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.
ELLESMERE PRIZE GIVING - FROM THE SECRETARY Hi All, A reminder that the Ellesmere Prize Giving is to be held this coming Sunday, 15th May, in the Lincoln Club rooms at 2.00pm. All are welcome. Especially those who have won trophies. They are – Ellesmere Men’s Singles – David Spite; Ellesmere Women’s Pairs – Barbara Coetzee and Margie Watson; Ellesmere Men’s Triples – Martin Rowson, Mundy Carroll, Michael Begg; CofC Women’s Singles – Barbara Coetzee; CofC Junior Men’s Singles – Neville Lancaster; CofC Men’s Triples – Martin Rowson, Mundy Carroll, Michael Begg; CofC Men’s Fours – Daniel Harris, Colin Stanbury, Ken Light, Glenn Sagar; CofC Women’s Fours – Lyndsey Withell, Margaret McDrury, Lynore Weeks, Evelyn Carman; Ellesmere Cup Margaret Ward, Pauline Haydon, Ady Duncan, Margie Watson, Ann Chapman; and the Rooster – Martin Rowson, Lynton Withell, Michael Begg, Daniel Harris, Bruce Gemmell, Maurice Phiskie (with fill in’s David Williams and Michael Crawford). It would be great to see you all there to receive your trophies. Please bring a small plate for afternoon tea. Cheers, Nancy Email 10 May
AGM - FROM THE SECRETARY The Secretary has sent to members the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Lincoln Bowling Club Inc. It is to be held in the Clubhouse at 10am on Sunday 12 June 2022. Also included was the 2022 nomination form for Committee positions. There are a number of members of the present Executive relinquishing their positions this year so please seriously consider putting your name forward to help in the running of your Club. If you have not seen the email please check your spam/junk folder and then contact Nancy. Source: Email from Nancy on 9 May.
CLUB UNIFORM ORDERS The first window for members to order clothing direct from Dynasty closed on 1 May. Given that it is Winter, sales were good and a total of 19 items were ordered. The most popular items were the Wet Weather Jacket (6 ordered), the Cap (4) and the Hoodie (3). A notification and internet link will appear here when the next tranche of orders has been organised. Thanks to Lois for the information.
PHOTOS OF WINNERS If you are looking for Photos of winners from some weeks ago, that have been rotated off of the Home page, then please go to our Gallery and then 2021-22 Results.
JOIN OUR CLUB Now is the time to Join us. We provide our members with a wide range of Summer and Winter bowling options, both social and competitive. Have a look around the web site and you will see what we are about. In particular the About Us and Winter Bowls pages summarise our bowling activities. We welcome potential members who are new to bowls as well as experienced bowlers moving into the area. Our membership application form is available from our Documents Downloads page. Contact details for our secretary are on the About Us page.
LINKS Looking for links to other websites or bowls video streams? Then please go to our new Links page.
PHOTOS FROM THE 75th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS Two slide shows of photographs of the 75th Anniversary events, on Friday and Saturday the 22/23 April, are now at a new page "75th Events Slideshow". Many thanks to John Stalker for most of the photos.
RESOURCES FOR PLAYING AT HOME OR AWAY MetService detailed weather forecast for Lincoln, including hourly temperature and wind. Other towns and Regions easy to find. Google Maps, setup to start a journey from the exit of our main car park in Meijer Drive. NZTA traffic cameras in Canterbury to see what is happening at major road intersections. View Greens to see what is happening at the club if playing at home.
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.
WINTER OUTDOOR BOWLS THIS WEEK There continues to be excellent turn-outs for the LBC Winter Bowls. This week there were 28 players on Wednesday and they played 7 rinks of 2:4:2. For the Thursday Roll-up there were 27 players playing mostly 3 Bowl Triples. The weather was great for bowling on both days. Sources: Mundy and Gavin
| WINTER | BOWLING | TIMETABLE |
|---|---|---|
| Day | Time | Winter Activity |
| Tues | 12 Noon | 2-4-2 Pairs Tournament (Fortnightly – dates below) |
| Wed | 10.45am | Singles/Doubles on Wednesday (Weekly) |
| Thu | 12.30pm | Thursday Mixed Roll-up (Weekly) |
| Thu | 1.00pm | Indoor Bowls League (Weekly) |
| Fri | 1.00pm | Indoor Bowls League (Weekly) |
| Sat | 12 Noon | 3 Bowl Triples Tournament (Fortnightly – dates below) |
| Lyndsey David | Withell Foskett | Convenor for the 3 Bowl Triples (325 3016) Convenor for the 2-4-2 Pairs (022 356 5195) |
