Bowls: Look ahead to summer

Lawn bowls news with Gwen Lawson.

The centre opening for the summer season will get under way at the Kamo Bowling Club on Saturday, at 1.30pm.

President Jeanette Yovich will preside. An invitation has been extended to all clubs to have their representative attend, along with patrons and life members of the association. The opening will be held, wet or fine.

Congratulations to nine new umpires who have sat and passed the New Zealand umpiring examinations over the past few weeks.

They are John Day, Ken Rozell, Irene Donaldson, Sue Egerton, Graham Egerton, Ron Heaton, Glenn Jones, Chris Budge and Pat Warth. Well done to you all.

A reminder that new law books have been produced by World Bowls and are available at $10 each from the centre office or by ordering direct from Bowls NZ.

Coaching

The Coaching Association has also been active during the winter, with a two-day seminar held recently.

Congratulations to five coaches who have completed re-accreditation and five new coaches, who are in training. Once again, well done to you all.

The Northland Umpires Association are holding an any combination fours tournament at the Kamo greens on Saturday, September 19. They have a couple of vacancies left for entries. Please contact Bruce Scott. His contact details are in the centre handbook, on the umpires page.

Centre handbooks should be available for all clubs at the centre opening this Saturday.

Date changes

The 2015-16 programme is also on the centre website, at www.bowlsnorthland.com.

Players should be aware that dates of events and formats have been changed for this coming season. Please check these out.