KBC Kaikorai Bowling Club

Congratulations to our four club bowlers in being selected to take on Canterbury July 4&5!

Players selected:
Mitchell Scott
Jacob Potiki-Tagg
Cameron McKean
Cailan Thompson

All the best to everyone involved!

PBA Weekend:

We had a number of members participating in this weekends PBA events with great success around the board!

Pairs:
Kane Matheson and Jacob Potiki-Tagg had a stunning day out in the pairs. They finished in the semi-finals losing out to a strong pairing of Brent McEwan and Joc O’Connor.

Singles:
We had four participants playing in this with all of the advancing to the Top 16.
New member, Nigel Thompson had a fierce battle with club member Geoff Wilson, with Geoff advancing through.
Cameron McKean narrowly lost to Brightons Sacha Taylor, 2-1 in the tiebreaker.
Jacob Potiki-Tagg had a close encounter with Southlands Kerry Heffer, halting him at the quarter finals for the singles. A very good weekend for the Jacob! Well done.
Geoff Wilson was crowned the winner for the singles, beating Methvens Jeff Nowell in the final in two straight sets. Awesome work, Geoff!!

Overall, awesome to see many club members participating and competing at a high level!

An amazing end to the 25/26 bowls season last night at the Bowls Dunedin Inc. awards. A massive congratulations to everyone throughout Dunedin who took home awards last night. An extra special congratulations to our own Jacob Potiki-Tagg who took home the mens development bowler of the year. An extremely well deserved award with all the effort Jacob constantly puts in to his bowls. As you all know we had a fantastic year at Kaikorai and all up the club took home 9 awards! So a massive thank you to each and every player who shows up, practices, plays and keeps our club going. Let's keep the ball rolling next season! Kaikorai Strong! 🔵⚫️⚪️

PBA DUNEDIN

TWO BIG EVENTS OVER KINGS BIRTHDAY

World Singles and World Pairs played 30 May to 1St June

Played at Dunedin stadium where it is warm, and there is no rain or wind to contend with.

If you have already entered, that’s brilliant, we look forward to seeing you at Kings Birthday

If you haven't already entered, we would love to have you on board.

Entries are open on bowlshub and close on Friday 22nd May.



This is a fantastic opportunity to win a spot for the national play offs, with opportunities to play overseas if you are successful there.

We kick off the fun at Kings Birthday Weekend $50 per player per event.





Login to BowlsHub

Click on Competitions, then select Available, then click on Filters, select Organising Body, type in PBA - New Zealand, hit Apply. You should see all 28 events around the country.

Once you enter an event, you will be emailed the payment instructions.

You can enter the same event in more than one region (if the dates of play don't clash).



If you need any extra information, flick us an email [email protected]

or ring Murray 0275251272

Kaikorai Bowling clubs closing night! Thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate the end of this year's bowling season and a massive congrats to all our winners.

We had a phenomenal year with interclub events at Kaikorai this year.
1st in the Wednesday mens competition.
1st in the mens section 1
1st in the mens section 2
1st in Holmes feathers
1st in the 2/4s
1st in the junior 3/5s
1st in the Saturday morning junior Prems
2nd Bridgman Plate
2nd in the Optional mixed 7s

Every club memeber has played a role in getting us here. If it wasnt for the effort you all put in, we would not of won these titles.

Special mentions from our prize giving!
This year Jonty Horwell took his 10th club title earning a spot on the honors board.

Our most improved mens player of the year was Kane Matheson, he continues to prove himself on the green. He was a continous part of the winning junior 3/5s team, the winning junior prem team and in the holmes feathers every week. He continues to show how bright the future is for our Kaikorai juniors.

Our most improved womens player this year was Christine Hall. Christine has continued to put her all in on and off the green. She does so much behind the scenes for the club and its never without a smile!

Our club player of the year this year went to one of the most legendary men from Kaikorai. The famous Bryan (Buck) Buchanan, an extremely well deserved award for the man that puts so much into the club! He is the true spirit of the Kaikorai family!

Stay safe and warm over the winter. The club will be open on Friday nights for those who want to come in and catch up. To everyone playing at the stadium, have fun and keep representing for Kaik, til next season! 🔵⚫️⚪️

Our ties winners this year were
Mens singles - Nigel Birkbeck
Junior Mens singles - Jacob Potiki-Tagg
Veteran Singles - Johnny Potiki
Mens pairs - Nigel Birkbeck and Jonty Horwell
Veteran Pairs- Paul Clough and Bob Gray
Junior mens pairs - Jacob Potiki-Tagg and Robert Ashton
Triples - Russell Dawe, Geoff Wilson and Cliff Morgan
Fours - Jonty Horwell, Nigel Wright, Johnny Potiki and Jacob Potiki-Tagg
Mixed Pairs - Geoff Wilson and Carol Dick
Womens singles- Jess Hohaia
Womens junior singles - Cath Ellis
Pairs - Carol Dick and Cath Ellis
Triples - Carol Dick, Christine Hall and Christine Hills
Fours - Olive Lewis, Julie Marshell, Laurice Mowat and Cath Ellis

Reminder to all club members we have our closing day this Saturday (the 25th April) doors open 4pm and prize giving will start at 5.30pm. Would be great to see as many of the club members there as possible! 🔵⚫️⚪️

Congratulations and all the best to our junior fours team in qualifying for post section being played at west harbour tomorrow!
All the best Kane Matheson, Jacob Potiki-Tagg, Robert Ashton and Cailan Thompson

Attention all bowlers!!!

This Friday we are going to have a celebration for Jacob Potiki-Tagg for his amazing efforts winning the under 21 kittyhawk 2026 and claiming his first New Zealand Title. We invite anyone and everyone to come along and show Jacob how proud we are of him! So let's all show up. Again to Jacob, we are beyond proud of you mate! 🔵⚪️⚫️

Photos curtesy of Bowls Wellington 😊

Whilst Jacob was battling out his u21 journey we were hosting our annual festival fours tournament. 14 teams battled it out in 7 round robin games where the top three were found with only 6.5 points from first to third!
A massive thank you to our sponsors for helping us achieve an awesome weekend through food, prize money and overall great times.
Congratulations to the prize collectors, even the fortunate lucky “losers”!!

Top 3:
First place: Cameron McKean (S), Mitchell Scott, Logan Charles, Alika Croot. 162.5 points

Second place: Tommy McGregor (S), Richard Hughes, Maurice Hughes, Ron Thomson. 162 points

Third Place: Russell Dawe (S), Jeff Cantwell, Bruce Fraser, Alan Broughton. 156 points