free to contact the Centre Office.

Note Applications close on the 18th May.