WELCOME Welcome to the Lincoln Bowling Club Website. Lincoln Bowling Club Is situated in the District of Selwyn, South of Christchurch City in New Zealand. The club serves a large area in and around Lincoln, including Rolleston, Burnham, Springston and Prebbleton. For contact information please see the About Us page.
JOIN OUR CLUB Now is the time to Join us. Our Summer bowling season has started and this year is the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the club. We welcome potential members who are new to bowls as well as experienced bowlers moving into the area. Have a look around the web site and you will see what we are about. We have a large range of bowls events to choose from, ranging from the very Social to the very Competitive. Our membership application form is available from our Documents Downloads page. Contact details for our secretary are on the About Us page.
GIVE BOWLS A GO - MONDAY EVENINGS The club will be open its doors to all of the community on Monday evenings from 3.00 to 7.00pm commencing 18 October until Christmas. There is no set time to start on a Monday - you don't need to come as a team, we will do that for you - just rock up and play. Monday afternoons and evenings has traditionally been the coaching time for new bowlers. The coachers Denis Smith, Lyndsey Withell and Maurice Phiskie would like to see more new bowlers having a go. Monday evenings is open to all of the community - the first night is free and thereafter $5 per head for non members. Loan bowls are available and flat sole footwear is recommended. The bar will be open with food available. A casual and fun evening is assured. Just turn up and we will arrange a game for you. In mid January we will continue with the very popular Community Bowls that attracts over 120 players. We are an expanding club and have excellent facilities and it is the club's 75th jubilee this year. Bowls can be played competitively and/or socially at all levels of ability. We have a Ladies’ day on Wednesday mornings and Men’s on Thursday afternoons, during the summer season, along with club events at the weekends. Interclub competitions for town and district commence at the end of the month Enquiries to Denis on 325 2234 or 021 02392728 See also the Selwyn Times dated 13 October 2021, page 13, "Bowls club puts out the call for new members"
IMMINENT ONLINE ENTRY CLOSING DATES The Jack Cup friendly game v Halswell - Closed 21 October Women's Triples: Closing date - 24 October Women's Pairs: Closing date - 14 November Women's Singles: Closing date - 29 November Junior Singles: Closing date - 29 November To enter LBC events please go to the Enter an Event page A very good help file has been prepared by Bill Wilson and it can be found at the following link:- Help File
REQUEST FOR WINNERS PHOTOS If you or your team win a significant bowling event, then please send in a photo of your team with the trophy. This may be used on the website and/or for an ongoing archive of club successes. A significant event is typically a Club Championship, Champions of Champions, Pennant, Interclub, Regional or National competition or other prestigious event (e.g. West Coast Fours). The photo should be of good quality with the light source behind the camera or phone. Avoid flash if possible. The presenter of the trophy should not normally be included. Please email the original file (not cropped or resampled). In the email please include the full title of the competition, the date, the place and the full names of the team in left to right order in the photo, with (s) to nominate the skip. When selecting pictures for publication the editors decision is final. Please send the photo file as an email attachment (e.g. not embedded in the text) to email: it@lincolnbowlingclub.com Thank you, Dave Grey (18/10/21)
MESSAGE FROM THE LADIES MATCH COMMITTEE Hi Ladies We will resume the Championship Fours on Wednesday the 27th October 9:30 am with Round 3. Round 4 games will be played in the afternoon for Teams that require this game for qualification to Post Section. A reminder that there is coaching available on Monday afternoon's from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm or 7:00 pm if wanting to stay later. Lyndsey will keep you updated with any changes. Teams names for the Chatterton Cup are up in the Bowls room. The Team Leaders are Grahame Scurr, Lyndsey Withell and Lois Begg. Ladies Match Committee (12/10/21)
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY 75th Anniversary events Hi Everyone, The 75th Anniversary Committee have decided that, with the numbers wishing to attend, it has become necessary to postpone the celebrations until the end of the season. The new date is 22nd and 23rd April 2022. It is hoped that the planned events will be able to go ahead on the new dates with a reminder nearer the time. Should there be any members, or new members, who may now wish to join us for these celebrations please contact Kay Titheridge (021 207 9464 or email: kay.barry@outlook.com) who will forward you the appropriate form. Regards, Nancy
Back Row: S Major, W. D. Templeton, J. Doherty, C. F. Howell, H. W. Peryman (Sec.), N. Bissett.
Front Row : A. Geddis (1st Sec.), F. Hill (1st Pres.), R. Rickerby (Pres.), S. Bray (Past Pres.)
Not present : H Greaves, E. D. Greaves.
Back Row: D. Watson, R Thompson, E Brown, G. Miller, M White, Mrs Smart & M. Stalker
Front Row: M Birch, N Rickerby, K Calder, E Gibbs, L. Simpson, Mrs Streeter & E. Bell
HIRE OF CLUB FACILITIES The Clubhouse, Outdoor Carpet Bowling Green and Bar Service are available for hire. Please see our Hire our Facilities web page.
BOWLING PROGRAMME FOR 2021-2022 With thanks to Bruce Gemmell and the Match Committee, the Bowling Programme for 2021-2022 is published. Please Click Here to read the full schedule. It is also available on our Documents Download page.
UPDATES TO PROGRAMME There are two small additions to the Bowling Programme. There will be a round 10 to the Ladies Ellesmere Cup on December 7. Also, there will be a round 7 to the Men's Ellesmere Roosters on December 11.
MEN'S FOURS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS OF SECTION PLAY The Men's Fours team list and section play results are available from our Draws and Results page, under 2021-22, then our club competitions and then Men's. Otherwise please use the quick-links below:- Team List Section Play Results
LADIES CLUB FOURS CHAMPIONSHIP The results for the first 2 rounds of the Ladies Club Fours are on the Draws & Results Page. Quick-links are below:- Team List Results
ELLESMERE SUB-CENTRE INTERCLUB The Draws for the Ellesmere Interclub competitions have been added to the Sub-centre website. Goto the Ellesmere Sub Centre menu item and then Draws & Results/2021-2022. Quick-links below:- Mens Rooster Cup Women's Ellesmere Cup Mixed Chatterton Cup
THE JACK CUP - 25 OCTOBER 2021 The Jack Cup, v Halswell Bowls, will be played on 25 October next. The format is Mixed Fours and it will be played at Lincoln. The on-green time is 1.30pm so please report by 1.15, Club Shirts to be worn. Lincoln members please bring a plate.
DOUBLE PAIRS ROUND ROBIN COMPETITION This competition is a round robin format starting at 09h30 on Monday the 1st of November and continues to the play-offs which will be on 20th of December. SQUAD 1 : Lyndsey Withell, Barbara Coetzee, Bev Scurr, Lois Begg, Margie Watson, Mark England. SQUAD 2 : Lynton Withell, Peter Udy, Maurice Phiskie, David Williams, Michael Begg, Mundy Carroll. SQUAD 3 : Brian Williamson, Nancy Moroney, Keith Thompson, Barry Shanhun, Dave Kelly, Nigel Grondin. SQUAD 4 : Gordon Hope, Peter Wildermoth, John Geary, Barry Hollands, Dave Foskett, Mickey Sayers. PLEASE CHECK YOUR NAME AND LET ME KNOW IF I HAVE INADVERTENTLY MISSED YOU. We can do with probably 4-6 reserves, so anyone please let me know if you want to go on the reserve list. Email from Mundy Carroll (18/10/21)
THE BISSET TROPHY RESULTS The Bisset Trophy was played on 2 October, (a change to the Programme), and links to the Team List and Results are below. It was a very good, low wind, day for bowls and some great shots were played. The final winners with 3 wins were the team of Peter Daniels(s), Ken Light & Jayne McKay Bisset Trophy Team List Bisset Trophy Draw and Results
QUICK LINKS TO POPULAR PAGES For our contact details, please goto the About Us page. Members, to enter club events please click here. To find the Ellesmere Sub-Centre section please goto here For the latest Conditions of play goto the down arrow ▼ to the right of the Conditions Tab on our Draws and Results Page. To find out about our Community Bowls and bowls for School Children please goto the Our Community page. If you wish to hire our Clubhouse, Green and/or Bar Service then please goto the Hire Our Facilities page
USEFUL WEBSITE LINKS This box contains easy Links to notable Websites. Bowls New Zealand is the national governing body of Lawn Bowls in New Zealand. Their Web Site contains a great deal of useful information about the Sport of Lawn Bowls. Bowls Canterbury is responsible for developing and delivering bowls in the Canterbury Region. They have a Web Site frequently updated with news and events. World Bowls have a number of useful documents about bowls under the title Introduction to the Sport. They also have a free magazine called “Inside Bowls“. The BBC in the UK have published a very good Beginners Guide to Bowls.
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