Bowls: Close call for Belliss, team of hotshots
Peter Belliss and his line-up of internationals and NZ bowls champions came close to being on the receiving end of the day's biggest upset at the national fours championship yesterday.
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Bowls: McLean seals tartan sweep
Iain McLean beat Malaysia's Fairus Jabal 6-5, 11-7 in yesterday's men's final to give the Scots a clean sweep after Lorna Smith won Saturday's women's final.
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.
Historic double near
Rob Ashton, soon to join Auckland's Carlton-Cornwall club after dominating Wellington bowls for years, moved to the brink of an unprecedented double at the New Zealand Open at Henderson yesterday.
Bowls: Belliss in strong field for NZ Open
World champion Peter Belliss will head a strong entry of former national titleholders and former Black Jacks when the qualifying rounds for the NZ Open start on the bowling greens today.
Scotty Stevenson: Pakistan's bowlers run Glasgow curry kitchen
Qureshi Ayub Mohammed and Ali Shan Muzahir have become famous for something other than their curry: they are Pakistan's first Commonwealth Games lawn bowlers.
Bowls: Kiwis stepping into slow lane on road to Games
New Zealand's bowls team's preparation for the biggest challenge they'll face at the Commonwealth Games moves up a gear this weekend.
Young bowler taking it slowly
Selina Goddard is taking a clever approach to her first appearance at the Commonwealth Games in July.
Bowls: Black Jack aces new deal
NZ's world No1 women's bowls player Jo Edwards is this week set to take on the top Australian men in a revolutionary new competition, branded the sport's version of Twenty20.
Hubby bowls up to cross gender divide
Peter Blick is chuffed at graduating from "water boy" status to full membership of a previously women-only bowling club.
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.
A day on the green
Danielle Wright meets a group of teenage lawn bowlers at the New Lynn Bowling Club.
Bowls: Kiwi bowls teams lose transtasman series to on-song Aussies
The New Zealand men's and women's bowls teams lost the transtasman series decider against Australia at Howick yesterday.
Bowls: NZ level series after drama-filled day
New Zealand made a dramatic recovery to win the men's and women's bowls tests to level the transtasman series at Howick yesterday.
Bowls: King Kernaghan lifts Dunedin to crown
Giving a master class of draw bowling, Kernaghan gave Dunedin a flying start in the final against Manawatu's Ross Ellery with a 25-19 win.