Canterbury Centre Women's Singles



Congratulations to Burnside’s Olivia Mancer who won the Canterbury Centre Women’s Singles this afternoon. She played Denise Taylor (Allenton) in the final and it was a great game. Lorraine McLeod from Bowls Canterbury presented the trophy.


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Women's Championship Fours


Congratulations to the winners of our club championship fours (women): Kirsten Rowe (s), Lyn Haworth, Lynne Yardley and Tessa Lee​.


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Centre Over 60 Singles


This morning the final of the Over 60 Singles was played with Mike Small defeating Paul Anning 21-8. This is a pic of Mike with Ray Sefton who very generously marked.





Centre Mixed Pairs


Congratulations to Lisa Mather and Andy Cockcroft. Winners of the Centre Mixed Pairs played today at Riccarton Racecourse





Orchard Trophy


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Winners were:

Richard Mitchell (S), Brian Burney, Jan Spang and Roger Brown.

A comprehensive write up to follow.


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Weekly Members Draw


Featuring tonight’s jubilant winner of the members’ draw, Pat Bonham.
He won $80.





Thiele Fours


Winners of the Thiele Fours: (left to right) James O’Kane, Derry Johnston, Mike Mehaffey, Pierre Alexandre.


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Hornburn Trophy Match 1:00pm - CANCELLED



Interclub Friendly, Burnside v Bowls Hornby.


Please note the starting time is 1-00 pm (not 1-30 pm as in your Programme Book) This event will be at Bowls Hornby (531 Main South Road) starting at 1-00 pm and is Fours, mixed and Club uniform. Usual format is 2 games of 9 ends. Hosting Club determines playing conditions. Entries have closed for this event. During the season there are 4 Interclub Friendlies – if you are not selected for this one you will be guaranteed at least one game in a Friendly after Christmas (as long as you enter for these events). Skips are asked to contact their teams to ensure availability and to make any necessary transport arrangements. Any problems contact Ken Wilson-Pyne 027 2544320. Burnside is the current holder of this Trophy.


Teams meeting and leaving from Burnside should do so by 12-20 pm.


Teams – Skips, Thirds, Seconds, Leads **Burnside’s co-captains today

1 Murray Harper, Evan Owens, David Wilson, Mary Sefton

2 Neil Andersen**, Ray Sefton, Jill Lee, Scott Churton

3 Mike Small, Olivia Mancer, Derry Johnston, Nick Cooke

4 Jamey Ferris, Heather Patterson, Don Thurlow, John Church

5 John Switalla, Don Lyall, Mary Ellis, Wayne England

6 Alan Bryce, Geoff Clarke, Jan Spang, William Bassett-Smith

7 George Nicoll, Michael Weeks, Beth Mehaffey, Lou Dent

8 Matt Small, Mike Murphy, Tony Dell, Sonja Churton

9 Vincent Chia, A J van Hasselt**, Phil Black, Beryl Heperi

10 Barry Williams, Lyn Martin, Alec Weir, Roger Brown

11 Peter Quinn, Penny Pat, Allan Vernel, Don McClelland

12 Brian Southen, Michael Mehaffey, Alistair Salt, Ryan Bonham





Opening Day Trophy



Eighty four players stepped on to the Laing and Davie greens to contest the New Season Trophy on the first day of play of the 2023-24 Bowling Season. Players were drawn into 28 triples teams determined by a computer and AJ’s wizardry. Festival Bowls cards ensured that members played against nine others and played with eight others during the afternoon. The greens were a credit to green keeper, Jamey Ferris, while the north-west wind and the accompanying aircraft flyovers meant that one direction was extremely quick and the other was... well... not. Three games of six ends of two-bowl triples were played with the Trophy going to the best lead, best second and best skip.


Five players were in three winning teams. Results

Lead - Ryan Bonham 3 wins/13 ends/33 points

Second - Olivia Mancer 3/13/25

Skip - Rod Kearney 3/14/30.
Gordon Morrison 3/12/29 and Jamey Ferris 3/12/25 also won all their games. Six others were unbeaten finishing with 2 wins and one draw each Beryl Heperi, Mike Reynolds, Hamish Wilson, Mary Ellis, Kay Smythe and Tracy Wilkinson. Oh for a point! Thirty others won two games while everyone else enjoyed their good shots and got rid of some early season rust. Thanks to Jamey for his work on the greens and to AJ and Neil Andersen for their organising skills.


The Trophy event was the curtain raiser not only for the season but also the Club’s tribute to our 2023 World Bowls Singles Champion and multiple World Bowls medallist, Tayla Bruce. Organised by Jill Lee and her helpers this was an after-match function to remember - from the walk of honour, to the music, M.C. Hamish Wilson, excellent tribute speeches, AJ’s background photos, cake, flowers, Club presentation right through to Tayla’s lovely response this was a great way to kick off the 2023-2024 Bowling Season.



opening day trophy photos
tayla celebration photos
tayla slideshow
Honours Board



Opening Day



Our MC Jill Lee introduced Lorraine McLeod from Bowls Canterbury and Sam McDonald from the City Council. Then It was time to raise the flag.


John Reece accepted the Keith McFarlane Shield. This will be presented to the runners up of the Men's Fours Club Championship.


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MC Jill Lee



Lorraine McLeod



Sam Mcdonald



Evan and June raising the flag



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.John Reece accepts the keith mcfarlane shield



.The keith mcfarlane shield



.A full spread of food





World Bowls Coaching Panel


In December 2022, World Bowls released a new Strategic Plan which included a focus on regional development of which coaching support was included.

Recently, World Bowls invited Member Countries to nominate appropriately skilled and experienced individuals to be part of a new World Coaching Advisory Panel.

World Bowls is excited to announce the members of this Advisory Panel and the following persons have been appointed by the World Bowls Board for a two (2) year period:

  • Derek Dillon (Canada)
  • Mal Evans (England)
  • Allen Harvey (Cyprus)
  • Adam Martin (Scotland)
  • Karen Murphy (Australia)
  • Graeme Rees (New Zealand)
  • Lachlan Tighe (Independent)

Congratulations to all those appointed and we look forward to their contribution to improve the quality of coaching globally.





Cleaning the Lounge Chairs


You might want to sit down for this but here’s a photo of 195 freshly cleaned chairs and bar stools. Chairs to Action Carpet Cleaning for doing such a great job. They look chair-ific.

Thanks to the small team of Burnside volunteers who helped move furniture.





Executive Team for the 2023-24 Season



Richard Bruce - President



Hamish Wilson - Vice President



Jill Lee - Secretary



Alistair Salt - Treasurer



Kerrie Bruce



Rod Kearney



Evan Owens



Nick Cooke



Tracy Wilkinson



Fiona Head





Annual General Meeting


We had a great turn-out for this afternoon’s AGM. Thanks to all those who attended.


President Richard Bruce

Vice President Hamish Wilson

Secretary Jill Lee

Treasurer Alistair Salt

Other Executive members Kerrie Bruce, Nick Cooke, Fiona Head,
Rod Kearney, Evan Owens, Tracy Wilkinson.



AGM Minutes



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