Lyall Bay Bowling Club Inc

Had an awesome night at the Lyall Bay Bowling Club 2025–26 prizegiving celebrating another great season on and off the green.

Too many highlights to mention but a very special moment in the evening was Wellington and New Zealand bowling legend Judy Howat MNZM being awarded her Bowls Wellington cap – a fantastic and well‑deserved recognition of her extraordinarily successful career and the immense contribution she’s made to the game.

Huge congratulations to all award recipients, and thanks and gratitude to all the hard work that keeps Lyall Bay bowling club a welcoming and competitive place to play the game we love.

Yesterday we held our annual Kings Birthday Gala, and yet again it did not disappoint. Was great to share the day with an absolutely awesome bunch of people and play some bowls before winter sets in.
We just wanted to say a big thank you to TigerTurf for their continued support, to Chur Bowl for capturing the day and to all our amazing volunteers who helped make the day run so smoothly.
Kia tūtaki anō tātou

Wishing best of bowls to our teams playing this weekend. Sarah Cooper and Maria Buck get underway today at 11:30am with their women’s pairs semi final and Brian McDermott plays the men’s junior singles final at 2:30pm.
On Sunday Petera Johnson, Simon Bennett and Jamie Morgan play their men’s triples semi final at 8:30am.
Live scoring is available via the link below 👇

It is all on this weekend with some of the biggest names in our sport battling it out for the right to be crowned Champion of Champions! Get down to the venue and support your local teams, with 15 clubs represented over the weekend.

Live updates and results can be found on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dRxbDPtR2QL3643HvgGMVN1YuFNrxiiotZpf36_dEOw/edit?gid=1235214669 =1235214669

UPDATE: The tournament is full and we are unable to accept any more teams. Please let us know if you’d like to be added to the waitlist.

Our annual Kings Birthday Classic is filling up fast with just a few spots left, If you are keen to put a team in, please let me know asap!

Congratulations to Zowie & Maria who were selected to represent Wellington in the upcoming Junior WKWM tournament!

A couple of fantastic performances from our two Bowls Three5 teams in this years Wellington twilight competition. With our junior and senior teams making it all the way to the Wellington final.

Our open team took the spoils beating Upper Hutt in an extra end and even got back to Naenae in time to support our junior team who came up against a classy Stokes Valley side losing 1 set to 0 after the first set ended in a draw. Well done on a great season from both teams!

Congratulations to Jessie Smith the first female winner of the Brackenridge trophy which was first awarded in 1933. From BMX world champion to Lyall Bay Brack handicap singles champion… not quite the pinnacle of her sporting achievements but we’re pretty proud of this 1st year !! Go Jess!! 🚲 😜

Congratulations to first year bowler Jessie Smith and Sarah Cooper who are about to play the final of the Brackenridge 2-Life Handicap tournament. This is the first year that this competition has been opened up as a mixed event so we’re going to have our first woman champion. Congratulations also to Barry Ablett and Paul Flynn who gave Sarah and Jess a great run in the semifinals.
Final starting at 2pm.