Eastbourne Bowling Club - NZ

We were fortunate to enjoy a beautiful autumn day for the Cedric Wright Open Pairs/Triples on Sunday 24 May ☀️

Whether playing or spectating, everyone seemed to have a great time. The wood-fired pizzas and chips were a popular way to round off the day 🍕

Congratulations to all recipients at the prizegiving held afterwards 🏆 and all bowlers for a fantastic season of bowls! 🙌🏽

Clash of the Codes was a huge success on Sunday ☀️
The weather played its part and allowed Teams Rugby 🏉, Tennis 🎾, Cricket 🏏 and Football ⚽ to battle it out over a fun-filled afternoon of lawn bowls!

There was dancing on and off the rink 💃 (best moves go to Serena McFarlane), thirsts were quenched thanks to the amazing crew on the bar, food was flowing thanks to Willie on the BBQ 🍔 and the local banter lasted all-day-long 😂

The Team Captains played a game of Corner to Corner where the winning Captain won a free round of drinks for his team 🍻… Nice work Gatts!! 👏

Then it was time for everyone on the green for a Spider 🕷️ where all bowlers stood around the perimeter and whoever got their bowl closest to the $50 note 💵 pinned in the middle took it out – well done Brooke Forrester!! 👏

The final was played with last year’s Champions, Team Tennis led by Gordy, vs Team Cricket led by Steve Gellatly. It was neck and neck 😮‍💨 and it all came down to a super over where Team CRICKET took the win! 🏆 Congratulations Team Cricket!! 👏

Check out the photos 📸… Our President Craig has been at it again with AI 🤖—see if you can spot his handy work - Crack up! 👀

A huge thank you to all the volunteers, food donators, players and supporters for making it such a fun day. Enjoy that trophy Team Cricket! 🏆

The musics on 🎶 sausies are cooking 🫘 and the first games are underway 🙌🏽
Come on down and support your favourite, local team 🏉 🏏 🎾 ⚽️
📍 179 Muritai Road

The countdown is ON for Clash of the Codes! 🔥

Rugby 🏉 vs Tennis 🎾 vs Football ⚽ vs Cricket 🏏 — who will come out on top? Team Tennis took home the amazing trophy last year… but who will take it out this time? 👀

Join us at Eastbourne Bowling Club from midday THIS SUNDAY and cheer your team home! 🙌

President's Post: Another assortments of 'back of shirts' recently. Looking forward to rolling up tomorrow at Twilight Community Bowls.

Plenty of games on this weekend at the club - Spectators Welcome!

Saturday 28th:
10.00am
Bazz Ray vs Paul McLean
Junior grade 1–5 Year Bowlers

2.00pm
Bazz Luke & Serena McFarlane vs Chris Ward and Alex Dennehy
Mixed pairs

2.30pm
Bob Griffiths vs Keith Turner
Finals of the ​Men’s singles

Sunday 29th:
12 Noon
Cory Carroll & Nicky Carroll vs Paul McLean & Lesley Fogarty
Mixed pairs

And Congratulations to ​Steve (Gatts) Gellaty for taking out the Junior Grade 1-5 Year Bowlers today at 3.30pm vs ​Chris Ward
(Sorry, I was too slow on posting ​the info on this one!)

GAME ON!
Looking forward to seeing you ​down at the club.

President's Post:
Twilight Bowls isn’t just about the head … it’s also about the threads.
Great turnout on Thursday night and some top tier T shirts. I’m starting to think we need a “Best Back of Shirt” trophy! 🏆

The first night of Twilight Bowls 2026 - Great to see everyone back on the green!