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Bowls Auckland is delighted to confirm its Premier and Development Men’s and Women’s coaching appointments for the 2026–2027 season. Performance Lead Paul MacKinnon has led a comprehensive review of the representative programme. The review process included player surveys, workshops with players and team management, and individual meetings with coaching leads. Success at Intercentre continues to...

The countdown is on! One of the most popular fixtures on the Bowls Auckland calendar is just over a month away, with the 0–5 Year Winter Development Programme ready to roll into another exciting season. Designed for juniors and those brand new to the sport, the programme delivers six to seven weeks of focused coaching...

The Shade Systems Champ of Champs Pairs came down to the wire, with two high-quality finals bringing the tournament to an exciting conclusion at a packed New Lynn Bowling Club. Starting on Saturday, 51 teams from 30 clubs took to the greens across three venues; Remuera, New Lynn and Royal Oak. It was pleasing to...

Takes Two to Tango
21 May 2026

It’s Shade Systems Champion of Champions Pairs weekend, and with it comes all the flair, pressure and excitement that makes the pairs discipline so compelling. It is a format built on trust, timing and the occasional risk/reward call, while still leaving room for the age-old debate over who the most important member of a pairs...

The Shade Systems Champ of Champs Fours delivered another strong weekend of club pride and high-pressure bowls, as Auckland’s club champions came together to chase glory.  Across both the men’s and women’s fields, the fours discipline again showed why it remains one of the great tests in the game. With four players needing to work in sync, momentum...

This week is Youth Week, an initiative celebrating rangatahi across Aotearoa. Here at Bowls Auckland, we’re thrilled to see participation numbers for rangatahi in bowls continuing to grow at an increasingly rapid rate. Youth Week is a great opportunity to reflect on some of the fantastic initiatives and experiences we’ve been lucky enough to be...

While Royal Oak Bowls was busy hosting the Shade Systems Champ of Champs Fours post section on Sunday, just a stone’s throw away Mt Eden Bowls was serving up a different kind of champ of champs atmosphere – the 2026 Auckland Twilight Final. Sure, the polish and precision may have looked a little different, but...

The Shade Systems Champion of Champions Fours arrive this weekend, bringing together club champion quartets from across Auckland for another major title on the centre calendar. In the women’s draw, defending champions Aggie Motu, Jessie Macaw and Kimberley Hemingway return, this time with Jo Cheng stepping into the lead role. Their title defence begins against...

The Shade Systems Champion of Champions Singles headlined a weekend full of quality matchups, a few surprising results and plenty of drama. At Remuera, Carlton Cornwall’s Helen Blick found her rhythm quickly in the round of 16, playing consistent draw bowls and leaving her opposition chasing scoring opportunities. It was a trait that remained a...

There was plenty to celebrate for the Hammerheads last weekend. The 1–5 space is clearly an area Howick Bowling Club, its coaching volunteers, and its player group have invested real time and energy into, and the results speak for themselves. In the women’s 1–5 Triples, a reduced field did little to dampen the quality on...