News archive
Stay up to date with everything happening at Victoria Bowling Club. From competition results and upcoming events to club announcements and member achievements, this is where you’ll find the latest news from around the club.
Looking Back At Previous Seasons
Our archive preserves the stories that have shaped Victoria Bowling Club over the years. From championship successes and tournament results to community events and club milestones, you can explore past updates whenever you like.
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Fantastic Interclub Round 6
Awesome day for Victoria interclub! Women’s Prems won 3 with 3 bonus points at Tawa!! And that was with three juniors in the fours team. Men’s Prems won at top of the table Stokes Valley. A signature win there in the singles for James Fairhall against one of NZs best, Finbar. Fours held on for…
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Win for Rachel in Wanaka
Rachel cleaning up down in Wanaka. Win here in the Corner to Corner tournament.
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Men’s Pairs and Fours club champs winners
Men’s club championship wins today in the fours for Colvin, Robert, Lou, and Ray. In the pairs for Laurie and Frazer who picks up a very rare club title in his first year of bowls. Congrats! Lou Newman: 32nd title Laurie Guy: 26th title Ray Martin: 10th title Colvin Inglis: 4th title Robert Gray: 2nd…
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Great last round of interclub
Sensational end to the last interclub rounds for Victoria today with both women’s and men’s teams needing solid days to make the Top 4. The men, WOW, won 6 out of 6 to go from playing to make the top 4, to WINNING THE LEAGUE!!! That means the playoffs are at home. The women smashed…
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Marcus Ruane in winning College Sport Wellington side
Well done to Marcus Ruane for winning in the College Sport Wellington bowls. He won the Judy Howat Cup triples, playing with other promising young bowlers, Marshall Kenny and Lily Signal. They were playing for Upper Valley who won the overall title.
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Interclub Round Two
Women’s Division 1 A huge win for the Women’s Premier team as they got two wins vs long rivals Johnsonville. Just like Round 1, it was wins for the singles and pairs that got them home. This puts them into third place in the division. Men’s Division 1 Tough times for our Men’s Premier team…
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Julia and Marcus in new Bowls Wellington Development Series
Julia Spiers and Marcus Ruane have been selected into the new Bowls Wellington Development Series. They participate in this every Wednesday night for 6 weeks from 30 October to 11 December. Competitions matches are on 13, 20, 27 November. This series is a new event with the aim of helping bridge the gap between Representative…
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Men’s Pairs qualifiers confirmed
12pm update of Round 2 matches: Two men’s pairs teams moved to 2 wins from 2; Ray Martin/Robert Gray, and Laurie Guy/Frazer MacDiarmid. It was a little bit of luck that nudged Laurie’s pair over the line against Ben & Ian. In the extra end after Ian had drawn two shots, Laurie played a run…
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Men’s Club Fours finalists found
The finalists of the Men’s Club Fours have been found: Ray Martin, Lou Newman, Robert Gray, Colvin Inglis vs Ben King, Laurie Guy, Ian McLeod, Frazer MacDiarmid On a tricky sandy surface, the high-flying Roy Gibb skipped team suffered a heavy defeat in their final match vs King, which left them third on differential. There…
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Gibb extends to 3 from 3
On Sunday, the Roy Gibb skipped team also containing Bas Dynan, Graham Goudge, and Richard Corry extended their good start to the men’s club fours out to 3 wins from 3 games, and with a healthy differential of +23. They beat the Ray Martin fours team by 5 shots in the afternoon and had a…
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Julia in Development Rep team!
Congratulations to Julia Spiers for not only making the Development Rep team, but also featuring on the image!
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Five in a row for Victoria Invitation Pairs titles!!
A Victoria player was in the winning team at the Victoria Invitation Pairs for the fifth time in a row, with Gary Ruane (Goz) getting the big win with his partner Finbar McGuigan from Stokes Valley. A remarkable run considering that from the tournaments beginning in 1997 through to 2019 there was a total of…
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Club championship achievements in the 2023-24 season
As we move towards club championships for a new season, here are some of the club championship achievements we saw last season, as per the Victoria Titles records. Women Helen King reached her 45th club title, and also extended the all-time record for most club titles at Victoria to 46. That’s 10 ahead of Leigh…
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Bowls NZ Annual Report
You can view the Bowls NZ 2022-23 Annual Report (released 31 August 2024) here: Bowls New Zealand 2022-23 Annual Report
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Age Concern thank you letter
Here is a thank you letter we received from Age Concern, thanking us for assisting them with their Aligned to Go exercise programme for seniors: Age Concern Thank you to Victoria Bowling Club
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7 October men’s fours
Delayed start today due to both greens being underwater. Situation will be assessed at 10am
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Men’s Pairs post-section – Sat 28 January
8am update: Play is set to go at 9am. Green being rolled. 9am: Fairhall vs Ravji 11am: Bennett vs Fairhall/Ravji King vs Gibb
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Invitation Pairs – Live Scores of Final – Sun 18 Sept
Final live scores – Refresh page for the latest updates Completed post-section chart FINAL – Ray Martin & Scotty McGavin vs Seamus Curtin & Finbar McGuigan: Defending champions Ray Martin & Scotty McGavin make the final again, looking to be the first team to go back-to-back in this tournament since Lawson & Parella in 1999…
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Invitation Pairs – Sat 17 September Results
Final Qualifying Round results – Saturday 17 September Charts After End of Section Play Post-section Draw FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND: 3.30pm matches: Curtin & McGuigan vs Prasaad & Hitchcock (both two winners): 17-9 Final Section 8 has all four teams on one win: Newman & Ravji vs Thomas & Patton: 14-8 Final Martin & McGavin vs…
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