Celebrities bowl for charity

Masterchef winner Nadia Lim and powerful model agent Sara Tetro will join representatives of the New Zealand boccia team in a fundraising effort.

Some of the country's best-known names will bowl for charity this week - and members of the public are able to join them.

Radio and TV host Hayley Holt, Masterchef winner Nadia Lim and powerful model agent Sara Tetro will join representatives of the New Zealand boccia team in a fundraising effort to help the disabled players get to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

Boccia is a sport unlike most. It is a variant of petanque and 10-pin bowling, adapted to allow disabled people to play.

NZ is a former world champion in the sport and is starting its trip to get its top eight athletes to the Rio Games. The first hurdle is the 2013 Asia and Oceania Boccia Championships in October in Sydney.

Fleur Mann and Anthea Henry are two of the Kiwi team members and have put in $1500 each for the Aussie leg, but collectively the group is out to raise another $50,000.

Bowl for Boccia, on Wednesday (6pm, August 7) at Metrolanes, Queen Street in Auckland, is the first of several fundraisers.

Members of the public will line up against some of New Zealand's top celebs, spin doctors and media while also helping to raise money for the cause.

For details and to register, email leandri@peadpr.co.nz or call Leandri on 0-9 551 2377.

It is also possibole to help by sponsoring Fleur and Anthea, by contacting Luke Morriss (Director of Boccia, Boccia NZ) Tel: 0-9-281 3269, email: luke@boccia.org.nz or for smaller donations visit https://www.givealittle.co.nz/org/BocciaNZ/donate