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Bowls: Hema's four battle into last eight

Carlton-Cornwall's Karen Hema, one of Auckland bowls' most bubbly players, and her composite four made the last eight in the national women's championships at Browns Bay yesterday, but did it the hard way.

Bowls: Star bowler faces down selectors

Mike Kernaghan, New Zealand's bowler of the moment, confirmed yesterday he was unavailable for national selection because Bowls New Zealand will not select the player he regards as the country's best skip, Gary Lawson.

Bowls: Boyd sisters on dream run to final

Teens bowl over senior competition

Seamus Curtin, 14, was among a group of Wellington teenagers who shattered any notion that bowls is a game solely for the aged and infirm.

Bowles: Ashton doubles up with singles title

Rob Ashton overcame a sluggish start and a tough opponent in Canterbury's Alvin Gardiner to achieve a notable first in the final of the New Zealand Open bowls men's singles at Henderson yesterday.

Ashton prepares to fight

Rob Ashton, formerly of Wellington but recently moved to Auckland, put himself in line to not only defend his pairs title but also to win the singles championship at the New Zealand Open at Henderson.

Bowls: De Jongh misses - again

Leading Auckland women's bowler Karen de Jongh suffered further heartbreak at the New Zealand Open at Henderson yesterday when she and her experienced pairs partner Bev Crowe narrowly missed making the final.

Commonwealth Games: McIlroy finishes fourth

Comm Games: Silver for bowls trio

Bowls: Elusive national title within reach for veteran Browns Bay pair

Bowls: Black Jacks test out Northern game

New Zealand's top lawn bowlers will try to get a handle on the slow greens expected at the Commonwealth Games by heading to the Northern Hemisphere this weekend.

Bowls: Brassey back to very best

Bowls: North East Valley men miss out in nationals

Bowls: Shaun Scott wins singles title

Bowls: Delany and Scott to battle it out for title

Bowls: Former champions roll back the years

Bowls: Forsyth and Gallop win battle of heavyweights

Bowls: Former champs seek more silverware

Two of New Zealand's greatest lawn bowlers - Peter Belliss and Rowan Brassey - will be chasing titles at the national championships starting tomorrow.